23 Apr, 2025
History & Theory
with danah boyd
Partner Researcher, Microsoft Research and Distinguished Visiting Professor, Georgetown University
Presented with the Digital Humanities program and co-sponsored by Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation and the School of Information Read more
21 Oct, 2024
Art, Tech & Culture
Black Terminus AR: Bringing Art to Life with Augmented Reality
with Damien McDuffie
Creative Technologist, Digital Archivist, Augmented Reality Artist, Founder of Black Terminus AR, and Black Public Media Visiting Artist Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
An Oakland New Media event co-sponsored by the Department of African American Studies Read more
14 Oct, 2024
Art, Tech & Culture
An in-person journey through the physical Internet infrastructure, a tourist route of non-touristic places
by Alex Saum-Pascual, Poet and Assoc Professor of Contemporary Spanish Literature and New Media, and Mario Santamaría, Visual Artist and Lecturer, BAU, College of Arts and Design of Barcelona. With the participation of Asma Kazmi, Research-Based Artist and Associate Professor of Art Practice, the Fall 2024 Class of Questioning New Media, and the Indigenous Poetics Lab at the Arts Research Center. Read more
11 Oct, 2024
History & Theory
with Jane McGonigal, Director of Game Research and Development, Institute for the Future; Greg Niemeyer, Data Artist and Professor of Media Innovation, UC Berkeley; Alex Leavitt, Principal Researcher, Roblox; Scotty Hoag, Interactive Software Engineer, Sphere Entertainment; Bo Ruberg, Professor, Film & Media Studies, School of Humanities, UC Irvine; Alenda Y. Chang, Associate Professor, Film & Media Studies, UC Santa Barbara; Christopher J. Goetz, Associate Professor, Cinematic Arts, University of Iowa; Rob Curl, Museum Historian and Research Manager at the Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment; Phil Salvador, Library Director, Video Game History Foundation; Danny O'Dwyer, Founder, Noclip; Henry Lowood, Harold C. Hohbach Curator for History of Science & Technology Collections and Curator for Film & Media Collections, Stanford University Libraries
A History and Theory of New Media special event co-sponsored by the Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies Read more
10 Sep, 2024
Art, Tech & Culture
You've Just Been F$%^#d By PSYOPs: UFOs, Magic, Electronic Warfare, Mind Control, Artificial Intelligence, and the Death of the Internet
with Trevor Paglen
Multi-Disciplinary Artist, Filmmaker, Investigator, and Technologist
An Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium lecture co-sponsored by Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society and the Banatao Institute (CITRIS) and the Arts Research Center (ARC) Read more
05 Sep, 2024
Special Events
BCNM Fall 2024 Open House
Join the Berkeley Center for New Media for our annual open house and learn more about the new media ecosystem at Cal! Read more
22 Apr, 2024
History & Theory
Historical Data, Present-Day Harms: On the Uses and Limits of Data Science for the Study of Social Movements
with Lauren Klein
Winship Distinguished Research Professor, Departments of Quantitative Theory & Methods and English, Emory University
Presented with the Digital Humanities program and co-sponsored by the College of Computing, Data Science, and Society (CDSS), the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation, and the Media Studies program Read more
08 Apr, 2024
Commons Conversations
Computing the News: Data Journalism and the Search for Objectivity
with Sylvain Parasie
Professor of Sociology at Sciences Po (Paris) and Director of Sciences Po's Media Lab
A Commons Conversation Read more
13 Mar, 2024
History & Theory
AI & the Humanities: Artificial Intelligence and Translation
with Behrooz Ghorbani, Researcher, OpenAI
Cathy Park Hong, English, UC Berkeley
Hoyt Long, East Asian Languages & Civilizations, University of Chicago
Presented in partnership with the Townsend Center for the Humanities. Read more
12 Feb, 2024
Art, Tech & Culture
After Man: Alterhuman Ethics and Poetics at the Climate Change Tipping Point
with micha cárdenas
Associate Professor, Critical Race & Ethnic Studies and Performance, Play & Design, University of California, Santa Cruz
A Latinx & Latin American Media Ecologies event co-sponsored by the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine, and Society (CSTMS) Read more
02 Oct, 2023
Commons Conversations
with Tim Evatt
Production Designer at Pixar Animation Studio
A Commons Conversation Read more
11 Sep, 2023
Art, Tech & Culture
Tectonic Echoes in the Information Age (ten years later)
with Jesse Colin Jackson
Associate Professor, Department of Art, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, University of California, Irvine
Co-sponsored by the Department of Art Practice and the Department of Geography Read more
28 Aug, 2023
Art, Tech & Culture
The ghost in the machine is me.
with Jen Liu, Artist
Moderated by Xiaowei R. Wang
Accompanied by Mia J. Chong, Dancer
Co-sponsored by the English Department and the Department of Art Practice Read more
11 Jul, 2023
Conference
ELO 2023 | Overcoming Divides: Electronic Literature and Social Change 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
13 Mar, 2023
Art, Tech & Culture
with Osman Khan
Professor, Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan
Co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center and the South Asia Art Initiative Read more
06 Mar, 2023
Art, Tech & Culture
with
Teddy Cruz, Professor, Department of Visual Arts, University of California, San Diego
Fonna Forman, Professor, Department of Political Science and Director, Center on Global Justice, University of California San Diego
Co-sponsored by the Department of Architecture, the Department of Art Practice, the Arts Research Center, and the Center for Latin American Studies Read more
13 Feb, 2023
Special Events
Digitalizing Arabic: A Story of Script Technologies
Scholar and experimentalist J.R. Osborn, examines Arabic script, which remains one of the most widely employed writing systems in the world. Reexamining its unique history opens exciting possibilities for the future of design. 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
29 Sep, 2022
Special Events
Person Specificity and Physiovalence: Performance Practice Toward Decolonizing Classical Music
with Ken Ueno
Composer, vocalist, improviser, sound artist, and Professor of Music, UC Berkeley
Presented by Berkeley Arts + Design and co-sponsored by The Department of Ethnic Studies Read more
18 Mar, 2022
Special Events
Data & Life in the Metaverse
Join media innovators to explore the potentials of the metaverse, both exciting and terrifying. With Emma Fraser, Don Hanson, Wade Wallerstein, and Richmond Wong.
