22 Apr, 2021
History & Theory
with Elizabeth LaPensée
Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
Co-sponsored by the Department of Art Practice.
Image credit: Elizabeth LaPensée Read more
in 2 days
Conference
Fandom + Piracy: Fandom & Race Panel
with andré carrington, Racquel Gates, Alfred Martin, and Rukmini Pande Read more
01 Mar, 2021
History & Theory
A Conversation on Wildfire Ecologies
with Margo Robbins
Co-founder and President of the Cultural Fire Management Council
and Valentin Lopez
Chair of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band
Presented in partnership with Berkeley Arts + Design as part of Arts + Design Mondays.
Read more
18 Feb, 2021
Special Events
Afro-Latinx Feminisms in the URL & IRL Spheres
with Janel Martinez, Zahira Kelly & Alan Pelaez Lopez
Hosted by the Center for Race & Gender and co-sponsored by the Multicultural Community Center, Center for Latin American Studies, Berkeley Center for New Media, UC Berkeley Womxn of Color Initiative, UC Berkeley Graduate Women’s Project, and the UC Berkeley Sexual Orientation and Gender Advocacy Project. Read more
18 Feb, 2021
Women in Tech Symposium – The New Era in Human-Computer Interaction,
We're co-sponsoring! Read more
03 Feb, 2021
History & Theory
Indigenous Cyber-relationality: Discerning the Limits and Potential for Connective Action
with Marisa Duarte
Assistant Professor, Arizona State University
Co-sponsored by the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society, the School of Information, American Cultures, and the Center for Race and Gender. Read more
01 Feb, 2021
Special Events
Performing Cultural Exchange on Ohlone Homelands in Huichin
with Pauline Lampton, Director of Miriki Performing Arts
Corrina Gould, co-founder of the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust
Erica Estrada, Northern Pomo Dancer
Presented with UC Berkeley’s Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies in partnership with Berkeley Arts + Design as part of Arts + Design Mondays. 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
05 Nov, 2020
History & Theory
World Re-Building: Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace and the Initiative for Indigenous Futures
with Skawennati
Artist & Co-Director of Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace
Co-sponsored by the Department of Art Practice and the Townsend Center for the Humanities.
Image credit: Skawennati, "Renewal" 2016 Read more
08 Oct, 2020
History & Theory
POSTPONED: Advancing Hollow Bone Narratives through Media Platform Connectedness
with Ruth Hopkins
Dakota/Lakota Sioux writer Read more
10 Sep, 2020
History & Theory
A Conversation with the Sogorea Te' Land Trust
with Corrina Gould
Lisjan Ohlone leader and co-founder of the Sogorea Te' Land Trust
moderated by Marcelo Garzo Montalvo Read more
15 Apr, 2020
Special Events
12 Mar, 2020
History & Theory
ONLINE: Feminist Open Access and Internet Publishing
*Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) precautions, this event has been moved to the online platform Zoom*
with Francesca Coppa, co-founder Organization for Transformative Works
and Kristina Busse and Karen Hellekson, co-founders Transformative Works & Cultures
Co-sponsored by the Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities, the School of Information, the D-Lab, UC Berkeley Libraries, and the Department of Film & Media Read more
24 Feb, 2020
Art, Tech & Culture
In Search for My Robot: Emergent Media, Racialized Gender, and Creativity
with Margaret Rhee
Assistant Professor, SUNY Buffalo; Visiting Scholar, NYU
Co-sponsored by the Department of Ethnic Studies and the Department of Comparative Literature Read more
18 Nov, 2019
Commons Conversations
Insurgent Aesthetics: Flight, Freedom, and Fantasy on the Frontiers of US Empire
with Ronak K. Kapadia
Associate Professor, University of Illinois, Chicago
Co-sponsored by the Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies Program, the Center for Race and Gender, the Center for Middle East Studies, and the Gender and Women's Studies Department Read more
21 Oct, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
with Leonel Moura
Artist, Lisbon
Co-sponsored by the Department of Spanish & Portuguese, CITRIS People and Robots (CPAR), and FLAD — the Luso-American Development Foundation. Read more
21 Oct, 2019
Commons Conversations
On the Fringe of Minitel: Alternative Uses of a State-Sponsored Communications Network A Participatory Masterclass
with Julien Mailland
Associate Professor of Telecommunications, Indiana University Media School Read more
23 Sep, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
The Copper in my Cooch and Other Technologies
with Marisa Morán Jahn
Artist, Cambridge, MA and New York, NY
Co-sponsored by the Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series and the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation Read more
09 Sep, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
Robots Are Creatures, Not Things
with Madeline Gannon
Artist / Roboticist, Pittsburgh, PA
Co-sponsored by the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation and CITRIS People and Robots (CPAR) Read more
04 Sep, 2019
Special Events
BCNM Fall 2019 Open House
Join the BCNM for our annual open house and meet our new Director, Abigail De Kosnik! Read more
09 May, 2019
Special Events
Critical Making 2019 Showcase
Check out the incredible projects from NWMEDIA C203, featured in the Jacobs Spring Design Showcase! Read more
29 Apr, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
Adam Savage
Mythbusters, CA
a conversation on the past and future of spacesuits with
Nicholas de Monchaux, Professor, UC Berkeley
In partnership with the Department of Architecture's Studio One Read more
03 Apr, 2019
History & Theory
The Human Computer in the Stone Age: Technology, Prehistory, and the Redefinition of the Human after World War II
with Stefanos Geroulanos
New York University Read more
01 Apr, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
with Rhonda Holberton
Artist, Oakland
Presented in partnership with the Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series. Read more
18 Mar, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
On Digital Colonialism and 'Other' Futures
with Morehshin Allahyari
Artist, New York
In partnership with the Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series, the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and Stanford University Read more
04 Mar, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
A Conversation with Nnedi Okorafor
with Nnedi Okorafor
Artist, Olympia Fields, IL
In partnership with the Department of Architecture's Studio One,the Department of African American Studies, and the Department of English Read more
25 Feb, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
In and out of the Body and into the Machine
with Chico MacMurtrie
Artist, New York Read more
11 Feb, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
News of the Future and the Future of News
with Kevin Delaney
Editor, Quartz
In partnership with the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Read more
05 Dec, 2018
Special Events
Critical Practices 2018 Showcase
See the great projects of Critical Practices at the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation Winter Showcase! 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 Nov, 2018
Art, Tech & Culture
RESCHEDULED: Daemons Tools Art Tech
Due to air quality issues, this talk is being rescheduled for September 23rd, 2019. Please check back soon for more information! Read more
29 Oct, 2018
Art, Tech & Culture
The Good Anthropocene: Terraforming Earth
with Kim Stanley Robinson
Author, Davis, CA
In partnership with the Department of Architecture's Studio One
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
15 Oct, 2018
Art, Tech & Culture
with Kerry Tribe
Artist & Filmmaker, Los Angeles
In partnership with the Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series Read more
08 Oct, 2018
Art, Tech & Culture
The Networked Avant-garde
with Kelani Nichole
Director, The Current; Founder, TRANSFER
In partnership with the Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series Read more
14 Sep, 2018
Commons Conversations
Love bytes and intimate machines
Analysing news media representations of human- robot interactions
with Belinda Middleweek
University of Technology Sydney 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
10 Sep, 2018
Art, Tech & Culture
with Roxane Gay
Author, Indiana Read more
02 May, 2018
Special Events
Come to the free Critical Making Showcase at Jacobs Hall taking place Wednesday, May 2nd from 2-3:30pm as part of the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation Spring Read more
27 Apr, 2018
Special Events
Berkeley Conference on Film and Media: Medium/Environment
Berkeley Film & Media’s 4th biennial conference seeks to bring together leading international media theorists working on questions of “environmental media” broadly conceived Read more
24 Apr, 2018
Special Events
with Trevor Paglen
Artist, CA
in conversation with Julia Bryan-Wilson, Professor of Art, UC Berkeley
hosted by the Arts Research Center
co-sponsored by BCNM, BAMPFA and the Department of Geography Read more
16 Apr, 2018
Art, Tech & Culture
with Angela Davis
Activist and Professor, CA
interviewed by Leigh Raiford, Assoc. Professor of African American Studies and Malika Imhotep, PhD Candidate in African American Studies and Designated Emphasis in New Media
A 2018 Regents Lecture
Read more
