Business Briefs
Saratogan elected VP of UC-Berkeley's ASUC
Saratoga resident Jennifer Chang was elected vice president of UC-Berkeley's Associated Students of the University of California during the recent ASUC elections.
Chang captured one of five executive seats and was the only woman elected. She has previously served as one of the university's 20 elected senators and as the ASUC external affairs public relations director.
On top of being a third-year student at UC-Berkeley, Chang will be in charge of distributing $10,000 in mini-grants to educational groups, expanding a student-faculty mentorship program and the production of a course and professor evaluation program on campus during her year of service, among other duties.
Saratogan gets a boost for cancer research
Saratoga native Jeffrey Mandell, 30, was recently awarded a Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell postdoctoral fellowship.
Only 24 recipients were chosen from more than 170 applicants. The fellowship is awarded to outstanding young scientists conducting theoretical and experimental research that is relevant to the study of cancer and its causes, mechanisms, therapies and prevention. Mandell is a postdoctoral student in Nobel laureate Thomas Cech's biochemistry lab at the University of Colorado in Boulder.
Mandell's research focuses on isolating proteins that regulate telemorase, an enzyme that allows cells to divide forever.
Mandell grew up in Saratoga and graduated from Saratoga High School in 1988. He now lives in Boulder where he is conducting his research.
The Maids names a new manager
Geri Bustamante, manager of The Maids' residential cleaning franchise serving Los Gatos, Saratoga, Cupertino and Almaden, has named Nancy Moreno as the new operations manager.
After completing an extensive eight-day administrative and technical training program at The Maids' headquarters in Omaha, Neb.
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