Presented by Human Technology Futures Group and the Division of Computing, Data Science, and Society at UC Berkeley. 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
09 Nov, 2021
Special Events
Grad Chat: Advice on the Academic Job Market from Berkeley Alums
Featuring Margaret Rhee, Reginold Royston,and Ryan Shaw. Moderated by Clancy Wilmott.
Presented as a part of BCNM’s Grad Chats, a series focused on navigating the academic job market and career development with UC Berkeley grads. Read more
25 Oct, 2021
Commons Conversations
with Eric Rodenbeck
Founder, Stamen Design
Moderated by Eric Paulos
Professor in Electrical Engineering Computer Science (EECS) Read more
04 Oct, 2021
Art, Tech & Culture
Colonial Practices and Cultural Repression by the Municipality against the Community Museum of the Valle de Xico but “It is our 25th anniversary and we are still here.”
with Maria Thereza Alves
Artist
Moderated by Edgar Fabián Frias
Presented in partnership with the Center for Latin American Studies. Co-sponsored by Spanish & Portuguese, the Center for Race and Gender, the Arts Research Center, and and The American Indian Graduate Program.
Read more
13 Sep, 2021
Art, Tech & Culture
How Can a Maori Girl Recolonise the Screen Using Mighty Pixels
with Lisa Reihana
Artist, Aotearoa/New Zealand
Presented with Berkeley Arts + Design and co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center and The American Indian Graduate Program. Read more
30 Aug, 2021
Commons Conversations
Echolocating the Caribbean Diaspora
with Cathy Thomas
Assistant Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara
Moderated by BCNM Director Abigail De Kosnik
Co-sponsored by the Department of English and the Center for Race and Gender. Read more
01 Jul, 2021
Special Events
Black Feminist Cyborg Study: Panel and Celebration
BCNM is pleased to co-sponsor The Black Feminist Cyborg Study Session end of semester panel and celebration! Read more
22 Apr, 2021
History & Theory
with Elizabeth LaPensée
Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
Co-sponsored by the Department of Art Practice.
Image credit: Elizabeth LaPensée Read more
01 Mar, 2021
History & Theory
A Conversation on Wildfire Ecologies
with Margo Robbins
Co-founder and President of the Cultural Fire Management Council
and Valentin Lopez
Chair of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band
Presented in partnership with Berkeley Arts + Design as part of Arts + Design Mondays.
Read more
18 Feb, 2021
Women in Tech Symposium – The New Era in Human-Computer Interaction,
We're co-sponsoring! Read more
01 Feb, 2021
Special Events
Performing Cultural Exchange on Ohlone Homelands in Huichin
with Pauline Lampton, Director of Miriki Performing Arts
Corrina Gould, co-founder of the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust
Erica Estrada, Northern Pomo Dancer
Presented with UC Berkeley’s Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies in partnership with Berkeley Arts + Design as part of Arts + Design Mondays. Read more
16 Nov, 2020
Commons Conversations
Blockchain Chicken Farm and Grass Mud Horses
with Xiaowei Wang
Writer and artist; author of Blockchain Chicken Farm
& An Xiao Mina
Writer and artist; author of From Memes to Movements Read more
11 Nov, 2020
Clancy Wilmott: Green Parks, Red Dust: Maps, Visual Imperialism and the Cartographic imagination
Read more
03 Nov, 2020
Special Events
Visual Activism: Erin McElroy
With Erin McElroy
Postdoctoral Researcher, New York University
Presented by the Arts Research Center and co-sponsored by the Berkeley Center for New Media. Read more
21 Sep, 2020
Art, Tech & Culture
Notes on the Role of the Artist when the world has always been on fire??
with Pope.L
Artist, Chicago
Presented by the Department of Art Practice Read more
15 Sep, 2020
Workshops
BCNM Student Orientation & Hangout
Join us for an online hangout with BCNM faculty and staff to learn more about new media at Cal! Read more
16 Apr, 2020
History & Theory
*Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) precautions, this event has been moved to the online platform Zoom*
with Christiane Paul
Chief Curator / Director of the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, Professor at The New School and Adjunct Curator of Digital Art at the Whitney Museum of American Art
Response from Claudia Schmuckli
Curator-in-Charge of Contemporary Art and Programming at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Co-sponsored by AutoLab, Arts + Design, the Arts Research Center, Art Practice, BAMPFA, and held in conjunction with the DH Faire. Read more
15 Apr, 2020
Special Events
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
16 Mar, 2020
Commons Conversations
ONLINE: Expanded Internet Art
with Ceci Moss, curator, writer, education, LA
*Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) precautions, this event has been moved to the online platform Zoom* Read more
12 Mar, 2020
History & Theory
ONLINE: Feminist Open Access and Internet Publishing
*Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) precautions, this event has been moved to the online platform Zoom*
with Francesca Coppa, co-founder Organization for Transformative Works
and Kristina Busse and Karen Hellekson, co-founders Transformative Works & Cultures
Co-sponsored by the Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities, the School of Information, the D-Lab, UC Berkeley Libraries, and the Department of Film & Media 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
21 Oct, 2019
Commons Conversations
On the Fringe of Minitel: Alternative Uses of a State-Sponsored Communications Network A Participatory Masterclass
with Julien Mailland
Associate Professor of Telecommunications, Indiana University Media School Read more
30 Sep, 2019
Special Events
BCNM 2019 Seed Grant Talks
with Celeste Kidd
Psychology
and William White
Anthropology 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
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
29 Apr, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
Adam Savage
Mythbusters, CA
a conversation on the past and future of spacesuits with
Nicholas de Monchaux, Professor, UC Berkeley
In partnership with the Department of Architecture's Studio One Read more
23 Apr, 2019
Special Events
The DataEDGE conference at UC Berkeley brings together senior industry and academic leaders for a conversation about the challenges and opportunities created by the rise of big data. Read more
18 Apr, 2019
Special Events
DH Fair: 3D Printed Replicas of Ancient Egyptian Antiquities
with Rita Lucarelli
Associate Professor, Near Eastern Studies
This event is sponsored by Digital Humanities at Berkeley, D-Lab, Arts + Design, Berkeley Center for New Media, the Center for Technology and Society at the Anti-Defamation League, Digital Humanities Working Group, the Library, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, and the Visual Resources Center. Read more
17 Apr, 2019
DH Fair: Building and Preserving Collections for Digital Humanities Research
This session will feature panelists building collections and tools for local digital humanities projects.
