Center for Teaching Excellence Launches with Gift from the Chamberlins
Steve and Susan Chamberlin, MBA 87, former members of the Haas School professional faculty, have invested $750,000 to launch the Center for Teaching Excellence at Haas. Read more

Entrepreneurs and Job Seekers Create Hottest Groups on the New Haas@Cal
Recorded webinars, videos, and tips about how to market yourself after being laid off are driving members to the most active groups in the newly launched professional networking directory for Haas alumni. In the latest post to the Entrepreneurship Group, Sun-Microsystems co-founder Vinod Khosla says vision is "bumbling around...you just keep failing enough, and not giving up." To join one of the 60+ groups, visit Haas@Cal. If you've never registered, click "Get your CalNet ID" and enter this first-time PIN: [[S1:member_id]]

Welcome Parties Around the World - In Your Area?
Haas alumni are throwing a record 39 parties this summer to welcome newly admitted students and new grads, and to help alumni get to know each other better. To learn more about a party in your area, Read More

David Teece

New Teece Book: How to Build Competitive Advantage
In a new book, Professor David Teece builds on his research on "dynamic capabilities" to create a framework for understanding how firms develop and maintain competitive advantage in global markets. Read more

Socially Responsible Fund Outperforms Market
Despite the wild ride for US equities, the student-run Haas Socially Responsible Investment Fund outperformed the stock market during its first full year of operation. Read more

Entire MBA 09 Class Gives to Haas
Every member of the full-time MBA class of 2009 made a pledge to the annual Lifelong Connections Campaign, achieving a 100 percent participation rate for the first time in the campaign's 21-year history. Read more

Undergrad Gift Campaign Breaks Records
A team of 28 Haas undergraduate seniors reached out to their classmates through one-on-one solicitations and raised a record-breaking total for the Haas Senior Gift Campaign. Read more

Lollar to Retire as Assistant Dean for Development
Larry Lollar is retiring as assistant dean for development after eight years of leading the school's fundraising and alumni relations efforts, including launching the school's $300 million capital campaign. Read more

Engel to Take New Role in Entrepreneurship Center
Jerry Engel will step down as executive director of the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation and take on the role of faculty co-director. Read more

Haaski Open Raises $120,000
Alumni, students, faculty, and friends swung their clubs and socialized at the seventh annual Haaski Open golf tournament at Claremont Country Club in Oakland. Read more

Haas-led Solar Firm Honored by Business Times
BrightSource Energy, led by John Woolard, MBA 97, and Jack Jenkins-Stark, MBA 81, received a Green Business Award from the San Francisco Business Times. Read more

Berkeley-Columbia Team Completes Hawaii Ironman
A cannon fire launched a team of Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA graduates into a grueling test of endurance as they took on Hawaii's Ironman 70.3. Read more

Haas Welcomes New Board Chair and Members
Michael Gallagher, BS 67, MBA 68, has become the new chairman of the Haas School's advisory board, the Haas Board, and five distinguished business leaders have joined the board. Read more

Tom Kelley

Haas Alumnus Tom Kelley Honored by Kellogg
Haas Executive Fellow and alumnus Tom Kelley, MBA 83, has been awarded the 2009 Kellogg Award for Distinguished Leadership from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. Read more

Undergrads Tap Waste Stream for Shitakes
Two Haas graduates from the class of 2009 appear to have found grounds for a sustainable venture -- coffee grounds, that is. Nikhil Arora and Alejandro Velez (pictured) recently launched BTTR Ventures, a firm dedicated to turning coffee grounds into a gourmet edible: specialty mushrooms. Read more

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Haas in the News
Local and national media have covered the Haas School extensively during the past few weeks. Our list of publications includes links to those articles. Read Haas News