[…] a backpacking trip in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains when he noticed the thousands of dead trees that have been killed by bark beetles. Schabacker knew the damaged wood, which has a unique blue- and green-streaked grain, could be made into beautiful furniture. He also knew a market for it already existed in Colorado, where […]
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Eleven Startups Receive New Round of Dean’s Seed Grants
Eleven early-stage student startups—including a proposal to fight obesity with a new kind of nutrition bar and a forest products company that reduces wildfire hazards by culling wood from the millions of “beetle kill” trees in California’s mountains—have been selected from a record 40 applicants to receive Dean’s Seed Fund grants this spring. “This […]
Big Question Summer 2023
William Killea, of Coronado, Calif., informs, “Returned to the U.S. from working in Spain and Switzerland as co-head of international business development for a U.S.-based financial software firm. Since 2016, have been a strategic advisor for the plans/policy/strategy division of Naval Special Warfare Command in Coronado.”
UC Berkeley Foundation to Honor Eight Haas Alumni and Friends
[…] of service and support to UC Berkeley: Leo Pircher, BS 54, JD 57; Dato’ Sri Prof. Dr. Tahir; Michael A. Torres, BS 82, MBA 86; and Mike Wood, BS 79. Two Haas alumni – Kinman Tong, BS 03, and Tyler Wishnoff, BS 13 – will be honored with Young Bear Awards, which are given […]
Three teams honored for innovation at Cleantech to Market Summit
[…] Photo: Jim Block Quino Energy: The team won $5,000 for working on scalable, non-flammable energy storage made possible by a proprietary zero-waste process that transforms coal and wood tar into designer flow-battery reactants. Team members included Dongwan Kim, MBA 23, Ingrid Xhafa, MS 23, Development Engineering, James Wang, MBA 23, Kennedy McCone, graduate student […]
Meet the 2022 Berkeley Haas Finance Fellows
(L-R clockwise from back row) Teo Gumusoglu, Yining Yan, Elias Mufarech, Nick Goomer, Adebola Adeniyi, John Graft, Xan Wood, Didi Pritakinari, Daniel Billostas, Xavier Jefferson, Meredith Albion, Hoi Wong. Photo: Jim Block Xavier Jefferson, MBA 24, worked as a general analyst in wealth management before arriving at Haas, where he planned to narrow his […]