"Boom California": Launch Party for Special Global Urban Humanities Issue
We're celebrating the latest issue of BOOM California Magazine! Read more
23 Aug, 2016
Special Events
Fall 2016 Open House
This is a great opportunity to connect with faculty, students, and staff on campus who work in the new media space. Read more
16 Apr, 2016
Special Events
Recasting the Tsar Bell
A public presentation of what the largest bell of all time might have sounded like Read more
04 Apr, 2016
Special Events
Online Learning Collabosphere Workshop
A workshop on Collabosphere, a new online learning tool available through bCourses. Read more
02 Nov, 2015
Special Events
Tarek Atoui Returns with MATRIX 258
Join us for public programs and performances by composer Tarek Atoui 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
14 May, 2015
Special Events
Who Owns the Data?
We're co-hosting keynote addresses, lightning talks, and panel discussions on individual agency in an increasingly digital world Read more
06 May, 2015
Special Events
Game Design Showcase and Arcade
Come to Kroeber to view student-created games! 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
19 Nov, 2014
Special Events
Human Impacts Bay Area: Innovations for the Climate Breakthrough
Join us for a night of art and conversation around innovative ways to tackle climate change Read more
04 Dec, 2013
Special Events
Townsend Book Chat: Polartides
Conversation with Professor Greg Niemeyer, BCNM Director Read more
14 Jan, 2019
Greg Niemeyer's Quantopia Highlighted in San Francisco Classical Voice
The project is a collaboration between Greg Niemeyer and DJ Spooky and celebrates the internet's evolution. Read more
03 Jan, 2019
BCNM at CSCW 2018
The 21st ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing featured presentations by BCNM faculty, students, and alumni! Read more
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
08 May, 2018
Greg Niemeyer at the Riddoch Gallery
Greg Niemeyer's art installation with Olya Dubatova was exhibited at the Riddoch Gallery in South Australia. Read more
23 Apr, 2018
Greg Niemeyer Exhibiting in Joy Forum
BCNM faculty Greg Niemeyer will be participating in the "Hyperobjects" exhbition taking place in the Joy Forum & Rom 61 from April 26-30. 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
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
26 Feb, 2018
Hack the Bells How-To Now Online
A free, online guide to organizing a carillon remix contest based off the Berkeley Center for New Media's "Hack the Bells" competition is now available. Read more
14 Nov, 2017
Niemeyer Receives Hewlett 50 Arts Commission Grant
Greg Niemeyer and collaborators DJ Spooky and the Internet Archive receive prestigious Hewlett 50 Arts Commission grant for data sonified hip-hop opera! 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
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
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
18 Sep, 2017
Ian Cheng at MOMA
Upcoming ATC speaker and Cal alumnus Ian Chang talks to CALIFORNIA Magazine about his MoMA-exhibited art, his experience at UC Berkeley, and his professional and personal journey after graduation. Read more
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
Undergraduate Research Fellowship Dispatches: Jennifer Hartman, Lark Buckingham, and Everything After
Jennifer Hartman was selected to work with Lark Buckingham (Art Practice) on her artistic exploration of the culture surrounding sexual violence 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
BCNM at Minnesota Street Project's How Not to Be Heard
"How Not to be Heard: Hito Steyerl's Subversive Strategies." Visit for yourself! Read more
23 May, 2016
BCNM at DIS 2016
BCNM was thrilled to be so widely represented at the ACM SIGCHI Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) 2016 conference in Brisbane, Australia Read more
We're so pleased to be able to share their achievements and wish them the best in their future projects! Read more
12 May, 2016
Akhila Raju Receives Eugene Lawler Sudent Award and Discusses Dealing with Disability in Tech
BCNM undergraduate Akhila Raju recently wrote about her journey through the computer science major at Cal while dealing with chronic depressive disorder Read more
12 May, 2016
2016 Faculty Seed Grants
BCNM is pleased to announce the awards of its first ever Faculty Seed Grant 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: NASA Ames
BCNM Explores, a series of site tours to investigate collaborations across disciplines Read more
26 Apr, 2016
Revisited: Recasting the Tsar Bell
We recap our unveiling of an electronic replication concert of the largest bell of all time 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
14 Apr, 2016
Recasting the Tsar Bell with John Granzow
Tthe Berkeley Center for New Media presents a interview with John Graznow, one of the many collaborators on the construction of the bell's sound 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
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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
17 Feb, 2016
Revisited: BEARS 2016
BCNM was pleased to host an open house for the Berkeley Engineering Annual Research Symposium of 2016 Read more
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
