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
12 Mar, 2025 Building Worlds: Writing and Drawing for Digital Storytelling Have you ever wanted to bring your story to life through words and images? Join us this summer for a beginner-friendly workshop where you will explore the foundations of creative writing and art practices for animation! Read more
16 Jan, 2025 Spring 2025 Designated Emphasis & Certificate Applications Now Open Applications due March 1, 2025. Read more
07 Nov, 2024 Summer 2025 Research Award Application Now Open Applications are due March 1, 2025. Read more
04 Jul, 2024 Fall 2024 Applications for Designated Emphasis, Certificate, and Undergraduate Certificate Now Open Applications are due November 1, 2024! Read more
15 Jan, 2024 Spring 2024 Designated Emphasis and Certificate Applications Now Open Applications are due March 1, 2024. Read more
11 Aug, 2023 Dongho Shin on Digital Systems Generating Mnemonics Read about Dongho Shin's project to develop digital systems capable of generating mnemonics—strategies that enhance memory retention, such as creating wordplay, narratives, and visuals. Read more
05 Jul, 2023 Fall 2023 Designated Emphasis and Certificate Applications Now Open Applications are due November 1, 2023. Read more
23 Mar, 2023 Announcing Our Summer 2023 Research Award Recipients We are thrilled to share our 2023 Summer Research Fellows from Architecture, Art Practice, Design, Education, Film & Media, Geography, and Theater, Dance and Performance Studies! Read more
05 Jan, 2023 Spring 2023 Designated Emphasis and Certificate Applications Now Open Applications for Spring 2023 admittance are due March 1, 2023. Read more
12 Nov, 2022 Summer 2023 Research Award Application Now Open We're pleased to offer awards of $1,000 and $500 to our graduate students this summer to help support their research projects. Read more
26 Oct, 2022 Now Accepting Applications for 2023 Lyman Fellowship Applications are due February 1, 2023. Read more
27 Aug, 2022 Fall 2022 Designated Emphasis and Certificate Applications Now Open Join the Berkeley Center for New Media! Applications due November 1, 2022. Read more
21 Apr, 2022 Mary Smith Reviews the Queer Games Avant-Garde Bonnie Ruberg's The Queer Games Avant-Garde: How LGBTQ Game Makers Are Reimagining the Medium of Video Games is reviewed in Communication Booknotes Quarterly. Read more
20 Apr, 2022 Abigail De Kosnik and Jaclyn Zhou on Diversity on Streaming Platforms in Pandemic Times Abigail De Kosnik and Jaclyn Zhou present diversity Scores for films and television series on major streaming platforms during the COVID-19 pandemic period. Read more
20 Jan, 2022 Spring 2022 Applications for the Designated Emphasis and Certificate Now Open The Berkeley Center for New Media is now accepting applications for admission to the Designated Emphasis (DE) in New Media and the Graduate Certificate in New Media programs. All applications for Spring 2022 admittance are due March 1, 2022. Read more
22 Nov, 2021 Summer 2022 Research Award Applications Now Open We're pleased to offer awards of $1,000 and $500 to our graduate students this summer to help support their research projects. Read more
14 Nov, 2021 Now Accepting Applications for 2022 Lyman Fellowship Applications are due February 1, 2022. Read more
20 Aug, 2021 Disruptive Fixations Reviewed in Anthro Book Forum Disruptive Fixations, a book on techno-idealism by alum Chrsito Sims, was given a glowing review in the Anthropology Book Forum. Read more
27 Jul, 2021 BCNM's Big Wins 2021 It was a whirlwind year for BCNM and we're so proud to share some of our greatest hits from 2021. Read more
03 Apr, 2021 Grace Gipson in Conversation on YA BIPOC Speculative Fiction BCNM alum Grace Gipson moderated a conversation on BIPOC voices in speculative fiction as part of the 2021 Virginia Festival of the Book. Read more
18 Mar, 2021 BCNM Statement on Anti-Asian Violence As the first Asian American Director of the Berkeley Center for New Media, and as a first-generation American and woman, this hate crime hits particularly close to home. Read more
07 Dec, 2020 Congratulations to our Fall 2020 BCNM Graduates! Congratulations to our Fall 2020 BCNM graduates, jazmin calderón torres and Yairamen Roman Maldonado! Read more
20 Nov, 2020 Summer 2021 Research Award Applications Now Open We're pleased to offer awards of $1,000 and $500 to our graduate students this summer to help support their research projects. Read more
14 Oct, 2020 Now Accepting Applications for 2021 Lyman Fellowship Applications are due February 1, 2021. Read more
