ISF Student Association is recruiting!

Interested in getting involved for Spring 2026? Don’t miss this opportunity to be involved in the official student club for ISF, creating and fostering this special program’s community! Student leadership can have roles in: Event planning e.g. study groups, going to campus events together, socials Social media management: ISF has a pre-existing Instagram and a Slack channel) Networking with campus faculty, other students, alumni Professional development utilizing these skills and navigating campus resources as an RSO (Registered Student Organization) Interested students should send their name, EGT, # of enrolled terms, […]
NEW ISF Courses Offered Fall 2025: ISF 110 & ISF 130

ISF is offering TWO new courses this upcoming Fall semester. Any Berkeley student may use these courses to satisfy L&S Breadth requirements. Please check the ‘Rules & Requirements’ section on the Class Information page via the Class Schedule or view the details below. Prospective ISF students (registered at UC Berkeley) may use either course to satisfy a declaration requirement and current ISF students may use either course to satisfy a Course of Study requirement with their ISF faculty advisor’s approval. ISF 110: Fundamental Texts: The State Students with Research Fields […]
ISF student Michaela Forouzan publishes paper with Dr. Amm Quamruzzaman

Michaela Forouzan’s published paper, coauthored by Dr. Amm Quamruzzaman and Dr. Martin L. Sánchez-Jankowski, can be found on MDPI in the “adolescents” journal. It is titled “Does Having a Guardian with Cancer Contribute to Heightened Anxiety in Adolescents?“
Prof. Shreeharsh Kelkar: Who Are the Data Scientists?: Evidence from the Field of Education Data Mining

ISF Professor Shreeharsh Kelkar is giving a talk titled “Who Are the Data Scientists?: Evidence from the Field of Education Data Mining” at the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine & Society on November 14th. Please find the event and talk information below. Title: Who Are the Data Scientists?: Evidence from the Field of Education Data Mining Date/Time: Thursday, 14 Nov 2024, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Location: 470 Stephens Hall Speaker: Shreeharsh Kelkar, Continuing Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley Abstract: The critical social science research on the emergence of “data scientists” is composed […]