03 Feb, 2016
BCNM's Greg Niemeyer Featured in Daily Cal on UC Surveillance
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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
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
17 Nov, 2015
Meet Ashley Ferro-Murray
Ashley Ferro-Murray was three when she took her first ballet lesson — she hasn’t stopped dancing since, no matter the obstacle she’s faced. Read more
04 Nov, 2015
Meet John Scott
Scott explores online learning environments to increase geographic and cultural connections and build diverse communities Read more
Greg Niemeyer on Sciences/Humanities in The Daily Cal
The article speaks about the division between the sciences and the humanities, and presents various opinions and experiences of students and faculty as they approach this divide Read more
Interactive seating – A course on design innovation
The CITRIS Invention Lab is practically the home of contemporary innovation at Berkeley 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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18 Aug, 2015
Greg Niemeyer Presents at InstructureCon 2015
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10 Aug, 2015
MacKenzie Alessi Explores Data Arts with Digital Humanities
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29 Jul, 2015
Smart Chairs in California Magazine
06 Jul, 2015
Björn Hartmann Receives Teaching Award
01 Jul, 2015
Aclima Out of Stealth
Aclima designs and deploys environmental sensor networks. Read more
25 Jun, 2015
Greg Niemeyer on Data Privacy at NOST
08 Jun, 2015
Niemeyer Lighting Design in San Francisco Magazine
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
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
11 Mar, 2015
Tiffany Ng to be University of Michigan Carilloneur
She is Visiting Instructor of Music History at St. Olaf College and a Ph.D. candidate in Musicology with a Designated Emphasis in New Media at UC Berkeley Read more
On Thursday, December 11th, the Berkeley Center for New Media, in partnership with.. Read more
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
05 Nov, 2014
Interactive Seating Design Competition
The Jacob's Institute for Design Innovation is offering this great class for undergraduate students! Information here. Read more
04 Nov, 2014
Videos Now Online: Image as Location
In partnership with Books in Browsers, the Cultural Services of the French Consulate, the Goethe-Institut San Francisco, Gray Area Foundation for the Arts, and swissnex San Francisco Read more
17 Sep, 2014
Adventures in New Media
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
27 Aug, 2014
Revisited: BCNM Open House
To welcome students and faculty to campus, the Center for New Media hosted an exciting open house Read more
21 Jul, 2014
Hack the Bells Launches
The world’s first interdisciplinary open license contest celebrating the carillon launched: Hack the Bells Read more
12 May, 2014
Mobile Apps Demo Day
BCNM was excited to offer NWMEDIA 198 this semester, a decal associated with the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society's (CITRIS) Mobile Apps Challenge Read more
12 May, 2014
John Scott Awarded Eisner Prize
John's video is a pseudo-response to Frederick Wiseman's 2013 documentary 'At Berkeley' 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
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
03 Mar, 2014
Meet Tiffany Ng
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
19 Nov, 2013
Announcing October 2013 Turing Test Tournament Winner
Every month, BCNM and OTSP recognize a Turing Test Tournament player with the highest leaderboard score Read more
15 Oct, 2013
First Winner of the Turing Test Tournament
Every month, BCNM recognizes a Turing Test Tournament player with the highest leaderboard score and awards the designated UC Berkeley student organization with a $1000 prize 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
22 Jul, 2013
Bot or Not?
We are excited to announce the launch of a new online chat game for UC Berkeley's incoming class of 2013, the Turing Test Tournament. Read more
11 Jul, 2013
BCNM Welcomes Visiting Scholar Lone Bak Strandgaard
Bak Strandgaard studies the expansion of self-service technologies related to pubic transport Read more
14 May, 2012
Who’s Achievement? — Evaluating Self-Constructed and Peer-Evaluated Badge Systems in Online Classrooms
12 Sep, 2011
Turning Data into Democratic Action: Social Apps Lab at CITRIS
01 Sep, 2011
Alcatel-Lucent BCNM Meeting
31 Aug, 2011
Tomato Quintet, 2007
The Tomato Quintet at Machine Project, Los Angeles, involved five pods filled with Tomatoes Read more
06 Jul, 2011
City Sandbox Goes Live
A collaboration of art, engineering, and social sciences at the University of California, citysandbox.com, is live! Read more
15 Jun, 2011
CITRIS Launches Data and Democracy Initiative
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15 Jun, 2011
Pwning Asthma Triggers: Health Games as Technologies of Social Engagement
07 Jun, 2011
CITRIS Seed Funding Awarded to BCNM's Greg Niemeyer
Applications for Summer 2019 are due March 14, 2019
New Media Research Fellowship
Applications are due March 19, 2018
Faculty Seed Grants
Hack the Bells Guide
Applications for Summer 2019 are due March 14, 2019
