11 Oct, 2023
History & Theory
[* Postponed / New Date Forthcoming *] AI and the Humanities: Generative Creativity and Interpretation
with Timnit Gebru, Founder & Executive Director, The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR); Vikram Chandra, Writer and Co-Founder, Granthika Co.; Hannah Zeavin, Assistant Professor, Department of History and Berkeley Center for New Media, University of California, Berkeley
Presented with the Townsend Center for Humanities Read more
20 Mar, 2023
Special Events
The Parables Experience at MozFest Virtual
with curators ill Weaver (a Detroit-based artist and organizer. They co-founded Emergence Media and Complex Movements)
and Valencia James (a performer, maker, and researcher from Barbados, interested in the intersection between dance, theater, technology, and activism, currently pursuing an MFA in Art Practice at the University of California Berkeley)
This event is hosted by MozFest, which is part art, tech and society convening, part maker festival, and the premiere gathering for activists in diverse global movements fighting for a more humane digital world. Read more
30 Jan, 2023
Art, Tech & Culture
Generative Art and Deep Learning AI
with Nettrice Gaskins
Digital artist, academic, and cultural critic
Co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center, the Jacobs Institute for Design, and Media Studies Read more
14 Mar, 2022
Art, Tech & Culture
with Margarita Kuleva
National Research University Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg
Rescheduled from Spring 2020
Co-sponsored by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literature, the Department of the History of Art, the Arts Research Center, and the Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities. Read more
18 Mar, 2021
Conference
Fandom + Piracy: Piracy & Capitalism Panel
with Jennifer Holt, Brewster Kahle, Alexander Dent, and Keller Easterling Read more
11 Mar, 2021
Conference
Fandom + Piracy: Fandom & Race Panel
with andré carrington, Racquel Gates, Alfred Martin, and Rukmini Pande Read more
04 Mar, 2021
Conference
Fandom + Piracy Keynote: “Studies in Unauthorized Reproduction”
with Kavita Philip
The President's Excellence Chair in Network Cultures at the University of British Columbia and a Professor of English with the UBC Department of English Language and Literatures Read more
25 Feb, 2021
Conference
Fandom + Piracy Keynote: “How should we theorize injury in fan studies?”
with Rebecca Wanzo
Professor and Chair of the Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Washington University in St. Louis Read more
25 Oct, 2020
Special Events
Crisis and Creativity: Virtual Artists in Residence at UC Berkeley South Asia Art Initiative
With Mithu Sen
Performs conceptual and interactive multi-format byproducts which include drawing, poetry, moving images, sculptures, installations, sound
And Brendan Fernandes
Canadian artist working at the intersection of dance and visual arts Read more
13 Apr, 2020
Art, Tech & Culture
ONLINE: Neural Abstractions
*Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) precautions, this event has been moved to the online platform Zoom*
with Tom White
Artist and Researcher
Victoria University of Wellington School of Design
Cosponsored by Autolab and the CITRIS People and Robots (CPAR) and held in conjunction with the DH Faire.
Read more
06 Apr, 2020
Art, Tech & Culture
POSTPONED: Notes on Recent Work of the Past Five Years
with William Pope.L
Artist, Chicago
Presented by the Department of Art Practice 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
27 Jan, 2020
Art, Tech & Culture
Dancing with Robots: Expressivity in Natural and Artificial Systems
with Amy LaViers
Robotics, Automation, and Dance (RAD) Lab
Co-sponsored by the Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies and CITRIS People and Robots (CPAR) Read more
04 Nov, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
Transience, Replication, and the Paradox of Social Robotics
with Guy Hoffman
Robotics Researcher, Cornell University
Co-sponsored by the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies and CITRIS People and Robots (CPAR) 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
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 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
14 Nov, 2017
Special Events
The Electronic Literature Knowledge Base Workshop
with Scott Rettberg
Professor of Digital Culture, Norway.
Presented in partnership with Digital Humanities at Berkeley.
Sponsored by the Peder Sather Grant. Read more
08 Nov, 2017
Special Events
Combinatory Digital Poetics in Electronic Literature and Film
with Scott Rettberg
Professor of Digital Culture, Norway.
Presented in partnership with Digital Humanities at Berkeley.