12 Apr, 2018
Special Events
EV’RY BODY, THIS TIME: A Sexuality Studies Conference
A conference free and open to the public hosted by the Center for the Study of Sexual Culture, and co-sponsored by BCNM. 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
04 Apr, 2018
Special Events
The Past is Present: Exhibition
Deep Dive Or the Limits of Immersion was curated by Asma Kazmi. We preview the show as part of the Past is Present. 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
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
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
03 May, 2017
Special Events
Spring Critical Making Showcase
Come celebrate the projects of Design Innovation students! 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
24 Apr, 2017
Special Events
Parenting for a Digital Future
with Alicia Blum-Ross
Research Officer in Media and Communications at the LSE Read more
03 Apr, 2017
Art, Tech & Culture
Remapping History: The Unwanted Population - CANCELED
with Tiffany Chung, internationally noted cartographer Read more
15 Mar, 2017
Commons Conversations
Wild Robots: Bodies & Signs
with Ian Ingram, LA-based artist Read more
01 Mar, 2017
Commons Conversations
Radical Technologies: The Design of Everyday Life
with Adam Greenfield, information architect and designer Read more
13 Feb, 2017
Commons Conversations
with Geoff Manaugh, NYT best-selling author Read more
17 Jan, 2017
Art, Tech & Culture
Collecting the Uncollectible
with art collectors Pamela and Richard Kramlich in conversation with Larry Rinder, BAMPFA Director Read more
07 Dec, 2016
Special Events
Jacobs 2016 Winter Design Showcase
Jacobs Institute opens its doors to showcase students' final projects! 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
03 Nov, 2016
Special Events
Books in Browsers VII—Telling Small Stories
Don't let yourself or any book lover you know miss this summit in San Francisco, CA at the Gray Area Foundation for the Arts! Read more
27 Sep, 2016
Special Events
Jane Jacobs and the Digital City
in partnership with SPUR San Francisco Read more
11 Jul, 2016
Special Events
BCNM at Graduate Programs Fair
Learn about our Designated Emphasis and Graduate Certificate in New Media programs! Read more
04 May, 2016
Special Events
Experience this season's NWMEDIA203 Showcase at Jacobs Hall Read more
03 Mar, 2016
Special Events
A conversation with Jeffrey MacKie-Mason & Brewster Kahle Read more
16 Nov, 2015
History & Theory
Design, Geopolitics, and Planetary-Scale Computing
with Benjamin Bratton, UCSD Professor and Design Theorist Read more
07 May, 2015
Special Events
Critical Making Course Exhibition
Taught by Instructor Eric Paulos, GSI Emily Chen, and Lab Manager Chris Myers Read more
09 Apr, 2015
Special Events
Preserving Our Intellectual Legacies in the Digital Age
An Authors Alliance event presented by the Townsend Center for the Humanities Read more
08 Apr, 2015
Special Events
Design for All: Inclusivity By Design
with Pattie Moore, Designer and Gerontologist
Read more
20 Nov, 2014
Workshops
Rights and Readerships: A Workshop
A partnership between Authors Alliance and BCNM 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
15 Sep, 2014
Special Events
Undergraduate Certificate Information Session
Learn how you can get involved this semester! Read more
07 May, 2014
Special Events
Critical Making Final Class Exhibition
Experience this semester's student critiques of new media Read more
18 Apr, 2014
Special Events
Theory/Post Theory Rhetoric Conference
12 Dec, 2013
Special Events
PIC Your Future Reception and Demonstration
A demonstration of PIC Your Future, a college readiness app being developed to harness the power of selfies 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
26 Oct, 2013
Special Events
The Queerness and Games Conference
Gear up for another fantastic schedule at the Queerness and Games Conference, hosted here at UC Berkeley Read more
23 Oct, 2013
Special Events
Creating Minds: An Academic Conference on Reading and Writing in the Digital Age
16 Sep, 2013
Art, Tech & Culture
Avatar Syndrome: Past Imperative, Future Conditional
with Allan deSouza, UC Berkeley faculty and photographer Read more
04 Feb, 2013
Art, Tech & Culture
Social Prosthetics: Technology and the Human Form
A lecture by Kate Hartman, leader of wearable technology Read more
22 Jan, 2013
Special Events
"Aunt Charlies Lounge: Smoking Only," Video Art Exhibition
View new work by Jason Fritz at the BCNM Commons! Read more
04 Dec, 2012
Lo-Fi & Hi-Touch In The Age of Hi-Tech
A lecture by Scott Doorley, creative director of the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford 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
24 Oct, 2012
Special Events
Design Tools for Engineering for Both Big and Little Kids
with Saul Griffith, Founder / Principal Scientist at Other Lab Read more
24 Oct, 2012
Special Events
Design Tools for Engineering for Both Big and Little Kids
with Saul Griffith, Founder / Principal Scientist at Other Lab Read more
06 Sep, 2012
History & Theory
with Geoff Manaugh, author of BLDGBLOG and former senior editor of Dwell magazine Read more
26 Apr, 2012
History & Theory
with Rita Raley, Associate Prof. of English, among other distinguished appointments Read more
12 Apr, 2012
Workshops
Mutated Text: a Cross-Genre Creative Writing Workshop
In celebration of "Improper Informalities :: Strange Writing :: Eclectic Ties"
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
18 Nov, 2011
History & Theory
Lydia Liu, in conversation with Martin Jay and David Bates on her new book, "The Freudian Robot"
The author of "The Freudian Robot: Digital Media and the Future of the Unconscious" talking to Martin Jay (History) and David Bates (Rhetoric) Read more
22 Sep, 2011
Special Events
with Uday Danvadate, co-founder and CEO of SonicRim, a global design research consulting practice Read more
17 Apr, 2011
Special Events
Futurefarmers Think Lodge*
*(hint: think tank and sweat lodge) Read more
30 Mar, 2011
Special Events
New Media Research Roundtable: On Common Ground, Paula Levine
Led by Paula Levine, artist and researcher whose experimental videos have shown in screenings in New York's Lincoln Centre Read more
14 Mar, 2011
Special Events
Fashioning Apollo – Spacesuits, Cities, and How to Dress for Tomorrow
A lecture by Nicholas de Monchaux Read more
09 Mar, 2011
Special Events
A lecture by Stuart Candy - aSenior Foresight and Innovation Specialist at Arup, Adjunct Professor at California College of the Arts, and Research Fellow of The Long Now Foundation Read more
24 Jan, 2011
Art, Tech & Culture
Rhinoceros Beetles, Kissable Frogs and other Close Encounters with Biodiverse and the Tasty Future
An Arts, Technology, and Culture Colloquium lecture by Natalie Jeremijenko Read more
19 Jan, 2011
Special Events
Design Futures: Making Technology Meaningful – Bridging Research & Practice
with Dr. Jaspal Sandhu and Dr. Mahad Ibrahim (Gobee) Read more
17 Nov, 2010
Special Events
New Media Research Roundtable: Futurefarmers Recent and Forthcoming Work — A Variation on the Powers of Ten
Futurefarmers is a group of artists, designers and architects who use various media to create work that responds to the time and place around them Read more
5 days ago
Make a Big Impact on the Future with the Big Give
This year, arm the next generation of innovators with the tools to build just and equitable technological futures through the Berkeley Center for New Media. Read more
02 Mar, 2021
Call for Entries: Refamiliarization
The exhibition calls on participants to imagine and give form to new versions of the “familiar.” Read more
01 Mar, 2021
danah boyd & Gail De Kosnik on the New Normal
danah boyd & Gail De Kosnik were featured in an article from the Pew Research Center and Elon University on Imagining the Internet, predicting how technology, climate change, and politics will effect a post-Covid-19 world. Read more
25 Feb, 2021
Alenda Chang on Rambunctious Video Games for Do Your Bit
Alenda Chang was recently featured on the podcast, Doing our Bit, to discuss rambunctious video games. Read more
14 Feb, 2021
Xiaowei Wang and An Xiao Mina on The Great Shopping Mall
Read more
14 Feb, 2021
Black Future Feminist Launched by Grace Gipson
Read more
13 Feb, 2021
Bo Ruberg Wins Stonewall Book Award
Congratulations to BCNM alum Bo Ruberg for receieving a Stonewall Book Award! Read more
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
07 Feb, 2021
BCNM faculty, alumni, and graduate student participate in MLA's 2021 Conference. Read more
04 Feb, 2021
Jen Schradie on France 24 on Regulating Big Tech
Jen Schradie recently appeared on France 24 to discuss regulating Big Tech companies. 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
22 Dec, 2020
Xiaowei Wang Published in Guernica
Xiaowei features in Guernica magazine with their piece "Future Fashions: The Pår". Read more
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
09 Dec, 2020
Spring 2021 Applications for Designated Emphasis and Certificate in New Media Now Open
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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
30 Nov, 2020
BCNM Around the Web December
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this December! Read more
25 Nov, 2020
Mark your calendars for this incredible line up of speakers! 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
12 Nov, 2020
Announcing our 2020 Undergraduate Cohort
Please join us in welcoming our 2020 cohort of Undergraduate Certificate in New Media students!
