Graduations are in full swing this week, with lots of family and friends on campus. Small suggestion: If you find yourself walking by a bit of trash, please consider tossing it in the nearest trash can. This is our campus. Go Bears.
Commitment to the greater good is so wired into Berkeley, it blows me away. Just yesterday my wife was walking our dog on campus and saw a plastic plate, which she picked up to toss. Under it was a piece of paper with this message:
Here’s the video we put out yesterday, my first day in the chancellor role. My thanks for all the support I am already feeling. I couldn’t be more excited about where we can take
@UCBerkeley
together.
UC Berkeley identity/brand/reputation: For me, having an anchor concept helps frame both message and audiences. An offering: *The seat of
@UCBerkeley
’s preeminence is fundamental research.* It is why and how we are known the world around.
The People’s Park: “We conclude that, based on the new law, none of Good
Neighbor’s claims has merit and we accordingly reverse the
Court of Appeal’s judgment.” — CA Supreme Court (just now)
This past Saturday, we got to personally welcome our newly admitted transfer students, so fundamental to the CA Master Plan. Congratulations to the new transfer class! Looking forward to seeing your big ideas come to life.
#ucberkeleyinnovation
#cal
Had a favorite day last week with my daughter at a studio to record some covers. Here are our two guitars and her singing Landslide. In the next day or two I will post my solo Mack The Knife.
@UCBerkeley
Spent yesterday in Sacramento meeting our legislators as part of “UC Day”—focused around a UC Innovation Showcase. I thank the following for the time afforded to me and the UC Berkeley team: Nancy Skinner, Buffy Wicks, Tim Grayson, Damon Connolly, Josh Newman, and Jacqui Irwin.
Congrats to Nobel Prize winner Jim Allison on becoming a 2024 National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductee for groundbreaking work he conducted on cancer immunotherapy
@UCBerkeley
during his 20 years as director of the campus’s Cancer Research Laboratory.
The
@FinancialTimes
ranks the
#haasome
Full-time Berkeley MBA Program
#2
in the US in "Top MBAs for Women" (We're
#3
globally); alumnae reported salaries 3 percent higher than male classmates three years post-graduation.
@BerkeleyEquity
Innovation and entrepreneurship thrive through collaboration.
@UCBerkeley
we have ~75 leaders across campus who meet monthly as part of the I&E Council. Together, we foster a culture of creativity and groundbreaking solutions.
More at:
Ever seen the Builders Of Berkeley names on the monument at the Doe Library steps? The ceremony for adding to it is always touching. Go Bears.
@UCBerkeley
Amazing 7 UC Berkeley scientists (Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, Doris Bachtrog, Uroš Seljak, Irfan Siddiqi, Mark T. D'Esposito, James Hurley, and Polly Arnold) elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences!
#ucberkeleyinnovation
#cal
So many of us have a friend or family member whose life was saved by Jim Allison's work
@ucberkeley
that started the field of cancer immunotherapy.
#nobelNFTs
#GoBears
I’ve been meeting incredibly interesting people for my new role as the Berkeley campus Chief Innovation & Entrepreneurship Officer. More to come soon on goals for the year.
I get to present five emerging priorities for my new role as CIEO (Chief Innovation & Entrepreneurship Officer) to the Berkeley Council of Deans on Tuesday. Should be fun.
Congrats to all of the founders who pitched their startups and innovative ideas at LAUNCH: The Demo Day of the University of California wide Startup Accelerator’s last week. Looking forward to seeing what you accomplish next.
#ucberkeleyinnovation
#cal
Congrats to all of the entrepreneurs who pitched their startups and innovative ideas at LAUNCH: The University of California's Startup Accelerator’s Demo Day last week, including our top teams!
1st place: Doorstep AI
2nd place: OptiGenix
3rd place: Citmit
Beginning Summer 2023, universities including Berkeley and several venture firms worked together to streamline the process of spinning climate startups out of universities, pioneering the future of climate-tech and a step towards sustainability. More at:
Shared Carry:
@UCBerkeley
thanks the 7 VC funds that share 50% of GP carry with campus—Berkeley SkyDeck Funds I & II, Berkeley Catalyst Funds I & II, Blue Bear Ventures Fund, Berkeley Frontier Fund, Cal Innovators Fund. Go Bears.
@SkyDeck_Cal