Sponsored by the Peder Sather Grant. Read more
04 Apr, 2017
History & Theory
Digital Doomsday: A Perspective from the Pathology Called Europe
with Jan De Vos
Postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University (BE) Read more
17 Oct, 2015
Workshops
2015 Queerness and Games Conference
QGCon is now in its second year of celebrating LGBT identities in gaming. Free to public. Read more
15 Jun, 2015
Special Events
The Queerness and Games Conference, hosted here at UC Berkeley, wants to know your thoughts on gaming and inclusivity, and more Read more
25 Oct, 2014
Special Events
QGCon: The Queerness and Games Conference
Mark your calendars for thisconference, here again at UC Berkeley! Read more
09 May, 2014
Special Events
@Berkeley: #MyFirstMOOC Screening
Register for John Scott's (DE) screening here Read more
04 Apr, 2014
Special Events
A panel on our evolving relationship with AI, happening April 4th Read more
10 Mar, 2014
Art, Tech & Culture
How Complicated Could a Metronome Be?
Witness this lectre by an American pioneer in the field of sound synthesizers, a part of our ATC series Read more
26 Apr, 2012
Special Events
Digital Inquiry: Forms of Knowledge in the Age of New Media
Reflections on the nature of knowledge in the digital age, a symposium Read more
13 Feb, 2012
Art, Tech & Culture
All the West is Wasteland: Art in the Post-Agrarian Landscape
with Fernando Garcia Dory, artist and agro-ecologist Read more
23 Feb, 2024
Innovation in the Internet Age
Alum Edgar Fabián Frías talks to Sarah M. Chappell in The Think Piece podcast. Read more
11 Feb, 2024
Clancy Wilmott in TedX Berkeley
A butterfly flaps its wings. The air ripples, and time flows. Months later, a typhoon starts brewing above the ocean. Read more
29 Dec, 2023
Alex Saum-Pascual Awarded 2023 Peder Sather Grant
Alex was awarded a grant for "Transformation and Disruption: The Challenges and Opportunities of AI for Human Creativity." Read more
28 Dec, 2023
Ken Goldberg Isn't Afraid of Artificial Intelligence
Roboticist and artist Ken Goldberg takes the temperature of the current AI moment. Read more
18 Sep, 2023
Announcing Our Fall 2023 Class Grants
We are pleased to Support Alex Saum-Pascual, Lisa Wymore, and Jacob Gaboury's courses. Read more
10 Aug, 2023
BCNM Around the Web Summer 2023
Check out the great work of our faculty and alumni around the web this Summer! Read more
27 Jul, 2023
Mark your calendars for an incredible lineup of speakers this fall! Featuring multi-disciplinary visual artist Jen Liu, UC Irvine Professor of Electronic Art & Design Jesse Colin Jackson, Indigenous Technologies lectures by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Raven Chacon and Dartmouth Professor Martina Broner, an “AI & The Humanities” roundtable discussion with Black in AI co-founder Timnit Gebru, plus so much more! Read more
26 Jul, 2023
Announcing the 2023-2024 History and Theory of New Media Season
We are excited to announce the 2023-2024 season of our HTNM lecture series, featuring Paloma Duong, Erik Davis, Lauren Klein, and more! Read more
11 Jul, 2023
Cesar Torres at Creativity & Cognition 2023
Alum Cesar Torres presented multiple papers, including "Cogcues: Shifting Perception through Interactive Projected Cues in Still Life Drawing," which won a Best Paper Award. Read more
01 Jun, 2023
Check out this new article from Ken Goldberg! Read more
26 May, 2023
Kimiko Ryokai & Team Awarded 1.29M
Kimiko Ryokai and team awarded $1.29M to center Indigenous youth in museum spaces Read more
26 May, 2023
Trevor Paglen on Art, Design, and Technology
Artists Trevor Paglen, Khyati Trehan, and Sebastian Errazuris discuss the metaverse, NFTs, A.I., and what it all means for the art world and debate What Technology Has in Store for Creative Work. Read more
20 Mar, 2023
Valencia James Co-Curates The Parables Experience
The Parables Experience takes place at MozFest! Read more
28 Nov, 2022
Announcing Our 2022 Undergraduate Cohort
Please join us in welcoming our 2022 cohort of Undergraduate Certificate in New Media students! Read more
27 Nov, 2022
Announcing Our Fall 2022 DE & Certificate Cohort
Valencia James: AI_am Read more
14 Nov, 2022
Check out BCNM at the 25th ACM Conference! Read more
24 Oct, 2022
BCNM Around the Web October
Check out the great work of our faculty and alumni around the web this October! Read more
12 Oct, 2022
Congratulations to Sarah Sterman on being named a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Read more
09 Aug, 2022
Conference Report: Molly Nicholas at Creativity and Cognition
Molly Nicholas and team received a Best Paper Award for "Creative and Motivational Strategies Used by Expert Creative Practitioners." Read more
23 Jun, 2022