Read more
12 Nov, 2020
Xiaowei Wang's The Future of Memory Highlighted at UCLA
Xiaowei Wang's The Future of Memory project was recently featured by the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture. 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
19 Oct, 2020
Hear Bo Ruberg at PlayThink
Bo Ruberg's podcast interview on PlayThink is now available! Read more
11 Oct, 2020
Blockchain Chicken Farm by Xiaowei Wang Published
Read more
01 Oct, 2020
Janaki Vivrekar's QuarantineAI
Janaki Vivrekar was recently interviewed by the Life in Quarantine Project on her Quarantined AI work. Read more
01 Oct, 2020
Ken Goldberg and Tata Communications on How AI Can Diversify Human Thinking
Ken Goldberg worked on a global study with Tata Communications, looking at the potential impact of AI on human thinking. Read more
29 Sep, 2020
BCNM Around the Web October 2020
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this October! Read more
29 Sep, 2020
The First Five Minutes of the Future with Jane McGonigal
What will you do when the next “unthinkable” change happens? Play this game to find out. Read more
24 Sep, 2020
Trevor Paglen Interviewed in Document Journal
Trevor Paglen was recently interviewed by Document Journal on "CIA-funded facial recognition technology, images in the post-truth era, and why AI is its own form of politics." 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
01 Sep, 2020
Summer Research Dispatch: Chris Chan & International Art Collaborations
COVID-19 curtailed travel, but Chris Chan continued to develop relationships with artists in China and Taiwan. Read more
11 Aug, 2020
Mark your calendars for this incredible line up of speakers!
Read more
11 Aug, 2020
Playing Nature Reviewed in Manchester Game Studies Network
Sam Illingworth reviewed alum Alenda's Chang latest book on ecology in video games. Read more
10 Aug, 2020
Announcing the 2020-2021 History and Theory of New Media Season
This year, we are thrilled to share that our theme for the 2020-2021 series is Indigenous Technologies. Read more
08 Aug, 2020
Mediating Art and Science Co-Edited by Alenda Chang
Media+Environment publishes its latest issue, with three new essays on reconciling art and science. Read more
03 Aug, 2020
Jane McGonigal on Sparking Hope for the Future
Alum Jane McGonigal has us ask ourselves three questions during the pandemic. Read more
02 Aug, 2020
Reggie Royston in AI4Afrika Team
AI4Afrika's goal is to make AI more inclusive and aware of Afrikan perspectives. Read more
29 Jul, 2020
Fall 2020 Applications for Designated Emphasis and Certificate in New Media Now Open
Read more
25 Jul, 2020
Jane McGonigal Featured on Verizon
Alum Jane McGonigal's work is featured for how to save the world with games. Read more
22 Jul, 2020
Review of Video Games Have Always Been Queer in First Person Scholar
Betsy Brey reviews Bo Ruberg's book in "The Queer Games We Play." Read more
21 Jul, 2020
BCNM Faculty Receive Berkeley Changemaker Grants
[Image credit: Original image from: King st. Development in Toronto by Frank Gehry, edited by Elnaz Tafrihi Bailey.] Read more
19 Jul, 2020
Trevor Paglen's Opposite Geometries at the Carnegie Museum of Art
The show runs from Sep 4, 2020–Mar 14, 2021. Read more
02 Jul, 2020
Clancy Wilmott & Emma Fraser Publish Ruins of the Smart City
The visual intervention was published in the journal of Visual Communication and considers what the city could be by investigating the cities of today. Read more
21 Jun, 2020
Highlights from Jane McGonigal's IBM Talk at CodeMotion
Jane asks: Can the innovation of games prepare us for the future? Read more
17 Jun, 2020
Farewelling Our Assistant Team
A huge congratulations to our incredible team of assistants who are graduating this year! They have been essential to BCNM life and we'll miss them greatly! 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
30 Apr, 2020
Conference Grants: Bélgica del Rio on The Performativities of Anishinaabe Water Songs in My Body
Bélgica del Rio, a Spring 2020 Conference Grant recipient, presented "The Performativities of Anishinaabe Water Songs in My Body” at the American Indian and Indigenous Collective’s 6th Annual Symposium. Read more
29 Apr, 2020
Alum Brooke Belisle Edits Journal on Virtual Reality
Our BCNM alum Brooke Belisle co-edited the Journal of Visual Culture's issue on Virtual Reality: Immersion and Empathy. Read more
29 Apr, 2020
Congratulating Our 2020 Undergraduate Certificate Graduates
Congratulations to our 2020 cohort, who are graduating with the New Media Undergraduate Certificate!
Read more
29 Apr, 2020
Congratulating our 2020 Graduates
Photo: Bowen Wei. 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
Alenda Chang Mentor for Indiecade Climate Jam
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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
16 Apr, 2020
BCNM Around the Web April 2020
Check out the amazing work of our faculty and alumni in April 2020! Read more
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
07 Apr, 2020
Jane McGonigal on Stretching the Imagination in a Pandemic
As the Coronavirus becomes more widespread she argues that we need to learn how to adapt quickly to global changes that will continue to disrupt our daily lives. Read more
30 Mar, 2020
Announcing Our Spring 2020 Graduate Cohort
Image: Jingran Chu. Read more
29 Mar, 2020
Alum Bo Ruberg Publishes The Queer Games Avant-Garde
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25 Mar, 2020
Alum Malika Imhotep Interviewed on Bespoken Bones
In the interview, Malika talks about what it means to play with grief, the erotic, sex, and ancestors as a black feminist. 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
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
Ken Goldberg & Abigail De Kosnik at TechCrunch
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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
Trevor Paglen in Art in the Age of Anxiety
Trevor Paglen's video installation, "Circles," will be showcased in the upcoming "Art in the Age of Anxiety" exhibition. Read more
24 Feb, 2020
Review of Jane McGonigal's Future Thinking Course
Belgian newspaper De Tiljd reviews Jane McGonigal's "Futures Thinking Specialization" classes on Coursera. Read more
24 Feb, 2020
Jane McGonigal in After Shock
Jane McGonigal was featured in futurist compendium After Shock. Read more
12 Feb, 2020
Ken Goldberg was a part of the "Robots for Good" conference track at CES 2020. Read more
07 Feb, 2020
Miyoko Conley's Human Museum Live Feb 12
Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies presents Miyoko Conley's Human Museum as part of the New Play Reading Series! Read more
05 Feb, 2020
Last year, both BCNM students and alumni presented compelling new research at annual meeting of the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts 2019. Read more
05 Feb, 2020
Stuart Geiger at CSCW 2019
Stuart Geiger talks about the "various trends in the lengths of published papers in ACM CSCW from 2000-2018" at CSCW 2019. 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
01 Feb, 2020
Conference Grants: Rebecca Levitan on the Digital Futures of Ancient Objects
Rebecca Levitan, a Fall 2019 Conference Grant recipient, ran a workshop on Discussing Next Steps for Collaborative Digital Humanities Projects at annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America. Read more
27 Jan, 2020
Ken Goldberg at California Future of Work Commission
Ken Goldberg attended the California Future of Work Commission's October 2019 meeting. Read more
27 Jan, 2020
Visit Xiaowei Wang's Exhibition '女 Nǚ: Other Half of The Sky'
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12 Jan, 2020
ATC Video Now Online: Marisa Morán Jahn
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10 Jan, 2020
ATC Video Now Online: Madeline Gannon
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05 Jan, 2020
Jacob Gaboury Speaks at Training Humans
Jacob Gaboury spoke at the Fondazione Prada Exhibition, Training Humans, by alum Trevor Paglen and Kate Crawford. Read more
30 Dec, 2019
Alum Jane McGonigal Launches Future Thinking on Coursera
Alum Jane McGonigal is now on Coursera teaching us how to be futurist thinkers! Read more
27 Dec, 2019
Bo Ruberg Keynotes UCIESC 2019
Alum Bo Ruberg keynoted the UC Irvine Esports conference with a presentation on diversity and Esports. 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
Alum Alenda Chang Publishes Playing Nature
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27 Nov, 2019
Spring 2020 Applications for Designated Emphasis and Certificate in New Media Now Open
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27 Nov, 2019
Julien Mailland Video Now Available
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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
06 Nov, 2019
Abigail De Kosnik and Piracy as the Future of Culture
BCNM Director Abigail De Kosnik published 'Piracy and the Future of Culture' in the journal Third Text. Read more
02 Nov, 2019
BCNM Around the Web November 2019
More in the media from faculty Ken Goldberg, Alex Saum, Claudia von Vacano and Jacob Gaboury; and alumni Trevor Paglen, Bo Ruberg, Alenda Chang and Jen Schradie. Read more
23 Oct, 2019
ATC Video Now Online: Morehshin Allahyari
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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
15 Oct, 2019
Xiaowei Wang Receives Mozilla Creative Media Award
The Creative Media Awards highlight how AI intersects with online media and truth and impacts our everyday lives. 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
23 Sep, 2019
Open House Fall 2019 Revisited
This year's Open House was lead by new BCNM Director Abigail De Kosnik! Read more
14 Sep, 2019
ATC Video Now Online: Kevin Delaney
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12 Sep, 2019
Xiaowei Wang's The Future of Memory Exhibited by Schloss & ZKM
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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
22 Aug, 2019
Summer Research Dispatch: Tory Jeffay on Photographic Evidence & Police Body Cameras
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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
12 Aug, 2019
BCNM Faculty, Students, Staff Advise on and Support Proposed Legislation on Digital Media Literacy
Senator Klobuchar has introduced Digital Media Literacy legislation at the 116th Congress, with support from several BCNM faculty, students, and staff.
