UC Berkeley School of Information

On May 19, 2026, the School of Information welcomed 349 of 616 total graduating students 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 to the UC Berkeley campus. The event was held at the historic Hearst Greek Theatre. Dean Eric Meyer presided over the ceremony. 

Vera Zakem, Chief Technology Innovation Officer of the State of California, gave the keynote speech at the UC Berkeley School of Information May 2026 Commencement.

In her speech, she shared anecdotes about times when she showed resilience and gave graduates words of wisdom, telling them to “let your perseverance,  truth, your moral compass, your lived experience, your contextualized knowledge shape the digital world for our children and grandchildren. We need your honesty and truth now more than ever.”