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The College Promise Campaign Recognizes Student Voices Video Competition Winners at the 2019 PromiseNet Conference

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Monday, November 4, 2019
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BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The College Promise Campaign is proud to present the winners of its #StudentVoices Video Competition at #PromiseNet2019 in Berkeley, California.

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  • BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The College Promise Campaign is proud to present the winners of its #StudentVoices Video Competition at #PromiseNet2019 in Berkeley, California.
  • Student competitors submitted a 30-second to 1-minute video describing the value of a college education, how college has opened up doors in their lives.
  • Today, student testimonials from Aerin Fulton, David Santafe-Zambrano, Sommer Mayer, and Cheska Ibasan will be shared at PromiseNet 2019, a national conference the College Promise Campaign is proud to co-sponsor.
  • --David Santafe-Zambran, William Rainey Harper College Student and#StudentVideoCompetition Winner
    "These students exemplify the potential of our nation's talent pool," said Martha Kanter, Executive Director of the College Promise Campaign.

Jennifer Doudna, Ph.D., to be Named Recipient of CLSA’s Life Sciences Leadership Award at 2019 Pantheon DiNA™ Awards

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Thursday, October 17, 2019
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California Life Sciences Association (CLSA) , the trade association representing Californias life sciences sector, has announced the winner of its 2019 Life Sciences Leadership Award, a prestigious award to be presented at CLSAs 2019 Pantheon DiNA Program , which honors Californias most innovative and dedicated life sciences leaders for their ongoing contributions to Californias life sciences sector.

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  • California Life Sciences Association (CLSA) , the trade association representing Californias life sciences sector, has announced the winner of its 2019 Life Sciences Leadership Award, a prestigious award to be presented at CLSAs 2019 Pantheon DiNA Program , which honors Californias most innovative and dedicated life sciences leaders for their ongoing contributions to Californias life sciences sector.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20191017005272/en/
    Jennifer Doudna, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, to be Named Recipient of California Life Sciences Association's (CLSA) Life Sciences Leadership Award at 2019 Pantheon DiNA Awards (Photo: Business Wire)
    The award will be presented to Jennifer A. Doudna , Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, as part of CLSAs 2019 Pantheon DiNA Awards ceremony on Nov. 15 at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco.
  • The Life Sciences Leadership Award recognizes key individuals who work relentlessly to drive innovation and collaboration within Californias life sciences sector.
  • More about CLSAs Pantheon DiNA Awards:
    Each year the California Life Sciences Association (CLSA), recognizes and honors excellence as it brings together Californias Life Sciences industry for one night at our Annual Pantheon DiNA Awards Ceremony .

California Water Service Launches and Expands Sixth Annual Classroom Conservation Competition

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The free, project-based competition invites fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade classrooms in Cal Water service areas to develop and implement solutions for water issues.

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  • The free, project-based competition invites fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade classrooms in Cal Water service areas to develop and implement solutions for water issues.
  • The Cal Water H2O Challenge is an immersive experience for everyone involved; it gives students and educators the chance to view water conservation through a unique lens, said Martin A. Kropelnicki, Cal Water President and CEO.
  • In late 2019, Cal Water will also launch a teacher grant program, water pledge, and free individual challenge aimed at K-12 students living in a Cal Water service area.
  • California Water Service serves about 2 million people through 486,900 service connections in California.

Lightbend to Showcase Best Streaming Data Practices for Machine Learning At O’Reilly Strata Data Summit This Week in New York

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Monday, September 23, 2019
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NEW YORK, Sept. 23, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This week at OReilly Strata Data conference in New York, the foremost experts in the world of data and business will focus on best practice data techniques and technologies.

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  • NEW YORK, Sept. 23, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This week at OReilly Strata Data conference in New York, the foremost experts in the world of data and business will focus on best practice data techniques and technologies.
  • The better way is to treat the model as data and have this model data exchanged between the training and scoring systems, which allows updating models in the running context.
  • The advantage of this approach is that model serving is implemented as part of the larger data-transformation pipeline.
  • Such pipelines can be implemented using streaming enginesSpark Streaming, Flink, or Beamor streaming librariesAkka Streams or Kafka Streams.

ID2020 Alliance launches digital ID program with Government of Bangladesh and Gavi, announces new partners at annual summit

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Thursday, September 19, 2019
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ID2020 unveiled its latest good digital identity program in partnership with the Access to Information (a2i) Program of the Government of Bangladesh, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) and Gavi.

