UC Berkeley School of Information

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

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:

Who Counts: The Long History of Data and Power (Roopika Risam) 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...

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:

Littlest Bear Virtual 5K Run/Walk 2026 Jul 20, 2026, 12:00 am - A fun run/walk/roll for the I School community.

"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 👇

Commencement Speaker Vera Zakem Shares Tales of Perseverance and Calls for Graduates to Believe in Themselves Vera Zakem gave the keynote speech at the UC Berkeley School of Information May 2026 Commencement.

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

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

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

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.

Agent Watch Before an agent acts, who is watching?

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: Gaze-to-Speech Application for Individuals with Disabilities 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

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

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