Fall 2021-Spring 2022 BCNM Events in Review
Check out our roundup of the last year of BCNM events, featuring event details, video recordings, and transcripts! Read more
07 Jun, 2022
BCNM Best Paper Award at Creativity & Cognition 2022
BCNMers Molly Nicholas, Sarah Sterman, and Eric Paulos received a Best Paper Award for "Creative and Motivational Strategies Used by Expert Creative Practitioners." Read more
17 May, 2022
Congratulating Our Spring 2022 Graduates
Art by Edgar Fabián Frías Read more
16 May, 2022
Congratulating Our Spring 2022 Undergraduate Certificate Recipients
Project by Jessie Mindel with Selin Longmire, Angelica Song, Bradley Russo. Read more
23 Mar, 2022
Announcing Our Spring 2022 DE & Certificate Cohort
Secondary Gaze, by Jiaxuan Ren. Read more
12 Mar, 2022
Announcing the Spring 2022 Conference Grant Recipients
Congratulations to these amazing students working in the fields of architecture, technology, cognitive science, and more! Read more
02 Mar, 2022
BCNM Around the Web March 2022
Check out the great work of our students, faculty, and alumni around the web this March! Read more
23 Jan, 2022
An Ode to Handwriting by Greg Niemeyer
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09 Dec, 2021
Amazing representation of BCNM presenting at 4S, the Society for Social Studies of Science! Read more
18 Oct, 2021
On the Wings of Ada Lovelace by Camille Crittenden
In honor of Ada Lovelace Day, Camille Crittenden wrote an important reflection on increasing equity in STEM for the Berkeley Blog. Read more
14 Oct, 2021
BCNM Around the Web October 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this October! Read more
25 Sep, 2021
BCNM Around the Web September 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this September! Read more
21 Aug, 2021
BCNM Around the Web August 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty and alumni around the web this August! Read more
10 Jul, 2021
Ken Goldberg on Robots and Creativity
Ken Goldberg speaks on creativity in artificial intelligence in Nautilus' Robots Can't Dance. Read more
26 May, 2021
Ken Goldberg on AI and Robots in a Post Pandemic World
Ken Goldberg recently spoke at IBM Think 2021, a conference focused on all things related to the cloud and artificial intelligence. Read more
21 May, 2021
Congratulating our 2021 Graduates
These students have been pivotal to the new media landscape at Cal, and we are excited to see the incredible future work they undertake in their respective fields.
Artwork by Tina Piracci Read more
29 Mar, 2021
Announcing the Spring 2021 DE & Graduate Certificate Cohort
Photo credit: Yuyao Jin Read more
01 Feb, 2021
Jane McGonigal on Because Games Matter
Jane McGonigal shares her story and experience on Because Games Matter. Read more
22 Jan, 2021
Alum Jane McGonigal speaks at Refuel conference on how games can help build mental resilience, channel positive attitudes, and encourage collaboration in the real world. Read more
17 Jan, 2021
Launching Fandomandpiracy.online
We’re excited to share Fandomandpiracy.online, the web portal for our Fandom + Piracy mini-series, starting February 25. Check out the site for a full list of speakers and talks! Read more
31 Oct, 2020
Eric Paulos Receives BCNM Faculty Seed Grant
Read more
29 Sep, 2020
John Scott Co-Authors Paper on Popularity of Peer-Shared Artifacts in Online Learning Environments
John Scott's co-authored paper earned an honorable mention for best paper submission at the Conference on Educational Data Science 2020. Read more
07 Aug, 2020
Alex Saum-Pascual Publishes Digital Creativity as Critical Material Thinking
The article is included in the Gathering: Electronic Literature [Frame]works for the Creative Digital Humanities. Read more
03 Aug, 2020
Electronic Literature [Frame]works for the Creative Digital Humanities
Alex Saum-Pascual co-edits this amazing collection that features a host of BCNM contributions! 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
21 Apr, 2020
Alenda Chang Mentor for Indiecade Climate Jam
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05 Apr, 2020
ATC Video Now Online: Margaret Rhee
Read more
30 Mar, 2020
Announcing Our Spring 2020 Graduate Cohort
Image: Jingran Chu. Read more
13 Mar, 2020
Ken Goldberg on How AI Amplifies Human Competencies
Ken Goldberg was interviewed on AI and machine learning for the Rotman School of Management's Winter 2020 magazine issue. 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
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
19 Nov, 2019
Announcing our 2019 Undergraduate Cohort
We are thrilled to welcome to BCNM these talented students from across campus! Read more
05 Nov, 2019
We're Hiring an Events Coordinator!
