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Events

Upcoming events

Wednesday, September 9, 2026, 12:10 pm - 1:30 pm PDT

Fotis Jannidis is a professor of computer philology and history of contemporary German literature in the Institute for German Philology at the University of Würzburg, Germany.

Friday, September 18, 2026, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

The Cultural Analytics Series highlights data-driven analysis of cultural phenomena. 

Friday, September 18, 2026, 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

An in-person, collaborative deep dive with Cultural Analytics speaker Aarthi Vadde.

Saturday, September 26, 2026, 1:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Join alumni, faculty, students, and friends as we celebrate a defining milestone in the history of the UC Berkeley School of Information.

Friday, October 9, 2026, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

The Cultural Analytics Series highlights data-driven analysis of cultural phenomena. 

Friday, October 9, 2026, 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

An in-person, collaborative deep dive with Cultural Analytics speaker Maria Antoniak.

Wednesday, October 14, 2026, 12:10 pm - 1:30 pm PDT
Friday, October 30, 2026, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

The Cultural Analytics Series highlights data-driven analysis of cultural phenomena. 

Friday, October 30, 2026, 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

An in-person, collaborative deep dive with Cultural Analytics speaker Mads Rosendahl Thomsen.

Wednesday, November 4, 2026, 12:10 pm - 1:30 pm

In the United States, the census is democracy’s data. These data make politics — and politics make these data. In this talk, danah boyd discusses what it takes to make democracy’s data — and what those who care about data and democracy should understand about the complexities of making high-stakes data.

Monday, November 9, 2026, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

The Cultural Analytics Series highlights data-driven analysis of cultural phenomena. 

Monday, November 9, 2026, 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

An in-person, collaborative deep dive with Cultural Analytics speakers Meredith Martin and Wouter Haverals.

Thursday, December 10, 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, August 14, 2024, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

The Citizen Clinic (INFO/CYBER 289) is a public-interest cybersecurity course that supports the capacity of politically-targeted organizations to defend themselves against online threats. Join us to learn more.

Wednesday, August 7, 2024, 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 29, 2024 - Sunday, August 4, 2024

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

Wednesday, May 29, 2024, 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm PDT

Celebrate our student and alumni mentors.

Saturday, May 18, 2024, 2:00 pm

Honor the class of 2024 with keynote speaker, student speakers, and student awards.

Thursday, May 9, 2024, 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, April 26, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

Clifford Lynch explores the problems and questions generative AI poses for preserving the digital cultural record.

Friday, April 26, 2024, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Learn about cutting-edge AI research and advocacy efforts

Thursday, April 25, 2024, 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.

Thursday, April 25, 2024, 3:10 pm - 4:00 pm

Can we combine data from satellites, mobile phones, and financial services providers with machine learning to identify the neediest people and better target humanitarian aid?

Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

The Citizen Clinic (INFO/CYBER 289) is a public-interest cybersecurity course that supports the capacity of politically-targeted organizations to defend themselves against online threats. Join us to learn more.

Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm PDT

Timothy Tangherlini uses a computational folkloristic approach to analyze conversations on the social media platform Parler leading up to the January 6th attack on the Capitol.

Friday, April 19, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

Michael Buckland explores the genesis and spread of belief and misbelief.

Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 4:00 pm - 6:00 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.

Tuesday, April 16, 2024, 11:10 am - 12:30 pm

Matt Mitchell is a senior cybersecurity program manager at the Ford Foundation

Friday, April 12, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

The world has been on a decades-long series of experiments trying to build successful decentralized systems marked almost entirely by failure.

Friday, April 5, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

Anushah Hossain considers what values and scripts were privileged in today’s core standards for multilingual digital communication — Unicode, OpenType, and more.

Friday, March 22, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

“Preserving Digital Images and Data” and “Rethinking Antitrust for the Cloud Era”

Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 11:10 am - 12:30 pm

Shai Dhaliwal is a cybersecurity consulting manager at Accenture.

Friday, March 15, 2024, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Christine Borgman is a distinguished research professor in information studies at UCLA.