This event is sponsored by Digital Humanities at Berkeley, D-Lab, Arts + Design, Berkeley Center for New Media, the Center for Technology and Society at the Anti-Defamation League, Digital Humanities Working Group, the Library, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, and the Visual Resources Center. Read more
15 Apr, 2019
Special Events
DH Fair: Reception and Poster Session
Please join us in kicking off the 2019 DH Fair by enjoying refreshments with colleagues while browsing posters on recent and current Digital Humanities work at Berkeley.
This event is sponsored by Digital Humanities at Berkeley, D-Lab, Arts + Design, Berkeley Center for New Media, the Center for Technology and Society at the Anti-Defamation League, Digital Humanities Working Group, the Library, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, and the Visual Resources Center. Read more
15 Apr, 2019
DH Fair: Hate Speech, Algorithms, and Digital Connectivity
with Zeynep Tufekci
Professor, UNC
This event is sponsored by Digital Humanities at Berkeley, D-Lab, Arts + Design, Berkeley Center for New Media, the Center for Technology and Society at the Anti-Defamation League, Digital Humanities Working Group, the Library, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, and the Visual Resources Center. Read more
11 Apr, 2019
Special Events
Sarah Winchester and the Origins of Silicon Valley
with Homay King
Bryn Mawr College
Presented by the Berkeley Film & Media Seminar. Co-sponsored by the Berkeley Center for New Media. Read more
01 Apr, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
with Rhonda Holberton
Artist, Oakland
Presented in partnership with the Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series. Read more
20 Mar, 2019
History & Theory
Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism
with Safiya Umoja Noble
University of California, Los Angeles
Co-sponsored by the CITRIS Policy Lab Read more
18 Mar, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
On Digital Colonialism and 'Other' Futures
with Morehshin Allahyari
Artist, New York
In partnership with the Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series, the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and Stanford University Read more
18 Mar, 2019
Commons Conversations
Video Games Have Always Been Queer
with Bonnie Ruberg
University of California, Irvine 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
25 Feb, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
In and out of the Body and into the Machine
with Chico MacMurtrie
Artist, New York Read more
12 Feb, 2019
Special Events
The DataEDGE conference at UC Berkeley brings together senior industry and academic leaders for a conversation about the challenges and opportunities created by the rise of big data. Read more
11 Feb, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
News of the Future and the Future of News
with Kevin Delaney
Editor, Quartz
In partnership with the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Read more
08 Feb, 2019
Special Events
HIGH/LOW: Taste, Quality, and Resolution
Film & Media Graduate Student Conference
February 8-9, 2019 Read more
05 Dec, 2018
Special Events
Critical Practices 2018 Showcase
See the great projects of Critical Practices at the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation Winter Showcase! Read more
29 Nov, 2018
Special Events
Digital Workshops of the World: Software, Source Code and Skills Migration in the Global VFX Industries
with Leon Gurevitch
In partnership with the Berkeley Film & Media Seminar Read more
19 Nov, 2018
Art, Tech & Culture
RESCHEDULED: Daemons Tools Art Tech
Due to air quality issues, this talk is being rescheduled for September 23rd, 2019. Please check back soon for more information! Read more
09 Nov, 2018
Commons Conversations
Designs of Destruction: The Making of Monuments in the 20th Century
with Lucia Allais
Associate Professor of Architecture, Princeton University Read more
29 Oct, 2018
Art, Tech & Culture
The Good Anthropocene: Terraforming Earth
with Kim Stanley Robinson
Author, Davis, CA
In partnership with the Department of Architecture's Studio One
Read more
29 Oct, 2018
Commons Conversations
Immersive Media: Performance, Experience, & Audience
with Mona Kasra
Assistant Professor of Digital Media Design at the University of Virginia Read more
19 Oct, 2018
Special Events
Hacking Politics: Symposium
Join us to explore how our political system has been — and might be — “hacked” in ways its framers could never have imagined. Read more
15 Oct, 2018
Art, Tech & Culture
with Kerry Tribe
Artist & Filmmaker, Los Angeles
In partnership with the Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series Read more
08 Oct, 2018
Art, Tech & Culture
The Networked Avant-garde
with Kelani Nichole
Director, The Current; Founder, TRANSFER
In partnership with the Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series Read more
04 Oct, 2018
History & Theory
Learning To Interact: Cybernetics and Play
with Timothy Stott
Lecturer in Art History and Visual Culture
Dublin School of Creative Arts, Dublin Institute of Technology Read more
12 Sep, 2018
History & Theory
Architectural Intelligence
with Molly Wright Steenson
Associate Professor of Ethics and Computational Technologies at Carnegie Mellon University
In partnership with the Department of Architecture Read more
10 Sep, 2018
Art, Tech & Culture
with Roxane Gay
Author, Indiana Read more
21 Aug, 2018
Special Events
BCNM Fall 2018 Open House
Join the BCNM for our annual open house, filled with art, demonstrations, and new media programs from across campus! Read more
02 May, 2018
Special Events
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
16 Apr, 2018
Art, Tech & Culture
with Angela Davis
Activist and Professor, CA
interviewed by Leigh Raiford, Assoc. Professor of African American Studies and Malika Imhotep, PhD Candidate in African American Studies and Designated Emphasis in New Media
A 2018 Regents Lecture
Read more
09 Apr, 2018
Art, Tech & Culture
new art, flag art, good art, portal art
with Ian Cheng
Artist, Los Angeles, CA
Presented in partnership with the Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series, and as part of the Arts + Design Monday Nights at BAMPFA program. Read more
06 Apr, 2018
Special Events
The Past is Present: Workshop
Experts will lead participants through point cloud surveying to rendering data in virtual reality. Read more
05 Apr, 2018
Special Events
The Past is Present: Virtuality, Archaeology, and the Future of History
With rapid advances in modern documentation and interpretive technologies such as scanning, visualization, and Virtual and Augmented Reality, how must our study of the past and its material legacy adapt? Read more
04 Apr, 2018
Special Events
The Past is Present: Exhibition
Deep Dive Or the Limits of Immersion was curated by Asma Kazmi. We preview the show as part of the Past is Present. Read more
19 Mar, 2018
Art, Tech & Culture
Yugoexport Is the Name of this Oral Corporation
With Irena Haiduk
Artist, Belgrade, Serbia
Presented in partnership with the Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series Read more
09 Mar, 2018
Special Events
Amateurism Across the Arts
Amateurism Across the Arts is an event hosted by the Arts Research Center at UC Berkeley, and co-sponsored in part by BCNM. Read more
01 Mar, 2018
History & Theory
with Warren Sack
Chair and Professor of Film + Digital Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz Read more
05 Feb, 2018
Art, Tech & Culture
Connectivity as a Human Right
with Nick Negroponte
Architect, MIT, Massachussetts
Presented in partnership with the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation Read more
29 Jan, 2018
Art, Tech & Culture
with Kris Paulsen
Associate Professor of History of Art and the Film Studies Program at The Ohio State University
An Art, Technology and Culture Colloquium lecture. Presented in partnership with the History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series as part of Monday nights as BAMPFA. Read more
06 Dec, 2017
Special Events
Critical Practices at the Jacobs Winter Design Showcase
Critical Practices, a hands-on studio design course, will present their work at the Jacobs Winter Design Showcase on Dec 6. Read more
06 Nov, 2017
Art, Tech & Culture
We Must Conjure Our Gods Before We Obey Them
With Michael Rock
Designer, 2x4, NY.
