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School of Information Hiring New Professor in Human-Centered Data Science

Oct 8, 2015

Position will begin July 2016; applications are due December 14.

Advances in Technology Mean Privacy is Doomed

Sep 24, 2015

“We’re going to have much less privacy in the future,” says Jeffrey MacKie-Mason, UC Berkeley’s new university librarian. Privacy and...

New Center to Fund Research on Technology, Society, and Policy

Sep 15, 2015

Is technology affecting our mental health? Can technology support free speech and still protect against harassment? How do we embed our biases in big...

Class of 1965 Celebrates 50th Reunion

Sep 10, 2015

Nine alumnae shared memories of Berkeley in the 1960s and the changes in library practice in the last half-century.

New Professor David Bamman is a Scholar of Computational Humanities and Social Sciences

Sep 1, 2015

Bamman’s work applies natural language processing and machine learning techniques to empirical questions in the humanities and social sciences.

Professor Marti Hearst Discusses Next-Generation Infoviz at Inaugural OpenScience Meetup

Aug 27, 2015

Why Johnny Can't Encrypt: Doug Tygar's Landmark Paper Stands the Test of Time

Aug 18, 2015

Professor Doug Tygar was awarded the 2015 USENIX Security “Test of Time” Award for his 1999 paper “Why Johnny Can't Encrypt: A Usability Evaluation...

Class of 1965 to Celebrate 50th Reunion

Jul 22, 2015

The Class of 1965 attended UC Berkeley’s School of Librarianship at the height of the campus’s famed Free Speech Movement.

Alum Mahad Ibrahim (Ph.D. 2009) Writes from the Front Lines of the Ebola Fight

Jul 15, 2015

Understanding and stopping the spread of Ebola requires careful tracking of public health data from around the region. Digitizing the data seems like...