UC Berkeley School of Information

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.

05/22/2026

We sent 349 of our favorite people into the wild Tuesday night 🎓🐻

Congratulations to the Class of 2026 for graduating! We are so so proud of you all 💙💛 !

More grad content coming soon! 😉
https://lnkd.in/gGKN2bFt

05/20/2026

The School of Information’s May 2026 Commencement celebrated outstanding MIMS, MIDS, and MICS capstone projects and faculty and students.

The Chen Award-winning MIMS projects: Reform & AV Watch
The Varian Award-winning MIDS project: Eye2Voice
The Chang Award-winning MICS project: Agent Watch

The School of Information’s May 2026 Commencement presented an opportunity to honor faculty and student achievements.

05/20/2026

The Lily L. Chang MICS Capstone Award winner is Agent Watch! 🏆 Congratulations to Anagha Late, Boaz Kaufman, Marisa Hall, Cynthia Austin, Rutika Kushe, and Anya Svan, the team behind this amazing project.

Before an agent acts, who is watching?

05/20/2026

The Hal. R. Varian MIDS Capstone Award winner is Eye2Voice! 🏆 Congratulations to Katya Aukamp, Keta Desai, Nichol Flowers, and Clara Rhoades , the team behind this amazing project.

Eye2Voice is a gaze-to-speech communication tool that gives people with physical disabilities a voice using only their eye movements.See our application live here: Eye2Voice

05/20/2026

We are also ecstatic to announce our second winner of the 2026 James R. Chen Award for Outstanding MIMS Final Project, AV Watch!

Created by Noah Baier, Evan Haas, Joshua Mussman, and Monica Paz Parra, AV Watch is the first dedicated AV incident reporting platform for use by anyone, anywhere.

Congrats! 🎉
https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/projects/2026/av-watch-community-reporting-autonomous-vehicle-safety

05/20/2026

Our first winner of the 2026 James R. Chen Award for Outstanding MIMS Final Project is: Reform!

The EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation states that every product sold in the EU must carry a Digital Product Passport (DPP), a persistent digital record containing the product’s provenance, materials, and environmental impact data. Reform is a resale architecture solution that transforms brands' Digital Product Passport (DPP) compliance infrastructure into an authenticated secondhand commerce experience.

Congratulations to Michael Herrington, Natalia Juarez, Arnur Sabet, and Mikah Nelson!

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Reform offers resale infrastructure that bridges retail brands and secondhand marketplaces through digital authentication, scalable backend solutions, and engaging customer experiences.

05/19/2026

Celebrating our today! 🎓 Beginning at 7pm PDT!

Today, we graduate:
✨ 66 MIMS
✨ 7 PhD,
✨ 242 MIDS,
✨ 65 MICS students!

Are you ready? 📣

May 19, 2026, 7:00 pm - Honor the class of 2026 with keynote speaker, student speakers, and student awards.

05/13/2026

, there's still time! ⏰

We’re just over two weeks away from launching our Seattle Alumni Chapter on Thursday, May 28 from 6:00-8:00 PM. Hope to see you there!

This event is for our alumni community. Students are welcome to join the waitlist and we’ll open additional spots if space becomes available.

Register here:

May 28, 2026, 6:00 pm - Connect with fellow alumni, grab a beverage, and celebrate the launch of the I School’s Seattle alumni chapter.

05/12/2026

Introducing a new practitioner's playbook for public-sector AI governance by Eric Hysen, formerly chief information officer and chief AI officer at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Hysen developed this research as part of UC Berkeley's Executive Fellowship in Applied Technology Policy, a groundbreaking partnership between the School of Information and the Goldman School of Public Policy.

Read more: https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/people/eric-hysen