UC Berkeley School of Information

Announced in 2025, the UC Berkeley School of Information’s Bellwether Postdoctoral Scholar Program is a two-year postdoctoral scholarship supporting promising early-career researchers across information disciplines. Part of Dean Eric Meyer’s vision to position the I School as a true bellwether — a leader that anticipates and shapes what's to come — the program advances future-facing research with impact on campus, for the public, and globally. Scholars Dang Nguyen, Denis Peskoff, Nel Escher, and Svenja Guhr have joined the I School to work with distinguished faculty members in research related to AI, NLP, law, and more. 

When a group of students gathered recently in UC Berkeley’s South Hall to present their work, it quickly became clear that these were not typical class projects. The presentations were part of an end-of-semester showcase for the UC Berkeley Cybersecurity Clinic, a practicum-style course at the UC Berkeley School of Information, with joint support from the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC), that trains students to provide pro bono digital security assistance to organizations that face a range of cyber threats, but have limited capacity to defend themselves. Similar to university clinics in law and medicine, the cybersecurity clinic model provides students with “real-world” experience while serving the public good.