Calling entrepreneurs

All UC Berkeley students and faculty are invited to participate in the 2008 Venture Lab Competition on Thursday, October 2. Judges are looking for groups who demonstrate an innovative solution to one of today’s pressing problems. Up to four winning teams will get help starting their ventures; prizes include $10,000 in funding as well as a $2,000 budget for office furnishings and supplies. Teams must apply by September 21. For applications, rules and details, visit http://cet.berkeley.edu/.

Climate change workshop

On Thursday, September 25, CITRIS will present “How Can China and the U.S. Work Together to Address Climate Change?” a workshop on regulating global emissions sponsored by the Federation of American Scientists. The event will begin at 10 a.m. in Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Engineering Center. For details, visit http://www.citris-uc.org/FAS.

Engineering career fairs

Quick reminder! The EECS Career Fair will take place on Wednesday, September 24. The Biotech and Bioengineering Career Fair will take place on Wednesday, October 1. For more details, visit the Career Center at http://career.berkeley.edu.

Tinker Day

Engineers and non-engineers are invited to Tinker Day, which takes place every Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. in the north foyer of Hesse Hall. Come tinker on your projects or learn new tinkering skills. For information, e-mail Romy at romy@berkeley.edu.

MIT dean to give talk

On Thursday, September 25, Subra Suresh, dean of engineering at MIT, will deliver a lecture entitled “Materials Science Approaches for the Study of Human Diseases,” the first in the MSE Department’s Dow Distinguished Lecture Series. The event begins at 4 p.m. in 348 Hearst Memorial Mining Building. A student poster session starts at 3 p.m. For more information, go to http://www.mse.berkeley.edu/seminars.php.

Add/drop course deadlines

The final deadline to drop Non-Early Drop Deadline Courses is September 26 at 3:45 p.m. The final deadline to add a course is September 26 at 11:59 p.m. Follow the procedures listed at http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/current-undergraduates/courses-scheduling/add-drop-change-grading-option-deadlines-instructions/.

Facebook jobs

Addicted to Facebook? Get paid for it! Facebook will hold a student recruitment infosession at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, September 23, in 521 Cory Hall. For more details and a list of other infosessions, go to http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/IPRO/recruitment.shtml.

Google jobs

Apply for full-time positions at Google by September 26. For applications and more information, visit www.google.com/support/jobs/bin/static.py?page=students.html&sid=technical. Google will be on campus October 10 to do interviews at the Career Center. The company will start accepting resumes for internships in November.