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While working on their garden on a warm Saturday afternoon, Edwin Moran and his friends unearthed a white square of plastic – a UC Berkeley student ID belonging to a graduate student by the name of Sarita Ann Yardi.

With the aid of a grant, UC Berkeley announced Tuesday an interdisciplinary program that will assess the future paths of cybersecurity.

Known for both his dry humor and inexplicable love for cats, professor emeritus Robert Harlan, who peacefully passed away on April 8, has left behind a powerful presence on the UC Berkeley School of Information and the Bancroft library. He was 84.

With a few taps of her fingertips and one computer click, UC Berkeley sophomore Cassie Xiong projected onto the screen an extensive list of letters and other documents from the Free Speech Movement at Berkeley.

Since its introduction, data science has revolutionized institutions from government to academia, most recently seeping into UC Berkeley’s School of Information with the school’s launch of a new Master of Information and Data Science program.

The Open Access Initiative at Berkeley organized a workshop to provide answers to both general and logistical questions about open access, including how to publish open-access work. The event was part of the global Open Access Week, which is now in its sixth year.

When three UC Berkeley students entered their computer science project last semester into a competition run by the business review site Yelp, they doubted they would win $5,000 and a meeting with the company’s representatives in San Francisco.

The UC Berkeley School of Information announced a new online graduate degree, the first of its kind, in data science Wednesday.

In a few years time, people may be able to unlock their personal devices without even lifting a finger, thanks to UC Berkeley researchers at the School of Information. Instead of symbols and characters, thoughts may be the new key.

Professor Morten Hansen of UC Berkeley's School of Information announced Wednesday that he is assuming an advisory role at Apple University.