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08 Aug, 2019
Alumni Amy Koehler-Catterson and Jenni Higgs Publish on The Multiple Meanings of Scale
The article, co-authored with Richard Paquin Morel and Cynthia Coburn, was published in Educational Researcher. 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
15 Jul, 2019
Christo Sims on How Idealistic High-Tech Schools Often Fail to Help Poor Kids Get Ahead
Alum Christo Sims published his essay in Zócalo Public Square. Read more
14 Jul, 2019
Trevor Paglen at the Vienna Biennale
Alum Trevor Paglen The Vienna Biennale for Change takes place from May 29 to October 6, 2019 with the theme BRAVE NEW VIRTUES. Shaping Our Digital World. 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
12 Jul, 2019
William Morgan on Calculative Reason and its Reproduction
William presented "Calculative Reason and its Reproduction" at the 2019 Association for Philosophy and Literature (APL) Conference in Klagenfurt, Austria. Read more
11 Jul, 2019
Check out the highlights and videos from a stellar season, featuring luminaries such as Roxane Gay and Adam Savage! 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
11 Jul, 2019
Commons Conversations 2018-2019 In Review
Check out the highlights for this responsive series that delves into the impact of new media on our current political and public climate. Read more
09 Jul, 2019
Check out the highlights and videos from this incredible program, featuring Molly Steenson and Safiya Noble! Read more
08 Jul, 2019
Fall 2019 Applications for Designated Emphasis and Certificate in New Media Now Open
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01 Jul, 2019
Announcing the New Berkeley Center for New Media Director
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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
20 Jun, 2019
Damon Young Promoted to Associate Professor!
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16 Jun, 2019
Arianna Ninh on Alterwear
Arianna Ninh received a BCNM Undergraduate Research Fellowship to work on Alterwear under the mentorship of Molly Nicholas. 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
07 Jun, 2019
Stefanos Geroulanos HTNM Video Now Online
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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
30 May, 2019
Ken Goldberg Part of Team Introducing Robotics to Water Conservation in Farming
The UC Merced led team 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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19 May, 2019
Congratulating our 2019 Graduates
Work by Mathieu Iniesta. Read more
18 May, 2019
Alum Trevor Paglen in Entangled Realities at HEK
The exhibition Entangled Realities runs from May 9th to August 11th and is dedicated to the current topic of artificial intelligence (AI) and its effects on human life and society. Read more
07 May, 2019
Alum Naomi Bragin Receives NEH Summer Stipend
Naomi will work on "An Ethnographic Cultural History of Streetdance since 1970." Read more
30 Apr, 2019
#Identity: Hashtagging Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Nation Published
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28 Apr, 2019
HTNM Revisited: Stefanos Geroulanos
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25 Apr, 2019
Ken Goldberg at Financial Times Digital Surgery Summit
Goldberg presented at the 2019 The Financial Times Digital Surgery Summit. Read more
21 Apr, 2019
Jacob Gaboury at Jacobs Design Field Notes
Jacob discussed the queer history of computing in the Jacob Institute's For Whom? By Whom? program. Read more
08 Apr, 2019
ATC Revisited: Morehshin Allahyari
Photo by Malachi Tran. Read more
08 Apr, 2019
Alum Jane McGonigal Teaching How to be a Futurist at Stanford
McGonigal will teach a course titled, "How to Think Like a Futurist: Improve Your Powers of Imagination, Invention, and Capacity for Change." Read more
02 Apr, 2019
Eric Paulos a Mentor at the C&C Graduate Student Symposium
The Creativity and Cognition Graduate Student Symposium provides a forum in which students have a unique opportunity to meet and discuss their work with each other and a panel of experienced researchers and practitioners. Read more
02 Apr, 2019
Jacob Gaboury at Incomputable Futures
Gaboury was a featured speaker at A Symposium on Representation, Computation, and Experimental Scholarship this past March. Read more
21 Mar, 2019
Announcing our Spring 2019 Graduate Cohort
Art by Yuanpei Zhuang. Read more
21 Mar, 2019
Christo Sims at Media Design Practices
BCNM alum Christo Sims presented at Media Design Practices' New…… Now! Thesis Symposium. Read more
19 Mar, 2019
Alum Trevor Paglen on the Modern Arts Notes Podcast
Episode No. 381 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artist Trevor Paglen. Read more
19 Mar, 2019
Trevor Paglen on KPBS and in San Diego
Artist Trevor Paglen’s work featured on KPBS Read more
19 Mar, 2019
Alum Jenni Higgs Published in Communications of the ACM
"It's About Power" by alum Jenni Higgs and Sepehr Vakil was published in the March 2019 volume of Communications of the ACM. 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
14 Mar, 2019
Alum Margaret Rhee Receives Best Book Award from AAAS
The Association for Asian American Studies selected her book for an award in Poetry. Read more
14 Mar, 2019
Nicholas de Monchaux on Space Suits of the Future in Pacific Standard
The future of space suits and what it means for space exploration. Read more
08 Mar, 2019
Ken Goldberg in Forbes on Brookings Institute Report
Rich Blakes talks to Ken Goldberg about the Brookings Institute Report on how automation will impact various employment sectors. Read more
04 Mar, 2019
Ken Goldberg's DexNet 4.0 in Axios
"Berkeley's two-armed robot hints at a new future for warehouses" writes Kaveh Waddell for Axios. Read more
28 Feb, 2019
New Reviews of Queer Games Studies
Two more publications have reviewed alum Bonnie Ruberg's Queer Game Studies. Read more
28 Feb, 2019
Trevor Paglen will co-host a featured speaker session at SXSW on March 9. Read more
26 Feb, 2019
Ken Goldberg on AI & the Future of Work
Goldberg is featured on the NewRetirement podcast in a brand new episode title, "AI, Automation and the Future of Work" Read more
25 Feb, 2019
Alum Bonnie Ruberg at Game Developer's Conference
BCNM Alum Bonnie Ruberg will present at the 2019 Game Developers' Conference Read more
25 Feb, 2019
Ken Goldberg to attend Amazon's re:MARS 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
21 Feb, 2019
Dex-Net 4.0 in TechCrunch
TechCrunch highlights a new suite of robots pushing current boundaries on agility. Read more
18 Feb, 2019
Ken Goldberg on Robots in Nature Machine Intelligence
Ken Goldberg reflects on how four exciting sub-fields of robotics — co-robotics, human–robot interaction, deep, learning and cloud robotics — accelerate a renewed trend toward robots working safely and constructively with humans. Read more
14 Feb, 2019
Announcing the 2019 Eugene Jarvis Recipient
The generous Eugene Jarvis Design Innovation scholarship was awarded to Fionce Siow. Read more
14 Feb, 2019
Abigail De Kosnik in Unwatchable
Abigail De Kosnik is a contributor to the 2019 essay anthology, edited by Nicholas Baer, Maggie Hennefeld, Laura Horak, and Gunnar Iversen. Read more
12 Feb, 2019
Critical Making at UBI Comp
Critical Making: Designing for Activism, featuring BCNM faculty Eric Paulos and Jill Miller as instructors, will be at the 10th International UBI Summer School in Oulu, Finland. Read more
11 Feb, 2019
Malika Imhotep at the National African American Digital Humanities Conference
Malika Imhotep received a conference grant from the BCNM to help defray costs associated with attending African American Digital Humanities initiative conference. Read more
04 Feb, 2019
Now Accepting Applications for our 2019-2020 Faculty Seed Grants
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30 Jan, 2019
BCNM at San Francisco's Night of Ideas
BCNM faculty Nicholas de Monchaux, Shannon Jackson and Ken Goldberg, along with DE student Malika Imhotep participated in San Francisco's Night of Ideas. Read more
29 Jan, 2019
Spring 2019 Applications for the Designated Emphasis and Certificate in New Media Now Open
Applications are open to admitted graduated students at UC Berkeley and are due March 1, 2019. Read more
11 Jan, 2019
Sonia Katyal in Courthouse News on AI
Sonia Katyal is one of the technology experts who shared their thoughts and opinions on AI in the workforce at the Our People-Centered Digital Future conference. Read more
11 Jan, 2019
Ken Goldberg at the Blum Center
Ken Goldberg visited the Blum Center to speak on the future of work and on human and AI interaction. 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 Jane McGonigal at Claremont Colleges
Jane McGonigal appeared at Pomona College to discuss her latest book and her take on the effects of gaming. Read more
18 Dec, 2018
Alum Jane McGonigal Leads Discussion on the Future of Education
Cal State Long Beach recently collaborated with Jane McGonigal on a project to gather feedback on how to develop the campus. Read more
28 Nov, 2018
Ken Goldberg at Cosmo Caixa
Ken Goldberg was featured as a robotics expert in a debate which examined the future of collaborative robots and the transformation of future work environments. Read more
26 Nov, 2018
Announcing our Fall 2018 Graduate Cohort
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26 Nov, 2018
Ken Goldberg in Forbes on The Workforce
Forbes magazine featured Ken Goldberg and his work and study regarding the dependence of AI on human workers, and vice versa. Read more
26 Nov, 2018
Conference Grants: Grace Gipson and Malika Imhotep at ‘Intentionally Digital, Intentionally Black’
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26 Nov, 2018
Alum Reginold Royston at ASA 2018
BCNM Alum Reginold Royston presented at the 2018 African Studies Association Read more
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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07 Nov, 2018
Ken Goldberg in the NYT's "What Comes After the Roomba?"
