Events

Upcoming events

Littlest Bear Virtual 5K Run/Walk 2024

Monday, July 29, 2024 - Sunday, August 4, 2024

A fun run/walk/roll for the I School community.

Cybersecurity Summer 2024 Capstone Project Showcase

Wednesday, August 7, 2024, 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm PDT

Graduating MICS students present their cybersecurity projects. A panel of judges will select an outstanding project for the Lily L. Chang MICS Capstone Award.

Data Science Summer 2024 Capstone Project Showcase

Thursday, August 15, 2024, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

Graduating MIDS students present their data science projects. A panel of judges will select an outstanding project for the Hal R. Varian MIDS Capstone Award.

A festive picnic on the grass in front of South Hall

I School Community Picnic

Sunday, August 18, 2024, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

A festive summer gathering for I School students, alumni, staff, faculty, and friends.

Cybersecurity Fall 2024 Capstone Project Showcase

Wednesday, December 11, 2024, 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm PST

Graduating MICS students present their cybersecurity projects. A panel of judges will select an outstanding project for the Lily L. Chang MICS Capstone Award.

Data Science Fall 2024 Capstone Project Showcase for 5th Year MIDS Students

Tuesday, December 17, 2024, 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm PST

Graduating 5th Year MIDS students present their data science projects.

Data Science Fall 2024 Capstone Project Showcase

Thursday, December 19, 2024, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

Graduating MIDS students present their data science projects. A panel of judges will select an outstanding project for the Hal R. Varian MIDS Capstone Award.

Previous events

Data Curation and Re-Use

Friday, September 16, 2011, 3:10 pm - 5:00 pm

Information Access Seminar, with Clifford Lynch & Michael Buckland

Online Admissions Chat

Wednesday, September 14, 2011, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

A "virtual open house", for prospective students to chat with current I School students and admissions staff and learn more about life at the I School.

Centers of Intention

Friday, September 9, 2011, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Information Access Seminar, with Dave Lester, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH)

Cal Educamp

Friday, August 5, 2011, 9:00 am - 5:30 pm

An unconference for researchers, teachers, learners, and education technology developers, to improve the use of technology to increase student engagement and bring about deeper learning.

Society, the Knowledge Worker, and Information Overload

Monday, July 25, 2011, 10:10 am - 11:30 am

Jonathan Spira explores how today’s tidal wave of information has dulled our senses and hampered innovation and productivity.

School of Information Commencement 2011

Saturday, May 14, 2011, 2:00 pm

Honor the class of 2011 with student speakers, keynote speaker Reid Hoffman, and presentation of the James R. Chen Awards.

Master's 2011 Final Project Showcase

Thursday, May 12, 2011, 4:00 pm - 8:10 pm

Graduating master's students present their intriguing research projects and innovative new information systems. An panel of judges will select one outstanding project from each track for the James R. Chen Award.

(photo: <a href="http://portfolio.thedailynathan.com/">Nathan Yan</a>)

Tangible User Interfaces: Student Project Exhibition

Wednesday, May 4, 2011, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Try out students' interactive inventions: whimsical and improbable devices designed to teach, solve problems, provoke thought, or create fun.

Tangible User Interfaces: Student Project Exhibition

Monday, May 2, 2011, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Try out students' interactive inventions: whimsical and improbable devices designed to teach, solve problems, provoke thought, or create fun.
(Exhibition repeats on Wednesday, May 4.)

Data Management Plans and Data Re-use Issues

Friday, April 29, 2011, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

National Security and Free Speech: From Wikileaks to the Pentagon Papers

Thursday, April 28, 2011, 2:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Mediating the Social: Consequences for transition, design, critique and praxis

Wednesday, April 27, 2011, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm

New media scholar Rhonda McEwen examines the context for the emergence of social media.

Advancing the New Machine: A Conference on Human Rights and Technology

Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 8:00 am, – Wednesday, April 27, 2011, 4:00 pm

Harnessing Magic: Learning Experience Design

Wednesday, April 20, 2011, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Explore the future of learning design, where we look to transcend learning with truly transformative experiences, with Clark Quinn, Ph.D.

Tools for a Narrative Future: Storytelling in Product & Service Design & Research

Wednesday, April 20, 2011, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Roger Dingledine<br />(photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joi/2619764993/">Joi Ito</a>)

Tor and the Censorship Arms Race: Lessons Learned

Monday, April 18, 2011, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Roger Dingledine is the project leader for Tor, a free-software anonymizing network that helps people around the world use the Internet in safety.

Parul Vora (photo: Lane Hartwell, Wikimedia Foundation)

Design Futures: Participation, Collaboration, and Engagement

Wednesday, April 13, 2011, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Why the Google Book Settlement Failed – and What Comes Next?

Wednesday, April 13, 2011, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Pamela Samuelson explains why she thinks the failure of the Google Books Settlement was inevitable.

Digital Divide or Digital Bridge: Can Information Technology Alleviate Poverty?

Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm

A special panel discussion on technology and poverty, with Eric Brewer (UC Berkeley computer science), Megan Smith (Google.org), Kentaro Toyama (I School & Microsoft Research, India), & Wayan Vota (Inveneo).

Reception to follow.

Staying Together: People, Media, and Synchronous Connected Systems

Monday, April 4, 2011, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

How does sharing experiences shape how we understand the actual event? David Ayman Shamma of Yahoo! Research presents real-world applications to facilitate synchronous conversations while sharing media.