News

Oct 2, 2014

Four MIMS students won the “Hacker Award” for the app TimeNote, which facilitates group note-taking.

Prize-Winning App Makes California Indian Artifacts Available Online

Sep 23, 2014

The app, which allows users to explore over 700,000 items from the Hearst Museum of Anthropology, won the grand prize in this weekend’s “HackTheHearst” hackathon.

Eight New Data Visualizations

Aug 29, 2014

A collection of innovative student projects from the School of Information's Master of Information and Data Science program, summer 2014.

Why the Facebook Experiment is Lousy Social Science

Aug 28, 2014

Facebook is grappling with its impact on our social and emotional lives — and that’s a good thing. But it has to get the research right. Why Facebook did the experiment, and how to make it better.

An Inside Look at MIMS Students' Summer Internships

Aug 18, 2014

6 students with 6 very different jobs describe what they did, how they got there, and what they learned from the experience.

Why Surveillance Leads to Government Corruption

Jul 11, 2014

Once a pervasive surveillance infrastructure is in place, a government will always have an incentive to abuse that power, according to new research.

Professor Brian Carver and Alumnus Michael Lissner Honored as Fastcase 50 Legal Innovators

Jul 10, 2014

Carver and Lissner are the co-founders of the non-profit Free Law Project; they were recognized as innovators in the delivery of legal services.

Berkeley I School Team Triumphs in Hackathon for Sustainable Fishing

Jun 16, 2014

When they awoke at the base of the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s kelp forest, four School of Information students and alumni knew that this was no ordinary programming project.

Online Data Science Students Meet on Campus in Inaugural Immersion Program

Jun 6, 2014

The four days of intensive workshops and networking captured the disciplinary breadth and leadership focus of the School of Information’s new Master of Information and Data Science program.

New Grads Solicit Cryptocurrency Donations for Serbian Flood Relief

May 23, 2014

In response to the humanitarian crisis in the Balkans, two new grads of the I School are soliciting an unusual kind of support — donations of Bitcoin or Dogecoin cryptocurrencies.