Intent on creating a safe space for students to learn and talk about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Shannon Thomas founded a student organization at Berkeley. A double major in peace and conflict and Middle Eastern studies, and a Model U.N. delegate, she sees fostering peace as her path.
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Patrick Awuah earned his MBA from the Haas School of Business in 1999 and went on to found Africa's first private, secular, liberal arts college, Ashesi University in Ghana. His aim? To transform a continent through education. Ashesi celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, and Awuah has won Haas's Leading Through Innovation Award.
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In this year's Mario Savio Lecture, honoring Berkeley's historic free-speech champion, Barack Obama's former green-jobs adviser had some advice for the president's supporters. Celebrate his re-election victory, Van Jones said, but don't settle for it.
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