Job outlook for graduates sunnier than expected
As the season of caps, gowns and "Pomp and Circumstance" winds down this week at the UC Berkeley, many new graduates are uneasy about their job prospects, given reports of an economic slowdown. But career counselors and analysts on campus say they have seen no sign of employers putting the brakes on recruitment efforts.
(22 May)

Technology, biotech ventures tie for first in Business Plan Competition
New search technology provider Implicit Interfaces and biotech venture Titan Medical tied for first place at the 10th annual UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business.
(07 May)

$2 million for sustainability projects designed by students and faculty
Twenty-three projects aimed at helping people live more sustainably have been granted a total of $2 million through a new program at the University of California, Berkeley, that is funded by the Dow Chemical Co. Foundation.
(01 May)

Clean energy plans dominate 2008 Global Social Venture Competition
A plan to make clean energy affordable around the world to poor, rural households without access to electricity won the grand prize of the 2008 Global Social Venture Competition at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business.
(23 April)

Intel and Microsoft launch parallel computing research center at UC Berkeley
Microsoft and Intel announced Tuesday, March 18, the creation of two Universal Parallel Computing Research Centers, the first at UC Berkeley and another at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The two centers comprise what is considered the nation's first joint industry and university research alliance of this magnitude that is focused on mainstream parallel computing.
(18 March)

John H. Freeman, business professor and entrepreneurship pioneer, dies
John H. Freeman, a leader in the field of entrepreneurship and a professor at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business, died of an apparent heart attack at his home in Lafayette, Calif., on Monday (March 3). He was 63.
(07 March)

New Asia business center to bolster UC Berkeley's offerings in Asia
The University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business is launching a new center focused on significantly increasing the school's leadership training for Asian business managers and on expanding its research collaborations with Asian universities, Dean Tom Campbell announced today (Tuesday, Feb. 19).
(20 February)

Study finds cloudy outlook for solar panels
Despite increasing popular support for solar photovoltaic panels in the United States, their costs far outweigh the benefits, according to a new analysis by Severin Borenstein, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business and director of the UC Energy Institute.
(20 February)

Chancellor's chair in equity and inclusion announced
A new $5 million chair devoted to leading-edge research and teaching on equity and inclusion in society was announced today. The Robert D. Haas Chancellor's Chair in Equity and Inclusion is being established in large part through a gift from the Levi Strauss Foundation.
(19 February)

Economist examines costs of extreme cold weather
Fatalities in the continental United States tend to climb for several weeks after severe cold spells, ultimately numbering 360 per chilly day and 14,380 per year, according to a new study co-authored by a University of California, Berkeley, economist.Deaths linked to extreme cold account for 0.8 percent of the nation's annual death rate and outnumber those attributed to leukemia, murder and chronic liver disease combined, the study reports. Cold-related deaths also reduce the average life expectancy of Americans by at least a decade, it says.
(19 December)

The most wonderful time of the year?
Is it drummer-boy time again? A trio of wise Haas School scholars weighs in on the commercial side of the holidays.
(06 December)

"Big Box Living Wage Ordinance" would benefit low-wage Wal-Mart workers, minimally impact shoppers, says new study
Wal-Mart could increase its minimum wage to $10 per hour and greatly boost the well-being of its low-income workers with little financial impact on most shoppers, says a study released today by the University of California at Berkeley's Center for Labor Research and Education.
(05 December)

Inside Innovation conference to showcase faculty research
UC Berkeley's business faculty will share their latest research, opinions and insights on driving innovation in business at the inaugural Inside Innovation 2007 conference on Saturday (Nov. 17) at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business.The all-day conference celebrates the 50th anniversary of California Management Review, the Haas School's peer-reviewed, practitioner-oriented journal. The publication's special anniversary issue on "Leading through Innovation" focuses entirely on Haas School faculty research that explores innovation in business.
(13 November)

New program to focus on sustainable products, solutions
With an initial $2 million gift announced today (Tuesday, Oct. 30), the University of California, Berkeley, will move forward to establish a new program aimed at providing students educational and research opportunities in the area of sustainable products and solutions.
(30 October)

Center for Energy and Environmental Innovation launched
Energy and environmental innovation is the focus of a new cross-disciplinary center housed at the University of California, Berkeley, that aims to promote viable global energy solutions.
(24 October)

Frederick E. Balderston, Haas School professor emeritus, dies at 84
Frederick E. Balderston, a professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business, an authority on the savings and loan industry as well as on university administration, and an early experimenter with computer simulation of banking and marketing decisions, has died at the age of 84.
(24 October)

World Bank report co-authored by UC economists calls for more investment in agriculture
A renewed focus on agricultural development is critical to successfully reducing global poverty and hunger, according to a new World Bank report co-authored by UC Berkeley economists. The report was released Friday, Oct. 19, at the World Bank's annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
(19 October)

