Events

Upcoming events

Littlest Bear Virtual 5K Run/Walk 2025

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

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

Cybersecurity Summer 2025 Capstone Project Showcase

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.

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

Data Science Summer 2025 Capstone Project Showcase

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

Pan-Optics: Perspectives on Digital Privacy & Surveillance

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.

Towards a Revolution in Publishing: Thoughts on a More Sustainable Future; and Methodology in Information Studies

Friday, February 28, 2014, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Civil Liberties, Privacy, and National Security: A Conversation with The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

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.

Connecting Big Data Semantics

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.

Making Sense of Big Data

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.

Mindtools: Why tools mean as much as data for information literacy.

Friday, February 21, 2014, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Daniel Russell is Google’s Über Tech Lead for Search Quality and User Happiness

Social Networks and Archival Context: from R&D Project to Cooperative Program.

Friday, February 14, 2014, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Online Ads and Offline Sales: Measuring the Effects of Online Advertising via a Controlled Experiment on Yahoo!

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.

Brown Bag Seminar: A Reality Game to Cross Disciplines

Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 12:10 pm - 1:00 pm

Benjamin Stokes investigates how digital media foster civic engagement, informal learning, and activism.

"A lot has happened on Facebook since you last logged in": Speculations about the long-term fate of social media

Friday, February 7, 2014, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

NSA Spying, Snowden, and Sparking Change

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.

Transitions of Stewardship

Friday, January 31, 2014, 3:10 pm - 5:10 pm

Redesigning Reference Works

Friday, January 24, 2014, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm