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On Sunday, January 16, 2022, the School of Information celebrated 236 graduates from the MIDS, 5th Year MIDS, MICS, and Ph.D. programs.

Resilience and optimism was a recurring theme, with keynote speaker Jennifer Urban expressing hope for a future with I School graduates in it.

“The stakes are high,” she said, “but I am optimistic — and I am optimistic in part specifically because of you and the skills and knowledge your degrees represent. In working on these problems, you will bring with you the professional traditions and understandings of information science — library science, data science, social science, and technical expertise – and the gift of the I School approach.” 

The Jack Larson “Data for Good” Fellowship was established in 2016 to assist School of Information Master of Information and Data Science students in the use of data science to improve human life or benefit society. 

Three recent alumni fellowship winners, Daniel Alvarez, Tony DiSera, and Madieh Taher, joined current MIDS students at Immersion this November for a series of fifteen-minute lightning talks to showcase their continuing work in this arena.