Marketing professor explores the responses viewers reap from scary movies
Eduardo Andrade of the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business wondered why his wife loves scary movies that make him squirm. So, the assistant professor of marketing interested in consumer behavior teamed up with Joel B. Cohen, a professor of marketing and anthropology at of the University of Florida, to deconstruct what happens when people watch horror films.
(11 October)

$25 million gift to add new faculty at Haas School
At least five new faculty positions will be crated at the Haas School of Business with a $25 million gift from alumnus Gerson Bakar, a prominent San Francisco real estate developer. Announcement of the gift, the largest individual donation in Haas School history, was made today (Wednesday, Oct. 10) by the school's dean, Tom Campbell.
(10 October)

Students to manage Socially Responsible Investment Fund
Managing a socially responsible investment fund is one of the new learning experiences the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business is offering its graduate students for the first time this fall.
(20 September)

Donors, chairs and Cal: Launching lasting friendships
Larry and Diane Bock, who last year endowed the Larry and Diane Bock Endowed Chair in Nanotechnology, exemplify how endowing a chair "is much more than making a monetary gift," says Scott Biddy, vice chancellor for University Relations. “Donors often form lasting, meaningful relationships with the campus and our faculty."
(13 September)

New economic, social benefits report highlights campus impacts
A new economic impact and social benefits report documents the University of California, Berkeley's contributions to the economy and quality of life for residents of the San Francisco Bay Area and highlights the wide-ranging, local to global impacts of campus research.
(13 September)

Black workers face low wages, advancement obstacles, report says
A new report by UC Berkeley's Center for Labor Research and Education finds that more than half of black workers in the United States have jobs that don't pay well, provide retirement and health benefits, or offer avenues for advancement.
(04 September)

Graduate students find no match in evening cell phone use spike and crash data
It's conventional wisdom that talking on cell phones while driving is risky business, but two University of California, Berkeley, graduate student economists report that a spike in cell phone use in recent years and on weekday evenings is not matched by an increase in fatal or non-fatal car crashes from 2002-2005.
(13 August)

Researchers explore increasing foreign investment in U.S. bonds, mortgage securities
Unprecedented investment in U.S. securities such as government bonds and mortgage-backed securities by China and other foreign countries reflects a growing globalization of real estate finance and generally benefits all sides - including U.S. home buyers enjoying lower interest rates - say researchers at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business.
(10 August)

Haas researcher identifies book-cooking tipoffs
Growth companies that are suffering deteriorating operating performance are the most likely firms to manipulate their financial numbers, according to a new, comprehensive analysis of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) documents by an accounting professor at the Haas School of Business.
(11 July)

Study predicts positive net economic impacts of key health reform plans
A UC Berkeley study released today (Wednesday, July 11), says that two of the main health care reform proposals under consideration in California are likely to have a positive net impact on the state's economy.
(11 July)

MBA team Revolution Foods wins social venture competition
Serving healthy home-style school lunches in the San Francisco Bay Area earned Revolution Foods, based in Emeryville, Calif., the grand prize at the eighth annual Global Social Venture Competition held recently at the University of California, Berkley’s Haas School of Business.
(17 April)

Finalists face off with global social venture plans
Ten social venture finalists from around the world will compete for $45,000 in prizes and funds for business plans ranging from health and renewable energy to special childcare for families with disabled children at the eighth annual Global Social Venture Competition hosted by the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business on Friday, April 13. The competition will culminate in a one-day symposium on Saturday, April 14, at UC Berkeley's Clark Kerr campus. Panel discussions will focus on measuring impact, social venture financing, developing regions, and social entrepreneurship as a competitive strategy – and how to get started.
(06 April)

US experiment extending Daylight Saving Time unlikely energy saver, researchers say
As the United States readies to launch Daylight Savings Time this Sunday (March 11) -- three weeks earlier than previous years -- residents can count on more sunshine later in the day, but not on saving energy, advise two University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D. students.
(08 March)

MBA students focus on education finances
MBA students at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business will host the Education Leadership Case Competition, the first of its kind at a business school in the United States, on Thursday and Friday, March 1-2. The competition will focus on a new financial plan for the Oakland Unified School District, which has been in state receivership since 2003 due to financial troubles.
(26 February)

Labor programs to link to noted labor leader, the late Miguel Contreras
The University of California, Berkeley’s Institute of Industrial Relations and Center for Labor Research and Education – along with their counterpart programs based at UCLA – will become affiliated with an umbrella virtual organization named for prominent state labor leader Miguel Contreras.
(17 January)

Before buying a car, be sure to cruise the Web
Shopping for a new car can drive even the most relaxed consumer over the edge. But new research by a Haas School of Business marketing professor shows that the Internet can help with this often-trying experience by boosting a buyer's negotiating power.
(10 January)

I-School Dean AnnaLee Saxenian assists with immigrant entrepreneurs study
More than a quarter of the engineering and technology companies established in the United States in the past decade were founded by immigrant entrepreneurs, according to a new report co-authored by AnnaLee Saxenian, dean of Berkeley's School of Information.
(04 January)