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Biomedical research building gets go-ahead
The UC Board of Regents recently approved construction of a new facility on the Berkeley campus that will house teaching and research focused on the fundamental molecular mechanisms underlying human health and disease. The state-of-the-art Li Ka Shing Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences will replace Warren Hall, a 52-year-old building that is rated seismically poor and was judged too outmoded to retrofit. healthsciences.berkeley.edu/facilities
Cal alum to lead campus fundraising operations
David Blinder M.A. ’78, Ph.D. ’81 has returned to his alma mater as associate vice chancellor for university relations. He will lead the University’s development enterprise — spanning all aspects of fundraising, including corporate and foundation relations, communications, operations, and events — and coordinate all fundraising activities across the campus. Blinder formerly served as vice president for resources and public affairs at Wellesley College.Haas ranks No.2 in 2007 poll
The Haas School of Business jumped to No. 2, up three spots from last year, in the 2007 Wall Street Journal ranking of M.B.A. programs published this fall. This marks the strongest showing of the school’s full-time Berkeley M.B.A. program in any major, popular ranking. It was based on a poll of 4,430 corporate recruiters who could rate up to three schools from which they recruit M.B.A. graduates.
