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Events

Upcoming events

Wednesday, August 5, 2026, 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm PDT

Graduating MICS students present their cybersecurity projects. A panel of judges will select an outstanding project for the Lily L. Chang MICS Capstone Award.

Thursday, August 13, 2026, 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm PDT

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.

Wednesday, December 9, 2026, 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm PST

Graduating MICS students present their cybersecurity projects. A panel of judges will select an outstanding project for the Lily L. Chang MICS Capstone Award.

Thursday, December 17, 2026, 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm PST

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.

Previous events

Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm PDT

What it will take to build effective guardrails for a technology that is rapidly reshaping our world?

Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 4:30 pm - 5:45 pm

How can we preserve essential federal datasets for the benefit of American lives and livelihood?

Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 3:00 pm - 4:15 pm PDT

Three leaders share success stories of steering large government agencies to innovate and deliver impactful services.

Monday, October 20, 2025, 4:45 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

In an industry dominated by digital technologies and streaming, how can musicians and other artists retain agency and fair compensation?

Monday, October 20, 2025, 3:00 pm - 4:15 pm PDT

How can we advance efforts to harness AI to deliver positive impacts to people’s lives?

Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

Preslav Nakov discusses large language models’ problems with factuality and new tools to use LLMs to fight misinformation.

Friday, October 3, 2025, 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm PDT

An in-person, collaborative deep dive into Manvir Singh’s topic “Universality and Diversity in Story and Song”.

Friday, October 3, 2025, 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm PDT

Manvir Singh researches the nature and origins of ubiquitous sociocultural traditions such as shamanism, witchcraft, story, and music.

Friday, September 26, 2025, 3:10 pm - 5:30 pm

In 1918, UC Berkeley began a full-time program in library science. Join us for our annual celebration honoring the I School’s rich history, vibrant present, and bold future.

Sunday, August 17, 2025, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

A festive summer gathering for I School students, alumni, staff, faculty, and friends.

Thursday, August 14, 2025, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

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.

Wednesday, August 6, 2025, 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm PDT

Graduating MICS students present their cybersecurity projects. A panel of judges will select an outstanding project for the Lily L. Chang MICS Capstone Award.

Monday, July 21, 2025 - Sunday, July 27, 2025

A fun run/walk/roll for the I School community.

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

Celebrate our student and alumni mentors.

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

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

Friday, May 16, 2025, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Elizabeth Resor and Liza Gak present their dissertation research.

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.

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

Class projects in information visualization.

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

Student projects from the Biosensory Computing course.

Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 12:00 pm - 1:30 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.