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Celebrating Excellence in Interdisciplinary Research: 3 I School Ph.D. Students Receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

May 26, 2023

Three UC Berkeley School of Information Ph.D. students — Naitian Zhou, Chase Stokes, and Lauren Chambers — were awarded the highly prestigious...

Commencement Speaker Ken-ichi Ueda, iNaturalist Creator, Inspires Graduates with Humor and Insights on Responsible Technology

May 19, 2023

Ken-ichi Ueda gave the keynote speech at the UC Berkeley School of Information May 2023 Commencement.

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Embrace Uncertainty, Speakers Urge at 2023 Commencement

May 19, 2023

On May 15, 2023, the School of Information welcomed 350 of 608 total graduating students to the UC Berkeley campus from the Master of...

Awards Honor May 2023 Graduates

May 15, 2023

The School of Information’s May 2023 Commencement presented an opportunity to honor faculty and student achievements.

From Theory to Practice: UC Berkeley Master’s Students Gain Real-World Data Science Experience Through Capstone Projects

Apr 26, 2023

Between every second-year graduate student and graduation stands one final challenge: Capstone.

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Professor Kimiko Ryokai and Team Awarded $1.29M to Center Indigenous Youth in Museum Spaces

Apr 19, 2023

A group of researchers, including the I School’s own Professor Kimiko Ryokai, recently received a grant of $1.29M from the National Science...

Berkeley Student Uses Data Science to Close the Justice Gap for Marginalized Communities

Apr 19, 2023

Elijah Mercer (MIDS ’25) has been awarded the Spring 2023 Jack Larson Data Science for Good Fellowship for his work involving the use of data science...

Climate Change as an Information Problem

Apr 17, 2023

Catherine Cronquist Browning, the assistant dean of academic programs and of equity and inclusion at the I School, argues that climate change is an...