22 Apr, 2024
History & Theory
Historical Data, Present-Day Harms: On the Uses and Limits of Data Science for the Study of Social Movements
with Lauren Klein
Winship Distinguished Research Professor, Departments of Quantitative Theory & Methods and English, Emory University
Presented with the Digital Humanities program and co-sponsored by the College of Computing, Data Science, and Society (CCDS), the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation, and the Media Studies program Read more
08 Apr, 2024
Commons Conversations
Computing the News: Data Journalism and the Search for Objectivity
with Sylvain Parasie
Professor of Sociology at Sciences Po (Paris) and Director of Sciences Po's Media Lab
A Commons Conversation Read more
26 Feb, 2024
History & Theory
Unsettling Sound Technologies: Indigenous Sonic Sovereignty and Border Politics
with Christina Leza, Professor of Anthropology and Indigenous Studies, Colorado College, and Trevor Reed, Professor of Law, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
Moderated by Sierra Edd, Indigenous Technologies Coordinator
An Indigenous Technologies event co-sponsored by the Department of Ethnic Studies and the Department of Art Practice Read more
12 Oct, 2023
Art, Tech & Culture
Internet Tour: Invisible Infrastructures and AI Hallucinations
An in-person journey through the physical Internet infrastructure, a tourist route of non-touristic places
with Alex Saum-Pascual, Digital Artist, Poet, and Associate Professor of Contemporary Spanish Literature and New Media, University of California, Berkeley; Mario Santamaría, Visual Artist and Lecturer, Elisava University, Barcelona; Jill Miller, Visual Artist and Assistant Professor, Department of Art Practice, University of California, Berkeley; Asma Kazmi, Research-Based Artist and Associate Professor, Department of Art Practice, University of California, Berkeley; Beth Piatote, Writer, Playwright, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature, and Director of Arts Research Center, University of California, Berkeley Read more
10 Mar, 2023
Conference
Hydrocolonialism Symposium
Featuring: Katie Anania (University of Nebraska-Lincoln), Craig Cohen (UCSF), Mina Girgis (UC Berkeley), Mahmoud Hassan (Fayoum University), Isabel Hofmeyr (New York University), Rita Lucarelli (UC Berkeley), Mercy Mueni (TMWDP), Ibrahim Mwakare (TMWDP), Greg Niemeyer (UC Berkeley), Xitlaly Olivera (UC Berkeley), Patrick Owuor (York University), Sera Young (Northwestern University) and many more TBA.
Co-presented with the Department of Art Practice, with support from the Haas Scholars Program. Read more
07 Nov, 2022
History & Theory
Animating Cities Digitally: Processing Urban Space and Time
with Gillian Rose
Visiting Scholar in Department of Geography; Professor, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford
Co-sponsored by the Department of Geography and Media Studies Read more
18 Mar, 2022
Special Events
Data & Life in the Metaverse
Join media innovators to explore the potentials of the metaverse, both exciting and terrifying. With Emma Fraser, Don Hanson, Wade Wallerstein, and Richmond Wong.
Presented by Human Technology Futures Group and the Division of Computing, Data Science, and Society at UC Berkeley. Read more
14 Feb, 2022
Commons Conversations
with Wendy Hui Kyong Chun
Canada 150 Research Chair and Professor in New Media; Director of The Digital Democracies Institute, Simon Fraser University Read more
09 Nov, 2021
Special Events
Grad Chat: Advice on the Academic Job Market from Berkeley Alums
Featuring Margaret Rhee, Reginold Royston,and Ryan Shaw. Moderated by Clancy Wilmott.
Presented as a part of BCNM’s Grad Chats, a series focused on navigating the academic job market and career development with UC Berkeley grads. Read more
25 Oct, 2021
Commons Conversations
with Eric Rodenbeck
Founder, Stamen Design
Moderated by Eric Paulos
Professor in Electrical Engineering Computer Science (EECS) Read more
28 Sep, 2021
Special Events
The New Media Working Group presents a week-long show of artworks that speculate on practices and technologies that interrupt the habituation compelled by COVID-era domestic data extraction and quotidian mediations. Read more
16 Nov, 2020
Commons Conversations
Blockchain Chicken Farm and Grass Mud Horses
with Xiaowei Wang
Writer and artist; author of Blockchain Chicken Farm
& An Xiao Mina
Writer and artist; author of From Memes to Movements Read more
11 Nov, 2020
Clancy Wilmott: Green Parks, Red Dust: Maps, Visual Imperialism and the Cartographic imagination
Read more
07 Nov, 2020
Art, Tech & Culture
The Sinofuturist Trilogy: Sinofuturism (1839-2046 AD), Geomancer, and AIDOL
with Lawrence Lek
Artist, Filmmaker and Musician
Co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center and the Department of Art Practice. Read more
03 Nov, 2020
Special Events
Visual Activism: Erin McElroy
With Erin McElroy
Postdoctoral Researcher, New York University
Presented by the Arts Research Center and co-sponsored by the Berkeley Center for New Media. Read more
15 Sep, 2020
Special Events
SweetWire by Greg Niemeyer Live
with Greg Niemeyer
Read more
15 Apr, 2020
Special Events
26 Feb, 2020
Special Events
The Revolution That Wasn’t: How Digital Activism Favors Conservatives
with Jen Schradie
Assistant Professor, Observatoire Sociologique du Changement (OSC) at Sciences Po
Co-Sponsored by CITRIS and the Banatao Institute Read more
22 Jan, 2020
Commons Conversations
Digital Hijras: Intersex/ tions of Postcolonial and Queer Digital Humanities
with Rahul Gairola
Murdoch University
Co-sponsored by the Color of New Media Working Group. Read more
23 Apr, 2019
Special Events
The DataEDGE conference at UC Berkeley brings together senior industry and academic leaders for a conversation about the challenges and opportunities created by the rise of big data. Read more
17 Apr, 2019
DH Fair: Building and Preserving Collections for Digital Humanities Research
This session will feature panelists building collections and tools for local digital humanities projects.
This event is sponsored by Digital Humanities at Berkeley, D-Lab, Arts + Design, Berkeley Center for New Media, the Center for Technology and Society at the Anti-Defamation League, Digital Humanities Working Group, the Library, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, and the Visual Resources Center. Read more
20 Mar, 2019
History & Theory
Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism
with Safiya Umoja Noble
University of California, Los Angeles
Co-sponsored by the CITRIS Policy Lab Read more
12 Feb, 2019
Special Events
The DataEDGE conference at UC Berkeley brings together senior industry and academic leaders for a conversation about the challenges and opportunities created by the rise of big data. Read more
08 Feb, 2019
Special Events
HIGH/LOW: Taste, Quality, and Resolution
Film & Media Graduate Student Conference
February 8-9, 2019 Read more
29 Nov, 2018
Special Events
Digital Workshops of the World: Software, Source Code and Skills Migration in the Global VFX Industries
with Leon Gurevitch
In partnership with the Berkeley Film & Media Seminar Read more
19 Oct, 2018
Special Events
Hacking Politics: Symposium
Join us to explore how our political system has been — and might be — “hacked” in ways its framers could never have imagined. Read more
18 Oct, 2018
Special Events
Hacking Politics: Civic Data Solidarity Panel
with Burak Arikan, artist, founder of Graph Commons
Sinduja Rangarajan, data reporter, Reveal, The Center for Investigative Reporting
Jin Zhu, artist, member of the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project Read more
12 Sep, 2018
History & Theory
Architectural Intelligence
with Molly Wright Steenson
Associate Professor of Ethics and Computational Technologies at Carnegie Mellon University
In partnership with the Department of Architecture Read more
06 Apr, 2018
Special Events
The Past is Present: Workshop
Experts will lead participants through point cloud surveying to rendering data in virtual reality. Read more
05 Apr, 2018
Special Events
The Past is Present: Virtuality, Archaeology, and the Future of History
With rapid advances in modern documentation and interpretive technologies such as scanning, visualization, and Virtual and Augmented Reality, how must our study of the past and its material legacy adapt? Read more
05 Apr, 2018
Special Events
Neural Nets: Readings of Electronic Writing
With Alex Saum, Scott Rettberg, Stephanie Boluk & more
Presented in partnership with the Peder Sather Grant Read more
01 Mar, 2018
History & Theory
with Warren Sack
Chair and Professor of Film + Digital Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz Read more
14 Feb, 2018
Commons Conversations
Commons Conversations: Adolf Loos After the Death of Adolf Loos
This talk revisits the life and work of Adolf Loos during the architect’s lifetime, but also beyond his death in 1933. Read more
14 Nov, 2017
Special Events
The Electronic Literature Knowledge Base Workshop
with Scott Rettberg
Professor of Digital Culture, Norway.
Presented in partnership with Digital Humanities at Berkeley.
Sponsored by the Peder Sather Grant. Read more
08 Nov, 2017
Special Events
Combinatory Digital Poetics in Electronic Literature and Film
with Scott Rettberg
Professor of Digital Culture, Norway.
Presented in partnership with Digital Humanities at Berkeley.
Sponsored by the Peder Sather Grant. Read more
23 Oct, 2017
Art, Tech & Culture
Socially Engaged Internet-Art: Aesthetics of Information Ethics
with Paolo Cirio
Artist, NY
Presented in partnership with the Department of Art Practice Read more
17 Oct, 2017
History & Theory
Between the Digital and the Political: New Ecologies of Mind
with Erich Hörl and Yuk Hui
Panel Discussion with Luciana Parisi, David Bates & Warren Sack
with support from the Townsend Center and the Dean of Arts and Humanities Read more
12 Oct, 2017
History & Theory
Datasense: Sensor Technology and the Mediation of Sentience
with Natasha Schull
Associate Professor in the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication at NYU
Presented in partnership with the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine, & Society
Read more
25 Sep, 2017
Special Events
Tool Talk — Mario Krell, "Field Studies with Multimedia Big Data"
Learn about a new tool that allows researchers to leverage large user generated data, such as Flickr, without being experts in data processing. Read more
11 Sep, 2017
Special Events
Book Talk — Intelligent Infrastructure: Zipcars, Invisible Networks, And Urban Transformation
with TF Tierney
Founding Director of URL: Urban Research Lab at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Co-sponsored by the Institute of Transportation Studies Read more
22 Aug, 2017
Special Events
BCNM Fall 2017 Open House
Join the Berkeley Center for New Media for our annual open house Read more
14 Aug, 2017
Special Events
Digital Humanities Berkeley Summer Institute
Don't miss out on this annual series of digital humanities discussions and workshops! Read more
08 May, 2017
Special Events
Leading experts will discuss ways in which organizations are addressing issues at large in our fast-changing social environment. Read more
02 May, 2017
Workshops
Scalar for Multimedia Digital Projects
Hosted by Stacy Reardon and developed by the Alliance for Networking Visual Culture, Scalar is a web platform for multimedia digital projects and academic texts. Read more
28 Apr, 2017
Special Events
Listening Session and Launch Party Read more
25 Apr, 2017
Commons Conversations
BCNM, in partnership with the School of Information and Graduate School of Journalism, turn to the particular role, and power, of digital tools to express and organize political dissent, and create greater institutional and political transparency! Read more
19 Apr, 2017
Special Events
Conveying Climate Change: New Media Art, Science, and Activism
13 Apr, 2017
History & Theory
Technology and Forensic Evidence: Chilean Human Rights Investigations
with Eden Medina
Associate Professor of Informatics and Computing, Affiliated Associate Professor of Law, and Adjunct Associate Professor of History at Indiana University, Bloomington Read more
06 Apr, 2017
Special Events
Nicholas de Monchaux on Local Code: 3659 Proposals about Data, Design, and the Nature of Cities
Join BCNM at the Berkeley Art Museum and Film Archive with an author talk with Nicholas de Monchaux. Read more
04 Apr, 2017
History & Theory
Digital Doomsday: A Perspective from the Pathology Called Europe
with Jan De Vos
Postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University (BE) Read more
03 Apr, 2017
Art, Tech & Culture
Remapping History: The Unwanted Population - CANCELED
with Tiffany Chung, internationally noted cartographer Read more
03 Mar, 2017
Commons Conversations
with Joris Maltha, CatalogTree co-founder Read more
13 Feb, 2017
Commons Conversations
with Geoff Manaugh, NYT best-selling author Read more
07 Dec, 2016
Special Events
Jacobs 2016 Winter Design Showcase
Jacobs Institute opens its doors to showcase students' final projects! Read more
28 Nov, 2016
Art, Tech & Culture
Deep Dreams: Between Inspiration and Hallucination
Mike Tyka in conversation with Josette Melchor Read more
26 Nov, 2016
Special Events
"Local Code" Book Launch: a Conversation & Reading
with Nicholas de Monchaux Read more
13 Nov, 2016
History & Theory
Video Analytics: From Keywords to Keyframes
with Virginia Kuhn,
Associate Professor in the Division of Media Arts + Practice and Associate Director of the Institute for Multimedia Literacy in the School of Cinematic Arts at USC Read more
10 Nov, 2016
Special Events
"Boom California": Launch Party for Special Global Urban Humanities Issue
We're celebrating the latest issue of BOOM California Magazine! Read more
10 Nov, 2016
Special Events
Sex, Lies, and Data Mining
with Luke DuBois, co-author of Jitter, a software suite for the real-time manipulation of matrix data Read more
14 Oct, 2016
History & Theory
Technology, Space, Reason: Infrastructures of Knowledge in the Anthropocene
with Paul Edwards
A continuation of the Symposium, sponsored by the Townsend Center for the Humanities. Read more
29 Sep, 2016
History & Theory
A Workshop on Network Analysis for Film & Media
with Miriam Posner Read more
27 Sep, 2016
Workshops
Masterclass: Designing Jane Jacobs' Digital Cities
Co-sponsored by the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine & Society, the Global Urban Humanities Initiative, and the School of Information's Center for Technology, Society, and Policy. Read more
13 Sep, 2016
Special Events
Undergraduate Certificate in New Media Information Session
Find out more about the Certificate in New Media for undergraduates at Cal! Read more
03 Mar, 2016
Special Events
A conversation with Jeffrey MacKie-Mason & Brewster Kahle Read more
02 Mar, 2016
Special Events
with Brewster Kahle
The Founder and Digital Librarian of the Internet Archive brings an insightful lecture to BCNM, as part of the Regents Lecture Series. Read more
01 Mar, 2016
Special Events
Locking the Web Open: A Call for a New, Distributed Web
with Brewster Kahle
Founder & Digital Librarian, Internet Archive Read more
22 Feb, 2016
Art, Tech & Culture
with Hito Steyerl, renowned German artist Read more
11 Feb, 2016
History & Theory
Machine Generated Culpability
with Ahmed Ghappour, law professor at UC Hastings Read more
30 Nov, 2015
Art, Tech & Culture
Material Evidence: Scientific Inquiry, Sensory Experience, and the Creative Process
with Adrien Segal
Oakland-based sculptural data artist and designer Read more
02 Nov, 2015
Art, Tech & Culture
Working the Stack: Exploits, Topologies, Ontologies
with Julian Oliver, a New Zealander, Critical Engineer and artist based in Berlin Read more
29 Oct, 2015
Special Events
Manufacturing Transparency Exhibition Opening
Discover the amazing works Bay area artists have produced on the theme of transparency Read more
17 Aug, 2015
Workshops
Digital Humanities Summer Institute
Digital Humanities at Berkeley will be running a summer institute of intensive workshops led by DH experts Read more
31 Jul, 2015
Special Events
Books in Browsers Request for Proposals Deadline
The succesful conference is back for its sixth year. And it wants your submissions! Read more
01 Jul, 2015
Special Events
Manufacturing Transparency Call for Papers
The interdisciplinary conference is hosting a prize contest for best papers. Get writing! Read more
14 May, 2015
Special Events
We're co-hosting keynote addresses, lightning talks, and panel discussions on individual agency in an increasingly digital world Read more
13 Apr, 2015
Art, Tech & Culture
A Hack in the Odious Machine: Digital Organizing Tools for the Precariat
with Jesse Drew, UC Davis Professor, and Glenda Drew, artist and designer Read more
08 Apr, 2015
Special Events
Design for All: Inclusivity By Design
with Pattie Moore, Designer and Gerontologist
Read more
08 Apr, 2015
Workshops
Lunch with Product Design Pioneer Patricia Moore
A special opportunity for BCNM students and faculty to discuss inclusive design and share projects Read more
05 Mar, 2015
History & Theory
Against the Cultural Singularity
A lecture by Alan Liu, UCSB Profesor Read more
03 Feb, 2015
Special Events
Natural Frequencies: New Media Carillon Installation and Performance
A new media Carillon installation and performance in honor of the 100th Anniversary of UC Berkeley's Sather Tower (the Campanile) Read more
11 Dec, 2014
Special Events
Count Me In: Walking & the City
Presented by students, faculty and staff from the Global Urban Humanities program, CITRIS, BCNM, and the CITRIS Social Apps Lab Read more
02 Oct, 2014
History & Theory
A lecture by Jennifer Holt (Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies at UCSB) this October, held at Stephens Hall Read more
10 Apr, 2014
Special Events
Student Research Presentations and New DE Welcome
Cutting edge research happening here at BCNM! Join us in celebration of these amazing grad students. Read more
17 Mar, 2014
Special Events
Prospective Student Open House
With a keynote address by Francesco Spagnolo, UC Berkeley Music Lecturer, "Mapping Diasporas: Jews, Material Culture, and the Digital Humanities" Read more
06 Mar, 2014
Special Events
We invite you to this symposium of discussions on privacy protections, surveillance methods, and resistance in our digital world Read more
22 Feb, 2014
Special Events
Urban Data Canvas Hackathon
We're hosting an app-only hack day to develop real-time data visualization pieces for displaying in downtown SF! Read more
04 Dec, 2013
Special Events
Townsend Book Chat: Polartides
Conversation with Professor Greg Niemeyer, BCNM Director Read more
14 Nov, 2013
Special Events