Ken Goldberg and his group at Berkeley are currently research and testing the capcities of robots that can - possibly - clean a whole house. Read more
05 Nov, 2018
Andrew Atwood in Project Journal
Andrew Atwood was featured in Issue 7 of Project Journal at Archinect Outpost. Read more
29 Oct, 2018
Alum Bonnie Ruberg Published on Straight-Washing in TWC
Alum Bonnie Ruberg published article on straight-washing in the Journal of Transformative Works and Cultures. Read more
24 Oct, 2018
Alum Christo Sims in Keywords for Ethnography and Design
BCNM alum Christo Sims was published in a collection of short essays, Keywords for Ethnography and Design. Read more
26 Sep, 2018
Nicholas de Monchaux and Neyran Turan in 7x7
Nicholas de Monchaux's Modem and Neyran Turan's Nemestudio were featured in 7x7's roundup of the amazing Bay Area Now exhibition! 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
10 Sep, 2018
Lyman Dispatch: Grace Gipson on Unleashing Your Inner Superhero
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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
21 Aug, 2018
Announcing the Fall 2018-Spring 2019 Season of the Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium
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11 Aug, 2018
Grace Gipson Reviews Disability, Race, and Gender in Speculative Fiction
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31 Jul, 2018
Ken Goldberg on Autodesk's Lego-Building Robot
Ken Goldberg weighs in on Autodesk's new Lego-building robot on Fast Company! Read more
30 Jul, 2018
Grace Gipson Presents at UNC's 2018 MURAP Conference
The 2018 Conference for UNC Chapel Hill's Moore Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program focused on Afrofuturism and Indigenous Futurities. Read more
26 Jul, 2018
Ken Goldberg on ABC News on Robots as the Future of AI
"Why is Facebook keen on robots? It's just the future of AI," writes Ryan Nakashima. Read more
20 Jul, 2018
Asma Kazmi on the Outcomes of Cranes & Cube
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12 Jul, 2018
Eric Paulos Keynotes ASLLA 2018 Symposium
This invitation-only, small, roundtable discussion that lasts several days to encourage in-depth discussions of frontier research of leading scientists around the globe. Read more
10 Jul, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen at the 2018 Seattle Art Fair
From August 2-5, 2018, you can see work by Trevor Paglen in Seattle! 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
28 Jun, 2018
Fall 2018 Applications for Designated Emphasis and Certificates in New Media Now Open
Applications are open to admitted graduated students at UC Berkeley and are due November 1, 2018. Read more
14 Jun, 2018
Neyran Turan on the Outcomes of New Cadavre Exquis
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14 Jun, 2018
Jacob Gaboury Quoted in The International Business Times on Virtual Plotting
Jacob Gaboury weighs in on movies that are adjusted to the brain waves of viewers. Read more
13 Jun, 2018
Alum Clement Hil Goldberg at Outfest LA
Clement Hil Goldberg's Our Future Ends plays at Outfest Los Angeles this July 13, 2018! Read more
11 Jun, 2018
Asma Kazmi & Alum Lark VCR at San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art
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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
28 May, 2018
Queer Game Studies Reviewed on Electronic Book Review
Queer Game Studies, edited by BCNM alum Bonnie Ruberg, was reviewed on Electronic Book Review. 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
28 May, 2018
Ken Goldberg at ICRA 2018
Ken Goldberg was a speaker at ICRA 2018's workshop on advances in robotic warehouse automation. Read more
28 May, 2018
Ken Goldberg on TechCrunch Robotics at Berkeley in CGTN America
Ken Goldberg, who was a keynote speaker at TechCrunch Sessions: Robotics, was featured on America CGTN. 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
After the Private Self with Damon Young
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17 May, 2018
ATC Video Now Online: Nicholas Negroponte
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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
07 May, 2018
Revisited: Critical Making Showcase
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07 May, 2018
Ken Goldberg at the Executive Leadership Conference on Robots in Consumer Packaged Goods
Ken Goldberg attended the annual Executive Leadership Conference to discuss Can Robots Really Handle Consumer Packaged Goods?. 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
25 Apr, 2018
Undergraduate Research Dispatch: Wenny Miao on Urban Sensing
Wenny Miao, recipient of a BCNM undergraduate research fellowship, was selected to work with Noura Howell on her project about urban sensing. 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 Symposium
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18 Apr, 2018
Nicholas de Monchaux & Neyran Turan Receive Graham Foundation Award
Selected from more than 600 proposals, Nicholas de Monchaux and Neyran Turan were two of 74 recipients of a Graham Foundation grant. Read more
18 Apr, 2018
Nicholas de Monchaux's Studio One Course on Radical Futures in Landscape Architecture Magazine
Nicholas de Monchaux's Studio ONE master's program, which begins next school year, was featured in the Landscape Architecture Magazine. Read more
11 Apr, 2018
Trevor Paglen Featured in SSENSE
Charlie Robin Jones from SSENSE interviewed Trevor Paglen and published their conversation with the title "The Artist Trevor Paglen, The Surveillance State, and Your Life." 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
19 Mar, 2018
Revisited: Amateurism Across the Arts
Amateurism Across the Arts, a symposium co-sponsored by BCNM, drew a crowd of 70 community members who explore DIY artistic production. Read more
06 Mar, 2018
Goldberg and da Vinci Robot in Wired
Ken Goldberg and the da Vinci robot's surgical potential was featured in Wired. Read more
02 Mar, 2018
Rue and Koci Hernandez on AR in the California Magazine
Professors Jeremy Rue and Richard Koci Hernandez were featured in an article in California Magazine on augmented reality. Read more
09 Feb, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen on e-Flux
Read Trevor Paglen's article on Fedorov's Geographies of Time on e-Flux Read more
06 Feb, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen at ARCOMadrid 2018
Paglen is one of the featured artists at ARCOmadrid 2018, a contemporary art gallery series. Read more
02 Feb, 2018
Malika Imhotep at NWSA 2017
As one of the recipients of the Spring 2017 BCNM Conference Grant, Malika Imhotep received funding to attend and present her research findings at the 2017 National Women's Studies Association Conference. Read more
02 Feb, 2018
Ken Goldberg on Multiplicity in Wired
Goldberg was featured in "Forget the Robot Singularity Apocalypse. Let's Talk about the Multiplicity" in Wired, on the rise of robot-human multiplicity. Read more
30 Jan, 2018
Ken Goldberg at the Culture of the Future in Moscow
Ken Goldberg participated in arts 'laboratory' at NCCA, Moscow Read more
30 Jan, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen on "Into the Impossible" Podcast
Paglen discusses his Orbital Reflector during "Speculative CubeSats" on the Center for Human Imagination's podcast.