Presenting in partnership with the Department of Architecture & Urban Planning Read more
23 Oct, 2017
Art, Tech & Culture
Socially Engaged Internet-Art: Aesthetics of Information Ethics
with Paolo Cirio
Artist, NY
Presented in partnership with the Department of Art Practice Read more
17 Oct, 2017
History & Theory
Between the Digital and the Political: New Ecologies of Mind
with Erich Hörl and Yuk Hui
Panel Discussion with Luciana Parisi, David Bates & Warren Sack
with support from the Townsend Center and the Dean of Arts and Humanities Read more
12 Oct, 2017
History & Theory
Datasense: Sensor Technology and the Mediation of Sentience
with Natasha Schull
Associate Professor in the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication at NYU
Presented in partnership with the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine, & Society
Read more
05 Oct, 2017
Commons Conversations
Reply All: Free Speech in the Age of Social Media
New media and modes of digital expression are transforming our experience of, and shaping conversations around free speech. Join us as faculty, students, and staff discuss this new landscape. Read more
25 Sep, 2017
Art, Tech & Culture
World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech
with Frank Foer
National correspondent for The Atlantic and fellow at the New America Foundation.
Presented in partnership with the Graduate School of Journalism Read more
11 Sep, 2017
Special Events
Book Talk — Intelligent Infrastructure: Zipcars, Invisible Networks, And Urban Transformation
with TF Tierney
Founding Director of URL: Urban Research Lab at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Co-sponsored by the Institute of Transportation Studies Read more
22 Aug, 2017
Special Events
BCNM Fall 2017 Open House
Join the Berkeley Center for New Media for our annual open house Read more
08 May, 2017
Special Events
Leading experts will discuss ways in which organizations are addressing issues at large in our fast-changing social environment. Read more
03 May, 2017
Special Events
Spring Critical Making Showcase
Come celebrate the projects of Design Innovation students! Read more
02 May, 2017
Workshops
Scalar for Multimedia Digital Projects
Hosted by Stacy Reardon and developed by the Alliance for Networking Visual Culture, Scalar is a web platform for multimedia digital projects and academic texts. Read more
28 Apr, 2017
Special Events
Listening Session and Launch Party Read more
25 Apr, 2017
Commons Conversations
BCNM, in partnership with the School of Information and Graduate School of Journalism, turn to the particular role, and power, of digital tools to express and organize political dissent, and create greater institutional and political transparency! Read more
19 Apr, 2017
Special Events
Conveying Climate Change: New Media Art, Science, and Activism
13 Apr, 2017
History & Theory
Technology and Forensic Evidence: Chilean Human Rights Investigations
with Eden Medina
Associate Professor of Informatics and Computing, Affiliated Associate Professor of Law, and Adjunct Associate Professor of History at Indiana University, Bloomington Read more
06 Apr, 2017
Special Events
Nicholas de Monchaux on Local Code: 3659 Proposals about Data, Design, and the Nature of Cities
Join BCNM at the Berkeley Art Museum and Film Archive with an author talk with Nicholas de Monchaux. Read more
02 Apr, 2017
Art, Tech & Culture
Mediating Reality: The New Role of Visual Journalism - CANCELED
with Richard Koci Hernandez, Emmy award-winning innovator in journalism and multimedia Read more
03 Mar, 2017
Commons Conversations
with Joris Maltha, CatalogTree co-founder Read more
01 Mar, 2017
Commons Conversations
Radical Technologies: The Design of Everyday Life
with Adam Greenfield, information architect and designer Read more
13 Feb, 2017
Commons Conversations
with Geoff Manaugh, NYT best-selling author Read more
11 Feb, 2017
Special Events
Greg Niemeyer on Hippie Modernisms at BAMPFA
Prof. Niemeyer on the latest exhibition Read more
09 Dec, 2016
Special Events
"Rogue Archives" Book Launch: Digital Cultural Memory and Media Fandom
"Rogue Archives" is authored by Prof. Gail De Kosnik Read more
08 Dec, 2016
Art, Tech & Culture
Designing Spatiality for New Media Art
with Andrew and Deborah Rappaport,
founders of the Minnesota Street Project Read more
07 Dec, 2016
Special Events
Jacobs 2016 Winter Design Showcase
Jacobs Institute opens its doors to showcase students' final projects! Read more
05 Dec, 2016
Special Events
Reading Robot Poetry! or, How Robots Fall Out of Love
Celebrating the publication of alum Margaret Rhee's Radio Heart; or How Robots Fall Out of Love Read more
26 Nov, 2016
Special Events
"Local Code" Book Launch: a Conversation & Reading
with Nicholas de Monchaux Read more
10 Nov, 2016
Special Events
Sex, Lies, and Data Mining
with Luke DuBois, co-author of Jitter, a software suite for the real-time manipulation of matrix data Read more
09 Nov, 2016
Art, Tech & Culture
Unnatural: People, Energy and Materials in Three Acts
Ronald Rael is an applied architectural researcher, author, design entrepreneur, and thought leader in the fields of additive manufacturing and earthen architecture Read more
03 Nov, 2016
Special Events
Books in Browsers VII—Telling Small Stories
Don't let yourself or any book lover you know miss this summit in San Francisco, CA at the Gray Area Foundation for the Arts! Read more
17 Oct, 2016
Art, Tech & Culture
Sculpture. Simulacrum. Ritual.