From Data Visualization to Data Manifestation
with Kevin Walker, Head of Information Experience Design, Royal College of Art Read more
17 Mar, 2013
Special Events
Learning Mode: College Readiness Hackathon
Develop a New Media app to make the college application process less harrowing in this CITRIS-sponsored Hackathon! Read more
14 Mar, 2013
Special Events
Learning Mode: Critical Issues in Online Education
Participate in this 2-day symposium on critical issues in online higher education. Google, CMU, Coursera representatives are slotted to speak. Note: tickets for this event have been claimed but sign up for the wait-list here! Read more
14 Mar, 2013
History & Theory
Amateurdom and Its Discontents
with Lisa Gitelman, media historian
Co-sponsored by the Department of Rhetoric Read more
04 Mar, 2013
Art, Tech & Culture
Meredith Tromble (SFAI) and Dawn Sumner (UCD) on "Imaging and Imagination in Collaborative Research" Read more
24 Jan, 2013
Special Events
Streams, Gardens, and Clouds: Visualizing Dynamic Data for Engagement, Education and the Environment
A CITRIS Data and Democracy event to celebrate Data Innovation Day Read more
11 Dec, 2012
Special Events
Needy Robotics and Our Intimate Interrelationship with Technology
Listen to Alex Reben, engineer and artist, discuss the line that separates thought from data Read more
11 Dec, 2012
Special Events
Needy Robotics and Our Intimate Interrelationship with Technology
Listen to Alex Reben, engineer and artist, discuss the line that separates thought from data Read more
10 Dec, 2012
Special Events
We Witness: A Panel on Digital Video, Social Media, and Political Protest
A panel of leading video activists, filmmakers, + technology developers on the implications for human rights investigations, advocacy campaigns, and social justice Read more
03 Dec, 2012
Art, Tech & Culture
Luminous Currents: Tracing Modernism from Bauhaus to Beehive
An Arts + Technology Colloquium lecture by JoAnne Northrup, former chief curator at the San Jose Museum of Art Read more
27 Nov, 2012
Workshops
Provoking Reflection and Exploration with Aesthetic Interaction
Laura Devendorf will discuss AnyType, an Android application that generates unique typefaces from photographs of shapes that people find in their environment Read more
14 Nov, 2012
Special Events
FutARism: The Possiblities of Augmented Reality in Art Making
with Amir Baradaran, Media and Performance Artist, New York Read more
14 Nov, 2012
Special Events
New Media Graduate Student Presentations
Three DE students (Theater, Performance, Dance Studies; New Media) will present their research this past semester. Read their fascinating presentation abstracts here Read more
14 Nov, 2012
New Media Graduate Student Presentations
Three DE students (Theater, Performance, Dance Studies; New Media) will present their research this past semester. Read their fascinating presentation abstracts here Read more
13 Nov, 2012
Special Events
Anthropology as BIG DATA: Making the Case for Ethnography as a Critical Dimension in Digital Media and Technology Studies
Mary Gray, Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research New England and Associate Professor of Communication and Culture at Indiana University, on big data in human comunication research Read more
30 Oct, 2012
Special Events
Ephemeral Space: Networks of Social Media & Mobile Food Vending Practices
with Ginette Wessel, PhD Candidate of Architecture, on mobile food vendors and social media Read more
16 Oct, 2012
Workshops
New Media Research Workshop, “Getting Down and Dirty with Facebook Research”
Lindsay Bayham (Sociology) will share experiences of Facebook data collection with youth in Ghana Read more
01 Oct, 2012
Art, Tech & Culture
Visualization and the Joy of Revelation
with Fernanda Viegas and Martin Wattenberg, artists and lead researchers of Google's Big Picture" visualization research group Read more
01 Oct, 2012
Special Events
Tweeting Your Way to the White House: Social Media and the 2012 Campaign
Do new technologies help us talk across party lines, or do they contribute to more polarization? A panel of a professor, company founder, and president of a social media company discuss. Read more
02 May, 2012
Artist Talk at the BiD Lab with Walter Kim
Lunch and conversation with Walter Kim, artist and engineer based in San Francisco Read more
26 Apr, 2012
Special Events
Digital Inquiry: Forms of Knowledge in the Age of New Media
Reflections on the nature of knowledge in the digital age, a symposium Read more
26 Apr, 2012
Special Events
Swinging and Flowing: Inclusion and Diversity in the Age of Data
A symposium pondering the emerging hierarchies of an increasingly "data-driven" world," hosted right here at UC Berkeley Read more
30 Mar, 2012
Special Events
The Utopian Impulse: Buckminster Fuller and the Bay Area
Hosted at SFMoMA, featuring Nicholas DeMonchaux and the work of Buckminster Fuller Read more
23 Feb, 2012
Special Events
BEARS 2012 Berkeley EECS Annual Research Symposium, BCNM Open House
This year the theme of the BEARS Conference is "Big Data at Berkeley." Don't miss it! Read more
25 Apr, 2011
Special Events
Advancing the New Machine, Human Rights and Technology Conference
A symposium for anyone interested in uniting the tech-world and the human rights community Read more
12 Apr, 2011
Special Events
New Media Research Roundtable: Patrick Vinck, Phuong Pham
"New Media and Human Rights Research Methods" Read more
04 Sep, 2023
Lyman Report: Rashad Timmons on Racialized Geography in Ferguson
With the support of the Lyman Fellowship, Rashad Timmons traveled to Ferguson, Missouri to engage in fieldwork and archival research for my dissertation. Read more
17 Aug, 2023
BCNM is proud to highlight Hannah Zeavin and Nicholaus Gutierrez at The 14th annual conference of the Special Interest Group in Computing, Information, and Society [SIGCIS]. Read more
10 Aug, 2023
BCNM Around the Web Summer 2023
Check out the great work of our faculty and alumni around the web this Summer! Read more
26 Jul, 2023
Announcing the 2023-2024 History and Theory of New Media Season
We are excited to announce the 2023-2024 season of our HTNM lecture series, featuring Paloma Duong, Erik Davis, Lauren Klein, and more! Read more
17 Jul, 2023
Ken Goldberg presented on Expanding Access to Robots for Education and Research in the workshop on lowering barriers for robotics research. Read more
29 Jun, 2023
Conference Grant Reports: William Morgan on Autocatallaxy
William Morgan traveled to Los Angeles, Mexico City, and Beijing to conduct and present elements of his research as part of the Antikythera Program. Read more
29 Jun, 2023
Trevor Paglen & Eyal Weizman on Art, Surveillance, and Investigation
Trevor and Eyal discuss how art and architecture can be harnessed to challenge structures of power and state control. Read more
28 Jun, 2023
How AI can distort human beliefs
Celeste Kidd and co-author Abeba Birhane have a new article in Science on how models can convey biases and false information to users! Read more
27 Jun, 2023
We're so proud to share some our greatest successes from 2022-2023! Read more
13 Jun, 2023
Michelle Carney Featured on People of AI
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13 Jun, 2023
Ken Goldberg Exhibiting Trees, Time and Technology
Trees, Time, and Technology: Ancient Wisdom for a Future Ecology Read more
13 Jun, 2023
Undergraduate Research Report: Xiaowen Yuan on Immersive Virtual Environments
Xiaowen Yuan worked with Haripriya Sathyanarayanan on a project based on virtual reality and built environment design. Read more
30 May, 2023
Undergraduate Research Reports: Riya Manimaran on Hybrid Learning
Riya Manimaran worked with Meg Everett on Hybrid Learning Environments. Read more
26 May, 2023
Kimiko Ryokai & Team Awarded 1.29M
Kimiko Ryokai and team awarded $1.29M to center Indigenous youth in museum spaces Read more
19 May, 2023
Congratulating Our Spring 2023 Graduates
Art by Tiare Ribeaux. Read more
24 Apr, 2023
Celeste Kidd Publishes on Why We Disagree So Often
Is a dog more similar to a chicken or an eagle? Is a penguin noisy? Is a whale friendly?
Celeste Kidd and team say these absurd-sounding questions might help us better understand what’s at the heart of some of society’s most vexing arguments. Read more
22 Apr, 2023
Alum Tiffany Ng Featured Artist on MUSFORUM
MUSFORUM is the online network for women organists. Read more
20 Apr, 2023
danah boyd Awarded Morrison Prize
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Program in Science, Technology, and Society awarded alum danah boyd its prestigious Morrison Prize and lecture. Read more
19 Apr, 2023
Check out the amazing work from BCNM faculty, students, and alumni at the ACM Computer-Human Interaction Conference of 2023! Read more
19 Apr, 2023
Faculty Seed Grant Report: Firetime
Read more
15 Apr, 2023
Announcing Our Summer 2023 Undergraduate Research Fellows
Congratulations to Akira Ono, Isabel Li, Nika States, Reica Ramirez, and Wish Wang! Read more
14 Apr, 2023
Making the Invisible Visible with Alum Trevor Paglen
The Electronic Frontier Foundation's Cindy Cohn talks to alum and artist Trevor Paglen about mass surveillance. Read more
13 Apr, 2023
Visiting Scholar at BCNM: Xuan Wang
Xuan Wang was a visiting scholar at BCNM during 2022. Read more
06 Apr, 2023
Announcing the Spring 2023 BCNM Faculty Seed Grants
Congratulations Alex Saum-Pascual, Asma Kazmi, and Jill Miller! Read more
02 Apr, 2023
Kaitlin Forcier Reviews Surfing with Satoshi
Alum Kaitlin Forcier reviews Domenico Quaranta's Surfing with Satoshi: Art, Blockchain and NFTs in Media-N! Read more
29 Mar, 2023
Kris Paulsen Co-Edits Media N
With Brian Michael Murphy, alum Kris Paulsen co-edits a special issue of Media N on Afterlives of Data. Read more
23 Mar, 2023
Announcing Our Summer 2023 Research Award Recipients
We are thrilled to share our 2023 Summer Research Fellows from Architecture, Art Practice, Design, Education, Film & Media, Geography, and Theater, Dance and Performance Studies! Read more
13 Mar, 2023
Announcing the Spring 2023 Conference Grant Recipients
Congratulations to these amazing students working in the fields of Asian studies, education, computer science, geography, film & media, rhetoric, EECS, architecture, and more! Read more
06 Mar, 2023
Sonia Katyal Receives Dukeminier Award
Sonia K Katyal receives Dukeminier award for her recent writing on gender, sexuality and AI alongside undergraduate Berkeley student Jessica Y Jung. Read more
03 Feb, 2023
Jen Schradie on a Bottom Up Approach to Disinformation Research
Digital disinformation is changing society, but the societal 3 C's (class, community, and context) are changing disinformation, too. Read more
31 Jan, 2023
Xiaowei Wang Receives Science & Literature National Book Award
Blockchain Chicken Farm has been selected as one of the three winners of the 2023 $10,000 science and literature awards! Read more
09 Jan, 2023
Alumni Katherine Chandler, Alenda Chang, and Lashon Daley featured their research at MLA 2023. Read more
06 Jan, 2023
Kidd Lab at Cognitive Development Center Conference 2023
Celeste Kidd's lab presented at the Cognitive Development Center Conference 2023. Read more
30 Dec, 2022
Announcing Our Spring 2023 Undergraduate Research Fellows
Congratulations to Isabel Li, Riya Manimaran, and Xiaowen Yuan! Read more
23 Dec, 2022
Bo Ruberg on Computer Dating and the Classifieds
Computer Dating in the Classifieds: Complicating the Cultural History of Matchmaking by Machine Read more
22 Dec, 2022
Fall 2022 Events in Review
Thank you so much for joining us for another semester of BCNM events! We've collected our event transcripts and videos so you can tune in to amazing lectures from Pua Case, BCNM alumni Ra Malika Imhotep and Caleb Luna, Visiting Scholar Gillian Rose, and more. Read more
05 Dec, 2022
Congratulating Our Fall 2022 Graduates
Congratulations to our Fall 2022 graduates, Rachel Chen, Amanda Barnett, Salih Berk Dincer, Jessica Kim, Yushu Kong, Hin Kwan Kwok, Choyang Ponsar, and Darice Wong! We are so excited to see their future successes. Read more
01 Dec, 2022
BCNM Around the Web December
Check out the great work of our faculty and alumni around the web this December! Read more
28 Nov, 2022
Announcing Our 2022 Undergraduate Cohort
Please join us in welcoming our 2022 cohort of Undergraduate Certificate in New Media students! Read more
27 Nov, 2022
Announcing Our Fall 2022 DE & Certificate Cohort
Valencia James: AI_am Read more
18 Nov, 2022
BCNM students, faculty, and alumni are all participating in this year's 4S program. Read more
15 Nov, 2022
BCNM Around the Web November
Check out the great work of our faculty and alumni around the web this November! Read more
14 Nov, 2022
Check out BCNM at the 25th ACM Conference! Read more
14 Nov, 2022
AmbiRobotics, Co-Founded by Ken Goldberg, Receives $32M
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02 Nov, 2022
Clancy Wilmott at NACIS 2022
Clancy Wilmott and Alexis Wood spoke about Indigenous Cartographies for Alternative Futures at NACIS 2022. Read more
02 Nov, 2022
BCNM at American Studies Association 2022
Ethnic Studies Associate professor Keith Feldman, History professor Hannah Zeavin, and writer and scholar Ra Malika Imhotep featured at American Studies Association 2022. Read more
21 Oct, 2022
Melancholic Media by Hannah Zeavin
Zeavin publishes on virtual reality, traumatic loss, and magic in Media, Culture, & Society. Read more
20 Oct, 2022
Pablo Paredes Joins the University of Maryland
Alum Pablo Paredes starts as an Assistant Professor at UMD this Fall. Read more
19 Oct, 2022
Ken Goldberg at ISRR 2022
Ken Goldberg and team present at the 2022 International Symposium on Robotics Research. Read more
19 Oct, 2022
The Harms of Targeted Weight Loss Ads with Liza Gak
BCNM DE Liza Gak joins Data Skeptic to discuss her research on harmful weight loss advertising. Read more
14 Oct, 2022
Conference Grants: William Morgan at SLSA 2022
William Morgan, a Fall 2021 Conference Grant recipient, presented “Are You R(obotic)? Can Visiting an AI Mind Tell Us Anything About Our Own?” at the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts annual meeting. Read more
11 Oct, 2022
Announcing the Fall 2022 BCNM Faculty Seed Grants
Art by Clancy Wilmott. Read more
06 Oct, 2022
Are Spotify’s Vibes the End of Segregated Listening?
Our faculty member Tom McEnaney published this article with Kaitlyn Todd in Public Books, a magazine of ideas, arts, and scholarship . Read more
11 Sep, 2022
Xiaowei Wang Fellow at the National Center on Race & Digital Justice
Shout out to Xiaowei Wang for being a fellow at the National Center on Race & Digital Justice! Read more
25 Aug, 2022
Undergraduate Research: Jesse Clements
Jesse worked on Tory Jeffay's dissertation "The Forensic Imaginary." Read more
25 Aug, 2022
Summer Research Reports: Kevin CK Lo
Musician Kevin CK Lo worked towards building a modular geo-spatial web template. Read more
24 Aug, 2022
Summer Research Reports: Rebecca Levitan
Rebecca works on the digital documentation of ancient art! Read more
24 Aug, 2022
danah boyd & Morgan Ames on the Future of the Metaverse
Elon University published a report on "The Future of the Metaverse," featuring BCNM experts. Read more
23 Aug, 2022
Summer Research Report: Lani Alden
Digital preservation and database building formed the basis of Lani's work on kabuki performances in the early twentieth century. Read more
22 Aug, 2022
danah boyd on the Harvard Data Science Review Podcast
danah boyd discusses "Differential Privacy for the 2020 U.S. Census: Can We Make Data Both Private and Useful?" Read more
17 Aug, 2022
danah boyd Featured in People of ACM
"I approach technology as a tool and an intervention. Certain futures are made easier because of technology, and certain futures get more complicated. We can make bets about the probabilities of certain futures, but we cannot see the future. We can only introduce other interventions." Read more
15 Aug, 2022
Summer 2022 Research with Haripriya Sathyanarayanan
Read more about Haripriya's work on Spatial Perception of the Pediatric Built Environment and Patient-Centric Design Read more
10 Aug, 2022
Beyond Counting Accountability
Xiaowei Wang has a new article in Just Tech. Read more
05 Aug, 2022
Data & Truth with danah boyd
Hear alum danah boyd speak about data and truth on Gnovis with Huseyn Panahov. Read more
04 Aug, 2022
BCNM Around the Web July 2022
Check out the great work of our students, faculty, and alumni around the web this July! Read more
28 Jul, 2022
Xiaowei Wang Co-Editor of Logic Magazine
Congratulations and best wishes to Xiaowei Wang who will co-lead Logic Magazine's pivot to becoming the first queer Black and Asian tech magazine. Read more
22 Jul, 2022
Tiffany Ng Named Chair of Organ Department
Alum Tiffany Ng leads the Organ Department at the University of Michigan. Read more
17 Jul, 2022
Ken Goldberg at WAFR 2022
The 15th International Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics was held on June 22-24, 2022. Read more
10 Jul, 2022
#BlackGamersMatter: Gaming and the Black Imaginary
Dr. Grace Gipson speaks on Black gamers as part of Temple University's series on Digital Humanities and Afrofuturism. Read more
08 Jul, 2022
Abigail Lomibao on the Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Abigail was mentored by Haripriya Sathyanarayanan on of immersive virtual environments. Read more
07 Jul, 2022
Alumni Christo Sims and Jen Schradie presented at the International Communication Association's 2022 conference. Read more
23 Jun, 2022
Fall 2021-Spring 2022 BCNM Events in Review
Check out our roundup of the last year of BCNM events, featuring event details, video recordings, and transcripts! Read more
15 Jun, 2022
Michelle Carney on Bringing ML and UX Together
Alum Michelle Carney speaks to the Experiencing Data podcast about her mission to bring machine learning and user interface design together. Read more
10 Jun, 2022
We're so proud to share some our greatest successes from 2022! Read more
09 Jun, 2022
Clancy Wilmott Awarded 2022 PBK Teaching Excellence Award
Congratulations to Clancy Wilmott on being a warded a Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Excellence Award for the branch of Northern California! Read more
03 Jun, 2022
Commons Conversations Event Transcript Now Online: Wendy Chun
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16 May, 2022
Congratulating Our Spring 2022 Undergraduate Certificate Recipients
Project by Jessie Mindel with Selin Longmire, Angelica Song, Bradley Russo. Read more
29 Apr, 2022
Epistemic Disconnects Surrounding the US Census Bureau’s Use of Differential Privacy
Our alum danah boyd published an article in the Harvard Data Science Review with Jayshree Sarathy.
