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I School Teams Sweep >Play Hackathon Awards

Nov 1, 2013

The challenge: design and build a system to give the world’s underbanked people access to financial services — in under 24 hours. I School projects...

Zachary Pardos, Scholar of Online Education, Joins I School Faculty

Oct 15, 2013

Pardos is an expert in the emerging field of educational data mining — applying data science methodologies to online learning environments to...

Can Open Government Initiatives Combat Corruption?

Oct 8, 2013

Ph.D. student Rajesh Veeraraghavan is analyzing the effects of an Indian “open government” initiative, which uses information transparency to fight...

Mark Brazinski: Football Player. Grad Student. Genius.

Oct 7, 2013

Brazinski earned a double bachelor’s degree in three years and is now a second-year MIMS student. He is also an offensive lineman on the Cal football...

Students’ Data Analysis Uncovers Hidden Trends in Yelp Reviews

Oct 4, 2013

A new student research project analyzes the text of Yelp restaurant reviews to automatically reveal the underlying topics discussed by the reviewers...

The I School Hits the Sweet Spot

Oct 1, 2013

“I worry about many things, but I don’t worry about our students getting jobs.” —Dean AnneLee Saxenian, on how the I School offers students a...

Why Small is Better at the Berkeley I School

Sep 27, 2013

Smaller is better when it comes to an engaging learning environment like the UC Berkeley School of Information. Associate Dean Coye Cheshire...

Non-Profit “Free Law Project” Provides Open Access to U.S. Case Law

Sep 25, 2013

Although case law is technically public domain, legal decisions are often scattered across the Internet, locked up in proprietary systems, and only...

I School Kicks Off the Year by Welcoming New Students

Aug 30, 2013

The four new doctoral students and 56 new MIMS students have a wide range of backgrounds, with previous degrees in cognitive science, studio art,...

MIMS Students’ Summer Internships

Aug 23, 2013

This week, the MIMS class of 2014 is finishing up summer internships to return to South Hall. We spoke with seven about what they’ve been doing this...