Tom Sachs
Sculptor, NY
In partnership with the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and the Art Practice Department Read more
29 Sep, 2016
History & Theory
A Workshop on Network Analysis for Film & Media
with Miriam Posner Read more
27 Sep, 2016
Special Events
Jane Jacobs and the Digital City
in partnership with SPUR San Francisco Read more
27 Sep, 2016
Workshops
Masterclass: Designing Jane Jacobs' Digital Cities
Co-sponsored by the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine & Society, the Global Urban Humanities Initiative, and the School of Information's Center for Technology, Society, and Policy. Read more
13 Sep, 2016
Special Events
Undergraduate Certificate in New Media Information Session
Find out more about the Certificate in New Media for undergraduates at Cal! Read more
23 Aug, 2016
Special Events
This is a great opportunity to connect with faculty, students, and staff on campus who work in the new media space. Read more
11 Jul, 2016
Special Events
BCNM at Graduate Programs Fair
Learn about our Designated Emphasis and Graduate Certificate in New Media programs! Read more
03 Jul, 2016
Special Events
MFA Graduate Artist Talks at BAMPFA
Come check out these graduates' work! Read more
01 Jul, 2016
Special Events
46th Annual MFA Graduate Exhibition Reception at BAMPFA
Join these MFA graduates in celebration of their work on Friday and Saturday Read more
07 May, 2016
Special Events
"Souvenir" is a multimedia performance inspired by the Aimee Suzara's work Read more
04 May, 2016
Special Events
Experience this season's NWMEDIA203 Showcase at Jacobs Hall Read more
22 Apr, 2016
Special Events
Change and Stillness: Bodies and Gestures within Sensor Technology
Two sessions of open lab, talk, and live demonstration of multi-disciplinary art Read more
16 Apr, 2016
Special Events
A public presentation of what the largest bell of all time might have sounded like Read more
17 Mar, 2016
History & Theory
Mary Flanagan will explore this rich history and point to the theoretical concerns that arise when playing critically. Read more
04 Mar, 2016
Special Events
Beyond Pixels: The Hidden Traits of Great Designers
with Steve Johnson, LinkedIn's Director of User Experience Design Read more
11 Feb, 2016
History & Theory
Machine Generated Culpability
with Ahmed Ghappour, law professor at UC Hastings Read more
09 Dec, 2015
Special Events
Jacobs Institute Winter Design Showcase
Join us as we celebrate this semester's student work at Jacobs Institute! Read more
03 Dec, 2015
Special Events
Everything After: Opossum Impressions
An installation by Lark Buckinham, UC Berkeley MFA student Read more
30 Nov, 2015
Art, Tech & Culture
Material Evidence: Scientific Inquiry, Sensory Experience, and the Creative Process
with Adrien Segal
Oakland-based sculptural data artist and designer Read more
16 Nov, 2015
History & Theory
Design, Geopolitics, and Planetary-Scale Computing
with Benjamin Bratton, UCSD Professor and Design Theorist Read more
02 Nov, 2015
Art, Tech & Culture
Working the Stack: Exploits, Topologies, Ontologies
with Julian Oliver, a New Zealander, Critical Engineer and artist based in Berlin Read more
28 Oct, 2015
Special Events
Manufacturing Transparency Conference
An exciting, interdisciplinary symposium on secrecy, publicity, and authenticity Read more
28 Sep, 2015
Art, Tech & Culture
Everything I Know Will Be Yours: Surveillance In Plein Air
with Vito Acconci, American designer, architect, performance and installation artist Read more
24 Sep, 2015
Special Events
Networked Boredom: On the Desire for Connection
with Scott Richmond, Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies in the Department of English at Wayne State University Read more
31 Jul, 2015
Special Events
Books in Browsers Request for Proposals Deadline
The succesful conference is back for its sixth year. And it wants your submissions! 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
08 May, 2015
Special Events
Interface Aesthetics Course Exhibition
Join us in viewing this I-School & BCNM course exhibition 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
06 May, 2015
Special Events
Game Design Showcase and Arcade
Come to Kroeber to view student-created games! Read more
13 Apr, 2015
Art, Tech & Culture
A Hack in the Odious Machine: Digital Organizing Tools for the Precariat
with Jesse Drew, UC Davis Professor, and Glenda Drew, artist and designer Read more
08 Apr, 2015
Special Events
Design for All: Inclusivity By Design
with Pattie Moore, Designer and Gerontologist
Read more
08 Apr, 2015
Workshops
Lunch with Product Design Pioneer Patricia Moore
A special opportunity for BCNM students and faculty to discuss inclusive design and share projects Read more
20 Mar, 2015
Special Events
A concert by electroacoustic composer Tarek Atoui. Co-presented with the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) and the MATRIX Program Read more
23 Feb, 2015
Art, Tech & Culture
by Rirkrit Tiravanija, renowned Thai artist Read more
17 Feb, 2015
Special Events
Welcome to Braggsville: Author Talk
T. Geronimo Johnson in Conversation With April Sinclair 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
20 Jan, 2015
Special Events
CITRIS Mobile App Challenge Info Session + Ideation Summit 2015
We're sponsoring a semester-long competition for the best mobile apps that address civic needs! 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
02 Oct, 2014
History & Theory
A lecture by Jennifer Holt (Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies at UCSB) this October, held at Stephens Hall Read more
07 May, 2014
Special Events
Critical Making Final Class Exhibition
Experience this semester's student critiques of new media Read more
10 Apr, 2014
Special Events
Student Research Presentations and New DE Welcome
Cutting edge research happening here at BCNM! Join us in celebration of these amazing grad students. Read more
01 Apr, 2014
Special Events
Participate in a hackathon in honor of the Free Speech Movement's 50th anniversary! First prize: a MacBook Air Read more
29 Mar, 2014
Special Events
We're bringing wifi, food, API's, an amazing community... You bring ideas help this "economy of kindness" 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
24 Feb, 2014
Art, Tech & Culture
ULTRACONCENTRATED: Image, Media, Software
Casey Reas, LA-based artist and educator, talks about the possibilies of software in the visual arts Read more
15 Feb, 2014
Create Your Bot Hackathon
Learn how to build Chatbots with renowned artificial intelligence programmer and ChatScript language designer Bruce Wilcox as you compete to create the most human chatbot! Read more