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28 Apr, 2022
Akemi Nagashiki on the Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Akemi was mentored by Haripriya Sathyanaryanan on graduate level research, supporting Haripriya's project on spatial design in pediatric healthcare spaces. Read more
20 Apr, 2022
Abigail De Kosnik and Jaclyn Zhou on Diversity on Streaming Platforms in Pandemic Times
Abigail De Kosnik and Jaclyn Zhou present diversity Scores for films and television series on major streaming platforms during the COVID-19 pandemic period. Read more
19 Apr, 2022
BCNM at Data and the Metaverse
BCNM shares their expertise at "Critical Data Futures: Art, Life, and Data in the Metaverse." Read more
18 Apr, 2022
Greg Niemeyer Awarded Peder 2022 Sather Grant
Congratulations to Greg Niemeyer for receiving a $25,000 grant for network visualizations! Read more
18 Apr, 2022
Greg Niemeyer Awarded Pro Helvetia Grant
Greg received a Pro Helvetia Grant for Data Art about Water in Africa! Read more
13 Apr, 2022
Jenna Burrell on the Datafied State
Jenna Burrell shares a new Data & Society research agenda in the earliest stages of discussion and planning. Read more
13 Apr, 2022
BCNM Around the Web April 2022
Check out the great work of our students, faculty, and alumni around the web this April 2022!
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13 Apr, 2022
Congratulations to the incredible students, faculty, and alumni who represented BCNM at CHI 2022! Read more
13 Apr, 2022
Andrea Gagliano on Data Science and Design
Andrea Gagliano is featured in the first MLUX Seattle meetup. Read more
01 Apr, 2022
Michelle Carney on Building More Human, Helpful, and Ethical Systems
Michelle Carney talks us through tactics for building more human, more helpful, and more ethical AI + ML systems. Read more
30 Mar, 2022
Amazing BCNM representation from students, faculty, and alumni at SCMS 2022! Read more
29 Mar, 2022
Announcing Our Summer 2022 Research Award Recipients
23 Mar, 2022
Announcing Our Spring 2022 DE & Certificate Cohort
Secondary Gaze, by Jiaxuan Ren. Read more
23 Mar, 2022
Announcing the Spring 2022 BCNM Faculty Seed Grants
Art by Greg Niemeyer. Read more
12 Mar, 2022
Announcing the Spring 2022 Conference Grant Recipients
Congratulations to these amazing students working in the fields of architecture, technology, cognitive science, and more! Read more
11 Mar, 2022
Sonya Katyal, Trevor Paglen, and Ken Goldberg in conversation with Kate Crawford
Sonya Katyal, Trevor Paglen, and Ken Goldberg discuss epistemology and politics in artificial intelligence with Tanner lecture recipient Kate Crawford. Read more
08 Mar, 2022
To Practice an Understanding that the World is Made with Alenda Chang
Natalia Zuluaga in conversation with Alenda Y. Chang and Jason Edward Lewis on Shift Space 2.0. Read more
24 Feb, 2022
Commons Conversation Video Now Online: Wendy Chun
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24 Feb, 2022
Announcing Our Summer 2022 Undergraduate Research Fellows
Congratulations to Abigail Lomibao and Jesse Clements! Read more about their projects here! Read more
15 Feb, 2022
Assisting Polyculture Farming in Africa with Ken Goldberg
Check out Ken Goldberg's latest publication in IEEE Africon! Read more
11 Feb, 2022
BCNM Around the Web February 2022
Check out the great work of our students, faculty, and alumni around the web this February! Read more
10 Feb, 2022
Ken Goldberg at CoRL 2021
Ken Goldberg and team present "Dex-NeRF: Using a Neural Radiance Field to Grasp Transparent Objects" at the Conference on Robotic Learning. Read more
09 Feb, 2022
Mechanical Search on Shelves Using a Novel "Bluction" Tool
A new paper from Ken Goldberg and team. Read more
31 Jan, 2022
Welcoming Liu Ruoxin: Visiting Scholar from China
Ruoxin Liu is an associate professor at the New Media Research Institute of Communication University of China. Read more
25 Jan, 2022
BCNM in 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics
Women in AI Ethics recognizes BCNM faculty and alumni in their list of honors, including Jenna Burrell, Morgan Ames, danah boyd, and Michelle Carney! Read more
22 Jan, 2022
BCNM Around the Web January 2022
Check out the great work of our students, faculty, and alumni around the web this January! Read more
20 Jan, 2022
Announcing Our Fall 2021 Undergraduate Research Fellows
Congratulations to Lina Matine, Akemi Nagashiki, and Abigail Lomibao! Read more
10 Jan, 2022
Common Conversations Event Transcript Now Online: Eric Rodenbeck
We're pleased to share the transcript of our Common Conversations event with founder of Stamen Design Eric Rodenbeck. Read more
06 Jan, 2022
Mark your calendars for this incredible line up of speakers! Read more
03 Jan, 2022
Offline Meta-RL for Safe Adaptation and Fault Tolerance
Ken Goldberg and team publish a new paper on Offline Meta-RL for Safe Adaptation and Fault Tolerance. Read more
01 Jan, 2022
Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft Reviews the Distance Cure
Hannah Zeavin's new book The Distance Cure: A History of Teletherapy is reviewed in Book Forum. Read more
16 Dec, 2021
Congratulating Our Fall 2021 Graduates
Congratulations to our Fall 2021 graduates! They have extended their studies with a suite of new media projects. We are so excited to see their future successes Read more
13 Dec, 2021
Announcing Our 2021 DE & Certificate Cohort
Art by Xincun Du. Read more
12 Dec, 2021
Announcing Our 2021 Undergraduate Cohort
Please join us in welcoming our 2021 Undergraduate Certificate cohort! Read more
12 Dec, 2021
An Ode to Responsible Data Science
Alum danah boyd gives the plenary at the Microsoft Research Summit on Statistical Imaginaries. Read more
09 Dec, 2021
Amazing representation of BCNM presenting at 4S, the Society for Social Studies of Science! Read more
08 Dec, 2021
BCNM Around the Web November 2021
Check out the work of our students, faculty, and alumni around the web! Read more
05 Dec, 2021
Commons Conversations Video Now Online: Eric Rodenbeck
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29 Nov, 2021
Trevor Paglen and Hito Steyerl in Conversation
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21 Nov, 2021
Morgan Ames Wins Computer History Museum Prize
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16 Nov, 2021
Noura Howell Joins Georgia Tech
BCNM alum Noura Howell has joined Georgia Tech as an assistant professor in Digital Media. Read more
16 Nov, 2021
In the Pursuit of Knowledge, There Be Dragons by danah boyd
BCNM alum danah boyd was the keynote speaker at IEEE VIS 2021. Read more
14 Nov, 2021
Eric Paulos, Björn Hartmann, Jingyi Li and Molly Nicholas at the 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. Read more
11 Nov, 2021
Pablo Paredes on Individualized Stress Detection Using an Unmodified Steering Wheel
BCNM alum Pablo Paredes co-authored a research study on detecting stress levels through steering wheel angle data. Read more
09 Nov, 2021
Morgan Ames Joins BCNM Executive Committee
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05 Nov, 2021
Announcing the Fall 2022 Faculty Seed Grants
BCNM is pleased to announce the recipients of the Fall 2022 Faculty Seed Grants! Read more
27 Oct, 2021
danah boyd Joins Georgetown as Visiting Distinguished Professor
BCNM alum danah boyd has joined Georgetown University for the year as a distinguished visiting professor. Read more
20 Oct, 2021
BCNM's Kris Paulen, Jacob Gaboury, and Hannah Zeavin presented at SLSA2021 "ENERGY": 34TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY FOR LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND THE ARTS. Read more
20 Oct, 2021
Undergraduate Research Dispatch: Jahara Cayabyab on Designing Hospital Spaces
Jahara Cayabyab was an Undergraduate Research Fellow under Haripriya Sathyanarayanan last year, assisting in research about hospital design in pediatric spaces. Read more
14 Oct, 2021
Jenna Burrell Promoted to Professor of Information
BCNM executive commitee member Jenna Burrell has been promoted to full professor at UC Berkeley's School of Information. Read more
13 Oct, 2021
Announcing the Fall 2021 Conference Grant Recipients
Congratulations to these amazing students working on media literacy, ethnographic research, philosophical arguments, and more! Read more
08 Oct, 2021
Vincente Perez on Declarations of Interdependence
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27 Sep, 2021
Jenna Burrell Joins BCNM Executive Committee
We extend a warm welcome to Professor Jenna Burrell, who has joined BCNM's executive committee. Read more
27 Sep, 2021
Ken Goldberg's Ambi Robotics Raises $26 Million
Professor Ken Goldberg's robotics startup, Ambi Robotics, has secured $26 million in funding. Read more
06 Sep, 2021
Summer Research: Julia Irwin & the Gilbreth Archives
Julia Irwin received a BCNM 2021 Summer Research Award. Read about her great work researching and writing about the archives of industrial psychologist Lillian Moller Gilbreth and her husband Frank B. Gilbreth. Read more
04 Sep, 2021
Ken Goldberg at IROS 2021
Several papers co-written by Ken Goldberg were presented at IROS 2021. Read more
01 Sep, 2021
Summer Research: Rachel Chen on Embodied Platforms for Children on the Autism Spectrum
Rachel Chen received a BCNM 2021 Summer Research Award. Hear about her great work developing a platform for non-speaking children on the Autism spectrum. Read more
20 Aug, 2021
Summer Research Dispatch: Tonya Nguyen on Mutual Aid Organizations' Use of Technology
Tonya Nguyen shares her findings on how mutual aid organizations can scale effectively, especially when making decisions about the technology they should use and its impact on their communities. Read more
19 Aug, 2021
Undergraduate Research Dispatch: Jessie Mindel on Kaleidoscope
Jessie Mindel was a recipient of this year's BCNM research fellowship, assisting Molly Nicholas and team on building a new web-based, collaborative design classroom tool. Read more
30 Jul, 2021
Pablo Paredes on the Invisible Future of Health Monitoring
Pablo Paredes features on Stanford Medicine Center for Digital Health's The Invisible Future of Health Monitoring. Read more
23 Jul, 2021
BCNM Around the Web July 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this July! Read more
05 Jul, 2021
Juliana Friend at the LavLang Conference
Juliana Friend receieved a BCNM Conference Grant to help her attend the 27th Annual Lavendar Languages and Linguistics Conference. Read more
25 Jun, 2021
Tiffany Ng Promoted to Associate Professor
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21 May, 2021
Congratulating our 2021 Graduates
These students have been pivotal to the new media landscape at Cal, and we are excited to see the incredible future work they undertake in their respective fields.
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08 May, 2021
Alum Tiffany Ng speaks on her musical influences in I Care If You Listen's "ListN Up." Read more
08 May, 2021
Celeste Kidd on the Ethics of AI
Celeste Kidd talked on a Rethinking Economics panel about the governance, ethics, and bias of AI and other similar technologies. Read more
08 May, 2021
Congratulations to the incredible students, faculty, and alumni who represented BCNM at CHI 2021! Read more
07 May, 2021
Trevor Paglen and Unseen Skies
Yaara Bou Melham documentary Unseen Skies spotlights the work of alum Trevor Paglen. Read more
25 Apr, 2021
David Bamman on Characterizing English Variation on Social Media
BCNM member and School of Information professor David Bamman co-published a paper titled, "Characterizing English Variation across Social Media Communities with BERT." Read more
24 Apr, 2021
David Bamman Promoted to Associate Professor
Congratulations, David Bamman, on being promoted to Associate Professor in the School of Information. Read more
17 Apr, 2021
Björn Hartmann on Model-based Formalization of the Autonomy-to-Human Perception Hand-off
Björn Hartmann published a paper on "Model-based Formalization of the Autonomy-to-Human Perception Hand-off." Read more
11 Apr, 2021
Announcing Our 2021 Summer Research Fellows
Image by Edgar Fabián Frias. Read more
03 Apr, 2021
danah boyd on Democracy's Data Infrastructure
BCNM alum and media academic danah boyd co-authored an essay with Dan Bouk for the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University titled, "Democracy's Data Infrastructure." Read more
29 Mar, 2021
Announcing the Spring 2021 DE & Graduate Certificate Cohort
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19 Mar, 2021
The Book of the Dead in 3D with Rita Lucarelli
UC Berkeley Professor and Egypgytologist Rita Lucarelli's BCNM funded 3D coffin modeling project is set to debut at the Phoebe Hearst Museum later this year. Read more
22 Feb, 2021
Ken Goldberg on Medical Design
Ken Goldberg recently spoke with Medical Design and Outsourcing on artifical intelligence and surgical robots. Read more
18 Feb, 2021
The Society for Cinema and Media Studies' annual conference features presentations by 13 BCNM students, faculty, and alumni! Read more
14 Feb, 2021
Alum Kris Fallon Now Associate Professor
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08 Feb, 2021
BCNM Around the Web February 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this February! Read more
30 Jan, 2021
Announcing Our 2021 Undergraduate Research Fellows
Each year, the Berkeley Center for New Media pairs undergraduates with a graduate student mentor, offering them the chance to complete real, graduate level research while at Cal. We are thrilled to announce this year's Fellows. Read more
24 Jan, 2021
Tom McEnaney Awarded Mellon New Directions Fellowship
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21 Dec, 2020
BCNM Fall 2020: Events In Review
We’re so thankful to everyone who tuned in for our events this past semester. Keep reading for a round-up of our events and speakers! Read more
07 Dec, 2020
Congratulations to our Fall 2020 BCNM Graduates!
