California’s Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis visited UC Berkeley and was introduced to entrepreneurs at the Berkeley SkyDeck in February. Excerpt from Daily Cal: As lieutenant governor, Kounalakis now sits on the UC Board of Regents as well as the CSU Board of Trustees. She embarked on her listening tour to hear about the strengths and weaknesses of the public higher education system in California from students and faculty members themselves.

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Features image: Kounalakis (center left) gets up close with Squishy Robots while meeting engineer Anthony Thompson, CEO Dr. Alice Agogino, and lead mechatronics engineer Douglas Hutchings.