25 Oct, 2021 Commons Conversations Design Futures with Eric Rodenbeck Founder, Stamen Design Moderated by Eric Paulos Professor in Electrical Engineering Computer Science (EECS) 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
02 May, 2018 Special Events Critical Making Showcase 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
03 May, 2017 Special Events Spring Critical Making Showcase Come celebrate the projects of Design Innovation students! Read more
04 May, 2016 Special Events Critical Making Showcase Experience this season's NWMEDIA203 Showcase at Jacobs Hall Read more
21 Apr, 2016 Special Events eLit Final Showcase Prof. Saum-Pascual hosts a reading from her Electronic Literature: A Critical Making and Writing Course 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
07 May, 2014 Special Events Critical Making Final Class Exhibition Experience this semester's student critiques of new media Read more
26 Apr, 2012 History & Theory Tactical Media with Rita Raley, Associate Prof. of English, among other distinguished appointments Read more
15 Dec, 2024 Announcing Our Spring 2025 Class Fund Recipients We are very excited to offer small grants to further support our faculty in their new media classes! 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
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
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
26 Feb, 2020 BCNM in Made @ Berkeley Check out the stellar BCNM students who were featured on Berkeley's Art + Design book, "Made at Berkeley." Read more
28 Jan, 2020 Announcing Our 2020 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
19 Nov, 2019 Announcing our 2019 Undergraduate Cohort We are thrilled to welcome to BCNM these talented students from across campus! Read more
18 Apr, 2019 Eyeris Featured in CITRIS Inventors Series Eyeris, a wearable that aims to tackle the issue of sexual harassment, was created in Eric Paulos' NWMEDIA C203: Critical Making. 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
21 Nov, 2018 Announcing our 2018 Undergraduate Cohort We are thrilled to welcome to the BCNM these talented students from across campus. Read more
18 Jul, 2018 Ritwik Banerji Published on Interactions with Artificial Social Agents The article is titled: "De-instrumentalizing HCI: Social Psychology, Rapport Formation, and Interactions with Artificial Social Agents" Read more
26 Feb, 2018 Eric Paulos Smashing Computer in Critical Making goes Viral on the Daily Mail and Boing Boing Read more
23 Oct, 2017 Recommended Spring 2018 New Media Courses Now Online Check out our recommended Cal New Media courses being offered Spring 2018! 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
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
26 May, 2016 An Ecosystem of Impact The Jacobs' Institute published a Medium article on ongoing innovative projects by students, featuring BCNM's course, Critical Making! 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
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
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
06 Oct, 2015 New Spring 2016 Undergrad E-Lit Course! This upper-division undergraduate course epitomizes digital humanities - literary analysis alongside basic programming skills and DH tools and methods! Read more
01 Sep, 2015 Calling Artists, Coders, E-Lit Lovers: GSR Opportunity Are you an artist? What about a poet? Do you think computers are cool? Do you play with code? Are you a Facebook freak? Come work with Prof. Saum-Pascual! Read more
05 Aug, 2015 Alex Saum-Pascual E-Literature Class Funded by Digital Humanities We're thrilled to see that Alex Saum-Pascual's (Spanish) new electronic literature course has been funded by Digital Humanities at UC Berkeley! Read more
20 Jul, 2015 Revisited: Critical Making Course Exhibition Check out photos of amazing student work! 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
09 Jun, 2015 Editor's Choice Awards at Bay Area Maker Faire Three Editor's Choice awards were awarded to NWMEDIA 203: Critical Making projects at this year's Bay Area Maker Faire Read more
02 Jun, 2014 Meet Eric Paulos We're celebrating our 10th year! Hear how BCNM professor Eric Paulos designs devices that transform how we understand our world. Read more
21 May, 2014 Best in Class Award at Maker Faire! We’re thrilled to announce that BCNM faculty member Eric Paulos’ class NWMEDIA 290 — Critical Making received Best in Class Award for Maker Faire 2014 and will soon be featured on the Maker website! 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
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
This list is updated regularly. Check back often for the latest updates. Email lara@berkeley.edu with suggestions. Spring 2020
This list is updated regularly. Check back often for the latest updates. Email lara@berkeley.edu with suggestions. Spring 2019