Congratulations to our Fall 2020 BCNM graduates, jazmin calderón torres and Yairamen Roman Maldonado! Read more
19 Nov, 2020
Blockchain Chicken Farm Featured in Rest of World
Xiaowei Wang was recently interviewed by Rest of World on their book Blockchain Chicken Farm. Read more
18 Nov, 2020
Alex Saum-Pascual in ICIDS Exhibition
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18 Nov, 2020
Reviews of Trevor Paglen's Bloom and Opposing Geometries
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17 Nov, 2020
Ken Goldberg's work was recently presented at the 2020 Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL). Read more
12 Nov, 2020
Announcing the Fall 2020 DE & Graduate Certificate Cohort
We are thrilled to welcome this Fall’s graduate cohort! Read more
12 Nov, 2020
The Future of Memory Now Online
Xiaowei Wang's The Future of Memory project is now online! Read more
06 Nov, 2020
BCNM Around the Web November 2020
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this November! Read more
03 Nov, 2020
Undergraduate Research Fellowships 2021
Applications are now open and are due December 1, 2020. Read more
28 Oct, 2020
Pablo Paredes Publishes Stress Tracker
BCNM alum Pablo Paredes explores the use of a computer trackpad in monitoring stress. Read more
15 Oct, 2020
Ken Goldberg at IROS 2020
Several papers co-written by Ken Goldberg were presented at IROS 2020. Read more
12 Oct, 2020
Claudia von Vacano on Building STEAM for DH and Electronic Literature
Claudia von Vacano publishes an article on Electronic Book Review! Read more
11 Oct, 2020
Blockchain Chicken Farm by Xiaowei Wang Published
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01 Oct, 2020
Jenni Higgs on Digital Discourse in Classrooms
Jenni Higgs recently published an academic article titled "Digital Discourse in Classrooms: Language Arts Teachers’ Reported Perceptions and Implementation." Read more
29 Sep, 2020
John Scott Co-Authors Paper on Popularity of Peer-Shared Artifacts in Online Learning Environments
John Scott's co-authored paper earned an honorable mention for best paper submission at the Conference on Educational Data Science 2020. Read more
24 Sep, 2020
Xiaowei Wang & An Xiao Mina on WeChat
Xiaowei Wang and An Xiao Mina publish "WeChat Has Both Connected Families and Torn Them Apart" in Slate. Read more
23 Sep, 2020
Seed Grants Recipient: Celeste Kidd and The Role of Reasoning and Metacognition during Belief Formation in the Internet Era
Celeste Kidd received a Seed Grant to examine "The role of reasoning and metacognition during belief formation in the internet era". Read more
10 Sep, 2020
Lyman Dispatch: Anushah Hossain
Anushah Hossain shares how the support of the Peter Lyman Graduate Fellowship has opened up more resources for her to focus on her research. Read more
08 Sep, 2020
Alex Saum-Pascual's Poetry in Perspektive
Alex Saum-Pascual published a poem and project titled "made to disappear" in Perspektive. Read more
03 Sep, 2020
Alum Trevor Paglen Featured in Wall Street Journal Magazine
Trevor Paglen was recently featured in the Wall Street Journal Magazine on his work in art and artificial intelligence. Read more
21 Aug, 2020
Summer Research Dispatch: Kevin Lo Returns to Digital Art
Kevin Lo and his longtime collaborator were excited to present their art in physical space, but have no returned to the digital realm in light of COVID-19. Read more
17 Aug, 2020
Jen Schradie wins CITAMS ASA Best Paper Award
Alum Jen Schradie's article “The Digital Activism Gap: How Class and Costs Shape Online Collective Action” was recognized in the CITAMS 2020 awards. Read more
15 Aug, 2020
Summer Research Dispatch: Haripriya Sathyanarayanan on Spatial Perception of the Pediatric Built Environment
Haripriya is working on a mixed-methods study on enhancing patient experience through collaborative design of patient spaces in pediatric hospital environments using immersive technology. Read more
14 Aug, 2020
The Revolution That Wasn't Reviewed in Mass Communication & Society
Jen Schradie's book receives a fantastic review from Briana Trifiro. Read more
06 Aug, 2020
Alum John Scott on Inclusion in the Transition to Remote Teaching
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06 Aug, 2020
Noura Howell Joins NC State University
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02 Aug, 2020
Reggie Royston in AI4Afrika Team
AI4Afrika's goal is to make AI more inclusive and aware of Afrikan perspectives. Read more
28 Jul, 2020
Jen Schradie on Wellbeing During COVID-19
"The “Eye of the Hurricane” Paradox: An Unexpected and Unequal Rise of Well-Being During the Covid-19 Lockdown in France" was published by a team of authors in Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. Read more
24 Jul, 2020
Mechademia Guest-Edited by Andrea Horbinski Published
The issue on "Transnational Fandom" is available via the University of Minnesota Press. Read more
20 Jul, 2020
Bo Ruberg Publishes On LGBTQ Identities Challenging Norms of Demographics
"In the era of algorithms and big data [...] the issue of who is or is not “counted” profoundly affects visibility, access, and power in the digital realm." Read more
17 Jul, 2020
BCNM Around the Web July 2020
Check out the awesome presentations and features of our faculty, student, and alumni work across the web this past July! Read more
03 Jul, 2020
Will Payne Appointed Assistant Professor at Rutgers University
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19 Jun, 2020
Gabrielle Clement on New Media Technology in the Courtroom
"I am now more familiar with and understand the courtroom's significance as a space for innovative technology." Read more
17 Jun, 2020
BCNM Students Finalists for Fast Company's Student World Changing Ideas
Collective Obscura, a project created by BCNM students, was one of the finalists for Fast Company's World Changing Ideas Awards 2020. Read more
17 Jun, 2020
BCNM Around the Web June 2020
Check out the amazing talks and discussions around the work of our faculty and alumni in June 2020! Read more
10 Jun, 2020
Critical Making Projects in Spring 2020 Made @ Berkeley
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15 May, 2020
Poetry from Alex Saum-Pascual in The New River
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12 May, 2020
Alex Saum-Pascual Publishes "Is Third Generation Literature Postweb Literature"
BCNM faculty Alex Saum-Pascual published "Is Third Generation Literature Postweb Literature? And Why Should We Care?" in the 2019 Electronic Literature Organization essay collection. Read more
30 Apr, 2020
Conference Grants: William Morgan on Machine Learning and the Digital Realization of Deleuze
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29 Apr, 2020
Congratulating Our 2020 Undergraduate Certificate Graduates
Congratulations to our 2020 cohort, who are graduating with the New Media Undergraduate Certificate!
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29 Apr, 2020
Congratulating our 2020 Graduates
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27 Apr, 2020
The Berkeley Center for New Media to Join the College of Engineering
The Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM) is thrilled to share that the College of Engineering (COE) will become our new administrative home on July 1, 2020. Read more
26 Apr, 2020
Revisited: Contingent Intimacies: Queer Criticalities + Photographic Portraiture
Revisit curator Horace Ballad's talk about his exhibit “possible selves: queer foto vernaculars" in an article reposted from the Arts Research Center. Read more
21 Apr, 2020
Announcing Our 2020 Summer Research Fellows
We are thrilled to share our 2020 Summer Research Fellows from Anthropology, Architecture, Art Practice, Music, and Rhetoric! Read more
20 Apr, 2020
Learning to Smooth and Fold Real Fabric Using Dense Object Descriptors Trained on Synthetic Color Images
Aditya Ganapathi et al., including our own Ken Golberg, on robotic fabric manipulation. Read more
16 Apr, 2020
BCNM Around the Web April 2020
Check out the amazing work of our faculty and alumni in April 2020! Read more
13 Apr, 2020
Commons Conversations Revisited: Ceci Moss
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12 Apr, 2020
CHI has been cancelled due to COVID-19, but let's celebrate the incredible work of our students, faculty, and alumni who were slated to present! Read more
12 Apr, 2020
Camille Crittenden Featured on UC IT Blog
Camille Crittenden was featured on the UC IT Blog, participating in a Q&A interview about her work at CITRIS and her experience as a woman in tech. Read more
03 Apr, 2020
New Paper on Multi-Task Fabric Manipulation
Ken Goldberg was part of the team to publish a new paper "VisuoSpatial Foresight for Multi-Step, Multi-Task Fabric Manipulation". Read more
03 Apr, 2020
HTNM Revisited: Feminist Open Access & Internet Publishing
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03 Apr, 2020
John Scott on Accessibility Trends and Ally Usage
Check out BCNM alum John Scott's work and research on accessibility and inclusion in digital learning. Read more
10 Mar, 2020
BCNM Around the Web March 2020
Check out the amazing talks and discussion around the work of our students, faculty, and alumni in March 2020! Read more
05 Mar, 2020
Jen Schradie Interviewed for "The Data Driving Democracy"
Jen Schradie was recently interviewed in "The Data Driving Democracy," a research paper by Christina Couch. Read more
05 Mar, 2020
Announcing the Spring 2020 Conference Grant Recipients
Congratulations to these amazing students working on digital tools, ethnographic research, philosophical arguments, and more! Read more
04 Mar, 2020
Trevor Paglen in Machine Landscapes
Trevor Paglen contributed to the February 2019 issue of Machine Landscapes: Architectures of the Post Anthropocene. Read more
02 Mar, 2020
Alenda Chang's Playing Nature in Foreword Reviews
Foreword Reviews recently featured Alenda Chang's Playing Nature: Ecology in Video Games. Read more
27 Feb, 2020
The American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting features presentations by four BCNM students and alumni! Read more
27 Feb, 2020
Conference Grants: BCNM at the Shenzhen Biennale
Eleni Oikonomaki, Lian Song, Rashad Timmons, and Bryan Truitt were Fall 2019 Conference Grant recipients and attended the Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (UABB). Read more
26 Feb, 2020
Check out the stellar BCNM students who were featured on Berkeley's Art + Design book, "Made at Berkeley." Read more
20 Feb, 2020
BCNM Around the Web February 2020
Check out the amazing talks and discussion around the work of our faculty and alumni in February 2020! Read more
20 Feb, 2020
The Society for Cinema and Media Studies' annual conference features presentations by eight BCNM students, faculty and alumni! Read more
10 Feb, 2020
Join Jill Miller & Greg Niemeyer in Mo'orea for ART 160N This Summer
Don't miss this exciting BCNM Study Abroad opportunity this summer in French Polynesia! Read more
06 Feb, 2020
Commons Conversation Revisited: Rahul Gairola
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06 Feb, 2020
DE Juliana Friend and alum Reginold Royston presented their riveting research at the American Anthropological Association's annual meeting last year. Read more
05 Feb, 2020
Ken Goldberg Keynotes Healthcare Robotics Forum
Ken Goldberg was a keynote speaker at the Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum 2019 in Santa Clara. Read more
04 Feb, 2020
Conference Grants: Xiaowei Wang on Pearl Parties at SLSA
Xiaowei Wang, a Fall 2019 Conference Grant recipient, presented "Let's Have a Pearl Party: Style and Livestream in the Making of Subculture” at the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts annual meeting. Read more
03 Feb, 2020
danah boyd on Privacy in the 2020 Census
danah boyd investigates the US Census Bureau's approach to "differential privacy" and its implications for data products. Read more
30 Jan, 2020
Alum danah boyd recently released a Data & Society report titled "Data Voids: Where Missing Data Can Easily Be Exploited" in collaboration with Michael Golebiewski of Microsoft. Read more
28 Jan, 2020
danah boyd on Behind the Tech with Kevin Scott
Alum danah boyd recently appeared on the Microsoft podcast "Behind the Tech with Kevin Scott," discussing technology and the potential dangers that come with a "move fast and break things" mentality. Read more
11 Jan, 2020
Trevor Paglen in Being Human
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco presents Uncanny Valley: Being Human in the Age of AI. Read more
04 Jan, 2020
cNet names danah boyd One of 30 Personalities Who Defined the 2010s
CNET's list of the larger-than-life innovators and important influencers of the last 10 years includes alum, Data & Society founder, danah boyd. Read more
03 Jan, 2020
Trevor Paglen at the Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto
Alum Trevor Paglen's work is featured in the exhibition Age of You.
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02 Jan, 2020
danah boyd on Owning Ethics in Silicon Valley
Alum danah boyd with Emmanuel Moss and Jacob Metcalf published on corporate logics, Silicon Valley, and the Institutionalization of ethics. Read more
01 Jan, 2020
Trevor Paglen & Kate Crawford On Excavating AI
Alum Trevor Paglen along with Kate Crawford penned an important essay on the politics of images in machine learning training sets Read more
31 Dec, 2019
Ken Goldberg Publishes on Fabric Smoothing Policies
Ken co-published on "Deep Imitation Learning of Sequential Fabric Smoothing Policies" Read more
27 Dec, 2019
Claudia Von Vacano at EURNLP
Claudia presented her co-authored work on measuring hate speech in big data by unifying deep learning with item response theory. Read more
26 Dec, 2019
Revisited: Tangible User Interfaces Showcase
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26 Dec, 2019
Revisited: Critical Practices Showcase
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24 Dec, 2019
danah boyd Publishes Balancing Data Utility and Confidentiality in the 2020 US Census
A new living document by danah boyd explains how differential privacy works in the context of the US Census and illuminates key conversations, misunderstandings, and anxieties surrounding this disclosure avoidance system. Read more
24 Dec, 2019
Trevor Paglen’s ImageNet Roulette
ALum Trevor Paglen and Kate Crawford created ImageNet Roulette, a new art piece that has stirred controversy and accolades across the globe. Read more
20 Dec, 2019
BCNM Around the Web December 2019
Check out the amazing talks and discussion around the work of our faculty, students, and alumni! Read more
18 Dec, 2019
danah boyd Publishes on Networked Media Ecosystems
Is media silence as powerful in shaping public discussion as deliberate rhetoric? If so, do editorial boards need to strategically amplify certain speech? Read more
16 Dec, 2019
Ken Goldberg Publishes on Deep Learning Transfer
Hate making your bed? This new bed finds a fun new robotic solution! Read more
12 Dec, 2019
Commons Conversation Revisited: Ronak K. Kapadia
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04 Dec, 2019
Alum Jen Schradie on WashingTech on Social Media Bias
Schradie recently went on the WashingTech Policy Podcast with Joe Miller to talk about her experience with "social media bias". Read more
20 Nov, 2019
Conference Grants: Will Payne on Liminal Mapping with Pseudo-Spatial Charts
Will Payne, a Fall 2019 Conference Grant recipient, presented his research on spatial data at the NACIS annual meeting. Read more
19 Nov, 2019
Announcing our 2019 Undergraduate Cohort
We are thrilled to welcome to BCNM these talented students from across campus! Read more
17 Nov, 2019
Announcing our Fall 2019 Graduate Cohort
Art by Shuang Yan. Read more
30 Oct, 2019
Commons Conversation Revisited: Julien Mailland
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18 Oct, 2019
Call for Participation: Contested Data
Alum danah boyd and Dan Bouk are running an incredible workshop at Data & Society. Application deadline: November 25, 2019. Read more
16 Oct, 2019
BCNM around the Web October 2019
More in the media from faculty Ken Goldberg and Koci Hernandez; and alumni Trevor Paglen, danah boyd, Jen Schradie, Tiffany Ng, Ritwik Banerji, Bo Ruberg, and Jane McGonigal. Read more
16 Oct, 2019
BCNM is hosting three scholars from the Berggruen Institute this year. Learn more about who they are and what they're researching! Read more
07 Oct, 2019
Announcing the Fall 2019 Conference Grant Recipients
The Berkeley Center for New Media is thrilled to provide small grants to our graduate students to help them share their innovative research at the premier conferences in their field. Read more
25 Sep, 2019
danah boyd Named EFF Barlow Recipient
BCNM alum danah boyd was recognized as a 2019 EFF Barlow 'Trailblazing Technology Scholar' Read more
23 Sep, 2019
Open House Fall 2019 Revisited
This year's Open House was lead by new BCNM Director Abigail De Kosnik! Read more
22 Sep, 2019
Kris Fallon Publishes Where Truth Lies
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12 Sep, 2019
Camille Crittenden: Part of California Government Blockchain Working Group
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10 Sep, 2019
Lyman Dispatch: Cherise McBride
Chelsea McBride shares how the support of the Peter Lyman fellowship has opened up more resources for her to focus on her research. Read more
06 Sep, 2019
Summer Research Dispatch: Brian Bartz in Trevor Paglen's Studio
Artist Brian Bartz worked on custom computer-vision algorithms in alum Trevor Paglen's art studio in Berlin. Read more
02 Sep, 2019
Nicholas de Monchaux Named the 2019-2024 craigslist Distinguished Chair in New Media
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01 Sep, 2019
BCNM around the Web September 2019
More in the media from faculty Abigail De Kosnik, Nicholas de Monchaux, Ken Goldberg, and Tom McEnaney; and alumni Jenni Higgs, Andrea Horbinski, Jane McGonigal, Trevor Paglen, Ritwik Banerji and Jen Schradie. Read more
23 Aug, 2019
Alex Saum Pascual in Fobias Fonias Fagias
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20 Aug, 2019
Alex Saum Pascual and Kyle Booten discussed wideranging topics including e-lit's social function and art in the age of mechanical reproduction! Read more
15 Aug, 2019
Jen Schradie's The Revolution That Wasn't Featured in the Washington Monthly
Richard John's article "Why the Left Is Losing the Information Age" showcases Schradie's research on digital activism and inequality. Read more
08 Aug, 2019
The American Sociological Association's 2019 theme is "Engaging Social Justice for a Better World" Read more
03 Aug, 2019
Training Humans at Fondazione Prada
Alum Trevor Paglen joins Kate Crawford for the Fondazione Prada exhibition, running from 12 Sep 2019 – 24 Feb 2020. Read more
18 Jul, 2019
Jacob Gaboury on Screenshots for Fotomuseum
Jacob writes for the blog Still Searching on a history and theory of the computer screenshot. Read more
16 Jul, 2019
Jen Schradie on The Debate
Alum Jen Schradie spoke on France 24 on whether Democrats can mobilize their base for 2020. Read more
15 Jul, 2019
Camille Crittenden at CENIC 2019
Camille spoke on the Pacific Research Platform. Read more
13 Jul, 2019
Alum Tiffany Ng Reviews The Noisy Renaissance
The Noisy Renaissance: Sound, Architecture, and Florentine Urban Life by Niall Atkinson discusses the history of tower bells. Read more
11 Jul, 2019
BCNM presented their latest research at the CM Designing Interactive Systems 2019 conference on Contesting Borders and Intersections. Read more
09 Jul, 2019
Check out the highlights and videos from this incredible program, featuring Molly Steenson and Safiya Noble! Read more
04 Jul, 2019
Trevor Paglen & Kronos Quartet's Sight Machine at the Barbican
Alum Trevor Paglen collaborated with the Kronos Quartet to present Sight Machine on July 11th, 2019 at the Barbican. Read more
24 Jun, 2019
BCNM around the Web July 2019
Ken Goldberg at BrainBar, on home robots and the relationship between robots and retirement. Nicholas de Monchaux on the moon suit at the Santa Fe Institute. Alum Bo Ruberg's Video Games Have Always Been Queer in Real Life. Alum Jane McGonigal on the gamification of the warehouse. Alum Trevor Paglen on Our Privacy Mess and at Art Basel. Alum Jen Schradie at the Microworks Platform Conference. Read more
24 Jun, 2019
Stephanie Tang on the Heart Sounds Bench
Stephanie Tang received a BCNM Undergraduate Research Fellowship to work on Speculating the Smart City under the mentorship of Noura Howell. Read more
23 Jun, 2019
BCNM at Creativity and Cognition 2019
BCNM students faculty and alumni put up a strong showing at ACM's Creativity and Cognition 2019 conference! Read more
21 Jun, 2019
Alum Tiffany Ng Interviewed in Sounds from the Spires
Listen to this podcast on how Tiffany uses her career to lift up diverse composers. Read more
15 Jun, 2019
All Woman Team Critiques Optimization Culture in NWMEDIA 190: Critical Practices
The students' commentary on our culture's enthusiasm for supplements is now showing in the CITRIS Tech Museum. Read more
13 Jun, 2019
Videos from 2019 DataEdge Now Available
BCNM was thrilled to co-sponsor this School of Information conversation about the challenges and opportunities created by the rise of big data. Read more
11 Jun, 2019
Jacob Gaboury on Regimes of Identification
Jacob Gaboury recaps an incredible year as a 2018 BCNM Faculty Seed Grant recipient. Read more
08 Jun, 2019
Camryn Bell on Algorithmic Gentrification with Will Payne
Camryn received an BCNM undergraduate research fellowship to work on Algorithmic Gentrification under the mentorship of Will Payne. Read more
06 Jun, 2019
William White on the Digital Heritage of People's Park
William White received a 2019 Faculty Seed Grant for "The People's Park Digital Heritage Project." Read more
02 Jun, 2019
Will Payne on Critical GIS at AAG
Will Payne presented "Crawling the City: Mobilizing Free Labor in the Spatial Data Economy" at the American Association of Geographer's 2019 Conference. Read more
27 May, 2019
Ken Goldberg Co-Chairing AI & Inclusivity Signature Initiative
The Initiative seeks to work on systems for AI that integrate data, algorithms, context, and human values. Read more
27 May, 2019
Revisited: Critical Making Showcase
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21 May, 2019
Noura Howell on Sensors in Public Urban Environments at CHI 2019
Noura presented "The Heart Sounds Bench" at the Human Factors in Computing Systems conference of 2019 in Glasgow, Scotland. Read more
19 May, 2019
Congratulating our 2019 Graduates
Work by Mathieu Iniesta. Read more
18 May, 2019
Check out the great panels our alumni are part of at the International Communications Association 2019 Conference! Read more
09 May, 2019
Congratulating our 2019 Undergraduate Certificate Graduates
These students invested in the new media landscape at Cal, and we're excited to see what new endeavours they undertake in their respective fields Read more
23 Apr, 2019
Commons Conversation Revisited: Bonnie Ruberg
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11 Apr, 2019
Announcing our Summer 2019 Research Award Recipients
We are thrilled by the ambitious and innovative work these students are completing, and are pleased to be able to provide summer funding to support their research initiatives. Read more
21 Mar, 2019
Announcing our Spring 2019 Graduate Cohort
Art by Yuanpei Zhuang. Read more
21 Mar, 2019
Jen Schradie's Digital Activism Gap Highlighted in The Society Pages
The Society Pages features allum Jen Schradie's research on the digital activism gap. Read more
21 Mar, 2019
Ken Goldberg on Ethics in AI
The New York Times hosted the New Work Summit. Read more about the recommendations Ken Goldberg and other experts made regarding the ethics of artificial intelligence.
