Alumni News

Changing Minds, Making a Difference: Eliza Atkins Gleason

Feb 4, 2019

Pioneering Berkeley alumna Eliza Atkins Gleason (M.A. ’36) was the first African American to earn a doctorate in library science.

Alumna Jennifer King’s Dissertation Honored by iSchools Organization

Jan 30, 2019

School of Information alumna Jennifer King was honored by the iSchools organization for her doctoral dissertation, “Privacy, Disclosure, and Social Exchange Theory.”

I School Scholars’ Research Helps Explain ‘Surveillance Capitalism’ Today

Jan 24, 2019

Washington Post op-ed cites privacy research by Chris Hoofnagle and Jen King.

Alumna danah boyd Named Top Woman in Tech

Dec 12, 2018

RideAlong bike research with the Seattle PD

A Passion for Criminal Justice Reform Leads Alumna to Co-Found RideAlong

Oct 17, 2018

MIMS alumna Meredith Hitchcock co-founded RideAlong, a software tool to help government staff support stigmatized and vulnerable citizens.

Alumnus Nick Hamlin on Data Science for the Social Sector

Sep 19, 2018

Alumna Awarded Prestigious Grant to Address Maternal and Child Health Through ICTD

Sep 10, 2018

Chris Hoofnagle and Alumnus Ashkan Soltani Help Unlikely Activists Take on Silicon Valley

Aug 14, 2018

Soltani knew exactly how hard Facebook and Google would fight to protect their business model, because he had watched them do it before...

Alumna’s Tech Company Helps Police Better Serve Vulnerable Populations

Aug 14, 2018

MIMS alumna Meredith Hitchcock is the co-founder of RideAlong, a software focused on serving populations that have frequent interactions with law enforcement.