The UC Berkeley School of Information is a multi-disciplinary program devoted to enhancing the accessibility, usability, credibility & security of information.

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Give a warm welcome to new Bellwether Postdoc @avisokay! 📊 Adam will be working with Prof. Josh Blumenstock, studying how to measure changing populations through proxy measures. Fun fact: he's a former professional distance runner🏃 ischool.berkeley.edu/news/20…
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📲 I School Ph.D alum @danahboyd co-authored a @techreview op-ed on kids and social media bans. Authors argue that kids getting around age gates is a signal, and that policy should focus on company data practices instead. ➡️ Read more here: bit.ly/4sjGNuV
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ICYMI 📰: Ph.D. student @lauren_marietta and Prof. Diag Davenport received a Best Paper Honorable Mention for “Putting the ‘Practice’ in Critical Technical Practice: A Decision-Making Pedagogy for the Public Interest Technology Clinic.” Read more: bit.ly/4ikNYOL
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ICYMI 📰: MIMS student Anara Askhatsson received a BMO Capital Markets scholarship this summer and a $10,000 scholarship to support her education. She’s also an Outstanding Transfer Mentor and now a Graduate Student Instructor at CDSS. 🎉
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What if one of the best examples of an operational tech cyberattack was a supermarket refrigerator? 🧊 MICS alum Ian McGuffin (‘26) breaks down a recent attack on French supermarkets using the ICS Cyber Kill Chain. Read it here: bit.ly/4i3jbHG
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Five MIDS alumni built VeriMap for the UN x Google Data Commons hackathon in New York! 🌐🏙️ VeriMap pulls and checks SDG indicators across UN agencies, with no new code per indicator, starting with renewable energy access and affordability. ⚡️ Read more: bit.ly/4ywQAiJ
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✨ Meet MIMS student Ponette Rubio! ✨ This summer, she was an AI Graduate Fellow at the New Jersey Innovation Authority, building FAIR, a tool that helps civil rights investigators move through interview materials. ischool.berkeley.edu/news/20…
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MIMS and Ph.D. alumna @kingjen spoke to @sciam about whether or not AI is stealing ideas and fears about privacy. She noted what while enterprise accounts might be okay, "if you are on a personal account, all bets are off." scientificamerican.com/artic…
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Meet Morgan Wofford, new Bellwether Postdoc at the I School! 🌍 She studies how open climate data gets shared, trusted, and reused, working with Prof. John Chuang in the IceBerk Lab. ischool.berkeley.edu/news/20…
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✍️ Writing with AI is now a spectrum. 🗣️ Join us next week for a talk with Aarhus University Prof. Mads Rosendahl Thomsen on AI-shaped writing as part of the Cultural Analytics Series. 📆 October 30, 12-1:30 pm 📍 210 South Hall and online ischool.berkeley.edu/events/…
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15 years after graduating, MIMS alum @thejo is paying it forward with a new fellowship supporting incoming MIMS students from India. First recipient Sohamm Joshii says "that belief [in me] lights a fire to...master everything the I School has to offer." ischool.berkeley.edu/news/20…
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🔔 Join us for a panel with @UCBerkeley Professors David Hausman, Caitlin Patler, and Jennifer Urban & @DMulliganUCB, where they discuss the state of U.S. immigration enforcement and surveillance. 📆 Oct 28, 3:30-5:00 PM 📍 820 Social Sciences Building ischool.berkeley.edu/events/…
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🚨 Hiring: Assistant Professor of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) 🚨 The I School is seeking applicants who are defining the next generation of human-computer interaction. Final review date: Monday, November 2, 2026. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05…
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✨ Meet new Bellwether Postdoc Christopher Hauck! ✨ Prior to joining the I School, Hauck worked at Riot Games as a researcher. He now studies prosocial behavior in online communities. Get to know Chris! ischool.berkeley.edu/news/20…
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New research by @dbamman found that in animated films, nonhuman characters are overwhelmingly male. “...We were surprised that there’s an even stronger male skew when looking at the screen time of nonhuman characters in animated films," Bamman said. news.berkeley.edu/2026/10/14…
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