Events

Upcoming events

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

Making Technology Meaningful: Bridging Research & Practice

Wednesday, January 19, 2011, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Dr. Mahad Ibrahim is a 2009 graduate of the School of Information's Ph.D. program. Ibrahim and Dr. Jaspal Sandhu are partners in the Gobee Group, a small, agile consultancy working to develop impact-oriented technology solutions through holistic design approaches. This talk will highlight the Gobee model of linking research and practice through presentation of current social impact engagements.

Showcase: Information Organization Lab

Friday, December 10, 2010, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Experimental student projects from the Information Organization Lab course. Come see Vannevar Bush’s Memex implemented using Delicious, recipe books powered by microformats, a semantic web news aggregator, a bar crawl heat map, and many more.

Interface Aesthetics: Final Class Exhibition

Monday, December 6, 2010, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Technology, Democracy, Human Rights, and its Policy Implications for the EU

Friday, December 3, 2010, 5:00 pm

Marietje Schaake is a Dutch Member of the European Parliament and a founder of the European Parliament Intergroup on New Media and Technology.

"Matching and Merging Entities in Collections of Archive Description Records" and "Californians and Their Earthquakes"

Friday, December 3, 2010, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Information and Communications Technologies for Social Enterprise: Final Project Presentations

Friday, December 3, 2010, 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Student projects use novel information and communication technologies to support social causes worldwide, while competing for $10,000 in prizes.

Lisa Gansky (Photo: <a href="http://www.staticphotography.com/">Kris Krüg</a>)

Distinguished Lecture: Why the Future of Business is Sharing

Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Lisa Gansky is an author, entrepreneur, and environmentalist, and the co-founder and former CEO of Ofoto (now Kodak Gallery) and GNN (the world's first commercial website, acquired by AOL).

Editorial Practices and the Web

Friday, November 19, 2010, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Technology Enhanced Learning in Science (TELS)

Thursday, November 18, 2010, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

A behind-the-scenes look at the UC Berkeley Web-based Inquiry Science Environment (WISE), a pioneer in technology-enhanced science learning.

Online Admissions Chat

Tuesday, November 9, 2010, 8:00 am - 6:00 pm

A "virtual open house", for prospective students to chat with current I School students and learn more about life at the I School.

Report on Matching and Clustering Entities in Large Collections of Encoded Archival Context

Friday, November 5, 2010, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Mobile Apps and User Experience Research

Tuesday, November 2, 2010, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Suzanne Ginsburg (MIMS ’99) is a user experience consultant and author of the book “Designing the iPhone User Experience.”

Some Initial Thoughts on Data Retention Lifecycles and Data Lifespans

Friday, October 29, 2010, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Rumors of the Web's Demise

Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Distinguished Lecturer Roy Bahat is the president of the online media and gaming company IGN Entertainment.

The Evolving Internet: Driving Forces, Uncertainties, and Four Scenarios to 2025

Monday, October 25, 2010, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

What will the Internet be like in 2025? Enrique Rueda-Sabader of Cisco Systems and Don Derosby of Monitor GBN predict four alternative futures.

Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative: The Early California Cultural Atlas (ECCA)

Friday, October 22, 2010, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Prospective Student Open House

Thursday, October 21, 2010, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Visit classes during the day, or attend the information session at 5:30 pm. RSVP required.

Web 2.0 and the Future of Teaching and Learning

Thursday, October 21, 2010, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Historical Hypermedia: An alternative history of the Semantic Web and Web 2.0 and implications for e-research

Wednesday, October 20, 2010, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

2010 Regents' Lecture, with Charles van den Heuvel

Small Media Initiative

Friday, October 15, 2010, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

The Internet has become a vital communication tool for Iranian dissidents and activists. Mahmood Enaya presents his experiences using small media to improve the flow of information in Iran.