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The message emerging from the 2025 Berkeley Haas Culture Connect Conference was clear: While AI is transforming how work gets done, these transformations are as much about people as algorithms. Hosted by Interim Dean Jenny Chatman and Professor Sameer Srivastava, co-founders of the Berkeley Center for Workplace Culture and Innovation, the 7th annual conference welcomed academic and business leaders from companies like Salesforce, Apple, and Calm. #BerkeleyHaas #QuestiontheStatusQuo #HaasCulture Read more at the link in our bio.

We love to see so many of you going beyond yourselves! Haas staff, students, faculty, and alumni spent the MLK National Day of Service event supporting @urbantilth and the Richmond Greenway Trail! #berkeleyhaas #haasculture #beyondyourself #MLKday

We are following the wildfires in Los Angeles and Ventura counties and are concerned about you and the members of your community affected by this devastation. Amid so much fear, uncertainty, and loss, we can only imagine your distress as the full scope of this tragedy unfolds. When it’s appropriate, please reach out via social media or email to let your Haas family know how you’re doing and what support we can collectively offer. The university has also compiled a list of supportive and informational resources in the Los Angeles area that might be useful (🔗 Link in bio). You are in our hearts and minds, and we send our sincere hope that the fires are soon contained. Stay safe! –Jenny Chatman, Interim Dean

Did you know that a Haas alum is one of the top civil rights attorneys in the nation? John Burris, MBA 70, champions a world without discrimination and police brutality. He’s represented more than 1,000 victims of police misconduct, some of whom were high profile. He was also part of Rodney King’s legal team and helped him win a $3.8 million judgment. #BerkeleyHaas 🔗 Read more about this legal titan at the link in our bio.

Thank you, 2024! 🎉 We’re so proud of our Haas community and all we’ve accomplished together this year. Here are just a few of our highlights! 💙💛✨ #BerkeleyHaas #UCBerkeley

Discover #BerkeleyHaas’s new meeting place for #entrepreneurship. 🚀 The Entrepreneurship Hub (@ehub.berkeley) at Haas provides space and programming to help entrepreneurs and those curious about it to connect, build, and be discovered. The eHub serves as an entry point, a gathering place, an incubator, and a launching pad, demystifying entrepreneurship and making it more accessible for all #UCBerkeley undergraduate and graduate students. Take a tour at the link in our bio.

That’s a wrap, Haasies! We wish you safe travels and a restful break. See you next year! #BerkeleyHaas #UCBerkeley

“In high school, I founded an entrepreneurship competition to go beyond the science fair and spelling bee and let elementary school students show off skills and think outside the box. Both my siblings came to Haas as transfer students. I knew that by coming to the Haas Global Management Program as a freshman, I would take on a lot more debt, and that was scary. The scholarships I’ve received have taken pressure off of my mom trying to put three kids through college on her own. Financial support has not only made a huge difference for me, but helped relieve anxiety about her future. That’s incredibly important to me. During our first semester abroad, we visited Goldman Sachs and Apple. That was my first exposure to what the corporate world looks like. Haas conversations with influential businesspeople have been so valuable for figuring out how to pursue a career. I’ve already had three internships—in tech, venture capital, and investment banking. Next summer, I’m excited to be working at a private equity firm that only invests in software companies. After school, I want to break into tech private equity or tech investment banking. Long term, I want to create my own company. That is one of my biggest goals in life. I’m trying to acquire all the industry knowledge I can so I can create new innovations with large-scale impact.” —Shefali Breitbach, BS 27 #BerkeleyHaas #UCBerkeley #BeyondYourself Make your year-end gift to support Haas and students like Shefali at the link in our bio. ✨