04 Dec, 2013
Special Events
Townsend Book Chat: Polartides
Conversation with Professor Greg Niemeyer, BCNM Director Read more
02 Dec, 2013
Art, Tech & Culture
From Timelapse to Timecollapse
Zhang Ga, media art curator and Professor at Tsinghua University, on "Rethinking New Media Art and Platform China" Read more
14 Nov, 2013
Special Events
From Data Visualization to Data Manifestation
with Kevin Walker, Head of Information Experience Design, Royal College of Art Read more
26 Oct, 2013
Special Events
The Queerness and Games Conference
Gear up for another fantastic schedule at the Queerness and Games Conference, hosted here at UC Berkeley Read more
12 Oct, 2013
Special Events
Register here to help out with the Turing Test Tournament! Read more
19 Sep, 2013
History & Theory
Mia Laboro: How To Do Generative Humanities
with Peter Lunenfeld, UCLA Design Media Arts Professor Read more
26 Aug, 2013
Special Events
This event is open to students currently enrolled in a degree program at UC Berkeley Read more
18 Mar, 2013
Special Events
BCNM Spring 2013 Open House for Prospective Students
We invite you to learn about BCNM's academic offerings in New Media. Come hungry. Read more
04 Feb, 2013
Art, Tech & Culture
Social Prosthetics: Technology and the Human Form
A lecture by Kate Hartman, leader of wearable technology Read more
11 Dec, 2012
Special Events
Needy Robotics and Our Intimate Interrelationship with Technology
Listen to Alex Reben, engineer and artist, discuss the line that separates thought from data Read more
11 Dec, 2012
Special Events
Needy Robotics and Our Intimate Interrelationship with Technology
Listen to Alex Reben, engineer and artist, discuss the line that separates thought from data Read more
04 Dec, 2012
Lo-Fi & Hi-Touch In The Age of Hi-Tech
A lecture by Scott Doorley, creative director of the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford Read more
03 Dec, 2012
Art, Tech & Culture
Luminous Currents: Tracing Modernism from Bauhaus to Beehive
An Arts + Technology Colloquium lecture by JoAnne Northrup, former chief curator at the San Jose Museum of Art Read more
27 Nov, 2012
Workshops
Provoking Reflection and Exploration with Aesthetic Interaction
Laura Devendorf will discuss AnyType, an Android application that generates unique typefaces from photographs of shapes that people find in their environment Read more
15 Nov, 2012
Special Events
Visual Identities, Recorded Subjects and ‘Pant-Pages’ in Late Narratives in Spanish, from a Transatlantic Perspective
A lecture by Vicente Luis Mora, Contemporary Spanish Literature and New Technologies at Brown University Read more
14 Nov, 2012
Special Events
FutARism: The Possiblities of Augmented Reality in Art Making
with Amir Baradaran, Media and Performance Artist, New York Read more
06 Nov, 2012
Special Events
Designing for In-the-Moment Interactions with Robotic Agents
Leila Takayama, research scientist, on communicating with robots Read more
30 Oct, 2012
Special Events
Ephemeral Space: Networks of Social Media & Mobile Food Vending Practices
with Ginette Wessel, PhD Candidate of Architecture, on mobile food vendors and social media Read more
25 Oct, 2012
History & Theory
with Wendy Chun, Prof. of Modern Culture and Media at Brown University Read more
24 Oct, 2012
Special Events
Design Tools for Engineering for Both Big and Little Kids
with Saul Griffith, Founder / Principal Scientist at Other Lab Read more
24 Oct, 2012
Special Events
Design Tools for Engineering for Both Big and Little Kids
with Saul Griffith, Founder / Principal Scientist at Other Lab Read more
25 Sep, 2012
Special Events
Information Labor as Venture Labor: Policy Implications of Technology Industry Risk
with Gina Neff, Associate Prof. of Communication at the University of Washington Read more
22 Aug, 2012
Special Events
BCNM Open House for Prospective Students
Learn more about the Berkeley Center for New Media's academic offerings in New Media, this August Read more
02 May, 2012
Artist Talk at the BiD Lab with Walter Kim
Lunch and conversation with Walter Kim, artist and engineer based in San Francisco Read more
26 Apr, 2012
History & Theory
with Rita Raley, Associate Prof. of English, among other distinguished appointments Read more
16 Apr, 2012
Art, Tech & Culture
Media Bichos and other Displays for Engaging People to Watch Videos in the Museum
with Sabine Breitwieser, Chief Curator of Media and Performance Art at The Museum of Modern Art in New York Read more
02 Apr, 2012
Art, Tech & Culture
The Comatose, the Cadaver, and the Chimera: Alternate Anatomical Architectures
An Arts + Technology Colloquium with Stellarc, Read more
30 Mar, 2012
Special Events
The Utopian Impulse: Buckminster Fuller and the Bay Area
Hosted at SFMoMA, featuring Nicholas DeMonchaux and the work of Buckminster Fuller Read more
22 Mar, 2012
Special Events
Vancouver Conceptual Photography: Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion
Screening of the documentary Picture Start, directed by Harry Killas Read more
19 Mar, 2012
Special Events
BCNM Open House for Prospective Students
Open to all currently enrolled UC Berkeley students and visiting prospective students. RSVP here Read more
15 Mar, 2012
Special Events
Break/ing Ground: Critical Dialogues in Sound and Motion
A conversation with Dr. DeFrant and Dr. Fred Moten (Duke) Read more
23 Feb, 2012
Special Events
BEARS 2012 Berkeley EECS Annual Research Symposium, BCNM Open House
This year the theme of the BEARS Conference is "Big Data at Berkeley." Don't miss it! Read more
21 Feb, 2012
Special Events
with Wendy Ju, California College of Arts, Read more
16 Feb, 2012
Special Events
with Christopher M. Kelty, UCLA Associate Professor Read more
02 Feb, 2012
Special Events
Transforming Community Through Pervasive Play
with Jeff Watson (USC) Read more
23 Jan, 2012
Special Events
Social Media and Peer Learning: From Mediated Pedagogy to Peeragogy
with Howard Rheingold, independent scholar at Stanford's Department of Communication Read more
09 Nov, 2011
Special Events
with Garth Johnson - writer, artist, and educator Read more
19 Oct, 2011
Special Events
with Regina Connell, Editor in Chief of Handful of Salt, an online magazine that covers the craft of modern design Read more
22 Sep, 2011
Special Events
with Uday Danvadate, co-founder and CEO of SonicRim, a global design research consulting practice Read more
21 Sep, 2011
Special Events
Opening Reception and Artist Talk, Video Voyages
An evening at the BCNM Commons Read more
04 May, 2011
Special Events
Regents Lecture: Green Technologies – Enabling the Radical Innovations to Come (Sooner!)
