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“First, a huge congratulations to the Class of 2023,” commencement keynote speaker Ken-ichi Ueda remarked. “It’s possible that I’m here to tell you about one potential direction that you all can take from this point forward. Or maybe, as one of the few people on Earth who has spent literally over a decade working on an I School final project, I’m here as some kind of cautionary tale.”

On May 15, 2023, the School of Information welcomed 350 of 608 total graduating students to the UC Berkeley campus from the Master of Information Management and Systems (MIMS), the Master of Information and Data Science (MIDS), the Master of Information and Cybersecurity (MICS), and the Ph.D. in Information Science degree programs.

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

Head of School Marti Hearst presented awards for outstanding capstone projects from the Master of Information Management and Systems program, the Master of Information and Data Science program, and the Master of Information and Cybersecurity program.

Students in the MIMS, MIDS, and MICS programs voted for their most outstanding instructors and gave awards to their classmates.