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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
BCNM Now Accepting Applications for 2018-2019 Faculty Seed Grants
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24 Jan, 2018
Announcing our Spring 2018 Symposium — The Past is Present: Virtuality, Archaeology, and the Future of History
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23 Jan, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen at WEF meeting
BCNM Alumnus Trevor Paglen was selected to attend the 48th Annual World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos. Read more
22 Jan, 2018
Spring 2018 Applications Now Open for the Graduate Designated Emphasis & Certificate Program
Graduate students are now invited to apply for Spring 2018 admission into the BCNM program. Read more
05 Dec, 2017
Alum Leslie Dreyer ACES Artist in Residence
"A ‘Sanctuary City’ but who gets to live here?"
with Leslie Dreyer ACES Artist in Residence and BCNM Alum Read more
05 Dec, 2017
Ken Goldberg on The Next Billion Seconds
Ken Goldberg was featured on the podcast, The Next Ten Billion Seconds. Read more
04 Dec, 2017
Revisited: NWMEDIA 201 Performance Night
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03 Dec, 2017
BCNM Seed Grant Funded New Cadavre Exquis by Neyran Turan Receives Award
Neyran Turan, recipient of a BCNM seed grant, received an honorable mention from the 2017 Architect's Newspaper Best of Design Awards. Read more
20 Nov, 2017
Welcome to Our Fall 2017 Graduate Cohort
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17 Nov, 2017
Alum Bonnie Ruberg's Queer Games Studies Reviewed in First Person Scholar
Queer Game Studies, edited by BCNM alum Bonnie Ruberg (with Adrienne Shaw), has been reviewed in First Person Scholar. Read more
14 Nov, 2017
Tiffany Ng Appointed Affiliate Faculty in Digital Studies at University of Michigan
BCNM alum Tiffany Ng has added affiliate faculty in Digital Studies to her profile. Read more
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
Alum Bonnie Ruberg's Queer Games Studies Reviewed in Creative Applications
Queer Game Studies, edited by BCNM alum Bonnie Ruberg (with Adrienne Shaw), has been reviewed in Creative Applications. Read more
08 Nov, 2017
Ed Campion on the University Carillon
Ed Campion, Department of Music chair, comments on the university Carillon and the Music Department's support. Read more
07 Nov, 2017
Alum Trevor Paglen in Conversation with Hito Steyerl in Porto
Trevor Paglen and Hito Steyerl participated in a Forum of the Future discussion. Read more
03 Nov, 2017
Bonnie Ruberg Published in Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds
Alum Bonnie Ruberg has been published in the June 2017 issue of Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds. Read more
03 Nov, 2017
Alum Trevor Paglen Visiting Faculty at The New Normal
BCNM alum Trevor Paglen is named visiting faculty at The New Normal, a post-graduate program in Moscow, Russia. Read more
03 Nov, 2017
Conference Grants: Will Payne at the Future of Food in St. Louis
Will Payne reflects on his experience at the Future of Food Studies conference, which was funded by a BCNM Fall Student Grant. Read more
24 Oct, 2017
Announcing the Fall 2017 BCNM Conference Grant Recipients!
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18 Oct, 2017
Grace Gipson on Afrofuturism and Comic Books in Black Perspectives
Grace Gipson writes about the role of Black Women in the superhero comic book universe in works such as Misty Knight and Moon Girl. Read more
17 Oct, 2017
Please welcome our new Executive Committee member Tom McEnaney! McEnaney works at the intersections of the history of media and technology, Argentine, Cuban, and U.S. literature, sound studies, and computational (digital) humanities. Read more
17 Oct, 2017
Greg Niemeyer in Open Codes Exhibition at ZKM
Greg Niemeyer's work is being exhibited at ZKM in their Open Codes exhibit from October 20th 2017 to August 8th 2018. Read more
17 Oct, 2017
Ron Rael at Berkeley's Uncharted Festival
Ron Rael will be presenting "Borderwall as architecture" at Uncharted at 11:30 on the 27th! Read more
17 Oct, 2017
Nicholas de Monchaux Quoted in The Guardian on the Hyperloop
Nicholas de Monchaux, an associate professor of architecture and urban design at the University of California, Berkeley, commented on Elon Musk's dream for an underground highway in Los Angeles. 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
10 Oct, 2017
Sonia Katyal in Slate on AI, Algorithms, and Sexual Orientation
Sonia Katyal, a BCNM faculty member and law professor at Berkeley, publishes an article on why you should be suspicious of that study claiming A.I. can detect a person’s sexual orientation. Read more
03 Oct, 2017
Ken Goldberg Quoted in NYT on Warehouse Robots
UC Berkeley professor Ken Goldberg is featured in a NYT article regarding his lab's phenomenal robotic work. Read more
03 Oct, 2017
Ken Goldberg & Automation Lab on RTVE
Ken Goldberg and the Automation Lab make an appearance on RTVE's "El cazador de crebros," or "The Brain Hunter," to talk about artificial intelligence. Read more
03 Oct, 2017
Alum Reginold Royston at SNTA
BCNM alum Reginold Royston presented at the first day of the Strategic Narratives of Technology and Africa conference. Read more
28 Sep, 2017
Eric Paulos' Hybrid Ecologies Lab in Forbes for Work with Adobe
Eric Paulos is one of the researchers from the Hybrid Ecologies Lab at UC Berkeley working with Adobe on their new endeavors. Read more
26 Sep, 2017
Nicholas de Monchaux at Ohio State University Oct 18
BCNM Director Nicholas de Monchaux will be speaking at Ohio State University as part of its fall lecture series. Read more
19 Sep, 2017
Fall 2017 Applications Now Open for the Graduate Designated Emphasis & Certificate Program
Graduates are now invited to apply for Fall 2017 admission into the BCNM program.
Applications due November 1. Read more
18 Sep, 2017
UC Berkeley Team Selected To Design Adaptive Responses To Bay Area Climate Change
A diverse group of locally-based and globally-experienced professionals, academics, students, and policy makers from the University of California, Berkeley has been chosen to participate in the Resilient By Design (RBD) Bay Area Challenge. Read more
16 Aug, 2017
Ken Goldberg Quoted in the NYT on Autonomous Gliders
Microsoft teaches gliders how to fly on their own; Prof. Goldberg brings insight to this NYT article Read more
08 Aug, 2017
Alum Clement Hil Goldberg at Counterpulse
Hil Goldberg's "Our Future Ends" will be showcased at the established experimental performance space in San Francisco. Read more
02 Aug, 2017
Nicholas de Monchaux at Exploratorium After Dark, Discussing Space Suits
Don't miss out on this opportunity to hear Prof. de Monchaux discuss human space travel with Adam Savage, famed industrial designer. Read more
28 Jul, 2017
Ken Goldberg at the Applied Innovation Exchange
Ken Goldberg led a conversation on a benign robot future in which robots work together with humans at "What's Now: San Francisco" at the Applied Innovation Exchange. Read more
19 Jul, 2017
DexNet Collaboration with the Siemens Institute
Read more
18 Jul, 2017
de Monchaux Quoted in Newsweek on Spacesuits
Amidst all the talk of future migration to Mars, one overlooked subject is perhaps the most important: what will we wear? Read more
18 Jul, 2017
Ken Goldberg's WSJ Article Quoted in Forbes
Forbes draws from an article Professor Goldberg published earlier last month. Read more
27 Jun, 2017
Jenni Higgs in Review of Research in Education
This BCNM grad contributed to a paper on the reconceptualization of educational inquiry in the March issue of Review of Research of Education. Read more
20 Jun, 2017
Berkeley Arts + Design End of Year Reflection
Arts + Design Associate Vice Chancellor Shannon Jackson discusses the program's track record this past academic year. Read more
15 Jun, 2017
Nicholas de Monchaux at WEAR 2017
De Monchaux spoke at WEAR 2017 about his book Fashioning Apollo! Read more
15 Jun, 2017
Ken Goldberg in the Wall Street Journal
Goldberg recently published an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal on growing human-robotic partnerships. Read more
01 Jun, 2017
Shannon Jackson on Arts & Public Service at SFMOMA
Jackson was part of a moderated discussion on the future of artistic engagement in public life. Read more
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
Molly Nicholas at CHI 2017
Molly Nicholas reflects on her experience at CHI 2017 in Denver. 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
Announcing Our 2017 Graduates
We look forward to sharing their future endeavors!
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
13 May, 2017
Neyran Turan Receives Seed Grant for Cadavre Exquis
Read more
08 May, 2017
NWMEDIA C203: Critical Making Showcase 2017 Revisited
Read more
08 May, 2017
Ken Goldberg on Our Automated Future on NPR
Ken Goldberg was featured on NPR discussing robots and our automated future Read more
24 Apr, 2017
Revisited: "Parenting for a Digital Future"
with Alicia Blum-Ross Read more
13 Apr, 2017
Announcing our 2017-2018 Faculty Seed Grant Recipients
Read more
07 Apr, 2017
BCNM Seed Grants 2017: Ed Campion and the Sound Habitat
Ed Campion (Music) received $5,000 to build a sound habitat with Ron Rael (Architecture) as part of our Faculty Seed Grant program. Read more
06 Apr, 2017
Nicholas de Monchaux Lecture at Eikones
Nicholas de Monchaux presented a lecture at the Eikones National Center of Competence in Research as part of the “Planning, Contingency and the Image of the Modern City” series. Read more
06 Apr, 2017
Grace Gipson at the National Council of Black Studies
Read more
05 Apr, 2017
Greg Niemeyer Course at Stanford with DJ Spooky
Niemeyer is hosting a Media Inclusion & Innovation course DJ Spooky Read more
21 Mar, 2017
Announcing the Spring 2017 BCNM Conference Grant Recipients!