A special lecture by Bill Joy, renowned technologist and partner in leading venture capital firm KPBC's Greentech Practice Read more
02 May, 2011
Art, Tech & Culture
The Battle for the Life and Beauty of the Earth
with Christopher Alexander, Prof. of Architecture here at UC Berkeley Read more
25 Apr, 2011
Special Events
Advancing the New Machine, Human Rights and Technology Conference
A symposium for anyone interested in uniting the tech-world and the human rights community Read more
13 Apr, 2011
Special Events
Participation, Collaboration, and Engagement
with Parul Vora, Wikimedia Foundation Read more
30 Mar, 2011
Special Events
New Media Research Roundtable: On Common Ground, Paula Levine
Led by Paula Levine, artist and researcher whose experimental videos have shown in screenings in New York's Lincoln Centre Read more
09 Mar, 2011
Special Events
A lecture by Stuart Candy - aSenior Foresight and Innovation Specialist at Arup, Adjunct Professor at California College of the Arts, and Research Fellow of The Long Now Foundation Read more
09 Mar, 2011
Special Events
New Media Research Roundtable: A Moving Image – Media and Metaphor in Stage Performance
An informal talk and screening led by Ellen Bromberg, Guggenheim Fellow, choreographer, and media artist Read more
24 Feb, 2011
Special Events
World Craft, Business and Culture of Gaming in East Asia
03 Feb, 2011
Special Events
Immersed in Mediated Spaces – Playful Immersion and the Quest for Immediacy in Video Games
A lecture by Carl Therrien (Stanford) Read more
24 Jan, 2011
Art, Tech & Culture
Rhinoceros Beetles, Kissable Frogs and other Close Encounters with Biodiverse and the Tasty Future
An Arts, Technology, and Culture Colloquium lecture by Natalie Jeremijenko Read more
19 Jan, 2011
Special Events
Design Futures: Making Technology Meaningful – Bridging Research & Practice
with Dr. Jaspal Sandhu and Dr. Mahad Ibrahim (Gobee) Read more
06 Dec, 2010
Art, Tech & Culture
with Matthew Passmore, an artist and a principal at Rebar, an art and design studio based in San Francisco Read more
17 Nov, 2010
Special Events
New Media Research Roundtable: Futurefarmers Recent and Forthcoming Work — A Variation on the Powers of Ten
Futurefarmers is a group of artists, designers and architects who use various media to create work that responds to the time and place around them Read more
15 Nov, 2010
Art, Tech & Culture
Architectural Communication in the Knowledge Economy
with Jeffrey Inaba, founder of INABA, an architecture firm based in Los Angeles Read more
20 Sep, 2010
Special Events
A lecture by Lisa Iwamoto, partner of IwamotoScott Read more
25 Oct, 2024
Summer Research Reports: Caleb Murray-Bozeman on Mapping Union Square
BCNM is thrilled to support our students in their summer research. Read about Caleb Murray-Bozeman on Mapping Union Square! Read more
21 Oct, 2024
Trevor Paglen Featured in Tree: Exploring the Arboreal World
Trevor Paglen is featured in Tree: Exploring the Arboreal World, a collection of more than 300 images celebrating the beauty and diversity of trees. Read more
15 Oct, 2024
Luisa Caldas Receives 2024 Lau Just Climate Futures Accelerator Grant
BCNM faculty member Luisa Caldas receives the 2024 Lau Just Climate Futures Accelerator Grant! Read more
15 Oct, 2024
Announcing BCNM's 2024 Faculty Seed Grant Recipient
This semester, the Berkeley Center for New Media was thrilled to support one faculty member in their scholarship through a seed grant that will help catalyze their research in new media. We are excited to congratulate this amazing artist! Read more
13 Oct, 2024
Announcing BCNM's Fall 2024 Conference Grant Recipients
The Berkeley Center for New Media is thrilled to provide small grants to our graduate students to help them share their innovative research at the premiere conferences in their field. Read more
12 Oct, 2024
Summer Research Reports: Adrian Montufar on Designing New Digital Musical Instruments
BCNM is thrilled to support our students in their summer research. Read about Adrian Montufar on Designing New Digital Musical Instruments! Read more
23 Sep, 2024
Announcing Our Fall 2024 Class Fund Recipients
We're excited to offer small grants to further support our faculty in their new media classes. Read more
21 Sep, 2024
BCNM Around the Web Summer 2024
Check out our faculty and alumni around the web this Summer 2024! Read more
19 Sep, 2024
Apply to be a New Media Undergraduate Research Fellow in Spring 2025
Applications are due October 23, 2024! Read more
17 Sep, 2024
Katherine Song Joins TU Delft Faculty
BCNM graduate Katherine Song will be joining Tu Delft as an Assistant Professor! Read more
26 Aug, 2024
BCNM Turns 20! Announcing our 2024-25 Public Events
BCNM is turning 20 this year! Mark your calendars for an incredible lineup of speakers and events to celebrate! Read more
26 Aug, 2024
Announcing the 2024-25 History and Theory of New Media Season
We are excited to announce the 2024-25 season of our HTNM lecture series, featuring Laura Harjo, Mariaelena Huambachano, danah boyd, and more! Read more
25 Jul, 2024
Conference Grant Reports: William Morgan at Politics of the Machines
William Morgan presented "Human-AI Interaction Design (HAIID): Synthetic Personae, Shoggoths and Alignment." Read more
10 Jul, 2024
Conference Grant Reports: Alexis Wood at AAG
Alexis presented “Constellations as Critical Cartographic Method." 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
08 Jun, 2024
Conference Grant Reports: Katherine Song at CHI 2024
Katherine presented Füpop! Read more
07 Jun, 2024
Design and the (De)Construction of Nature
Jillian (Lee) Crandall publishes a book chapter in "Imaginary Wilds: ARCHITECTURAL INTERVENTIONS FOR THE THOMAS COLE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE." Read more
01 Jun, 2024
Global Urban Greening Strategies: From policies to community action.