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21 Mar, 2019
Claudia von Vacano in Daily Cal
Claudia von Vacano moderated a panel around issues of diversity on campus. Read more
14 Mar, 2019
Announcing the Spring 2019 Conference Grant Recipients
We're to our extraordinary The Berkeley Center for New Media is thrilled to provide small grants to our graduate students to help them share their innovative research at the premier conferences in their field. Read more
09 Mar, 2019
DexNet 4.0 in the DailyCal
The DailyCal features Ken Goldberg and team's DexNet 4.0 Read more
07 Mar, 2019
Roger Antonsen and Greg Niemeyer's Network Paradox in Oslo
Greg Niemeyer and Roger Antonsen discuss Network Simulation, first presented in San Francisco, with DJ Spooky at Norway's Kunstnernes Hus. Read more
05 Mar, 2019
Alum Jen Schradie in Democratic Audit
Schradie's studies of digital democracy indicate a large class and race based gap in digital activism in the US. Read more
03 Mar, 2019
Announcing the 2019 Lyman Fellowship Recipient
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28 Feb, 2019
Trevor Paglen will co-host a featured speaker session at SXSW on March 9. Read more
24 Feb, 2019
Alum Trevor Paglen in HKW Video Stop Making Sense
Alum Trevor Paglen joins Kate Crawford to discuss the biases and skews of artificial intelligence. Read more
21 Feb, 2019
The Society for Cinema and Media Studies' annual conference features presentations by thirteen BCNM students, faculty, and alumni! Read more
16 Feb, 2019
Stuart Geiger at University of Washington eScience Institute
Alum Stuart Geiger, ethnographer of computation and computational ethnographer; research staff at the Berkeley Institute for Data Science, gave a talk on the human aspects of data science research. Read more
16 Feb, 2019
Alum Stuart Geiger and Team Receive Sloan and Ford Foundation Grant
The team will study the invisible work of maintaining open-source software Read more
12 Feb, 2019
Alum Tiffany Ng Receives Shirley Verrett Award
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12 Feb, 2019
Alum Stuart Geiger at Workshop on the Ethics and Policy Implications of Big Data
This February 15th and 16th, this workship will by held in the University of California, San Diego. Read more
08 Feb, 2019
Revisited: Questioning New Media Performance Night
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04 Feb, 2019
Molly Nicholas Receives SNAP Fellowship
BCNM DE student Molly Nicholas recieved the 2019 Snap Fellowship! Read more
07 Jan, 2019
Trevor Paglen on NPR's Morning Edition
Alum Trevor Paglen discusses his art's focus on hidden structures of data collection and mass surveillance. Read more
03 Jan, 2019
Ken Goldberg in IEEE Transactions in Automation Guest Editorial
Ken Goldberg and other IEEE luminaries call for greater openness around reproducible benchmarks. Read more
03 Jan, 2019
The 21st ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing featured presentations by BCNM faculty, students, and alumni! Read more
26 Dec, 2018
Announcing Our Spring 2019 Undergraduate Research Fellows
Each year, undergraduates work closely with our graduate mentors on academic research. Read more
21 Dec, 2018
Alum John Scott at LRA 2018
John Scott contributed to two discussions at the 68th Annual LRA Conference. Read more
19 Dec, 2018
William Morgan at UNSW Law
WIlliam Morgan's article "Big Data’s Accursed Share: Locating
Waste in the Infosphere"and art installation brought together new media and environment. Read more
19 Dec, 2018
Ken Goldberg at Robotics at Stanford Seminar
Ken Goldberg was one of the guest speakers at a weekly robotics seminar held at Stanford. Read more
03 Dec, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen in Artes Mundi
Paglen is one of five runner-ups for the Artes Mundi 8, the UK's largest contemporary art prize. Read more
28 Nov, 2018
Conference Grants: Rebecca Levitan at the Marco Besso Foundation
Rebecca Levitan presented "Out of Etruria: Collecting and Context in California" at a conference at Marco Besso Foundation with help from a BCNM Conference Grant. Read more
28 Nov, 2018
Alum Stuart Geiger and Dan Scholler on Challenges of Data Research
Stuart Geiger and Don Sholler are doing extensive research on the challenges of conducting data research in teams and groups. Read more
26 Nov, 2018
Announcing our Fall 2018 Graduate Cohort
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26 Nov, 2018
Jen Schradie on Data & Democracy at Sciences Po
The Data & Democracy conference in Paris invited Jen Schradie as one of their panelists. Read more
26 Nov, 2018
Conference Grants: Grace Gipson and Malika Imhotep at ‘Intentionally Digital, Intentionally Black’
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26 Nov, 2018
ATC Revisited: Kim Stanley Robinson
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21 Nov, 2018
Announcing our 2018 Undergraduate Cohort
We are thrilled to welcome to the BCNM these talented students from across campus. Read more
07 Nov, 2018
Conference Grants: Joyce Lee at EPIC
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05 Nov, 2018
Alum Jane McGonigal Creates Ethical Toolkit
Jane McGonigal developed a toolkit to help keep many large Silicon Valley tech companies, as well as start-ups, keep their priorities and ethics in check. Read more
31 Oct, 2018
Ken Goldberg in 5 Takeaways from TechCrunch Disrupt
Ken Goldberg's conversation around bias in AI was one of the key takeaways from TechCrunch's Disrupt SF conference.
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04 Oct, 2018
Now Hiring: Assistant Professor in Geospatial Representation, Design, and Critical Cartography
Recruitment opens September 24th, 2018 and runs through November 5th, 2018. Read more
01 Oct, 2018
Updated: Ken Goldberg at RoboBusiness 2018
BCNM faculty Ken Goldberg is the keynote speaker Day 2 of RoboBusiness 2018. Read more
01 Oct, 2018
Summer Research Dispatch: Yairamaren Roman Maldonado on Caribbean Literary Portrayals of New Media
This summer, Yairamaren Roman Maldonado explored how Cuban and Dominican Republican literary content use new media to reconfigure power relations. Read more
01 Oct, 2018
Ken Goldberg and AI Study by Tata Communications in the Press
Study from consulting firm Tata Communications on AI, co-authored by Ken Goldberg, covered in the press. Read more
26 Sep, 2018
Commons Conversations Revisited: Belinda Middleweek
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24 Sep, 2018
BCNM Students & Faculty Named GloUH Townsend Fellows
Great to see BCNM faculty and graduate students part of the Spring 2019 Global Urban Humanities-Townsend Fellows. Read more
17 Sep, 2018
Ken Goldberg Interview in the Sloan Review
Ken Goldberg talks about mutually beneficial partnerships between AI and humans in an interview for MIT Sloan Management Review's Fall 2018 issue. Read more
17 Sep, 2018
Alum Stuart Geiger Keynotes ACM's OpenSym
BCNM alum Stuart Geiger gave te keynote address at the second day of OpenSym. Read more
05 Sep, 2018
BCNM Alum Chris Gates on Function and Fiction in Videogames in Arts
BCNM alum Chris Gates's paper "Trellis and Vine: Weaving Function and Fiction in Videogame Play" published in Arts. Read more
30 Aug, 2018
Alum Jen Schradie Appointed as Asst Professor at the Sciences Po
BCNM Alum Jen Schradie was appointed an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Institut d'études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) Read more
30 Aug, 2018
Summer Research Dispatch: Noura Howell on Biosensing
This summer, Noura Howell developed a prototype for a biosensing bench for connecting community members. Read more
22 Aug, 2018
Ken Goldberg on Learning to Optimize Join Queries with Deep Reinforcement Learning
A great paper featured on Assert on Arxiv! Read more
20 Aug, 2018
The Electronic Literature Organization's 2018 Conference, Mind The Gap, took place in Montréal August 13th to 17th! Read more
17 Aug, 2018
Alum Stuart Geiger on Machine Learning & UX Panel at IDEO
The IDEO MLUX Industry Panel focused on Designing and using Data Science Ethically. Read more
13 Aug, 2018
The Daily Cal Features Ken Goldberg's Dex-Net
The Dexterity-Network from AutoLab gets a well-deserved feature in the Daily Cal. Read more
07 Aug, 2018
Ken Goldberg's Dex Net in Video on New York Times
The New York Times features robotic videos in "How Robot Hands Are Evolving to Do What Ours Can." Read more
04 Aug, 2018
Jacob Gaboury Published in Women & Performance
Read "Becoming NULL: Queer relations in the excluded middle." Read more
19 Jul, 2018
Alum Bonnie Ruberg at DIGRA 2018
The Digital Games Research Association held their 2018 conference with the theme "The Game is the Message." Read more
13 Jul, 2018
Ken Goldberg at RSS Workshop
The theme was "New Benchmarks, Metrics, and Competitions for Robotic Learning." Read more
09 Jul, 2018
Yairamaren Roman Maldonado at the LASA 2018 Conference
Yaira presented "Portable memory, on/offline cultures and transgressions to the nation in Jorge E. Lage’s Archivo." Read more
02 Jul, 2018
Alum Stuart Geiger on Career Paths in Academic Data Science
A new report in SocArXiv investigates career prospects in academic Data Science. Read more
21 Jun, 2018
Alum Stuart Geiger Published in CSCW on Documentation in Data Analytics
"The Types, Roles, and Practices of Documentation in Data Analytics Open Source Software Libraries" was published on May 29th, 2018. Read more
19 Jun, 2018
Greg Niemeyer at Digital Art History Summer School in Málaga
Head to Spain this September to learn about Data & the Arts from Greg Niemeyer! Read more
18 Jun, 2018
Alex Saum-Pascual on the Peder Sather E-Lit Bergen Collaboration
Alex Saum-Pascual summarizes the amazing work that developed out of the Peder Sather grant funded collaboration between UCB and Bergen University on electronic literature. Read more
13 Jun, 2018
Ken Goldberg in the Stanford Social Innovation Review
Ken Goldberg's latest research on the evaluation systems used in online shopping is featured in the Stanford Social Innovation Review. Read more
12 Jun, 2018
Jen Schradie & Team Win European Commission Grant
Alum Jen Schradie and an international team of collaborators won a European Commission Grant to study online hate speech against Muslims Read more
07 Jun, 2018
Our alumni present their exceptional scholarship at the International Communication Association 2018 Conference. Read more
05 Jun, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen Exhibiting at Lismore Castle
The Lismore Castle opened When Facts Don't Matter on May 27th, 2018, an exhibition featuring alum Trevor Paglen. Read more
30 May, 2018
Nicholas de Monchaux on Dimensions of Citizenship - and Surveillance - in E-Flux
Nicholas de Monchaux meditates for E-Flux on the scale of citizenship and our national apparatuses for surveillance when placed in the context of our vast planetary systems. Read more
30 May, 2018
Soravis Prakkamakul on Facial Perception
Soravis Prakkamakul received a Spring 2018 BCNM Conference Grant to present his paper "Reflexive Visual Inspection of Cleft Lip Faces — Analysis of Lookzone Focus Over Time" at the 63rd Plastic Surgery Research Council Annual Meeting in Birmingham, Alabama. Read more
28 May, 2018
2018 Seed Grants: Rita Lucarelli & the New Media of the Book of the Dead
The BCNM Faculty Seed Grant Program awarded $5000 to Rita Lucarelli (Near Eastern Studies) to digitally transposition Egyptian coffins into 3D models. Read more
28 May, 2018
Undergraduate Research Dispatch: Marissa Ahmed on Music, Improvisation, Ethnography
Marissa Ahmed was a recipient of this year's BCNM research fellowship, assisting Ritwik Banerji on his research about human sociality and algorithmic ethnography. Read more
27 May, 2018
Research Dispatches: Joyce Lee on Auditory Data Representation
Joyce Lee assisted Michelle Carney with her research on auditory data representation, as part of Lee's BCNM research fellowship. Read more
27 May, 2018
Robotics TechCrunch Videos Now Available
For TechCrunch Sessions: Robotics, BCNM faculty Ken Goldberg discussed the “New Wave” in robot grasping for e-commerce warehouse order fulfillment. Read more
26 May, 2018
2018 BCNM Seed Grants: Jacob Gaboury and Queer Computing
Jacob Gaboury (Film & Media) received $5000 to examine the relationship between digital technologies and queer identity as part of our Faculty Seed Grant program. Read more
23 May, 2018
Welcome Claudia Von Vacano
We are thrilled to welcome to our Executive Committee, Executive Director of Digital Humanities at Berkeley and the D-Lab, Claudia Von Vacano. Read more
17 May, 2018
Ken Goldberg's Dex-Net Research Spotlighted in Nature
Robots are slowing becoming master of dexterity, and Ken Goldberg is a leading engineer in the field. Read more
16 May, 2018
Alum Stuart Geiger on the Human Contexts of Computation and Data at UC San Diego
The University of California, San Diego invited alum Stuart Geiger to present a talk on his research. Read more
08 May, 2018
Ken Goldberg Receives Faculty Award for Research in the Public Interest
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08 May, 2018
Alum Jenni Higgs at the Digital Learning Symposium
Jenni Higgs was a presenter at the "Digital Learning in the Humanities and Beyond" sympopsium that took place at the University of California, Irvine. Read more
07 May, 2018
Revisited: Critical Making Showcase
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03 May, 2018
Congratulating our 2018 New Media Undergraduate Certificate Class
Congratulations to these four stellar women, who have made a big impact at Cal in the New Media space. Read more
02 May, 2018
Will Payne at the American Association of Geographers 2018 Meeting
Will Payne was able to attend and present his paper at the American Association of Geographers Conference as one of the recipients of the Spring 2018 BCNM Conference Grant. Read more
30 Apr, 2018
Through funding from the 2018 BCNM Conference Grant, Harry Burson attended and shared his research at SCMS 2018. Read more
25 Apr, 2018
New Selfie Poetry about Maternity & Software from Alex Saum-Pascual
Alex Saum-Pascual recently released a new electronic literature selfie poem about maternity and software. Read more
23 Apr, 2018
Announcing our 2018-2019 Faculty Seed Grant Recipients
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23 Apr, 2018
Rita Lucarelli Receives CITRIS Seed Grant
Rita Lucarelli's project on Egyptian landscapes will be funded by the CITRIS seed grant program. Read more
19 Apr, 2018
Revisited: The Past is Present Workshop
Ilmar Hurkxkens and Mohammad Keshavarzi taught participants how to build a Virtual Reality environment from 3D point scan data of the historic Woo Hon Fai Hall. Read more
19 Apr, 2018
Revisited: The Past is Present Exhibition
Asma Kazmi curated a fantastic virtual reality exhibition we were thrilled to preview as part of the Past is Present. Read more
19 Apr, 2018
Revisited: The Past is Present Symposium
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18 Apr, 2018
Announcing 2018 Summer Research Awards
Congratulations to this year's Summer Research Award recipients! We are excited to support the amazing work these students will be completing over the summer. Read more
09 Apr, 2018
Greg Niemeyer Creates Ice Core Walk Project for Earth Day
The Ice Core Walk Project is self-guided audio tour where people can explore 800,000 years of climate history while remaining active. Read more
09 Apr, 2018
The BCNM Guide to CHI 2018
Overwhelmed by the amazing panels at CHI 2018? Make your CHI experience a BCNM one with our guide to where our students, faculty, and alumni will be presenting! Read more
09 Apr, 2018
Alum Stuart Geiger at the Data Science Institute at Manchester
Stuart Geiger spoke at the University of Manchester's Data Science Institute on The Human Contexts of Data: Infrastructures, Institutions, and Interpretations. Read more
20 Mar, 2018
Alum Paglen's Exhibit for Altman Siegel in SFAQ
Trevor Paglen's solo show for Altman Siegel was featured in San Francisco Art Quarterly. Read more
19 Mar, 2018
Alum Stuart Geiger on Computational Ethnography at University of Copenhagen
Stuart Geiger gave a public talk at the IT University of Copenhagen about the ethnography of computation. Read more
16 Mar, 2018
HTNM Revisited: "Software Arts" with Warren Sacks
Recap of the Software Arts, the last HTNM lecture of the year! Read more
13 Mar, 2018
Goldberg at Industry of Things World USA 2018
Ken Goldberg gave the opening keynote at IoT World USA Conference! Read more
13 Mar, 2018
Alum Stuart Geiger at UH Open Sciences Symposium
Alum Stuart Geiger delivered the keynote lecture at the UH Open Sciences Symposium. Read more
12 Mar, 2018
Scott Rettberg Video Now Online
If you were unable to attend Professor Scott Rettberg's discussion about electronic literature last November, a video of his talk is now available for public viewing. Read more
06 Mar, 2018
Alum Schradie Published in Social Media & Society
Alum Jen Schradie published an article on the North Carolina Moral Monday protests in Social Media & Society Read more
02 Mar, 2018
Alum Stuart Geiger on Computational Ethnography at the University of Maryland
Geiger spoke on Computational Ethnography as part of U of M iSchool's speaker series. Read more
21 Feb, 2018
Common Conversations Revisited: Ines Weizman
Architecture professor Ines Weizman spoke at length about the life and legacy of Adolf Loos, delving into the work he left behind and how debates over ownership persist to this day. Read more
06 Feb, 2018
Ken Goldberg and Dex-Net in Technology Review
Ken Goldberg and Dex-Net 2.0 was featured in Technology Review's round up of 2017 robots. Read more
06 Feb, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen Keynote at Ways of Knowing Conference
Alum Trevor Paglen and Wendy Hui Kyong Chun were Keynote Speakers at Ways of Knowing Cities Conference by the Center for Spatial Research at Columbia.
