UC Berkeley School of Information

Master of Information and Data Science (MIDS) alums Kevin Ngoc Hoang, Xinyun (Roxy) Rong, Maggie Corry, and Roshni Suresh Tajnekar are the winners of the Sarukkai Social Impact Award, for their project, Carbon AIQ. The MIDS team focuses on carbon offsetting, a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by investing in projects that lower or remove CO2 and other greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. Carbon offset markets, or trading systems where organizations buy and sell carbon credits to compensate for greenhouse gas emissions, are divided into government-run compliance and open-access voluntary markets. They addressed voluntary markets’ credibility and accessibility issues by compiling and tracking data bases of current carbon projects and the lifecycle of carbon credits, making it easier for environmentalists to access the information they need to fight against climate change.

Dr. Elaine Sedenberg, an alumna of the UC Berkeley School of Information and a longtime contributor to the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity, has been honored with the 2025 Mark Bingham Award for Excellence in Achievement by Young Alumni.

The Mark Bingham Award commends a young UC Berkeley alum who graduated within the last 10 years who has made a significant contribution to their community, country, or the world at large. The award pays tribute to Mark Bingham, Class of 1993, who died on September 11, 2001, defending the United States on United Airlines Flight 93.