Join the Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM), an interdisciplinary research center that studies and shapes media transition and emergence from diverse perspectives. Through critical thinking and making, we cultivate technological equity and fairness in our classrooms, in our communities, and on the internet. Read more
16 Oct, 2019
BCNM around the Web October 2019
More in the media from faculty Ken Goldberg and Koci Hernandez; and alumni Trevor Paglen, danah boyd, Jen Schradie, Tiffany Ng, Ritwik Banerji, Bo Ruberg, and Jane McGonigal. Read more
14 Aug, 2019
Alex Saum-Pascual at New Approaches to Transmedia Language Pedagogy International Conference
Alex presented the keynote at this fantastic interdisciplinary conference. Read more
05 Aug, 2019
Camille Crittenden in Brahms in Context
Camille Crittenden contributed the chapter on "Vienna" to the book Brahms in Context. 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
Announcing the Fall 2019-Spring 2020 Season of the Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium
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
23 Jun, 2019
BCNM at Creativity and Cognition 2019
BCNM students faculty and alumni put up a strong showing at ACM's Creativity and Cognition 2019 conference! Read more
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
19 May, 2019
Congratulating our 2019 Graduates
Work by Mathieu Iniesta. Read more
09 May, 2019
Congratulating our 2019 Undergraduate Certificate Graduates
These students invested in the new media landscape at Cal, and we're excited to see what new endeavours they undertake in their respective fields Read more
20 Apr, 2019
César Torres Appointed Assistant Professor at UT Arlington
Photo by Yuko Watanabe 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
19 Feb, 2019
Alex Saum-Pascual at MLA Commons
Alex Saum-Pascual attended the 2019 Chicago Modern Language Association Convention, presenting her research on the intersection of digital humanities and Hispanic studies. Read more
10 Feb, 2019
Apply for Making Together: Crossing Borders + Connecting Communities
Apply for Semester Long Collaborative Opportunity through CITRIS, in partnership with Tecnológico de Monterrey! Includes travel to Mexico this summer! Read more
09 Feb, 2019
BCNM in Vision & Light: Processing Perception
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26 Dec, 2018
Announcing Our Spring 2019 Undergraduate Research Fellows
Each year, undergraduates work closely with our graduate mentors on academic research. Read more
26 Nov, 2018
Announcing our Fall 2018 Graduate Cohort
Read more
26 Nov, 2018
Alum Reginold Royston at ASA 2018
BCNM Alum Reginold Royston presented at the 2018 African Studies Association Read more
22 Oct, 2018
Alex Saum-Pascual at Creatividad Computacional
Alex Saum participated in the 13th International Colloquium in Computational Creativity organized by the friends of UAM Cuajimalpa in Mexico City, under the direction of Rafael Pérez. Read more
10 Sep, 2018
Lyman Dispatch: Grace Gipson on Unleashing Your Inner Superhero
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30 May, 2018
We're Hiring! - Office Manager & Events Coordinator Wanted!
The Berkeley Center for New Media and Arts Research Center are hiring an Office Manager and Events Coordinator to maintain and develop their programs. Read more
07 May, 2018
Revisited: Critical Making Showcase
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20 Mar, 2018
Alum Paglen's Exhibit for Altman Siegel in SFAQ
Trevor Paglen's solo show for Altman Siegel was featured in San Francisco Art Quarterly. Read more
12 Feb, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen at Webstock
Trevor Paglen will be speaking at this year's Webstock conference in New Zealand. 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
31 Oct, 2017
Abigail De Kosnik's Rogue Archives Reviewed on A&M
BCNM ExComm member Abigail De Kosnik's book, Rogue Archives, was reviewed in Archives & Manuscripts! Read more
24 Oct, 2017
Alex Saum and Scott Rettberg Awarded Peder Sather Grant
Alex Saum-Pascual from UC Berkeley and Scott Rettberg from the University of Bergen received a Peder Sather Center for Advanced Study grant. Read more
26 Sep, 2017
Fall 2017 Applications Now Open Undergraduate Certificate Program
Undergraduated are now invited to apply for Fall 2017 admission into the BCNM undergrad program.