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05 Feb, 2018
HTNM Natasha Schüll Video Now Online
Missed out on Natasha Schüll's talk about self-tracking devices? The video of her lecture is now live. Read more
04 Feb, 2018
Humanizando la Deportación/Humanizing Deportation Video Now Online
If you couldn't make it out to the Humanizing Deportation conference back in December, there is now a video of the talk available on Youtube for public consumption. Read more
02 Feb, 2018
BCNM Alum Jen Schradie gave a talk, "The Digital Activism Gap: Social Media, Social Movements and Social Class," at Cal! Read more
02 Feb, 2018
Laurent El-Ghaoui at the Spring 2018 IEOR Speaker Series
Laurent El-Ghaoui's lecture 'Lifted neural nets' was the first seminar event of the Spring 2018 IEOR series. Read more
30 Jan, 2018
Alum Jen Schradie Publishes on the Digital Activism Gap
Schradie published "The Digital Activism Gap" in Social Problems Read more
30 Jan, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen on Artsy
Paglen's work was featured in "The Future of Art," a short film series on Artsy. Read more
25 Jan, 2018
Announcing the 2018 Eugene Jarvis Innovation Scholarship Recipients
The generous Eugene Jarvis Design Innovation scholarship was awarded to two of New Media's most outstanding students. Read more
25 Jan, 2018
Introducing our Spring 2018 Research Assistants
Each year, the BCNM selects four graduate student projects that we believe will both interest and prove engaging to undergraduates. Undergraduates apply to be a research fellow and once selected, they have the opportunity to work on high-level research in concert with our graduates, who mentor them on research methods. Read more
25 Jan, 2018
Abigail De Kosnik & Alpha 60 in the California Magazine
Abigail De Kosnik discusses Game of Thrones and shares her pro-piracy argument with the data she has collected through her project titled "alpha60". Read more
23 Jan, 2018
Congratulations to our Spring 2018 Graduating Undergraduates!
Congratulations to Shangjun (Jenny) Jiang and Allison Nguyen our Spring 2018 Graduating Undergraduates! Read more
06 Dec, 2017
NWMEDIA 190/290 Critical Practices Showcase
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05 Dec, 2017
Trevor Paglen and Art in the Age of Mass Surveillance in The Guardian
BCNM alum and artist Trevor Paglen and his art were featured on an article on art in the age of mass surveillance in The Guardian. Read more
04 Dec, 2017
Revisited: NWMEDIA 201 Performance Night
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28 Nov, 2017
Ken Goldberg in A Berkeley View of Systems Challenges for AI
Ken Goldberg collaborated with 16 other Berkeley researchers in composing a paper on their perspectives of systems challenges for AI. Read more
28 Nov, 2017
Welcome to our 2017 Undergraduate Cohort
From sports and cultural data analytics to art and technology performances, from design to the philosophies around technology, these students are excited to dive into New Media on campus. Read more
20 Nov, 2017
Welcome to Our Fall 2017 Graduate Cohort
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13 Nov, 2017
Revisited: HTNM Conference — Between the Digital and the Political
Revisit the “Between Digital and the Political: New Ecologies of the Mind” symposium, which featured speakers including Professor David Bates, Dr. Yuk Hui, Luciana Parisi, and Warren Sack. Read more
13 Nov, 2017
ATC Revisited: Michael Rock
We revisit Michael Rock's talk as part of the Art, Technology, and Culture speaker series. Read more
03 Nov, 2017
Berkeley's DeepDrive Releases 36,000 Nexar Research Videos
Berkeley DeepDrive (BDD) and Nexar announce the release of videos and images for further research. Read more
02 Nov, 2017
Alum Jen Schradie Published in Media and Class, Edited by June Deery
Jen Schradie received her PhD from Berkeley and recently published Media and Class: TV, Film, and Digital Culture, which can be bought on Amazon. Read more
31 Oct, 2017
ATC Revisited: Paolo Cirio, "Socially Engaged Internet-Art"
Revisiting Paolo Cirio's ATC speaker event about activism and social commentary through art. Read more
31 Oct, 2017
Sonia Katyal Published in the California Law Review on Technoheritage
BCNM ExComm member Sonia Katyal discusses the dynamic between technology and culture in her article, "Technoheritage," which was published in the California Law Review. Read more
31 Oct, 2017
Experts on Building Faster, More Secure AI Systems
Ken Goldberg, member of RISElab and Chair of IEOR, comments on possible methods to control the AI challenges that are appearing. Read more
27 Oct, 2017
The news reports on Reply All, a campus-wide symposium by the Berkeley Center of New Media, The Berkeley Graduate, the Graduate Assembly, and BridgeUSA on the 53rd anniversary of Berkeley's Free Speech Movement. Read more
24 Oct, 2017
Alex Saum and Scott Rettberg Awarded Peder Sather Grant
Alex Saum-Pascual from UC Berkeley and Scott Rettberg from the University of Bergen received a Peder Sather Center for Advanced Study grant. Read more
23 Oct, 2017
From Berkeley to Spain: A Summer of Digital Art History
Greg Niemeyer, Berkeley Center of New Media Director, and Justin Underhill speak about their experiences at the Digital Art History Summer School 2017 in Malaga, Spain. Read more
23 Oct, 2017
Alum Stuart Geiger Published in ACM Proceedings
Stuart Geiger on the role of algorithmic systems in Wikipedian organizational culture in ACM Proceedings. Read more
22 Oct, 2017
Revisited: Frank Foer, "World Without Mind"
Revisiting Frank Foer's ATC speaker event about his new book, World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech. Read more
19 Oct, 2017
Alum Stuart Geiger Published in Big Data & Society
Stuart Geiger on the role of algorithmic systems in Wikipedian organizational culture in Big Data & Society. Read more
16 Oct, 2017
HTNM Revisited: Natasha Schüll
From the NYU professor's talk, "Datasense," in which she discussed from her forthcoming book, "Keeping Track: Sensor Tehnology, Self-Regulation, and the Data-Driven Life." Presented in partnership with the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine & Society. Read more
12 Oct, 2017
Alum Stuart Geiger at the Society for Social Studies of Science in Boston
Stuart Geiger gave a presentation in regarding autoethnographic methods for studying data-driven knowledge production in Boston, Massachusetts. Read more
12 Oct, 2017
Alum Trevor Paglen Named a 2017 MacArthur Fellow
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10 Oct, 2017
Alum Stuart Geiger at the Bay Area Science Festival
BCNM alum Stuart Geiger will be giving a talk about machine learning and artificial intelligence at the Bay Area Science Festival in early November. Read more
10 Oct, 2017
Alum Stuart Geiger at JupyterCon
BCNM alum Stuart Geiger presented at JupyterCon this past August, offering a deeper understanding on how to use Jupyter in diverse ways and insights on the changing rituals around computation. Read more
10 Oct, 2017
Alum Christo Sims on Disruptive Fixation on KPFA and Databite
Christo Sims, author of Disruptive Fixation and a Berkeley alum, presents on school reform and techno-fetishism. Read more
03 Oct, 2017
BCNM 2016-2017 Publications
Come check out the round-up of all the amazing work of the BCNM students, alumni and faculty! Read more
03 Oct, 2017
Alum Stuart Geiger at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers
BCNM alum Stuart Geiger will be attending the annual meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers later this October in Tartu, Estonia. Read more
11 Sep, 2017
Revisited: TF Tierney, Intelligent Infrastructure
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31 Aug, 2017
Revisited: BCNM Open House Fall 2017
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31 Aug, 2017
Revisited: Digital Humanities at Berkeley Summer Institute
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29 Aug, 2017
Nicholas de Monchaux Quoted in Quartz
A Quartz article quoted De Monchaux about Elon Musk's Instagram post of SpaceX spacesuit prototype. Read more
28 Aug, 2017
Learning Analytics Conference
Join cross-disciplinary experts from UC Berkeley and beyond as they share perspectives on data's influence on learning environments (think: how bCourses became bCourses) Read more
15 Aug, 2017
Summer Research Dispatches: Miyoko Conley on Holograms in K-Pop
Miyoko Conley (TDPS) documents her BCNM-funded research on digital fandom in Seoul, South Korea Read more
12 Aug, 2017
CS160 Final Project Showcase
Check out photos from an incredible semester with Cesar Torres' CS160 summer class! Read more
02 Aug, 2017
Ken Goldberg at Autodesk Design Night
Goldberg's research project on cloud-connected robots discussed at the Autodesk Gallery in downtown SF! Read more
02 Aug, 2017
Alpha60 White Paper Published and in the News!
Prof. Abigail de Kosnik's seed grant funded digital humanities tool has been garnering major attention in the news! Read more
25 Jul, 2017
Feminist Media Histories Interviews Alumna Bonnie Ruberg
Alum Bonnie Ruberg sat down with Feminist Media Histories, a journal and podcast, for its summer topic on Data. Read more
19 Jul, 2017
DexNet Collaboration with the Siemens Institute
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18 Jul, 2017
Ken Goldberg at MIT Robotics Conference
The professor of Robotics, Automation, and New Media spent time at MIT last week for a conference on robots. Read more
18 Jul, 2017
Undergraduate Research Dispatch: Jenny Jiang
This year, BCNM initiated its undergraduate research fellowships, which offer undergraduates the chance to engage in direct research experience with BCNM graduates. Read more
05 Jul, 2017
David Bates in Project Epistémè
David Bates headed to Paris to participate in a two-day seminar project on AI and "black boxes". Read more
29 Jun, 2017
Greg Niemeyer on Data Art in Moving Ideas.arts video!
Greg Niemeyer presents on data art for Moving Ideas! Read more
28 Jun, 2017
Ken Goldberg and Team Release Massive Dex-Net 2.0 Dataset!
Article on Goldberg and team's Dex-Net 2.0 data set release in Spectrum IEEE! Read more
21 Jun, 2017
Camille Crittenden on Celebrations and Challenges for Queer Members of the Tech Community
BCNM Executive Committee member, Camille Crittenden, published a post on Medium about the impertinence of LGBT inclusion in tech industries. Read more
20 Jun, 2017
Bay Area Artists Report Published
How are Bay Area visual artists really getting paid? Read more
07 Jun, 2017
Justin Berner at the NYU-Columbia Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Conference
Justin Berner presented paper "Waking up to a World in Color" for Happiness Conference at NYU. Read more
01 Jun, 2017
Abigail De Kosnik's Alpha 60 Featured in Daily Cal's Innovation Round Up
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01 Jun, 2017
Ken Goldberg & Camille Crittenden at CITRIS Inclusive AI Symposium
Goldberg and Crittenden were at the "Inclusive AI: Technology and Policy for a Diverse Urban Future" symposium. Read more
01 Jun, 2017
Ken Goldberg at SAIL-Toyota Seminar Series at Stanford
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25 May, 2017
Undergraduate Research Dispatch: Canyon Perry
Canyon Perry was selected to work with Yaira Roman Madonado on her project Literary and Digital Avant-Gardes in Post-National Puerto Rico. Read more
25 May, 2017
Ken Goldberg Featured in Robotics Business Review
Ken Goldberg featured in "Cloud Robotics Promises to Simplify Machine Tending" in Robotics Business Review Read more
17 May, 2017
Announcing Our 2017 Undergraduate Certificate Grads
These students have made extensive contributions to New Media at Cal Read more
16 May, 2017
Andrew Atwood Receives Seed Grant for New Apps for New Audiences
Andrew Atwood received a $5000 junior faculty seed grant to create interactive app designs as a way to engage and attract new audiences to architecture Read more
14 May, 2017
Jenni Higgs reflects on her experience at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) this May in San Antonio, Texas Read more
12 May, 2017
Damon Young Receives Seed Grant for After the Private Self
Damon Young received a $5000 junior faculty seed grant to produce a book commissioned by MIT Press on identity in the age of #selfies Read more
08 May, 2017
NWMEDIA C203: Critical Making Showcase 2017 Revisited
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02 May, 2017
Salaam Sculpture: Noura Howell
Noura Howell's Salaam Sculpture was shown on the UC Berkeley campus! Read more
02 May, 2017
//supraliminal - Greg Niemeyer at ZKM
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01 May, 2017
Revisited: "Many to Many"
Juliana Friend & Seth Lu launched the interactive ethnographic archive, Many to Many Read more
28 Apr, 2017
Greg Niemeyer received BCNM research funding to build a VR rendering of Earth. Read more
20 Apr, 2017
Revisited: "Conveying Climate Change"
Paul Miller, aka DJ Spooky, discussed how art can support science in advance of the Science March on Washington Read more
18 Apr, 2017
Revisited: Degrees of Visibility
Ashley Hunt discussed the visibility of prisons as part of our Commons Conversations series Read more
18 Apr, 2017
Revisited: Technology and Forensic Evidence in Chilean Human Rights Investigations
with Eden Medina, Prof. of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University Read more
13 Apr, 2017
Announcing our 2017-2018 Faculty Seed Grant Recipients
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11 Apr, 2017
Revisited: Local Code at BAMPFA with Nicholas de Monchaux
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05 Apr, 2017
Revisited: "Digital Doomsday: A Perspective from the Pathology Called Europe"
with Jan De Vos Read more
05 Apr, 2017
Revisited: "Unnatural: People, Energy and Materials in Three Acts"
04 Apr, 2017
Revisited: “Designing Spaces for New Media Art”
Andy and Deborah Rappaport, founders of the Minnesota Street Project, which houses affordable spaces for artists and non-profits, shared the pleasures and challenges of collecting art objects in this digital age. Read more
04 Apr, 2017
Ken Goldberg Lecture at the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology
Berkeley Center for Law and Technology's (BCLT) 6th annual Privacy Law Forum featured BCNM's Ken Goldberg as a Keynote speaker. Read more
16 Mar, 2017
Video Now Online: Designing for Truth
with Joris Maltha Read more
16 Mar, 2017
Revisited: "Syncing... Subject, Media, Society"
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16 Mar, 2017
Commons Conversations: Ian Ingram Revisited
We recap this illuminating, wildly humorous talk, "Wild Robots: Bodies and Signs" Read more
13 Mar, 2017
DH Fellows Talk with Juliana Friend
Juliana Friend and Laura K Nelson will lead the talk Digital Technologies and the Future of Qualitative and Interpretive Analysis. Read more
07 Mar, 2017
Revisited: "Designing for Truth"
CatalogTree's Joris Maltha discussed using data design for richer narratives. Read more
07 Mar, 2017
Revisited: “Black Sun: Reflections on Otto Piene and Aldo Tambellini"
Missed Tanya Lombardo's lecture? No worries. We recapped it for you. Read more
02 Mar, 2017
Greg Niemeyer’s Teaching Philosophy Featured in Le Monde
The BCNM faculty and Art Practice professor gave an interview in the renowned newspaper. Read more
02 Mar, 2017
Video Now Online: "Our Landscape Futures"
Watch this event by Geoff Manaugh, New York Times-bestselling author on technology and utopias. Read more
02 Mar, 2017
Revisited: "Radical Technologies"
with Adam Greenfield Read more
27 Feb, 2017
Ken Goldberg Receives Google Research Grant
The 2016 Google Research Machine Learning and Data Mining Award goes to a BCNM faculty! Read more
21 Feb, 2017
Introducing Our Undergraduate Research Fellows
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07 Feb, 2017
Revisited: Collecting the Uncollectible
A beautiful discussion with Pamela Kramlich and Lawrence Rinder on curating new media art, the changing roles of museums, curators, and artists, and the construction of the Kramlich home. Read more
23 Jan, 2017
Video Now Online: "Sex, Lies, and Data Mining"
Heard the buzz about Luke Dubois's lecture? Listen to it yourself here! Read more
19 Jan, 2017
BCNM Alum Trevor Paglen in New York Times
Trevor Paglen was featured in the New York Times article "A String Quartet Concert, With an A.I. Assist" Read more
19 Jan, 2017
Ken Goldberg featured in Fast Company
The BCNM professor and his research in Dex-Net was recently featured in the article "Why It's so Hard for Robots to Get a Grip" Read more
13 Jan, 2017
Urban Data Operations with Nicholas de Monchaux Jan 18
Don't miss out on this great discussion between Geoff Manaugh and Nicholas de Monchaux on Urban Data Operations at the Storefront for Art & Architecture this January 18 from 7-9pm! Read more
12 Dec, 2016
Ken Goldberg at the 17th Annual Stanford-Berkeley Patent Law Conference
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07 Dec, 2016
Revisited: "Deep Dreams: Between Inspiration and Hallucination"
A recap of "Deep Dreams: Between Inspiration and Hallucination" with Mike Tyka and Gray Area founder Josette Melchor. Read more
06 Dec, 2016
Revisited: "Reading Robot Poetry!"
