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Congrats to Team AgeVoicE and Team Rest Assured "VentiAPI" for receiving the Fall 2025 Varian Capstone Award and Chang Capstone Award respectively! 🏆

The teams created solutions for age-related AI performance gaps and for identifying API vulnerabilities.

www.ischool.berkeley.edu/news/2026/fa...
Fall 2025 MICS and MIDS Capstone Award Winners
Outstanding MICS and MIDS capstone projects.
www.ischool.berkeley.edu
February 13, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Made with paper, glitter, and lots of love ✂️✨

Happy Valentine's Day to our amazing I School community! 💙 💛
More photos can be found here: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCJDq7
February 13, 2026 at 7:51 PM
In the search for Nancy Guthrie, AI is complicating things.

On a @NPR.org podcast episode, Prof. Hany Farid spoke about how easy it is to create AI content: "if you have a single LinkedIn profile and somebody listened to your voicemail...That's it."
February 12, 2026 at 6:04 PM
⏰ TODAY, 2/11, at 12:10pm, South Hall & Online.

Join us for a Bellwether Lecture with Prof @michamahlberg.bsky.social: "Making Sense of the World through Language and Stories: A Digital Humanities Perspective."

Details: https://bit.ly/4bO6jCv
February 11, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Join us at Alumni Spring Week, a weekend dedicated to fun, connection, & community for I School alums!

📅 March 12-14

Events:
- Virtual Town Hall w/ Dean Meyer
- Alumni Night @ Golden State Warriors
- Jazz Brunch

Get your tickets today:
https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/events/alumni/springweek
Alumni Spring Week
A weekend dedicated to fun, connection, and community for all School of Information alumni.
www.ischool.berkeley.edu
February 10, 2026 at 4:55 PM
AI-edited photos depicting Nekima Levy Armstrong leads to Prof Hany Farid on New York Times questioning, “If you are so seamlessly intermixing real and fake, why should I believe anything you do?”

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/us/politics/nekima-levy-armstrong-minnesota-protest.html
‘They Couldn't Break Me': A Protester, the White House and a Doctored Photo
President Trump and the White House regularly circulate imagery that has been manipulated by A.I. But the photo of Nekima Levy Armstrong was different.
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Brb, going to sit in a tunnel and monologue about all the things we love about our I School 📱

Come to the college 🥰

#heatedrivalry #smiski
February 6, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Prof. Josh Blumenstock's research with @cega-uc.bsky.social was featured in a Berkeley News article.

Using machine learning, he found that it would only take $318 billion per year (0.3% of the global GDP) to bring millions of people out of extreme poverty.
A bold calculation: What would it cost to end extreme poverty worldwide? - Berkeley News
Using detailed surveys and machine learning computation, new research co-authored at UC Berkeley’s Center for Effective Global Action finds that eradicating extreme poverty would be surprisingly…
news.berkeley.edu
February 6, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Eight I School students were awarded fellowships for 2025-26 to study issues such as food waste and biased systems.

Congratulations to Ando Shah, Marisa Hall, Yangyang Yang, Yinwei Sun, Stephanie Andrews, Kobby Hanson, Anna Mowat, and Roshni Misra! 👏
Fellowship Recipients Design Systems for Justice, Security, and Sustainability
Eight School of Information students have been awarded fellowships for 2025-26. From research on food waste, industry asset emissions, and platform risk for marginalized youth, these scholars are…
www.ischool.berkeley.edu
February 5, 2026 at 1:42 AM
We just announced our Los Angeles Alumni Chapter Launch and would love to see you there!

📅 Saturday, February 21 | 2:30–5:00 PM
📍 Tom’s Watch Bar @ LA Live (1011 S Figueroa St b101)

Register here: https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/events/2026/los-angeles-i-school-alumni-chapter-launch
Los Angeles I School Alumni Chapter Launch
Feb 21, 2026, 2:30 pm - Connect with fellow alumni, grab a beverage, and celebrate the launch of the I School’s Los Angeles alumni chapter.
www.ischool.berkeley.edu
February 4, 2026 at 6:09 PM
When filming ICE, certain procedures such as saving non edited videos are used as safety precautions.

Prof Hany Farid advises “always saving the original recordings that can be shared with reporters and forensic analysts like me.” @wired.com

https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-film-ice/
How to Film ICE
Filming federal agents in public is legal, but avoiding a dangerous—even deadly—confrontation isn’t guaranteed. Here’s how to record ICE and CBP agents as safely as possible and have an impact.
www.wired.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Alums!

This is your last chance to purchase tickets to join us at the Warriors Game for Spring Week! 🏀

📅 March 13, 4:30 pm - 10:00 pm
📍 Chase Center

Get your tickets now:
https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/events/2026/i-school-alumni-night-golden-state-warriors
I School Alumni Night at the Golden State Warriors
Mar 13, 2026, 4:30 pm - Join us to see Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors take on the Minnesota Timberwolves, and meet and mingle at a pre-game reception.
www.ischool.berkeley.edu
February 2, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Join us for our first Bellwether Lecture w/ @michamahlberg.bsky.social, Prof. @dhssfau.bsky.social!

She will propose a digital humanities approach that aims to widen the perspective on the study of language.