Applications due November 1. 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
05 Apr, 2017
Revisited: "Digital Doomsday: A Perspective from the Pathology Called Europe"
with Jan De Vos Read more
28 Feb, 2017
Announcing the Lyman 2017 Fellowship Recipients
This year's Lyman fellow and runner-up goes to... Read more
22 Feb, 2017
Abigail de Kosnik’s Rogue Archives Reviewed in Pop Matters
The culture of fanfiction and digital cultures, brought to you by one of BCNM's own. Read more
17 Nov, 2016
Shannon Jackson on Funding the Arts at Battery Powered
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04 Oct, 2016
Shannon Jackson on How Art Transforms Us at Battery Powered
Featured in "The Power of Art & Creativity," a moderated discussion at The Battery 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
01 Aug, 2016
E-lit #selfie poetry and Alex Saum Pascual in Berkeley News
Highlights of not only her academic studies in electronic literature, but also her creative e-lit poetry projects Read more
25 Jul, 2016
Gail De Kosnik and the Challenges of Participatory Culture
Prof. De Kosnik traveled to Moscow, Russia to present at "Challenges of Participatory Culture: Methodologies and Perspectives of Research" 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
26 May, 2016
Berkeley and the new SFMOMA — partners in art and public engagement
Kate Mattingly, Designated Emphasis student, wrote about UCB's relationship with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 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
E-Literature Success in the Classroom
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29 Mar, 2016
Ken Goldberg and Nicholas De Monchaux in Robolog
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17 Mar, 2016
Announcing the Spring 2016 DE & Graduate Certificate Cohort
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
01 Feb, 2016
QGCon Promotional Video Live!
QGCon is a free, weekend-long, interdisciplinary exploration of the intersection between LGBTQ issues and video games 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
04 Nov, 2015
Scott explores online learning environments to increase geographic and cultural connections and build diverse communities Read more
08 Oct, 2015
Manufacturing Transparency Submissions a Hit!
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04 Aug, 2015
ArtReach Studio Residencies Applications Open
ArtReach is a non-profit mobile arts organization that is reframing the artist residency Read more
01 Jul, 2015
Aclima designs and deploys environmental sensor networks. 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
11 Feb, 2015
Kimiko's research focuses on the design, implementation, and evaluation of beyond-desktop computational media Read more
10 Feb, 2015
Being the Machine is a project that explores the relationship between humans-that-make and machines-that-make Read more
21 Jan, 2015
Hack the Bells Dispatch from Sarah Stierch
Sarah Stierch spearheaded Hack the Bells, the world's first carillon remix competition Read more
18 Nov, 2014
Welcoming New DE and Certificate Students
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 Jul, 2014
Meet Kimiko Ryokai and Laura Devendorf
We’re sharing ten stories of BCNM’s life so far 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
24 Mar, 2014
ATC Revisited: Don Buchla
Don Buchla offered a crowd-pleasing performance on March 10th as part of the Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium Read more
21 Mar, 2014
BCNM Welcomes New Students to the Graduate Certificate in New Media
We are delighted to welcome 3 new graduate students to our Masters Certificate program Read more
07 May, 2013
BCNM's Recent Graduates from the Designated Emphasis in New Media
Congratulations to all! 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
27 Feb, 2013
BCNM faculty, Kimiko Ryokai, wins Google Faculty Research Award
14 May, 2012
Who’s Achievement? — Evaluating Self-Constructed and Peer-Evaluated Badge Systems in Online Classrooms
Next deadline – 1 March, 2024
Designated Emphasis Program
Next deadline – 1 November 2023
Undergraduate Certificate in New Media
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.
Next deadline – March 18, 2024
Applications are due March 1, 2024
Next deadline – March 18, 2024
Applications are due March 1, 2024