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  • ID2020 unveiled its latest good digital identity program in partnership with the Access to Information (a2i) Program of the Government of Bangladesh, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) and Gavi.
  • To offer a persistent digital identity from birth, the program will explore and assess several cutting-edge infant biometric technologies, unlocking a potential global public good.
  • We and our ID2020 Alliance partners, both present and future, are committed to rising to this challenge."
  • Since last year's summit, the ID2020 Alliance has welcomed several new Alliance partners, including the City of Austin, UC Berkeley's CITRIS Policy Lab and Care USA.

RNL Becomes a Platinum Member of the Slate Preferred Partner Program

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Tuesday, September 10, 2019
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Sept. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --RNL and Slate announced today that RNL has become a platinum member of the Slate Preferred Partner Program, a network of organizations that share a commitment to support transformational effects on the world of higher education.

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  • CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Sept. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --RNL and Slate announced today that RNL has become a platinum member of the Slate Preferred Partner Program, a network of organizations that share a commitment to support transformational effects on the world of higher education.
  • The Slate Preferred Partner Program recognizes organizations that integrate with Slate and offer implementation support while providing meaningful contributions to the higher education community.
  • Slate Preferred Partners have a deeper understanding of the Slate product functionality and processes and have gained access to a variety of resources and insights into best practices.
  • Slate Preferred Partners have an expressed commitment to providing Slate users with options for only the most exceptional service.

1440 Multiversity and UC Berkeley Corporate Education Announce First Team True North Leadership Intensive Workshop

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Wednesday, September 4, 2019
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1440 Multiversity and UC Berkeley Corporate Education announced their partnership of Team True North Leadership Intensive Workshop, an innovative leadership program designed to help authentic leaders achieve their greatest potential.

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  • 1440 Multiversity and UC Berkeley Corporate Education announced their partnership of Team True North Leadership Intensive Workshop, an innovative leadership program designed to help authentic leaders achieve their greatest potential.
  • Team leadership is not a one-size-fits-all discipline, says UC Berkeley Corporate Education Managing Director Robert David.
  • Team True North takes place at the 1440 Leadership Center from January 21-23, 2020 and offers CEU credits.
  • ABOUT UC BERKELEY CORPORATE EDUCATION:
    Our mission at UC Berkeley Corporate Education is to connect forward-thinking leaders and organizations with the leading-edge faculty of UC Berkeley to solve strategic challenges.

Josh Bersin Partners with UC Berkeley Executive Education to Host the Berkeley CHRO Summit

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Wednesday, August 28, 2019
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The Summit will be led by Bersin and Rich Lyons, former dean of the Haas School of Business, former CLO of Goldman Sachs, and recently named chief innovation and entrepreneurship officer for UC Berkeley.

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  • The Summit will be led by Bersin and Rich Lyons, former dean of the Haas School of Business, former CLO of Goldman Sachs, and recently named chief innovation and entrepreneurship officer for UC Berkeley.
  • For any questions regarding this workshop, please contact the Berkeley Executive Education team at executive(at)berkeley(dot)edu or call +1.510.642.1304.
  • Most recently, Bersin launched the Josh Bersin Academy, the world's first global development academy for HR and talent professionals at all levels and across all industries.
  • Most recently, he has been appointed as the chief innovation and entrepreneurship officer at UC Berkeley and will assume the role beginning January 2020.

Biocom Appoints Additional Members to Board of Directors from Bayer, KPMG and Procopio

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Monday, August 26, 2019
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Im confident that our three new members will ensure we continue to serve our 1,200 members in California like none other.

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  • Im confident that our three new members will ensure we continue to serve our 1,200 members in California like none other.
  • In addition, she serves as the site head for Bayers facility in Berkeley, CA.
  • She is well recognized by the biomedical industry, and received the San Francisco Business Times Most Influential Women in Business Award in 2018.
  • Dr. Chou obtained her Ph.D. from Yale University and completed her post-doctoral training at Max-Planck Institute in Germany.

2019 International STEAM Curriculum Developer Competition opens for submissions on September 1

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Thursday, August 22, 2019
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SHANGHAI, Aug. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Launch Ceremonies at UC Berkeley and Stanford University recently kicked off the 2019 International STEAM Curriculum Developer Competitionwhich promises to herald the participation of some of the best and brightest in STEAM education.

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  • SHANGHAI, Aug. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Launch Ceremonies at UC Berkeley and Stanford University recently kicked off the 2019 International STEAM Curriculum Developer Competitionwhich promises to herald the participation of some of the best and brightest in STEAM education.
  • STEAMEX hosts the Shanghai International STEAM Education Expo 2019, the first and the largest event of its kind in Asia.
  • The agreement between STEAMEX and NAYTEA willdevelop a series of international STEAM education projects.
  • For more information about the 2019 International STEAM Curriculum Developer Competition, submission process, timeline, rules and awards, visit the website of NAYTEA: WWW.NAYTEA.ORG .