3 days ago AI in the Ancient Wisdom: Trees, Time, and Technology Exhibit In Ancient Wisdom, Ken Goldberg and Tiffany Shlain explore the creative potential of AI by using it to create an aerial video portrait of LA and to enable visitors to create a series of customized textual and visual “tree tributes.” Visit BCNM member Ken Goldberg's latest art exhibit from January 22 to April 21, 2026 at the di Rosa Contemporary Art Museum in San Francisco, and read more about the themes and process of making the exhibit here. Read more
19 Nov, 2025 Summer 2026 Research Award Applications Now Open Applications for Summer 2026 Research Awards are now available! BCNM is awarding several fellowships of $1,000 and $500 to be used towards your graduate summer research. These fellowships are open to New Media graduate students only. Deadline March 13, 2026. Read more
18 Nov, 2025 Now Accepting Applications for 2026 Lyman Fellowship The Peter Lyman Graduate Fellowship in New Media is now open for applications from a UC Berkeley Ph.D. candidate to support dissertation writing. Deadline February 2, 2026. Read more
17 Nov, 2025 Social Sciences D-Lab supports fellowship to expand accessibility to data science education The Social Sciences D-Lab recently launched a new program to prepare postdocs to lead research and teaching that emphasize equity, cultural relevance and ethical practice in data science. Read more
10 Nov, 2025 Welcoming Aaron Fai to BCNM! Aaron Fai will serve as the Center's Associate Director! Read more
31 Oct, 2025 Sonia Jorge, Founder of Global Digital Inclusion Partnership, Defines "Meaningful Connectivity" in Talk for Building a Global, Equitable, and Just Internet Infrastructure Speaker Series Sonia Jorge educated students on the digital divide in the course, Building a Sustainable Internet, held at UC Berkeley in October 2025. The talk by the digital policy expert was a bold call to action that encouraged students to become proactive on the nuanced issue of internet access. Read more
14 Oct, 2025 Alex Saum-Pascual Brings Digital Poetry to the Alhambra BCNM faculty Alex Saum-Pascual presented Traceroute Poems, segundo viaje at cultr_ALH, a site-specific poetic performance linking fiber-optic networks and the Alhambra’s historic flows of light, water, and energy. Read more
22 Sep, 2025 Apply Now: Designated Emphasis in New Media at BCNM BCNM’s Designated Emphasis (D.E.) program is for selected UC Berkeley Ph.D. students from any Berkeley home department with research interests in new media. Fall 2025 applications are due November 1, 2025! Read more
22 Sep, 2025 Apply Now: Graduate Certificate in New Media at BCNM BCNM's Graduate Certificate in New Media provides Master's students with an introduction to the different facets of new media research and an ensuing competitive edge for some of the most desirable jobs in industry and academia. Fall 2025 applications are due November 1, 2025! Read more
22 Sep, 2025 Apply Now: Undergraduate Certificate in New Media at BCNM BCNM's Undergraduate Certificate in New Media introduces students to the changing new media landscape that is transforming the way we think in the fields of art, technology, the humanities, and social sciences. Fall 2025 applications are due November 1, 2025! Read more
in 3 days Special Events Gendered and Racialized Barriers to Persistence in Undergraduate Data Science Education with Claudia Natalia von Vacano, Executive Director and Senior Research Associate, D-Lab and Digital Humanities at UC Berkeley, and David J. Harding, Professor, Sociology, UC Berkeley, and Faculty Director, D-Lab A D-Lab special event Read more
09 Feb, 2026 History & Theory Computing History in the Study of Media Empire in Latin America with Colette Perold Assistant Professor of Media Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder A Latinx & Latin American Media Ecologies event Read more
20 Feb, 2026 Special Events DanceHack 2026: Resonant Bodies organized by Daiane Lopes da Silva, Lisa Wymore, Sheldon Smith, and Weidong Yang Presented by Kinetech Arts. Co-sponsored by Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM), Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation, Center for New Music and Audio Technology (CNMAT), and ODC Theater Read more
23 Feb, 2026 History & Theory Remodeling Rationality: A History of Unorthodox Computing and AI with Rodrigo Ochigame Historian and Anthropologist of Computing and Artificial Intelligence, Assistant Professor at Leiden University, Netherlands A Latinx & Latin American Media Ecologies event Read more
02 Mar, 2026 Global Digital Infrastructure Rethinking Connectivity as a Human Right: Emerging Debates in International Law and Practice with Isabel Jijon MA Candidate, Sciences Po Paris' School of International Affairs A Building a Global, Equitable, and Just Internet Infrastructure event Read more
09 Mar, 2026 Art, Tech & Culture Native Seas: Students and Relatives of Papa Mau Visit the Bay Area with Students and Relatives of Papa Mau Piailug Traditional Navigators from the Northern Mariana Islands An Indigenous Technologies and New Media & Oceans event, supported by the Chancellor's Advisory Committee for Student Services (CACSS), co-sponsored by the Townsend Center for the Humanities, and in collaboration with the Critical Pacific Islands Studies Collective (CPISC) and the Pacific Islander (PI) Initiative Read more
16 Mar, 2026 Global Digital Infrastructure A Virtual Tour of Surveillance Technology at the U.S.-Mexico Border with Dave Maass Director of Investigations, Electronic Frontier Foundation A Building a Global, Equitable, and Just Internet Infrastructure event Read more
