UC Berkeley Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology

Celebrating 15 years with Ikhlaq Sidhu! - https://mailchi.mp//meet-the-winners-of-our-flagship-colli

What will it take to transform our take-make-waste consumption model to an economy that is regenerative by design? During our upcoming Innovation-X roundtable on February 25th, 12-1pm our panelists will share their thoughts on creating systems that continually repurposes everything, with a special focus on plastic and the role technology will play in ensuring our economy works for people, profits, and the planet. Register here: https://bit.ly/3rxOlcM

Are you interested in #design? Check out Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation's upcoming event in their series "For Whom? By Whom? Designs for Belonging", which looks critically at design's historical biases and blind spots, asking: how can we create a more equitable, inclusive future? Design Conversation with Dr. Bess Williamson, February 19, 2021 12pm 1pm PST. Dr. Bess Williamson is a historian of design and material culture and an Associate Professor at the School of ...the Art Institute of Chicago. She is the author of Accessible America: A History of Disability and Design (2019) and co-editor of Making Disability Modern: Design Histories (2020). Her work explores diverse histories and practices of design that extend expertise to users and communities, and challenge designers to address access and power in their work. Register: https://berkeley.zoom.us//regist/WN_SKe-BZgzSbSptpZAFsIVTA Learn more at: https://jacobsinstitute.berkeley.edu/design-conversations/

Operations Intern positions open at SCET! SCET is seeking 2 operations interns to join our amazing and innovative team. If you're a team player, organized, and interested in entrepreneurship & technology, then we've got a great position for you at the center of innovation at @UCBerkeley. Learn more and apply now: https://bit.ly/2MzZU4p... Priority deadline: Feb 17th! #student #students #intern #internship #UCBerkeley #Berkeley #SCET

Impact Food has just won the Hult Prize! The UC Berkeley plant-based seafood startup team, who got their start at the Alt Meat Lab out of the SCET, managed to come out on top at the esteemed Hult Prize competition, an annual, year-long competition that crowdsources ideas from MBA and college students after challenging them to solve a pressing social issue around topics such as food security, water access, energy, and education! Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3gUWQe6

Join us tomorrow from 10:00 am 11:30 am PST for SCET’s Collider Cup VII! We have an amazing lineup of the best student venture projects Berkeley has to offer. Register here: https://scet.berkeley.edu/eve/12-11-scets-collider-cup-vii/

An opportunity for Cal student founders! Free Ventures, a pre-seed startup accelerator at Cal opened up applications for their spring '21 batch. Open to both undergraduate and graduate students. Learn more at freeventures.org Application: https://tinyurl.com/freev-apply-s21

Come learn more about Spring 2021 classes at the UC Berkeley Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology and our Certificate in Entrepreneurship & Technology. With courses from Deplastify the Planet to Building with Blockchain, we reimagine the future. Register here: https://scet.berkeley.edu//scet-spring-2021-classes-infor/ #ucberkeley #innovation #scet #berkeleyengineer #berkeleybound #ucberkeleybound #ucberkeleystudent

Congratulations to Alt Meat Lab team Impact Foods for their success at the Hult Prize competition!

SCET Alums featured in Forbes 30 under 30 + New Opportunities @SCET - https://mailchi.mp//meet-the-winners-of-our-flagship-colli

SCET Director's Role in Developing COVID-19 Vaccine - https://mailchi.mp//meet-the-winners-of-our-flagship-colli

Check out how SCET director, Ricardo San Martin, is protecting trees needed for a COVID-19 vaccine: https://bit.ly/31JwhC1

The President of Y Combinator, Geoff Ralston, virtually dropped by to share his advice for entrepreneurs! Check it out! https://bit.ly/35JQid6

What will the future of work look like? Our recent Innovation-X Roundtable addressed this question in a recent event. Read the key takeaways here: https://bit.ly/3jtz34n

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a test for pre-established rules, so how can entrepreneurs thrive in such a scenario? New ideas sprout when the current order is broken, so the disruption of existing rules and paradigms means new rules come in to play. Understanding crises as opportunities is a key factor in creating innovative solutions in today’s world. Learn more in our latest Best of Series video with Naeem Zafar! https://bit.ly/3jfsdQ1

Check out our recent Innovation-X Roundtable to learn more about The Future of Work: https://bit.ly/3jdIipx

The University of California, Berkeley Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (SCET) has redesigned its popular course, Applied Data Science with Venture Applications, (or Data-X for short) to provide free access to its videos, slides, code, and resources on a single website. Check it out here: https://bit.ly/2H8wQyu

Interested in taking courses at SCET? We offer courses each fall and spring semester on a range of topic areas that are relevant for today. From Deplastify the Planet to Alternative Meat to Innovating with 5G, AI, and Mobile, we reimagine the future. Check out and register for our Spring 2021 Courses today: https://bit.ly/2HghEiu

Interested in joining our team? Apply to serve as a course coordinator for the Spring 2021 semester! More details available here: https://bit.ly/35c4tHr

Best of SCET: Interview with Nobel Laureate - https://mailchi.mp//meet-the-winners-of-our-flagship-colli

Congratulations to UC Berkeley’s Jennifer Doudna for becoming one of the newest Nobel Laureates in Chemistry! We are so proud! Check out last year’s Newton Lecture to learn more about her incredible work.

Nominations are now open for WITI@UC Athena Awards! Make sure to get your nominations in by November 6, 2020! #awards #education #award

Today @ 12 p.m.: Innovation-X Roundtable: The Future of Work - https://mailchi.mp//join-our-innovation-x-roundtable-kicko