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Mar 13, 2023

Frustratingly, in the intervening years, and most recently in last month’s US Supreme Court oral arguments for Gonzalez v. Google, the courts have...

Hany Farid with committee hearing for Gonzalez v google

Hany Farid Testifies on Section 230 for ‘Platform Accountability: Gonzalez and Reform’

Mar 9, 2023

On Wednesday, March 8, 2023, School of Information and EECS Professor Hany Farid testified on a hearing entitled: “Platform Accountability: Gonzalez...

25th Anniversary of MIMS Program Celebrates Past, Present, and Future of the I School

Mar 7, 2023

On Saturday, February 25, 160 past and present faculty, alumni, and students gathered on the UC Berkeley campus to celebrate the 25th...

Prof. Deirdre Mulligan smiles in front of a window in her office in Washington DC

UC Berkeley I School Professor Joins White House As Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Policy

Feb 27, 2023

Professor Deirdre K. Mulligan has been tapped to join the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) as Deputy U.S. Chief...

Visualize this! Ph.D. Student Chase Stokes Discusses His Love for Data Vis

Feb 22, 2023

Would you prefer a chart or text when being presented with information? Ph.D. student Chase Stokes has dedicated his studies to answering this...

MIMS Student Combines Data Science and Entrepreneurship in New Healthcare Start-Up

Feb 10, 2023

MIMS student Midori Pierce has many interests. With four associate degrees prior to transferring to UC Berkeley as an undergraduate and...

Ph.D. Alum Investigates the Promises and Perils of the Virtual School System

Feb 3, 2023

Dr. Anne Jonas (Ph.D. ’21) returned to the I School on Monday, January 23, 2023 to present her dissertation, “Blank Slate: Freedom, Connection,...

Fall 2022 MICS and MIDS Capstone Award Winners

Jan 23, 2023

Outstanding MICS and MIDS capstone projects.

iNaturalist Creator and Alum Ken-ichi Ueda is May 2023 Commencement Keynote Speaker

Jan 23, 2023

Ken-ichi Ueda, co-founder and co-director of the platform iNaturalist and I School alum, will deliver the keynote speech at the School’s...

DEIBJ Student Representatives Advance I School’s Mission

Jan 23, 2023

The Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging, and Justice (DEIBJ) student representatives program at the School of Information, now in its third year...