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At the I School, MIMS student Bea Fadrigon is focusing on qualitative research, and how queer people of color use information communication technologies to cope with stigma. At UC Berkeley she has helped to revive the Queer Grads group, supporting and building community for LGBTQ+ graduate students.

“For me, Pride month means the opportunity to queer the norms unabashedly. Using ‘queer’ as a verb instead of an adjective, I do my best to make an impact on the LGBTQ+ community by queering the spaces I’m in.”

As access barriers to in-person abortion care increase due to legal restrictions and COVID-19–related disruptions, individuals may be turning to the internet for information and services on out-of-clinic medication abortions. A team of UC Berkeley researchers, including School of Information professor Coye Cheshire, used Google search data to explore interest in this topic and assess its implications in a study published in JMIR Infodemiology.