We revisit alum Margaret Rhee's reading from her new published collection Read more
30 Nov, 2016
Revisited: "Local Code" Book Launch
We recap the evening of conversation on Prof. de Monchaux's new book Read more
22 Nov, 2016
Announcing our 2016 Undergraduate Cohort
These students highlight the interdisciplinary nature of new media through the range of disciplines they represent and the exciting collaborative projects in which they are engage Read more
17 Nov, 2016
Revisited: "Video Analytics: From Keywords to Keyframes”
Miyoko Conley, BCNM DE candidate, recaps Virginia Kuhn's HTNM lecture, "Video Analytics From Keywords to Keyframes." Read more
17 Nov, 2016
Announcing the Fall 2016 DE & Graduate Certificate Cohort
We are very excited to welcome our newest cohort of Ph.D Designated Emphasis and Graduate Certificate students Read more
14 Nov, 2016
Revisited: Technology, Space and Reason
Miyoko Conley recaps Bernard Stiegler's exciting Symposium held in October. Read more
14 Nov, 2016
Grace Gipson as "Doctor of Comic Books"
Lashon Daley featured Grace Gipson, also a BCNM Designated Emphasis student, on her podcast Stories&Slams! Read more
14 Nov, 2016
We're excited to see AMPLab transform into RISELab, which focuses on real-time secure decision stacks! Read more
10 Nov, 2016
Revisited: "Sex, Lies, and Data Mining"
We recap Luke Dubois's talk in Jacobs Institute for Design. Read more
08 Nov, 2016
Nicholas de Monchaux at Drawing Futures
Drawing Futures 2016 is a conference on "Speculations on Contemporary Drawing for Art and Architecture" taking place at the Bartlett School of Architecture Read more
24 Oct, 2016
New Images from Greg Niemeyer’s Research Trip to Barrow!
With a BCNM grant, Prof. Greg Niemeyer is creating radial visualizations of the internet from the inside out Read more
24 Oct, 2016
Nicholas de Monchaux at Dust and Data
BCNM's de Monchaux will attend the 13th International Bauhaus Colloquium, which will be held at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar in Germany Read more
19 Oct, 2016
Revisited: "Sculpture. Simulacrum. Ritual."
Some thoughts on Tom Sachs's engaging lecture, "Sculpture. Simulacrum. Ritual." earlier this fall. Read more
17 Oct, 2016
Revisited: "Technology, Space, Reason: Infrastructures of Knowledge in the Anthropocene"
We recap this exciting lecture by Paul Edwards. Read more
11 Oct, 2016
Local Code by Nicholas de Monchaux Out Now at University of Princeton Architectural Press
10 Oct, 2016
Ken Goldberg on A Century of Art & Technology in the Bay Area
Goldberg published an article, A Century of Art and Technology in the Bay Area, on Medium Read more
04 Oct, 2016
Revisited: "Network Analysis of Media Studies"
On Miriam Posner's workshop event, recapped by Miyoko Conley. Read more
27 Sep, 2016
Nicholas de Monchaux's "Local Code" at Canadian Centre for Architecture
A part of the "Archaeology of the Digital: Complexity and Convention" exhibit Read more
26 Sep, 2016
Jingyi Li creates AO3 Scraper
BCNM undergrad Jingyi Li and a friend built a data scraper for the fan-content archive, Archive of Our Own Read more
09 Sep, 2016
Lyman Dispatch: Jenni Higgs on Digital Talk
The fellowship is supported by donations from Professor Barrie Thorne, Sage Publications and many individual friends and faculty Read more
09 Sep, 2016
Greg Niemeyer at Malaga Digital Art History Summer School
Niemeyer taught at the Digital Art History Summer School in Malaga, Spain from September 4th to 9th Read more
08 Sep, 2016
Revisited: Masterclass: Designing Jane Jacobs' Digital City
We recap a masterclass around how technology functions in relation to Jane Jacobs' notion of community in cities Read more
26 Aug, 2016
Announcing the 2016-2017 History and Theory of New Media Season
his year, we are pleased to include hands-on workshops in our program, as well as a partnership with the Rhetoric Department to offer a mini-symposium on the Anthropocene Read more
25 Aug, 2016
Revisited: BCNM 2016 Open House
As always, the conversations were deeply engaging and we were excited to find new possibilities for collaborations across the disciplines Read more
25 Aug, 2016
Summer Teaching Dispatch: Nicholaus Gutierrez and Software Aesthetics
Nicholaus Gutierrez was selected to teach "Software and Aesthetics" as a NWMEDIA R1B this past summer. Here, he describes the experience Read more
25 Aug, 2016
Summer Research Report: Yairamaren Roman Maldonado on Digital Stories and Popular Voices in Puerto Rico
Here's what she discovered with a BCNM-funded grant Read more
25 Aug, 2016
Summer Research Report: Will Payne on Location-Based Services
Will Payne received a summer research award from the BCNM to support his dissertation research on location based services Read more
23 Aug, 2016
Revisited: Digital Humanities at Berkeley Summer Institute 2016
Check out the photos from the event as well as the highlights of the various courses and lectures on offer Read more
11 Jul, 2016
Greg Niemeyer and the Internet from the Inside Out.
Greg Niemeyer will create radial visualizations of the internet from the inside out Read more
11 Jul, 2016
Greetings from the New Director
We are delighted to welcome Nicholas de Monchaux to his new role as Director of the Berkeley Center for New Media Read more
07 Jul, 2016
Eric Paulos Receives Seed Grant for Making of Unmaking
Our alumni voted on the applications and awarded $10,000 to Eric Paulos to design The Making of Un-making Read more
05 Jul, 2016
Cultural Committee of the Danish Parliament Visits BCNM
The Berkeley Center for New Media was delighted to host the Cultural Committee from the Danish Parliament on June 28, 2016 Read more
30 Jun, 2016
Laura Devendorf to Join ATLAS at CU Boulder
Laura Devendorf is a PhD Candidate at the UC Berkeley School of Information Read more
28 Jun, 2016
Ken Goldberg's accepted papers at CASE 2016
Professor Ken Goldberg had multiple papers accepted the 12th Annual International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering Read more
24 Jun, 2016
Ken Goldberg and the da Vinci Robot Take on Suturing
Eliza Strickland featured the work of BCNM’s Ken Goldberg in developing the da Vinci robotic system's applications in the operating room Read more
24 Jun, 2016
California Report Card Featured in The Promise of Berkeley
The California Report Card was developed by BCNM Professor Ken Goldberg and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom Read more
21 Jun, 2016
BCNM Seed Grants 2017: Abigail De Kosnik's TorrentMap
Our alumni voted on the applications and awarded $10,000 to Abigail De Kosnik to build her innovative tool TorrentMap Read more
31 May, 2016
Abigail de Kosnik receives Berkeley Collegium Grant
Prof. De Kosnik received the Collegium's grant, Narrowing the Gap Between Teaching and Research Read more
26 May, 2016
Through Practice: Ashley Ferro-Murray and Mark Lam
“Through Practice” by Ashley Ferro-Murray is a somatic exploration of the contemporary relationship between biomedicine and new media, or genetics (DNA code) Read more
26 May, 2016
Meet Lark Buckingham: Critical Design
Animator, filmmaker, performance artist, designer, tinkerer, activist, and data scientist, Lark Buckingham is a versatile and multidisciplinary provocateur. Read more
19 May, 2016
Announcing Our 2016 Undergraduate Certificate Grads
We're so pleased to be able to share their achievements and wish them the best in their future projects! Read more
19 May, 2016
Announcing our 2016 Graduates
Congrats to all! We lookforward to following their success in their new endeavors! Read more
18 May, 2016
Summer Research Opportunities: Hybrid Ecologies Lab
The Hybrid Ecologies Lab, headed by Eric Paulos, is looking for skilled and passionate undergraduate and graduate students to join us this summer Read more
12 May, 2016
BCNM is pleased to announce the awards of its first ever Faculty Seed Grant Read more
12 May, 2016
Revisited: Critical Making Exhibition
Critical Making students operationalize and critique the practice of making through both foundational literature and hands on studio culture Read more
12 May, 2016
Eric Paulos' CS 160 Interface Design Showcase
Teams were challenged to design novel smartphone and smartwatch applications focused on health and medical themes Read more
09 May, 2016
Interactive Urban Lighting Recommended for NEA
UC Berkeley’s Center for New Media - one of 64 National Endowment for the Arts Our Town projects selected nationwide Read more
04 May, 2016
BCNM Explores, a series of site tours to investigate collaborations across disciplines Read more
28 Apr, 2016
Gail De Kosnik Receives Berkeley Collegium Grant
BCNM's De Kosnik has received a Berkeley Collegium grant for her joint graduate/undergraduate class, "Making Sense of Cultural Data" Read more
26 Apr, 2016
Revisited: "Change and Stillness: Bodies and Gestures within Sensor Technology"
We recap this fascinating talk on this past showcase of sensor-technology art Read more
26 Apr, 2016
Undergraduate Research Fellowship Dispatches: MacKenzie Alessi, John Scott, and Data Visualization
What if we could map learning in the social realm? How would classroom engagement appear and shift over time? And how could we use this data to improve teaching? Read more
19 Apr, 2016
Revisited: Builders Association Berkeley Book Launch
BCNM was thrilled to partner with the Arts + Design | Arts Research Center for the launch of Shannon Jackson's contributions to "Builders Association" Read more
07 Apr, 2016
Revisited: "A Right to Remember"
with Brewster Kahle, invited by the UC Berkeley Regents Lecture Read more
07 Apr, 2016
Announcing 2016 Summer Research Awards
We are thrilled by the ambitious and innovative work these students are all completing Read more
05 Apr, 2016
Ken Goldberg in MIT Technology Review
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29 Mar, 2016
Revisited: Insurgent Aesthetics
Ronak Kapadia, an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago, gave a talk on March 18th. Read the recap here. Read more
21 Mar, 2016
Revisited: "Critical Play"
A recap of Mary Flanagan's lecture, recapped by Kate Mattingly. Read more
17 Mar, 2016
Announcing the Spring 2016 DE & Graduate Certificate Cohort
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15 Mar, 2016
Laura Sydell on UC Cyber Security
Laura Sydell writes on the recent UC privacy and cybersecurity controversy for NPR Read more
08 Mar, 2016
Revisited: "Beyond Pixels: The Hidden Traits of Great Designers"
We revisit Steve Johnson's talk at Jacobs Center Read more
07 Mar, 2016
Revisited: "Library of the Future"
We revisit this engaging discussion with Jeffrey MacKie-Mason & Brewster Kahle Read more
02 Mar, 2016
Revisited: "Locking the Web Open: a Call for a New, Distributed Web"
We recap Brewster Kahle's lecture on privacy and free speech in the world wide web Read more
02 Mar, 2016
Revisited: Regents 2016 Tour with Brewster Kahle
We explored our obsession over the tangible in a tour with Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive, an online library of visual artifacts Read more
23 Feb, 2016
Revisited: "Proxies and Placeholders"
A recap of Hito Steyerl's incredible lecture! Read more
19 Feb, 2016
Ken Goldberg and a Wake-Up Call for California
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17 Feb, 2016
BCNM was pleased to host an open house for the Berkeley Engineering Annual Research Symposium of 2016 Read more
16 Feb, 2016
Revisited: "Machine Generated Culpability"
Kate Mattingly recaps Ahmed Ghappour's talk. Read more
16 Feb, 2016
BCNM Ken Goldberg at Cal Leonardo Art/Science Evening Rendezvous (LASERs)
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16 Feb, 2016
Gail De Kosnik Interviews Tabaimo at Artist's First US Exhibition
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11 Feb, 2016
BCNM Faculty Teaching New Data Arts Class
BCNM's Greg Niemeyer will be teaching Data Arts, a new online course in Arts Practice this fall Read more
08 Feb, 2016
UC Cybersecurity in The Sacramento Bee
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03 Feb, 2016
BCNM's Greg Niemeyer Featured in Daily Cal on UC Surveillance
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02 Feb, 2016
Revisited: “Four Thoughts about the Impact of Globalization on Artists”
A recap of Sarah Thornton's lecture! Read more
02 Feb, 2016
BCNM Faculty at the Forefront of Discussion on Coordinated Monitoring
BCNM faculty were featured in a recent New York Times piece on monitoring and data security in the UC system Read more
10 Dec, 2015
Video Now Online: "Material Evidence: Scientific Inquiry, Sensory Experience, and the Creative Process"
Watch this ATC lecture by Adrien Segal online here Read more
08 Dec, 2015
NWMEDIA 201 Final Presentations
We were excited to see the final presentations of NWMEDIA 201, Questioning New Media, our foundational seminar on art, technology, and culture! Read more
04 Dec, 2015
Revisited: "Everything After: Opossum Impressions"
We revisit Lark Buckingham's installation from this past week Read more
02 Dec, 2015
Revisited: "Material Evidence: Scientific Inquiry, Sensory Experience, and the Creative Process"
A summary of Adrien Segal's talk earlier this week, accompanied by photos and a social media round-up! Read more
01 Dec, 2015
New Undergraduates Announcement!
Congratulations to our latest new media undergraduate certificate candidates! Read more
24 Nov, 2015
Video Series Now Online: "Manufacturing Transparency"
Watch the Manufacturing Transparency Conference's speaker videos here! In collaboration with the French Embassy, New Hive, and the Goethe Institute Read more
19 Nov, 2015
Revisited: Precarious Aesthetics Conference"]
Keynote speakers included: Tom Gunning, University of Chicago; Christine Ross, McGill University; Abigail De Kosnik, UC Berkeley; Jeffrey Skoller, UC Berkeley; Jacob Gaboury, Stony Brook University; W. J. T. Mitchell, University of Chicago Read more
17 Nov, 2015
From a young age, Andrea was drawn to fantasy and science fiction Read more
17 Nov, 2015
Raised in an Anglo-Spanish household in Madrid, Alex has always been fascinated by language Read more
16 Nov, 2015
Revisited: "Design, Geopolitics, and Planetary-Scale Computing"
with Benjamin Bratton
a Revisited post written by Kate Mattingly (TDPS) Read more
05 Nov, 2015
Revisited: "Working the Stack: Exploits, Topologies, Ontologies"
with Julian Oliver Read more
04 Nov, 2015
Scott explores online learning environments to increase geographic and cultural connections and build diverse communities Read more
03 Nov, 2015
Revisited: Tarek Atoui's MATRIX 258
Olivia Ting recaps this performance by composer and musician Tarek Atoui Read more
03 Nov, 2015
Revisited: Network Surveillance, Workshop with Julian Oliver
In collaboration with the School of Information on October 30th Read more
29 Oct, 2015
Revisited: "Manufacturing Transparency Conference"
We recap our collaboration with the French Embassy, New Hive, and the Goethe Institute for a symposium on transparency in a digital age Read more
28 Oct, 2015
HTNM 5th Anniversary and Revisited: "Technologies of Simulation"
with Claus Pias
Leuphana University of Lüneberg Read more
26 Oct, 2015
Shannon Jackson's New Retrospective of "The Builders Association"
Founded in 1994, the company has forged a reputation for work that blurs medium, genre, and temporality through masterful video, architecture, sound, and text interrogation Read more
22 Oct, 2015
We're excited to be featuring two new courses in Summer 2016! Read more
12 Oct, 2015
Ken Goldberg at ISRR 2015 Conference
Ken was a co-author on "Transition State Clustering: Unsupervised Surgical Trajectory Segmentation For Robot Learning " Read more
12 Oct, 2015
Alex Saum-Pascual at the National Autonomous University of Mexico
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07 Oct, 2015
Greg Niemeyer at Berkeley LASERtalks
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01 Oct, 2015
BCNM's Ken Goldberg Speaker at RoboBusiness Conference
29 Sep, 2015
On the American artist and architect's lecture, "Everything I Know Will Be Yours: Surveillance In Plein Air" Read more
25 Sep, 2015
BCNM's Annual Open House Calls for Applications for Emphasis and Certificate in New Media!
