UC Berkley recently announced a $20 million gift from Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs to launch a design institute here in Berkeley Engineering. Below are links to information and clips. The op-ed piece, listed first, is the most recent.
Daily Californian opinion page:
http://www.dailycal.org/2013/06/24/a-new-design-for-engineering-education/
Bloomberg Businessweek:
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-06-13/qualcomm-s-jacobs-gives-uc-berkeley-20-million-for-innovation
SF Business Times:
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2013/06/13/uc-berkeley-gets-20-million-for.html
Daily Californian:
http://www.dailycal.org/2013/06/16/uc-berkeley-receives-20-million-for-design-innovation-center/
San Jose Mercury News:
http://www.mercurynews.com/education/ci_23464104/uc-berkeley-announces-new-design-institute-its-college
San Diego Source | Daily Transcript:
http://www.sddt.com/Technology/article.cfm?SourceCode=20130613czf&_t=Jacobs+gives+UC+Berkeley+20+million
Chronicle of Philanthropy:
http://philanthropy.com/blogs/philanthropytoday/jacobs-foundation-gives-20-million-to-uc-berkeley/70029
The release is posted on UC Berkley website:
http://coe.berkeley.edu/news-center/press-releases/design-innovation-institute.html
Donald Visco, associate dean for undergraduate studies and professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, and Heidi Cressman, director of UA’s Women in Engineering program, are quoted in continuing coverage of UA’s “Multiplying Your Options” summer camp available from the Hudson Hub-Times,
and Stow Sentry, http://www.hudsonhubtimes.com/news%20local/2013/06/30/university-of-akron-hosts-multiplying-your-options-camp.
The International Society of Engineering Education’s (IGIP) has established a National Monitoring Committee for the United States of America. IGIP serves to promote improved educational competencies in engineering educators. Please refer to http://www.igip.org or contact Dr. Schaefer (dirk.schaefer@me.gatech.edu) directly.
UC Berkley recently announced a $20 million gift from Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs to launch a design institute here in Berkeley Engineering. Below are links to information and clips. The op-ed piece, listed first, is the most recent.
Daily Californian opinion page:
http://www.dailycal.org/2013/06/24/a-new-design-for-engineering-education/
Bloomberg Businessweek:
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-06-13/qualcomm-s-jacobs-gives-uc-berkeley-20-million-for-innovation
SF Business Times:
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2013/06/13/uc-berkeley-gets-20-million-for.html
Daily Californian:
http://www.dailycal.org/2013/06/16/uc-berkeley-receives-20-million-for-design-innovation-center/
San Jose Mercury News:
http://www.mercurynews.com/education/ci_23464104/uc-berkeley-announces-new-design-institute-its-college
San Diego Source | Daily Transcript:
http://www.sddt.com/Technology/article.cfm?SourceCode=20130613czf&_t=Jacobs+gives+UC+Berkeley+20+million
Chronicle of Philanthropy:
http://philanthropy.com/blogs/philanthropytoday/jacobs-foundation-gives-20-million-to-uc-berkeley/70029
The release is posted on UC Berkley website:
http://coe.berkeley.edu/news-center/press-releases/design-innovation-institute.html
Donald Visco, associate dean for undergraduate studies and professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, and Heidi Cressman, director of UA’s Women in Engineering program, are quoted in continuing coverage of UA’s “Multiplying Your Options” summer camp available from the Hudson Hub-Times,
and Stow Sentry, http://www.hudsonhubtimes.com/news%20local/2013/06/30/university-of-akron-hosts-multiplying-your-options-camp.
The International Society of Engineering Education’s (IGIP) has established a National Monitoring Committee for the United States of America. IGIP serves to promote improved educational competencies in engineering educators. Please refer to http://www.igip.org or contact Dr. Schaefer (dirk.schaefer@me.gatech.edu) directly.
