Events

Upcoming events

Friday, May 2, 2025, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

Clifford Lynch passed away on April 10. A series of short reports by colleagues and friends illuminate his many and varied contributions.

Biosensory Computing Project Showcase, Part 1

Monday, May 5, 2025, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

Student projects from the Biosensory Computing course.

Modeling Language as Social and Cultural Data

Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

How reciprocal relationships between natural language processing, sociolinguistics, and education can uncover the social dynamics of language at billion-word scale and support content analyses of school curricula.

Biosensory Computing Project Showcase, Part 2

Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

Student projects from the Biosensory Computing course.

Information Visualization Final Project Showcase

Friday, May 9, 2025, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Class projects in information visualization.

A student presents his project in front of a large audience

MIMS 2025 Final Project Showcase

Thursday, May 15, 2025, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Graduating MIMS students present their intriguing research projects and innovative new information systems. A panel of judges will select outstanding projects for the James R. Chen Award.

A group of graduating master's students at their commencement ceremony, wearing black caps and gowns with gold master's hoods.

School of Information 2025 Commencement

Monday, May 19, 2025, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Honor the class of 2025 with keynote speaker, student speakers, and student awards.

Outstanding Mentor Awards | UC Berkeley School of Information

A Celebration of Mentorship at the I School

Wednesday, June 11, 2025, 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm PDT

Celebrate our student and alumni mentors.

Previous events

The Refusal Conference

Wednesday, October 14, 2020, 12:00 am, – Friday, October 16, 2020, 12:00 am

A virtual conference exploring organized technology refusal from historical and contemporary vantage points

Conspiracy in the Time of Corona: An Automated Pipeline for Narrative Framework Discovery on COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories

Friday, October 9, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

A Day in the Life of a Data Scientist

Thursday, October 8, 2020, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

A typical day in the life of a data scientist, with a demo of data engineering, data analysis, and data science using Spark SQL, Spark ML, Delta, and Redash.

Continuity of the Research Enterprise During the Pandemic

Friday, October 2, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

102nd Birthday Celebration: a Virtual Celebration of Women Leaders Past, Present, and Future

Friday, September 25, 2020, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Join us to celebrate the history of the I School, SIMS, SLIS, and School of Librarianship.

The Impact, Priorities and Prospects for Sustained Infrastructure Investment in Scholarly Communication

Friday, September 18, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Contexts

Friday, September 11, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Information access seminar, with Wayne de Fremery and Michael Buckland

Lifecycle Planning and Cost Estimation for Biomedical Data, and Implications for Repository Strategies

Friday, August 28, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

An inside look at the US National Academies committee and their report

graphics of data analysis, data visualization and other data science tools

Data Science Summer 2020 Capstone Project Showcase

Thursday, August 13, 2020, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Graduating MIDS students present their data science projects. A panel of judges will select an outstanding project for the Hal R. Varian MIDS Capstone Award.

Cybersecurity Summer 2020 Capstone Project Showcase

Wednesday, August 5, 2020, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Graduating MICS students present their cybersecurity projects.

Data Science Summer 2020 Capstone Project Showcase for 5th Year MIDS Students

Monday, August 3, 2020, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Graduating 5th Year MIDS students present their data science projects.

Littlest Bear Virtual 5K Run/Walk 2020

Monday, July 27, 2020, 12:01 am, – Sunday, August 2, 2020, 11:30 pm

A fun run/walk/roll for the I School Community! Proceeds benefit Diversity & Inclusion Fellowships.

Berkeley Conversations: COVID-19 in the Global South: Economic Impacts and Recovery

Wednesday, June 10, 2020, 9:00 am - 10:15 am

Campuswide online video series

Tribute to Spring 2020 Graduates

Sunday, May 17, 2020, 9:30 am - 10:15 am

An online event to honor the graduating class of 2020.

MIMS Final Project Showcase

Thursday, May 14, 2020, 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Graduating master’s students present their intriguing research projects and innovative new information systems. A panel of judges will select outstanding projects for the James R. Chen Award.

Copy Theory

Friday, May 1, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

The history and theory of copying and of copies

Data Science Spring 2020 Capstone Project Showcase

Thursday, April 30, 2020, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Graduating MIDS students present their data science projects. A panel of judges will select an outstanding project for the Hal R. Varian MIDS Capstone Award.

Seminar Project Reports

Friday, April 24, 2020, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Student reports on e-commerce marketing, AI, and cloud information systems.

Data Science and User Experience: Making Data Science Useful for Earth Scientists

Thursday, April 23, 2020, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Sarah Poon and Deb Agarwal of LBNL discuss their experience at the intersection of data science and user experience.

Berkeley Conversations on COVID-19: Understanding and Seeking Equity amid COVID-19

Tuesday, April 21, 2020, 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Campuswide online video series