24 Sep, 2015
Earthquakes on your mind? Check out Ken Goldberg’s artwork, Bloom.
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24 Sep, 2015
Alan Liu and Clifford Lynch at the Digital Humanities Summer Institute
BCNM is proud to be a supporting partner of the 1st UC Berkeley Digital Humanities Summer Institute Read more
24 Sep, 2015
Greg Niemeyer and MacKenzie Alessi at DHSI
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16 Sep, 2015
GNOSISONG: An Audiovisual Installation by Chris Chafe and Greg Niemeyer
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01 Sep, 2015
Research Opportunity: Textile Display Technology
"We are currently looking to work with 2-3 graduate or undergraduate researchers..." Read more
18 Aug, 2015
Greg Niemeyer Presents at InstructureCon 2015
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17 Aug, 2015
Ada Initiative Shutting Down
The Ada Initiative helps women get involved and stay involved in open source, open data, open education, and other areas of free and open technology and culture Read more
10 Aug, 2015
MacKenzie Alessi Explores Data Arts with Digital Humanities
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03 Aug, 2015
Summer Award Dispatches: Kiera Chase
Kiera Chase's dissertation refines cognitive-science theoretical models that illuminate opportunities in children’s development of mathematical concepts Read more
27 Jul, 2015
Ken Goldberg on Robots and the Cloud in Time Magazine
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22 Jul, 2015
Tech Award Dispatches: Lark Buckingham
21 Jul, 2015
Summer Award Dispatches: Nick Gutierrez
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16 Jul, 2015
Björn Hartmann Receives Best Paper Award at EICS 2015
15 Jul, 2015
The Atlantic's Bold Bets Features Ken Goldberg
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01 Jul, 2015
Aclima designs and deploys environmental sensor networks. Read more
29 Jun, 2015
Fluxx Featured on AdaFruit
25 Jun, 2015
Greg Niemeyer on Data Privacy at NOST
24 Jun, 2015
Björn Hartmann Receives CITRIS Seed Funding
17 Jun, 2015
Fall 2015 Events Sneak Preview
Mark your calendars — BCNM is hard at work bringing together a brilliant Fall 2015 program! Check out some of these great events! Read more
08 Jun, 2015
Niemeyer Lighting Design in San Francisco Magazine
14 May, 2015
Video Now Online: Jesse and Glenda Drew
Watch this amazing ATC lecture on activism and technology, right here! Read more
29 Apr, 2015
Announcing our Spring 2015 Graduating Class
We'll miss their energy and their intellectual curiosity around BCNM, but wish them all the best in their new endeavors and look forward to the amazing intellectual, artistic, and technological contributions we know they will produce Read more
29 Apr, 2015
México Participa Launched
México Participa is an innovative civic engagement platform based on the model of the California Report Card Read more
21 Apr, 2015
Books in Browsers - Request for Proposals
BIB VI will explore new forms of stories that embrace hybrid digital forms, or play with the tension between digital and physical interfaces Read more
15 Apr, 2015
Revisited: Jesse and Glenda Drew
From their probing talk, "A Hack in the Odious Machine: Digital Organizing Tools for the Precariat," a part of the ATC series here at BCNM Read more
08 Apr, 2015
Revisiting the Collaboration Gala
BCNM turned ten! Read more
07 Apr, 2015
Revisited: Martinat and Mayorga
We recap this wonderful discussion, "Reality Environments," hosted at the David Brower Center Read more
07 Apr, 2015
Revisited: "Espacio Publico, Contexto Personal"
The masterclass workshop led by Peruvian artist Jose Carlos Martinat and Enrique Mayorga, revisited Read more
18 Mar, 2015
BCNM Welcomes Spring 2015 DE & Certificate Students
Applications this semester were phenomenal and we’re thrilled by the unique perspectives each of our new students will bring to the Center Read more
03 Mar, 2015
Announcing the 2015 Peter Lyman Fellow
he Fellowship seeks to support a Ph.D. candidate in the writing of his or her dissertation on a topic related to new media through a summer stipend Read more
17 Feb, 2015
The 2015 Berkeley EECS Annual Research Symposium hosted a BCNM open house last Thursday on February 12. Read more
11 Feb, 2015
"Watching, creating, and archiving" paper published in Convergence
On the quantity and temporality of fannish productivity in online fan fiction archives" Read more
10 Feb, 2015
Being the Machine is a project that explores the relationship between humans-that-make and machines-that-make Read more
10 Feb, 2015
Lark Buckingham is the creator of Babump, a device posing as a business card holder that monitors heart rates Read more
10 Feb, 2015
"Natural Frequencies" on NPR
Author Laura Sydell discusses Bay Area fault lines, data visualization, the process of generating the score for the carillons Read more
03 Feb, 2015
Revisited: New Media Carillon Installation and Performance
A new media Carillon installation and performance in honor of the 100th Anniversar of UC Berkeley's Sather Tower (the Campanile) Read more
03 Feb, 2015
Announcing the Eugene Jarvis Scholarship for Innovation in New Media
Sponsored by the game designer, Eugene Jarvis Read more
21 Jan, 2015
Hack the Bells Dispatch from Sarah Stierch
Sarah Stierch spearheaded Hack the Bells, the world's first carillon remix competition Read more
14 Jan, 2015
ATC Video Now Online: Maya Lin
The recording of this highly anticipated lecture by the great architect Maya Lin Read more
07 Jan, 2015
NWMEDIA 202 in the Contra Costa Times
NWMEDIA 202: Sensing Cityscapes Read more
15 Dec, 2014
Revisited: "Count Me In - Walking & the City"
On Thursday, December 11th, the Berkeley Center for New Media, in partnership with.. Read more
18 Nov, 2014
Welcoming New DE and Certificate Students
18 Nov, 2014
Announcing the Winners of Hack the Bells
Winners of Hack the Bells, the first international carillon remix competition, have been selected Read more
06 Oct, 2014
HTNM Revisited: Jennifer Holt
UCSB's Film and Media Studies Associate Professor sat down with us earlier this month. Read highlights here. Read more
30 Sep, 2014
We highlight this fascinating lecture by the esteemed Maya Lin on her architecture and process Read more
03 Sep, 2014
Announcing the 2014-2015 Season of the History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series
The History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series brings to campus leading humanities scholars working on issues of media transition and technological emergence Read more
02 Sep, 2014
Announcing the 2014-2015 Arts, Technology, and Culture Colloquium
Berkeley's Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium is an internationally recognized forum for presenting new ideas that challenge conventional wisdom about art, technology, and culture Read more
12 Aug, 2014
Summer Dispatches: Adam Hutz
Adam Hutz (Rhetoric) was one of five exceptional graduate students to be awarded a $1000 BCNM Summer Research Award. Check out what he's done so far! Read more
21 Jul, 2014
The world’s first interdisciplinary open license contest celebrating the carillon launched: Hack the Bells Read more
19 May, 2014
Cyberphysical Democracy: Online Platforms and Offline Action
Follow Camille Crittenden on Twitter: www.twitter.com/data_democracy Read more
05 May, 2014
In April, the Berkeley Center for New Media hosted the university’s first Wikipedia edit-a-thon, facilitated by Susan B. Miller Fellow Sarah Stierch Read more
01 May, 2014
Jen Schradie has never been afraid to confront the societal inequality she witnesses Read more
24 Apr, 2014
Urban Data Canvas Hackathon Video
We now have video online from the Urban Data Canvas Hackathon that took place earlier this year, facilitated by Casey Reas! Read more
24 Apr, 2014
Announcing our Spring 2014 Graduating Class
We are proud to announce our latest cohort of graduating BCNM Designated Emphasis and Masters Certificate students Read more
18 Apr, 2014
Student Research Presentations
BCNM was excited to celebrate the research of its graduating Ph.D. candidates on Thursday, April 10th, at its Student Research Presentations Reception. Read more
15 Apr, 2014
Robots and New Media: A Contested Concept
A packed house greeted the first panelists for the Berkeley Center for New Media’s Robots and New Media Symposium on April 4, 2014 Read more
15 Apr, 2014
ATC Revisited: Stephanie Syjuco
The semester's final ATC talk was a success as new Art Practice faculty member Stephanie Syjuco presented “Lossy: On the Politics of Networked Flows and Degraded Systems” Read more
01 Apr, 2014
Meet BCNM's Gail De Kosnik and the Fan Data & Net Differences Team
These UC Berkeley professors have pioneered new methods of exploring internet cultures Read more
01 Apr, 2014
Technology Services and Training Fellowship
This year, thanks to the craigslist Chair endowment, we were able to support five graduates with awards of $1,000 to help defray technology and training costs. Read more
27 Mar, 2014
The Dream of Intelligent Robot Friends – The Atlantic
Carla Diana, panelist in BCNM's upcoming Robots and New Media Symposium on April 4, published "The Dream of Intelligent Robot Friends" in the Atlantic Read more
26 Mar, 2014
Presenting the Robots and New Media Symposium
The Kingdom of the Netherlands and UC BCNM highlight the next phase in the evolution of robotics with the “Robots and New Media Symposium” on April 4 Read more
06 Mar, 2014
Announcing the 2014 Peter Lyman Fellow
The Fellowship seeks to support a Ph.D. candidate in the writing of his or her dissertation on a topic related to new media through a summer stipend Read more
04 Mar, 2014
ATC Revisited: Casey Reas
The standing room only event was a huge success, and was followed by an energetic question and answer session Read more
03 Mar, 2014
This month, hear how Designated Emphasis Ph.D. candidate Tiffany Ng explores urban spaces through the architecture of music. Read more
28 Jan, 2014
Student Research Presentations
BCNM was proud to introduce its latest Spring 2014 admits and celebrate the incredible research of its senior graduate students in January Read more
09 Jan, 2014
New Media Exhibit Developer: Interactive Data Visualizations
The Exploratorium has an exciting new position open for a new media exhibit developer focusing on interactive data visualizations. Details here! Read more
18 Nov, 2013
Announcing the BCNM Data Literacy Initiative Award Recipient
The Data Literacy Initiative Prize was created to address the growing divide between the generation of large quantities of data and those with the tools to access and interpret this information Read more
12 Nov, 2013
HTNM Revisited: Lisa Parks
An eye-opening lecture last Thursday evening, November 7th, from Professor Lisa Parks marked the third installment of our 2013-2014 series Read more
05 Sep, 2013
Announcing the Fall 2013 – Spring 2014 Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium Lecture Series
Visit the ATC Colloquium’s home page at atc.berkeley.edu for directions, a list of speakers, and to join the mailing list Read more
04 Sep, 2013
BCNM Faculty Camille Crittenden Featured on the PBS Idea Lab
Crittenden recently published a blog post entitled "Public Open Data: the Good, the Bad, the Future" Read more
09 Aug, 2013
BCNM's Coye Cheshire Awarded NSF Grant
For his project "Agency, Structure, and Organization: Paths to Participation in Large-Scale Socio-Technical Systems" Read more
01 Aug, 2013
DE Student Jen Schradie Featured on PBS.org
Jen Schradie's (Sociology) article on the impact of income inequality on Big Data appears on pbs.org Read more
21 Jul, 2013
Hellman Grant Awarded to BCNM's Gail de Kosnik
The Hellman Grant supports the research of promising assistant professors who “show capacity for great distinction in their chosen fields of endeavor Read more
20 May, 2013
New Media 2013 Summer Research Fellowships Awarded to BCNM Designated Emphasis Students
Berkeley Center for New Media is pleased to award fellowships for research on new media scholarship in Summer 2013 to five Designated Emphasis students Read more
07 May, 2013
BCNM's Recent Graduates from the Designated Emphasis in New Media
Congratulations to all! Read more
07 May, 2013
New Media Research Group: Sam Ford "Spreadable Media: Creating Value and Meaning in a Networked Culture"
23 Apr, 2013
BCNM New Media Students showcase Research at Spring Semester Presentation
UC Berkeley graduate students with a Designated Emphasis in New Media presented their research on April 17, 2013 in the BCNM Commons to an audience of students, faculty, and members of the public Read more
09 Apr, 2013
Seeking Web Developer, Backend & Database for Game Website
The position is open to all current UC Berkeley students. Read more
03 Apr, 2013
Learning Mode Conference Recap & Highlight Video
Symposium speakers shared their diverse experiences with online education and examined the conditions, opportunities, and tensions pertaining to learning online Read more
20 Feb, 2013
Learning Mode: College Ready Hackathon
Wi-Fi and cloud-storage will be provided. Hackers should bring their own computers. Open to all! Read more
06 Feb, 2013
Learning Mode: Critical Issues in Online Education
*Update: online registration is now full, however please feel free to register for the wait list Read more
17 Jan, 2013
DataCenter Welcomes Margaret Rhee (BCNM DE) to Board of Directors
Focusing on research justice and participatory methods, DataCenter partners with marginalized communities providing training and resources in research Read more
12 Dec, 2012
Human Rights Day: How Social Video Changes the Game for Advocacy and Accountability
To commemorate Human Rights Day on December 10, Camille Crittenden, the executive director of CITRIS's Data and Democracy Initiative, wrote an article in the Huffington Post Read more
10 Oct, 2012
International Day of the Girl and the Ongoing Need for More Girls in STEM Fields
CITRIS Data and Democracy Initiative Director, Camille Crittenden wrote for the Huffington Post on Tuesday to advocate for continued efforts to bring girls into STEM fields Read more
26 Sep, 2012
Data & Democracy Initiative - Prop 30 Awareness
The UC Berkeley CITRIS Data and Democracy Initiative has launched a social media experiment related to CA Proposition 30. It's open now and we welcome you to participate Read more
05 Sep, 2012
Announcing the Fall 2012 - Spring 2013 Art, Technology and Culture Colloquium Lecture Series
Mondays, 7:30-9:00 pm. ATC lectures are free and open to the public! Read more
08 Aug, 2012
New Media Summer Research Fellowships Awarded to BCNM DE's
Congratulations to the following students! Read more
30 Jun, 2012
Forest by Bit, Using LiDAR to Represent Sierra Nevada Forests
20 Jun, 2012
CITRIS 2012 Seed Funding Awarded to BCNM’s Nicholas DeMonchaux
19 Jun, 2012
BCNM Student Awarded NSF Grant for Research on Digital Democracy and Social Movements
The Sociology Program of the NSF awards grants that have "theoretically focused empirical investigation aimed at improving the explanation of fundamental social processes" Read more
14 May, 2012
BCNM Student Presentations for the annual BEARS Research Symposium
This year's theme is ""Big Data at Berkeley" Read more
07 May, 2012
The Trend of Class, Race, and Ethnicity in Social Media Inequality
Read about Jen Schradie's (PhD, Sociology) study Read more
02 May, 2012
Digital Inquiry: Keynote Talk by Bernard Stiegler
The two day symposium brought together interdisciplinary scholars, artists, and media industry representatives to reflect on the nature of knowledge in the digital age Read more
05 Apr, 2012
AirQuest’s objective is to make scientific data playable and accessible to all. Read more
07 Mar, 2012
Announcing the 2012 Peter Lyman Fellow
For their research, "Unmanned Aerial Systems: The United States’ Techno-Political Entanglements in the Post-Cold War" Read more
11 Jan, 2012
Artist Talk with Walter Kim on Modeling the Interaction of Light Between Diffuse Surfaces
Join us for lunch and conversation with artist Walter Kim at the Berkeley Institute of Design Read more
25 Oct, 2011
Friedrich Kittler (1943-2011)
We mourn the passing of the influential media theorist Friedrich Kittler, who was a member of BCNM's international advisory board Read more
12 Sep, 2011
Turning Data into Democratic Action: Social Apps Lab at CITRIS
31 Aug, 2011
The Tomato Quintet at Machine Project, Los Angeles, involved five pods filled with Tomatoes Read more
01 Aug, 2011
Data-Driven Elastic Models for Cloth: Modeling and Measurement
Read more
28 Jul, 2011
"Kinemathics": Kinetically Induced Mathematical Learning
Dor Abrahamson, Assistant Professor Graduate School of Education Cognition and Development: Education in Mathematics, Science, & Technology, UC Berkeley Read more
15 Jun, 2011
CITRIS Launches Data and Democracy Initiative
Read more
15 Jun, 2011
The Digital Production Gap: The Digital Divide and Web 2.0 Collide
15 Jun, 2011
Pwning Asthma Triggers: Health Games as Technologies of Social Engagement
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Applications are now closed. Applications are next due February 1, 2024.
Applications for Summer 2023 are due March 8, 2023.
New Media Research Fellowship
Next deadline – October 1, 2023
Applications are due October 12, 2023
Eugene Jarvis Scholarship for New Media Innovation
Next deadline - March 3, 2023
Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Applications are now closed. Applications are next due February 1, 2024.
Applications for Summer 2023 are due March 8, 2023.
New Media Research Fellowship
Next deadline – October 1, 2023
Applications are due October 12, 2023
Eugene Jarvis Scholarship for New Media Innovation
Next deadline - March 3, 2023
Undergraduate Research Fellowship