Dear Berkeley Engineer:
The new term got off to a busy start with more than 800 incoming freshmen and transfer students attending the College of Engineering's New Student Orientation on August 25. We served just as many Top Dog hot dogs, and more than 35 engineering student groups, competition teams and honor societies set up information tables and recruited new members at a lively welcome lunch on the Memorial Glade. It is not a surprise that a spot at Berkeley Engineering is so sought after. The annual U.S. News & World Report school rankings were published in August and once again we are ranked in the top three nationally for undergraduate and graduate engineering programs– GO BEARS!
Fall semester is underway and that means Homecoming! The College is hosting a bevy of events for our alumni -- we hope you will come back to campus and join us! For more information or to register for any of the events below please visit the Homecoming website.
- Friday, Oct. 8, and Saturday, Oct. 9, at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., student hosts will lead 30-minute, Northside Engineering Tours: a walking tour of the engineering buildings and sneak peek of selected labs and feature exhibits of research at the College.
- Friday, Oct. 8, at 2:00 p.m. will be the dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony for the newly constructed Richard C. Blum Hall, home of the Blum Center for Developing Economies and the Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership. A public reception will follow.
- Saturday, Oct. 9, at 10:30 a.m. professor Ken Goldberg will present "Opinion Space: Can Innovation and Insight be Crowdsourced?" Professor Goldberg will discuss Opinion Space 2.0, a new social media tool that engages diverse communities by soliciting and displaying their viewpoints.
- Saturday, Oct. 9, at 11:00 a.m., reconnect with engineering alumni, families, students and faculty at the Engineering BBQ!
Now THAT'S a Berkeley engineer! Have you solved an engineering problem that seemed impossible? Achieved a goal you're incredibly proud of? Completed a project that deserves recognition? Don't be modest. The Berkeley Engineering publications office wants to hear from you. We're soliciting tales of your accomplishments -- big or small, at work or home -- for an upcoming publication. Email Rachel Shafer at rshafer@berkeley.edu. Please include your name, degree information, current occupation and a short description.
GO BEARS!
Dawn Kramer
Associate Director, Events & Programs
College of Engineering
UC Berkeley
(510) 643-7828 ph
http://coe.berkeley.edu/alumni
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Trading Carbon: Can Cookstoves Light the Way?
Monday, September 20
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Berkeley Repertory Theatre, 2015 Addison St., Berkeley
The Lawrence Berkeley National Lab presents: Science at the Theater. Ashok Gadgil, director of the LBNL Environmental Energy Technologies Division, and grad students Kayje Booker and Adam Rausch will share how families in Africa using stoves designed by Berkeley Lab are at the forefront of global carbon reduction. Free admission! For more information visit: http://www.lbl.gov/LBL-PID/fobl/.
Michael X Michael
Thursday, September 23
5:30-6:30 p.m. Reception; 7-8:30 p.m. Program
Berkeley Repertory Theatre, 2015 Addison St., Berkeley
The Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism invites you to join Michael Lewis and Michael Pollan in conversation about writing, storytelling, books, and journalism. Choose from a reception and program at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, and dinner at Revival Bar and Kitchen. Tickets start at $125 for the program only. All proceeds benefit graduate student fellowships at the J-School, ensuring the most promising students are admitted while providing them with the tools they need to report the truth. For more information visit: http://eureka.berkeley.edu/rsvp/michaelxmichael.
CAA Engineering Alumni Society Group Presents: Microsensors: Medical Applications of MEMS
Tuesday, October 26
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
QB3 Byers Hall UCSF - Genentech Hall room 114, 1700 4th St. Ste. 215, San Francisco
Join the CAA Engineering Alumni Society group for a talk on the developments of miniature wireless sensors for medical applications to give a sense of issues in MEMS technology for medical applications, and the QB3 initiatives to catalyze the commercialization of university research. For more information visit: https://www.123signup.com/register?id=mnztv.
