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Hundreds to Toss Mortar Boards in Undergrad, MBA, and PhD Commencements

Mortar Boards

More than 900 students will graduate from the Haas School in three separate ceremonies this month, celebrating the end of one chapter in their educations and the beginning of another as Students Always. (05/07/2012)

Haas to Launch Three Digital Classroom Pilots

Tapping into new cutting-edge technologies, the Haas School is launching three digital courses on a pilot basis starting this summer to optimize the teaching opportunities offered by this game-changing medium. (05/07/2012)

Haas Heads to Barcelona for Symposium on Leadership and Innovation

Sagrada Familia, Barcelona

Leaders in banking, technology, and innovation will headline the Haas School's Barcelona Symposium on Saturday, June 2 (05/07/2012)

Three Teams with Haas Alumni, Students Win at UC Berkeley Startup Competition

Haas alumnus Buzz Bonneau, MBA 11, and his team, Calcula, won the $20,000 grand prize at the UC Berkeley Startup Competition April 26 for their innovative kidney stone treatment. All told, Berkeley-Haas students and alumni were on three winning teams at the 14th annual competition hosted by the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship. (05/07/2012)

Undergrad Team to Represent Cal at Mobile Health Competition in South Africa

A team of four Berkeley undergraduates was one of only twelve competitors worldwide accepted to participate in this year’s GSM Association Mobile Health University Challenge in Cape Town, South Africa, on May 28. (05/07/2012)

Five Haas Teams Serve Up Proposals for elBulli Competition

pumpkin oil caramel

Five Berkeley MBA teams have submitted proposals for a new course of action for elBulli restaurant as part of world-renowned Spanish Chef Ferran Adrià's international Ideas for Transformation competition. (05/07/2012)

Undergrads Make National Finals in Student Advertising Competition

imagiCal, the UC Berkeley chapter of the American Advertising Federation, took first place at the National Student Advertising Competition regionals in Reno April 21 and will go on to compete against 15 schools in the national finals in Austin, Texas, in June 3. (05/07/2012)

Haas Gear Store Reopens with New Products

Haas Gear

The Haas Gear store is reopening today, May 7, with a new design and new products, which also are available online at haasgear.com. (05/07/2012)

Haas Community Invited to Fed Conference on Asia

The Haas community has been invited to the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco's conference on “Challenges in Global Finance: The Role of Asia” on June 11 and 12. (05/07/2012)

Nondorf Makes "Who's Who" List of Influential Women in Bay Area Business

Maria Nondorf

Maria Nondorf, executive director of Haas' Center for Financial Reporting and Management, was named among the "2012 Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business" in the April 27 issue of the San Francisco Business Times. (04/27/2012)

Three Alumnae Make SF Business Times' Influential Women List

Connie Moore

Three Haas alumnae—Connie Moore, MBA 80, CEO, BRE Properties; Jennifer Cook, MBA 98, senior VP, Genentech, and Kristin Groos Richmond, MBA 06, CEO, Revolution Foods—were featured on the San Francisco Business Times' List of Influential Women published April 27. (04/30/2012)

Event Highlights

CEO, Adobe Systems

MBA Commencement

May 19

9 a.m.

Former Senior Executive, UBS/PaineWebber
Chairman Emeritus,
Acumen Fund
Undergraduate Commencement
May 18
9 a.m.

In the News


Professor Richard Sloan writes in Bloomberg on the shortcomings of fair-value accounting, citing such as examples as Bank of America and Apple.