Read more
16 Mar, 2017
Commons Conversations Video Now Online: "Radical Technologies" with Adam Greenfield
Read more
16 Mar, 2017
Revisited: "Syncing... Subject, Media, Society"
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
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
28 Feb, 2017
Announcing the 2017 Eugene Jarvis Innovation Scholarship Recipient
The generous Eugene Jarvis Media Innovation Scholarship was awarded to this forward-thinking student. Read more
23 Feb, 2017
Nicholas de Monchaux at YBCA Europa Closing
BCNM Director Nicholas de Monchaux performed with Tom Sachs in the closing performance piece of the Europa landing exhibition Read more
17 Feb, 2017
BCNM Now Accepting Applications for Faculty Seed Grants!
Read more
16 Feb, 2017
Revisited: "Our Landscape Futures"
Revisiting our lovely event with Geoff Manaugh who offered students and the public an insight into the design of cities and their unintentional impacts through the lense of "burglary." Read more
03 Feb, 2017
Engaged Courses: Critical Making Designs Protest Object
Eric Paulos challenged his Critical Making class (NWMEDIA 203) to create and present a novel protest object. Read more
25 Jan, 2017
Conference Grants: Juliana Friend in DC
23 Jan, 2017
Video Now Online: Books in Browsers Series
Watch all 24 speaker events from this exciting conference here! Read more
18 Jan, 2017
Shannon Jackson’s “In Terms of Performance” Published!
An anthology co-edited by Shannon Jackson and Paula Marincola, and produced by the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage and the Arts Research Center of UC Berkeley Read more
13 Jan, 2017
Ken Goldberg on the Future of Work at the Mill Library
On Thursday, January 26, 2017 at 6:30pm 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
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
04 Nov, 2016
Grace Gipson at >Play Conference
>play is the largest student-run digital media and technology conference Read more
25 Oct, 2016
BCNM was pleased to partner with the University of California Davis Libraries and Digital Humanities at Berkeley to bring PressForward to UC Berkeley Read more
18 Oct, 2016
Together, we can think bigger and shape the future of new media 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
17 Oct, 2016
Naomi Bragin and Ashley Ferro-Murray Teaming Up at EMPAC
Former BCNM Designated Emphasis student Naomi Bragin recently offered a workshop at EMPAC, an event curated by yet another former DE Ashley Ferro-Murray Read more
22 Sep, 2016
Eric Paulos at Living Room Light Exchange
Genevieve Quick, Eric Paolos, and Alex Cruse shared recent projects and works in progress at the Bay Area Living Room Light Exchange Read more
22 Sep, 2016
Alex Saum-Pascual Interviewed by NewHive
Read more
01 Sep, 2016
Announcing Jane Jacobs and the Digital City Symposium
This event is a partnership between BCNM and the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) Read more
01 Sep, 2016
Applications for Designated Emphasis and Certificates in New Media Now Open!
All applications for Spring 2017 admittance are due November 1, 2016 Read more
01 Sep, 2016
Ken Goldberg at International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication
Goldberg gave an address at the plenary session on August 30, entitled "Multiplicity: What Robots and AI Can Teach Us about Being Human" Read more
30 Aug, 2016
Jenni Higgs & Kyle Booten Receive National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellowships
These grad students have both received the National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellowships for 2016-2017 Read more
30 Aug, 2016
Ken Goldberg on Steve Johnson's "Wonderland" Podcast
The podcast "Wonderland with Steve Johnson", recently featured BCNM's Ken Goldberg and Kate Darling to look at the "uncanny world of emotional robotics" 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
Summer Research Report: Grace Gipson and the Popular Culture Summer Workshop
Gipson received a summer research award from the BCNM to support her dissertation research by attending the Popular Culture Summer Research Workshop Read more
27 Jul, 2016
Valencia: Now Available to Rent on Vimeo
Clement Hil Goldberg, recent Art Practice and BCNM DE graduate, produced the experimental feature length film with Michelle Tea Read more
18 Jul, 2016
Ken Goldberg and the Multiplicity at Tata Communication Summit
11 Jul, 2016
Ken Goldberg and the relationship between Man and Robot
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
Two Honorable Mentions and a Best Paper at DIS 2016
This year the biennial ACM SIGCHI Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) was held in Brisbane, Australia 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
05 Jul, 2016
Greg Niemeyer Thanks You for Three Years at BCNM
For the last three years, Greg Niemeyer has skillfully led the BCNM as the Center's Director. This July, he is beginning a well-deserved sabbatical 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
24 Jun, 2016
Alex Saum-Pascual Selfie Poetry to be Exhibited
Prof. Saum-Pascual was selected as a finalist in the Relaxation Machine competition 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
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
24 May, 2016
Ashley Jerbic on her Undergrad Experience at Cal
Ashley Jerbic received her BA in Art Practice and Art History and a BCNM undergraduate certificate Read more
23 May, 2016
Eric Paulos at Futures of Design Symposium in Colombia
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
17 May, 2016
Motherhood and Raspberry Pi: Challenges for Mothers in Technology
The lack of gender diversity in technology fields has become a hot topic of late, for good reason 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
04 May, 2016
BCNM Explores, a series of site tours to investigate collaborations across disciplines Read more
19 Apr, 2016
Ashley Jerbic at the Stanford Learning Summit
Ashley has been extensively engaged in areas of research that touch upon 3D imaging, art history, art practice, and archaeology Read more
11 Apr, 2016
Video Now Online: "Library of the Future"
Experience all the buzz about last week's conversation for yourself! Watch the video here. Read more
07 Apr, 2016
Video Now Online: "Right to Remember"
As a part of The Regents Lectures, Brewster Kahle discussed digital archives. Watch it here. Read more
05 Apr, 2016
Before It's Too Late - Archiving What We (Don't) Care About
An astute lesson from Brewster Kahle, archive.org founder, shared with our director Read more
28 Mar, 2016
Art + Design Initiative Featured in Berkeley News
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
23 Feb, 2016
Revisited: "Proxies and Placeholders"
A recap of Hito Steyerl's incredible lecture! Read more
28 Jan, 2016
Apply now for the DE & Certificate in New Media
Applications for Fall 2016 admittance are due March 1, 2016 Read more
21 Jan, 2016
Shannon Jackson at ArtCOP21
ArtCOP21 was launched in advance of the UN climate talks in Paris and aimed to upend the notion that climate change discussions belong to political offices and boardrooms Read more
19 Jan, 2016
Skintillates: UC Berkeley Students engineer electronic temporary tattoo
It comes as no surprise that Skintillates won the Maker of Merit honor in the National Maker Faire Read more
11 Dec, 2015
BCNM Undergraduate Ashley Jerbic featured on Digital Humanities
Read more
04 Dec, 2015
Meet BCNM Undergrad Andrew Frankel
A part of sound artist Tarek Atoui's BAM/PFA Matrix program at UC Berkeley. Read more
01 Dec, 2015
New Undergraduates Announcement!
Congratulations to our latest new media undergraduate certificate candidates! Read more
24 Nov, 2015
Ken Goldberg at De Young Museum
On Ken Goldberg's exhibition at the De Young Museum in San Francisco Read more
23 Nov, 2015
Ken Goldberg at National Academies Keck Futures Initiative
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
04 Nov, 2015
Scott explores online learning environments to increase geographic and cultural connections and build diverse communities Read more
04 Nov, 2015
Ken Goldberg at 2015 Fortune Global Forum
02 Nov, 2015
Ken Goldberg at Bay Area Robotics Symposium 2015
Read more
26 Oct, 2015
Ken Goldberg Counters Robotics Sensationalism in "Nature"
Read more
21 Oct, 2015
Ken Goldberg's book review in Nature
Read more
08 Oct, 2015
BCNM's Recommended Spring 16 Courses Now Out!
