UC Berkeley School of Information

06/24/2026

Meet AV Watch! 🚗

MIMS alums Evan Haas, Joshua Mussman, Monica P., and Noah Baier discuss the process behind ideating and building their Chen Award-winning project!

"The impact is that people report what they witness, those reports inform policy, and that policy governs the vehicles. The technology can improve, policy can adapt to real stories from the street, and safety improves, which is our ultimate goal," wrote Baier.

Read the Q&A with the team:

Master of Information Management and Systems (MIMS) alums Evan Haas, Joshua Mussman, Monica Paz Parra, and Noah Baier are the winners of the James R. Chen Award, for their project, AV Watch.

06/23/2026

Check out our Q&A with the Varian Award-winning team for Eye2Voice! 👁️ ➡️ 🗣️

Katya Aukamp , Keta Desai, Clara Rhoades, and Nichol Flowers talked about how they came up the idea, what classes helped them with the project, and offered advice to other MIDS students.

"We hope Eye2Voice is just the beginning of a future where assistive technology is more accessible, affordable, and empowering, enabling individuals to communicate and engage with the world more independently," noted Keta Desai.

Read the Q&A:

Master of Information and Data Science (MIDS) alums Katya Aukamp, Beta Desai, Nichol Flowers, and Clara Rhoades are the winners of the Hal R. Varian Capstone Award, for their project, Eye2Voice.

06/20/2026

🚨 LAST CHANCE 🚨

Get your limited edition athletic shirt while it's still available! This year's gear is a white long-sleeved UV-protection tee available in unisex, women's, and youth sizes.

Stores closes this Monday, June 22, 2026, at 8:00 am.
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https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/events/2026/5k

06/16/2026

Have you signed up for the Littlest Bear 5k?

Get your limited edition athletic shirt while it's available! This year's gear is a white long-sleeved UV-protection tee available in unisex, women's, and youth sizes.

Order by June 22, 2026, at 8:00 am.
https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/events/2026/5k

06/12/2026

We're 68% of the way to our $2,500 goal for the Student Opportunity Fund!

This year for the Littlest Bear 5K we're fundraising for the Student Opportunity Fund. Your donation to the I School Opportunity Fellowship provides critical fellowship support to graduate students who’ve overcome extraordinary challenges to pursue their education at the I School.

Thanks to everyone who has already helped us get one step closer to our goal! 🤩

Help UC Berkeley raise $2,500 for the project: Littlest Bear 5K. Your gift will make a difference!

06/11/2026

Join us tomorrow as Darthmouth Prof. Roopika Risam examines how information became a technology of governance, classification, and control across different historical periods and contexts. This event is part of the Data, Power and the Ethics of Knowledge series by the UC Berkeley Digital Humanities Summer Program,

📅 June 12, 6 - 7 PM, Online

Registration is required.

Friday, June 12 2026 6 - 7 PM Zoom Registrants will be sent the Zoom link 24 hours in advance. https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/97284651079 Full Series Information Learn more about the Summer Program in Digital Humanities From clay tablets in ancient Mesopotamia to biometric databases and artificial intel...

06/04/2026

As part of the Data, Power and the Ethics of Knowledge series by the UC Berkeley Digital Humanities Summer Program, Darthmouth Prof. Roopika Risam examines how information became a technology of governance, classification, and control across different historical periods and contexts.

📅 June 12, 6 - 7 PM, Online

Registration is required:

Friday, June 12 2026 6 - 7 PM Zoom Registrants will be sent the Zoom link 24 hours in advance. Full Series Information Learn more about the Summer Program in Digital Humanities From clay tablets in ancient Mesopotamia to biometric databases and artificial intelligence, systems of data collection hav...

06/03/2026

The I School Littlest Bear 5K is back — and registration is open! 🏃‍♀️ 🏃

Join us July 20 - 26, wherever you are.

After registering, you will have the option to purchase limited edition 5K gear. The store will only be open until 6/22, so get your gear now!

Register here:

Jul 20, 2026, 12:00 am - A fun run/walk/roll for the I School community.

05/22/2026

"What makes the I School special is that you have been studying, researching, and building technology that serves people, that shapes our collective security, rooted not only in Berkeley values, but California values: the values of innovation, of inclusion, of freedom, civil rights, and opportunity." 🎓 - Vera Zakem, Chief Technology Innovation Officer for California

Read the full keynote address from Commencement 👇

Vera Zakem gave the keynote speech at the UC Berkeley School of Information May 2026 Commencement.