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Career Advancement Through Curiosity
Aug 28, 2026
Dr. Cherron Payne has never believed in staying within the boundaries of a single discipline. Throughout a distinguished career spanning...
Trading Tech for Interior Design
Aug 20, 2026
After 16 years building digital products for Microsoft, Alaska Airlines, WeWork and F5, Rutu Patel had what she describes as a "glorious...
Inside the World of Fraud and Forensic Accounting
Aug 17, 2026
A seemingly minor inconsistency in a financial record can be easy to overlook. But to a trained professional, it may be the first clue...
Ready for a Change?
Aug 14, 2026
When you think about work, how do you feel? Are you happy with what you’re doing for a living? Or, are you seriously considering a...
AI Is Changing Financial Planning
Aug 7, 2026
Financial planning has always been about more than numbers. The best advisers know that success comes from understanding people,...
My Career Change Into Personal Financial Planning
Aug 4, 2026
When I started the UC Berkeley Extension Professional Program in Personal Financial Planning, I thought I was entering a new field. But...
Post-Certificate, Expanded Autonomy
Aug 2, 2026
Three years after sharing his story with us, Alex Guidici has grown from a relatively new project manager into a construction...
Everything Is a Negotiation
Jul 6, 2026
At first glance, psychology and finance may seem like an unlikely combination. But for instructor Ricky Koo, the two disciplines have...
Mastering the Math Behind AI, Data Science
May 27, 2026
With a Ph.D. in mathematics and advanced studies spanning applied mathematics, bioinformatics, cell and molecular biology, physics and...