📅 February 11, 12:10 - 2:00 pm
📍 210 South Hall
Making Sense of the World through Language and Stories: A Digital Humanities Perspective
Feb 11, 2026, 12:10 pm - Michaela Mahlberg is a corpus linguist who studies language as a social phenomenon and the ways we use language to understand and shape our world.
www.ischool.berkeley.edu
February 2, 2026 at 5:36 PM
AI-enhanced images of the shooting of a Minnesota nurse are circulating social media.

"The issue with these images is that the AI enhancement tends to hallucinate details," said Prof. Harid to @afp.com.

https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.942Z29E
AI-enhanced image depicting shooting of Minnesota nurse includes hallucinations
Social media is awash with graphic footage from the moment US federal immigration agents shot and killed 37-year-old intensive care nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Minnesota, but one supposed frame from the scene was manipulated using artificial intel...
factcheck.afp.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:53 PM
📢 REMINDER: Apply to the Oxford-Berkeley Summer Doctoral Program by 2/2! Held at Oxford this year, PhD students will learn from & engage with leading academics in the field of information and internet studies.

Learn more:
https://bit.ly/4p4CK2n
#OIISDP #OIIBerkeleySDP
Oxford Internet Institute – UC Berkeley School of Information Summer Doctoral Program
The UC Berkeley School of Information is partnering with the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) to bring the OII Summer Doctoral Programme (SDP) to Berkeley. It will be held at Berkeley and Oxford in alternating years, beginning at Berkeley in 2025, and br...
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January 29, 2026 at 4:45 PM
ANNOUNCING:
Alumni Spring Week, a weekend dedicated to fun, connection, & community for I School alums!

📅 March 12-14

Events:
- Virtual Town Hall w/ Dean Meyer
- Alumni Night @ Golden State Warriors
- Jazz Brunch

Get your tickets today:
https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/events/alumni/springweek
Alumni Spring Week
A weekend dedicated to fun, connection, and community for all School of Information alumni.
www.ischool.berkeley.edu
January 28, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Professor Hany Farid discusses the ethics of photo manipulation seen with retouched images of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s wife.

“Is it nefarious? No. Is it a problem? Yes... This is about trust," said Prof. Farid to @APnews.com.
Retouched images of Netanyahu's wife, distributed by the state, ignite a fiery ethics debate
Israel’s official state photos from last year portend to show history in the making. They include images of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trips to the U.N. and world leaders convening to…
apnews.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:46 PM
While some tech executives are all in on the Trump administration, others like Ph.D. alum Galen Panger have spoken out in protest over recent events in Minneapolis.

"...what future are they asking us to imagine now?” he asked in an article with @nytimes.com.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/t...
As Tech Chiefs Woo Trump, Silicon Valley Seethes Over Minneapolis Shootings
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:25 PM
The White Housed posted a photo on social media that was digitally altered to make it look like a protester was sobbing after being arrested in connection to a protest.

"This trend is troubling on several levels," stated Prof. Hany Farid. @cbsnews.com

www.cbsnews.com/news/white-h...
White House posts an altered photo of Minnesota protester's arrest to make it look like she was crying
The image, which an expert said was likely altered with AI, sparked backlash online. The White House doubled down, saying, "The memes will continue."
www.cbsnews.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:40 PM
🎧LISTEN: On a podcast episode w/ ScienceFriday, Prof. Hany Farid discussed how deepfakes have become commonplace and what we can do to avoid falling victim.

www.sciencefriday.com/segments/dee...
Deepfakes Are Everywhere. What Can We Do?
X’s Grok AI is undressing users, but it’s just the tip of the iceberg with fake imagery online. How does it work and what comes next?
www.sciencefriday.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:52 PM
From Venezuela to Minneapolis, the rapid rollout of deepfakes around major news events is causing confusion about real news.

Prof. Hany Farid said that when presented with news that conforms to your worldview, "you’re incentivized to believe it." @nbcnews.com

www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
AI is intensifying a 'collapse' of trust online, experts say
From Venezuela to Minneapolis, the rapid rollout of deepfakes around major news events is stirring confusion and suspicion about real news.
www.nbcnews.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:59 PM
@cltcberkeley.bsky.social hosted a tabletop exercise titled "Operation Black Ice," where experts explored how organizations make high-stakes decisions when AI-enabled impersonation, third-party vulnerabilities, and ransomware pressure converge.

cltc.berkeley.edu/2026/01/20/a...
AI-Enabled Cybercrime TTX3: Operation Black Ice - CLTC UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity
When AI-Impersonation Turns Trust into an Attack Surface By Gil Baram and Refael Franco Over the past year, the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC) and Berkeley Risk and…
cltc.berkeley.edu
January 21, 2026 at 7:22 PM
@cltcberkeley.bsky.social Fellow Shannon Pierson was featured by The Business Journals and discussed public-interest cybersecurity.

"My work focuses on protecting the essential public service providers that help support our daily lives," she said.

www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/new...
In Her Own Words: Shannon Pierson focuses on public-interest cybersecurity - The Business Journals
UC Berkeley researcher Shannon Pierson explains why the organizations we depend on most have become easy targets for ransomware gangs and what's being done to help them defend against these threats.
www.bizjournals.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Happy MLK Jr. Day! 🎉

Wishing our community a great day full of love, courage, and unity.
January 20, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Ph.D. student Lauren Chambers published an op-ed on @thehill.com discussing the administration's creation of a new “Tech Force”.

"The Tech Force will keep both top tech minds and government programs in the pockets of Big Tech," she wrote.

thehill.com/opinion/tech...
January 16, 2026 at 7:21 PM