December 11, 2017
Berkeley FLIPs for Diversity
When Dan Garcia first attended UC Berkeley as a graduate student, he was amazed at the many different faces and key spaces that make up the world’s top…
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December 8, 2017
Berkeley’s FLIPalliance for Diversity
EECS FLIP Alliance When Dan Garcia first attended UC Berkeley as a graduate student, he was amazed at the many different faces and key spaces that make up the world’s top public research university. “I can’t imagine being anywhere else,” says Garcia, adding that part of what…
November 15, 2017
Andreas Cangellaris named UI provost
EE alumnus Andreas Cangellaris (Ph.D. ’85) will be the next provost of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the first person to hold the job on a permanent basis in more than two years. Cangellaris joined the UI engineering faculty in 1997 and has been Dean of the College of Engineering…
November 14, 2017
Diane Greene shares insight at Dreamforce conference
CS alumna Diane Greene (M.S. ’88) sat down with Ginni Rometty and Marc Benioff at the Dreamforce conference last week to talk about women leaders in tech. Greene, who is currently the CEO of Google Cloud, started out designing offshore oil structures and systems before becoming a software engineer. She…
November 9, 2017
Gary May confirmed as UC Davis chancellor
The Investiture of EECS alumnus Gary May (M.S. ’88 and Ph.D. ’92) as the seventh chancellor of UC Davis took place on Oct. 27 in the Mondavi Center, the first event in UC Davis’ annual Homecoming weekend. May was presented with the Chancellor’s Medal by UC President Janet Napolitano, officially…
October 5, 2017
Marie desJardins wins A. Richard Newton Educator ABIE Award
CS alumna Marie desJardins (Ph.D. ’92 adviser: Stuart Russell) has won the 2017 A. Richard Newton Educator ABIE Award. The award, named in honor of the late EE Prof. Richard Newton and presented annually at the Grace Hopper Celebration, recognizes educators who develop innovative teaching practices and approaches that attract girls…
September 29, 2017
Saloni Shah and Dan Garcia talk about challenges for women in CS
Senior CS major Saloni Shah and Teaching Prof. Dan Garcia are featured in a TechRepublic cover story titled “The state of women in computer science: An investigative report.” They discuss some of the challenges of attracting and retaining women students in computer science, and some of the efforts that…
September 9, 2017
Alex Montanez wins inaugural Hallac Scholarship
EECS sophomore Alex Montanez is part of the inaugural class of Hallac Scholars. The program, sponsored by the global asset management firm BlackRock, combines scholarship, mentorship and internship to help students learn how engineers can use their skills to develop innovative tech for delivering financial services. Although…
September 7, 2017
David Patterson responds to former Google employee’s memo about diversity
CS Prof. Emeritus David Patterson published an opinion piece in Wired in response to former Google employee James Damore’s memo, in which Damore stressed that women are biologically different and not suited to working in technology companies like Google. Patterson, along with Maria Klawe of Harvey Mudd College and John Hennessy…
August 25, 2017
M.E.T. program welcomes inaugural class
The Management, Engineering, & Technology (M.E.T.) program welcomed it’s inaugural class of 40 students this week–drawn from about 2,500 applicants. Undergrads who are admitted to M.E.T. combine courses at the Haas School of Business with one of three engineering tracks, including EECS. While they take classes in both subjects throughout…