Check out the highlights of new media courses on offer this Spring 2016! And here are a few we're proud to be offering. Read more
12 Aug, 2015
Nicholas De Monchaux and the History of Space Exploration
Read more
06 Aug, 2015
Field Notes: Teaching Nostalgia & the Future in New Media
Read more
27 Jul, 2015
Ken Goldberg on Robots and the Cloud in Time Magazine
Read more
20 Jul, 2015
"The Builders Association" by Shannon Jackson Now Available
A new book by Shannon Jackson is now out! Read more
14 Jul, 2015
Hertzian Armor Featured on AdaFruit
Eric Paulos' Spring 2015 Critical Making class gets another shout-out on AdaFruit's Wearable Wednesdays Read more
08 Jul, 2015
Summer Award Dispatches: Grace Gipson
30 Jun, 2015
Björn Hartmann Awarded Tenure
11 Jun, 2015
Ken Goldberg at Brain Bar Budapest
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
06 Apr, 2015
Summer 2015 Research Awards
BCNM is proud to announce the recipients of its Summer 2015 Research Awards! Read more
31 Mar, 2015
Bonnie Ruberg to Join USC
Bonnie will be teaching and conducting research under the guidance of game industry veterans 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
17 Mar, 2015
Abigail De Kosnik wins Graduate Assembly Faculty Mentor Award
Prof. De Kosnik has shown an outstanding commitment to mentoring, advising, and generally supporting graduate students Read more
03 Feb, 2015
Announcing the Eugene Jarvis Scholarship for Innovation in New Media
Sponsored by the game designer, Eugene Jarvis Read more
09 Dec, 2014
Questioning New Media Final Presentations
Honoring the 50th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement Read more
08 Dec, 2014
Call for Innovations Winners: Eric Paulos and Energy Parasites
03 Dec, 2014
Welcoming New Undergraduate Certificate Students
Hailing from a range of disciplines, the undergraduates who applied exemplified the interdisciplinary community the Center serves Read more
21 Nov, 2014
Revisited: Rights and Readerships Workshop
We partnered with Authors Alliance for an exciting workshop! Read about what happened, here. Read more
18 Nov, 2014
HTNM Revisited: Fred Turner
Megan Hoetger (TDPS) revisits Fred Turner’s recent History and Theory of New Media Lecture 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
01 Sep, 2014
A roboticist, artist, critic, filmmaker, scientist, teacher, and academic, Ken Goldberg has long been pushing the boundaries of art and technology Read more
01 Aug, 2014
This month, hear how BCNM Susan B. Miller Fellow Sarah Stierch supports open source information through diversifying Wikipedia and digitizing small museums’ archives
Read more
22 Jul, 2014
Why We Love Robots Wins Botsker
The Robot Film Festival is "an annual celebration of robots on screen and in performance" Read more
01 Jul, 2014
Meet Kimiko Ryokai and Laura Devendorf
We’re sharing ten stories of BCNM’s life so far Read more
02 Jun, 2014
We're celebrating our 10th year! Hear how BCNM professor Eric Paulos designs devices that transform how we understand our world Read more
08 May, 2014
Our graduating students have all contributed so much to the intellectual life of BCNM and we will miss how they have challenged and inspired us Read more
01 May, 2014
Jen Schradie has never been afraid to confront the societal inequality she witnesses 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
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
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
19 Mar, 2014
Books in Browsers Conference Proceedings
We're thrilled to see Futures of the Book partner, the Books in Browsers conference, share their conference proceedings 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
03 Mar, 2014
This month, hear how Designated Emphasis Ph.D. candidate Tiffany Ng explores urban spaces through the architecture of music. Read more
03 Feb, 2014
Connect with BCNM's Ashley Bellouin and Rare Instruments
Bellouin's music is otherworldly, haunting, and as unique as the instrument that created it Read more
21 Jan, 2014
Connect with BCNM's Naomi Bragin and Street Dance
This month, hear how Designated Emphasis Ph.D. candidate Naomi Bragin explores power structures through street dance. Read more
02 Dec, 2013
Connect with Chris Goetz and QGCon
The Berkeley Center for New Media’s interdisciplinary environment has provided Chris with a research home that allows him to draw from various fields — from psychology to computer science to design Read more
25 Nov, 2013
BCNM Welcomes New Students to the DE & Graduate Certificate in New Media
We are delighted to welcome 9 new graduate students to our Designated Emphasis and Graduate Certificate programs Read more
29 Oct, 2013
Revisited: Creating Minds
Creating Minds, an academic conference on reading and writing in the digital age had over 300 attendees throughout the day's talks and panels! Read more
22 Oct, 2013
Check out photos here! Read more
15 Oct, 2013
"What Can Robots Teach Us About Ourselves?"
As technology keeps getting better and better, we humans keep asking ourselves, what separates us from our robotic creations? Read more
17 Sep, 2013
BCNM Accepting Designated Emphasis and Masters Certificate Applications!
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
10 Jul, 2013
Introducing BCNM's New Program Officer
Drumroll, please Read more
20 May, 2013
Inventing the Future of Games 2013: Interactive Storytelling Symposium, Report by Chris Goetz
IFOG 2013 Symposium brought together academics and practitioners (as well as academic practitioners) for a stimulating conversation about storytelling in videogames Read more
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
26 Mar, 2013
Report from the Audience: Ken Goldberg Speaks on Film "Robot and Frank"
An account of a screening of the film "Robot and Frank," by Charlotte Capaldo Read more
27 Feb, 2013
BCNM Student Presentations for the annual BEARS Research Symposium, February 14, 2013
Exciting and innovative new UC Berkeley research projects weree presented at the Berkeley EECS Annual Research Symposium (BEARS). Read some of our students' research here! Read more
04 Feb, 2013
Video Art in the BCNM Commons, New Work by Jason Fritz, "Aunt Charlies Lounge: Smoking Only"
Jason Fritz is an interdisciplinary artist whose work shuttles between performance, film, installation, and disaster Read more
28 Jan, 2013
Applications for M.A./Ph.D. Academic Programs in New Media due March 1, 2013
Applications for Fall 2013 admittance to both programs are due March 1, 2013 Read more
10 Dec, 2012
BCNM New Media Graduate Students Present Their Research
Their presentations spanned a wide range of study including street dance, machine learning and cyber-communication Read more
14 Nov, 2012
Tablets, Africa's Next Leap-Frog Technology
by Reginold Royston, Ph.D. candidate in the African Diaspora Program with a Designated Emphasis in New Media Read more
15 Oct, 2012
BCNM Welcomes 2012-13 Visiting Artist, Ashley Bellouin
The Berkeley Center for New Media hosts an artist in residence annually, providing them with a space in which to explore the boundaries of their work and experiment with new ideas Read more
01 Oct, 2012
Spring 2013: Eric Paulos Teaches "Critical Making: Materials, Protocols, and Culture"
Critical Making will operationalize and critique the practice of “making” through both foundational literature and hands on studio culture Read more
19 Sep, 2012
Nicholas de Monchaux Presents Exhibit at the Venice Biennale, US Architecture Pavilion
Titled "Spontaneous Interventions : Design Actions for the Common Good" Read more
18 Sep, 2012
Applications for M.A./Ph.D. Academic Programs in New Media
Due November 1, 2012 Read more
28 Aug, 2012
William Gibson in conversation with Ken Goldberg, UC Berkeley
September 4, 2012, 7pm
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
3200 California Street (at Presidio) Read more
16 May, 2012
Mutated Text, a cross-genre creative writing workshop co-organized by Margaret Rhee with support from BCNM, was held this past April 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
Futurefarmers Powers of Ten Book Forthcoming from Sternberg Press
07 May, 2012
Nature's Toolbox: Biodiversity, Art, and Innovation at Chicago's Field Museum
Professor and BCNM Executive Committee member Paz Gutierrez will be exhibiting one of her digitally fabricated walls made of agricultural infill at the Field Museum Read more
01 Feb, 2012
A Variation on the Powers of Ten: Framework for Understanding Research
Currently, Powers of Ten will be showing at SFMOMA Six Lines of Flight on Sept. 15-Dec. 30, 2012
Read more
19 Oct, 2011
Applications for M.A./Ph.D. Academic Programs in New Media due March 1, 2012
01 Sep, 2011
Alcatel-Lucent BCNM Meeting
15 Jun, 2011
Pwning Asthma Triggers: Health Games as Technologies of Social Engagement
Next deadline – 1 March, 2021
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This list is updated regularly. Check back often for the latest updates. Email lara@berkeley.edu with suggestions.
This list is updated regularly. Check back often for the latest updates. Email lara@berkeley.edu with suggestions.
This list is updated regularly. Check back often for the latest updates. Email lara@berkeley.edu with suggestions.
Applications are now open. Applications are due February 1, 2021.
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New Media Research Fellowship
Next deadline – March 1, 2021
Applications are due October 15, 2020
Eugene Jarvis Scholarship for New Media Innovation
Applications are now open. Applications are due February 1, 2021.
Applications for Summer 2021 are due March 17, 2021
New Media Research Fellowship
Next deadline – March 1, 2021
Applications are due October 15, 2020
Eugene Jarvis Scholarship for New Media Innovation
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