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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

Sunday, June 24, 2012, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Reception for friends and alumni of the I School, SIMS, SLIS, and the School of Librarianship, at the annual ALA Conference
Thursday, May 31, 2012, 4:00 pm, – Friday, June 1, 2012, 6:00 pm
Join thought leaders at the DataEDGE conference for a stimulating conversation about a new vision for data science that addresses real-world challenges and opportunities of an exciting new world of big data.
Saturday, May 12, 2012, 2:00 pm
Honor the class of 2012 with student speakers, keynote speaker Caterina Fake, and presentation of the James R. Chen Awards.
Thursday, May 10, 2012, 4:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Graduating master’s students present their intriguing research projects and innovative new information systems. An panel of judges will select one outstanding project from each track for the James R. Chen Award.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Fourteen student teams present their visualization projects, each on a very distinct topic. The teams show off their innovative work and knowledge at the intersection of data analysis, design, perception, and communication.
Friday, May 4, 2012, 9:00 am, – Saturday, May 5, 2012, 5:00 pm
Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm
How is the Internet experienced in the margins of the global economy? I School professor Jenna Burrell presents a detailed study of the youth of Accra, Ghana, and how the Internet does — and sometime does not — connect them with the larger world.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm
What role will museums and libraries play in the information technology landscape of the future? Todd Carter presents his vision of museums and libraries empowered by Web 2.0 and crowd-sourcing technologies.
Friday, April 20, 2012, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm
Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm
A discussion with Howard Rheingold, author of the new book Net Smart: How to Thrive Online. How can we use digital media as grounded, well-rounded people rather than multitasking neurotics? Rheingold outlines five fundamental digital literacies, online skills that will help us use social media intelligently, humanely, and, above all, mindfully.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm
How do companies use Facebook to investigate potential employees? And does Facebook facilitate illegal employment bias?
Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Panel discussion with Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO; privacy and censorship scholars Deirdre Mulligan & Nicole Wong; and Chinese human-rights activist Qiang Xiao; moderated by Geoffrey Nunberg.
Saturday, March 17, 2012, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
InfoCamp Berkeley is an unconference for anyone interested in user experience, information architecture, interaction design, information management, information design, librarianship, online search, informatics, or related fields.