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Hsioh Kwang Wu

Haas Board member Hsioh Kwang Wu has given $1 million to the school to create a new fellowship fund for distinguished business graduates from China to study here. (07/12/2010)

Eight New Professors Join Haas
The Haas School is welcoming a large and diverse group of new faculty members this fall, including seven assistant professors and Associate Professor Don Moore, who has been a visiting professor at Haas since 2008. (07/12/2010)

Faculty to Hone Art of Instruction at Summer Orientation and Workshops
New and veteran faculty will sharpen their teaching skills at workshops and an orientation at the end of July that are among new services developed by the school's Center for Teaching Excellence during its first year. (07/12/2010)

MBA Students Advise Clients Worldwide in Record Numbers
At a time when many U.S. business ventures are still shrinking and taking financial hits, the Haas School's International Business Development course is defying the trend. (07/12/2010)

Rose Named Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Haas Professor Andy Rose has been appointed associate dean for academic affairs, a role that involves leading faculty recruiting at the business school. (07/12/2010)

Haas Takes Second in Macedonia with Affordable Solar Plan
A Haas team won second place and high praise from judges at the International Renewable Energy Case Challenge in Macedonia in June for their pragmatic plan to ease the Eastern European nation’s looming energy crisis. (07/12/2010)

Berkeley-Columbia Team to Tackle Vineman Ironman
Eight alumni from the Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA Program will spend Sunday (July 18) in the Wine Country but they won't be sipping chardonnay. Instead, the team will be swimming 1.2 miles, biking 56 miles, and running 13.1 miles, all as part of the Vineman Ironman 70.3 Triathlon. (07/12/2010)
Thomas Gilbert, PhD 08, Wins University of Washington Top Teaching Award
Thomas Gilbert, PhD 08, an assistant professor of finance at the University of Washington Foster School of Business, has won the 2010 Paccar Award for Excellence in Teaching, the school's highest teaching honor. (07/12/2010)
Berkeley MBA Students Plan Pioneering Polar Expedition
Trekking up to 600 miles across Antarctica while pulling a 100-pound sled is a grueling endurance test for any adventurer, but for Alan Lock, MBA 11, there's an extra challenge: Lock has lost much of his vision to a degenerative eye condition, and hopes to become the first visually impaired person to cross Antarctica from the coast all the way to the South Pole. (06/22/2010)




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