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Events

Upcoming events

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

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

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.

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.

Previous events

Thursday, March 6, 2014, 10:30 am - 4:30 pm
A one-day symposium on privacy protections, surveillance methods, and modes of resistance in a digital age.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
How should we balance national security and privacy and civil liberties in federal counterterrorism programs? Join members of the U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to discuss government transparency, US surveillance programs, and the path forward.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 12:10 pm - 1:30 pm
Two use cases of the potential of semantic technologies for data integration and data analysis.
Monday, February 24, 2014, 12:10 pm - 1:30 pm
Jimmy Lin is an associate professor in the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland.
Friday, February 21, 2014, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Daniel Russell is Google’s Über Tech Lead for Search Quality and User Happiness
Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm
Does online advertising actually work? Google scientist David Reiley says it does — but not in the way you expect. In this lecture, he reveals the surprising impact of online advertising on bricks-and-mortar sales.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 12:10 pm - 1:00 pm
Benjamin Stokes investigates how digital media foster civic engagement, informal learning, and activism.
Wednesday, February 5, 2014, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm
A timely and engaging conversation with Cindy Cohn, legal director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Nicole Ozer, technology and civil liberties director at the ACLU of Northern California.
Friday, January 31, 2014, 3:10 pm - 5:10 pm
Friday, January 24, 2014, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Wednesday, December 11, 2013, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Try out students’ interactive inventions: whimsical and improbable devices designed to teach, solve problems, provoke thought, or create fun.
Monday, December 9, 2013, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Try out students’ interactive inventions: whimsical and improbable devices designed to teach, solve problems, provoke thought, or create fun.
Friday, December 6, 2013, 2:10 pm - 3:00 pm
Friday, November 22, 2013, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Information Access Seminar, with Marilyn Tremaine
Friday, November 15, 2013, 6:00 pm, – Saturday, November 16, 2013, 5:00 pm
The Social Innovation Hackathon is sponsored by the Peace Corps, and will tackle real-world problems faced by Peace Corps projects around the world.
Friday, November 15, 2013, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Information access seminar, with Nick Merrill and Clifford Lynch