Alum Eleni Oikonomaki in Placemaking Week! Read more
01 Jun, 2024
BCNM student Xinwei Zhuang and BCNM faculty Luisa Caldas published this article on Automated Building Archetype Generation through Self-Supervised Learning for Energy Modeling. Read more
31 May, 2024
Segregating the Suburbs in Postwar California
Alum TF Tierney on a history of Ladera Housing Cooperative, 1944-1950. Read more
27 May, 2024
Alum Christo Sims in Public Culture
Christo co-edited this special on Science and the State. Read more
26 May, 2024
Self-Supervised Learning of Dynamic Planar Manipulation of Free-End Cables
New paper from Ken Goldberg and team! Read more
20 May, 2024
We're so proud to share some our greatest successes from 2023-2024! Read more
06 May, 2024
Julia Irwin Awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship
Read more
05 May, 2024
Congratulating Our Spring 2024 Undergraduate Certificate Recipients
We wish them well in their future pursuits! Join us in applauding their accomplishments! Read more
03 May, 2024
Congratulating Our Spring 2024 Graduates
Artwork "HAYA" (Life) by Arianna Khmelniuk, in collaboration with Eddie Farr; Photographer: Wyatt Kane. Read more
26 Apr, 2024
Beyond open access: Book publishing in a metric culture
New paper from Clancy Wilmott! Read more
25 Apr, 2024
New Summer Course: Indigenous Technologies
Sierra Edd (Diné) leads a new summer course on Indigenous Technologies! Read more
23 Apr, 2024
Rashad Arman Timmons Awarded UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship
The current program offers postdoctoral research fellowships, professional development and faculty mentoring to outstanding scholars in all fields. Read more
07 Apr, 2024
Announcing our Summer 2024 Research Award Recipients
Congratulations to our 2024 Summer Research recipients from Geography, Music, Education, Architecture, East Asian Studies, Public Health, Theater, Dance and Performance Studies, and Film & Media. Read more
07 Apr, 2024
Announcing the Summer 2024 BCNM 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 semester's Fellows. Read more
04 Apr, 2024
BCNM Around the Web Spring 24
Check out our faculty and alumni around the web this Spring, 2024! Read more
01 Apr, 2024
Zekarias Musele Thompson and Lee Crandall at the Living Room Light Exchange
Two of our grad students are featured at tonight's Living Room Light Exchange! Read more
31 Mar, 2024
Announcing Our Spring 2024 DE & Certificate Cohort
Art by Yangyang Yang. Read more
21 Mar, 2024
Announcing BCNM's Spring 2024 Conference Grant Recipients
The Berkeley Center for New Media is thrilled to provide small grants to our graduate students to help them share their innovative research at the premiere conferences in their field. Read more
23 Feb, 2024
Alum Trevor Paglen Featured in El País
From secret CIA prisons to the images that train AI, this article shares how Trevor Paglen looks where we cannot see. Read more
09 Feb, 2024
Video now online! Tim Evatt's Designing for Animation
Missed the Commons Conversation with Tim Evatt, Production Designer at Pixar Animation Studio? A recording of the lecture has now been uploaded to YouTube! Watch below as Tim Evatt discusses his passion for studying visual structure in film and how to start a portfolio for animation.
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30 Jan, 2024
BCNM Launches New Media Academy with Summer 2024 Indigenous Technologies Workshop
BCNM's New Media Academy launches this summer with a six-week Indigenous Technologies online workshop. Learn more and enroll now! Read more
29 Jan, 2024
Subsea Telecommunications Strategy
A report detailing best practices in Subsea Telecommunications Cable Sustainability from research from our own Nicole Starosielski's team! Read more
25 Jan, 2024
Announcing BCNM's Spring 2024 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 semester's Fellows. Read more
17 Jan, 2024
Summer Research Reports: Ellie Hoshizaki and the Vibe-o-meter
We're thrilled to support our students in their summer research. Read about Ellie Hoshizaki and the Vibe-o-meter! Read more
17 Jan, 2024
Conference Grant Reports: Elnaz Bailey at the Generative AI Conference
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15 Jan, 2024
Spring 2024 Designated Emphasis and Certificate Applications Now Open
Applications are due March 1, 2024. Read more
20 Dec, 2023
Seed Grant Report — Truth, lies, and misinformation during cognitive development
Celeste Kidd's lab received a BCNM Faculty Seed Grant for "Truth, lies, and misinformation during cognitive development." Read more about the results of the project! Read more
07 Dec, 2023
Congratulating Our Fall 2023 Graduates
Omnidirectional wifi speaker, Hae Sung Park. Read more
05 Dec, 2023
Apply to TA in Summer 2024
TA for Transforming Tech or Digital Infrastructures this summer! Read more
05 Dec, 2023
Seed Grant Report: Clancy Wilmott and Before You Were Here
Clancy Wilmott received a faculty seed grant to create a map using experimental techniques combining GIS, geocomputation and hand drafting. Read more
30 Nov, 2023
Announcing Our Fall 2023 DE & Certificate Cohort
Haya Constellation Altar, 2019, Arianna Khmelniuk Read more
27 Nov, 2023
Video now online! Jen Liu's The ghost in the machine is me.
Missed the talk with Jen Liu about her multifaceted GHOST_WORLD project, which proposes an intrinsically paradoxical task: to represent electronics workers through the digital imaging technologies that are designed to erase them, bridging the distance between labor and consumer through location-based AR? A recording of the lecture has now been uploaded to YouTube. Read more
04 Nov, 2023
Announcing BCNM's Fall 2023 Faculty Seed Grants
This semester, the Berkeley Center for New Media was thrilled to support four faculty members in their scholarship through seed grants that will help catalyze their research in new media. We are excited to congratulate these amazing artists and scholars! Read more
03 Nov, 2023
Conference Grant Reports: Xinwei Zhuang at ACADIA
We are pleased to support our students sharing their work at the premiere conferences in their field. Xinwei Zhuang presented their paper on ""Encoding Urban Ecologies: Automated Building Archetype Generation through Self-Supervised Learning for Energy Modeling" at ACADIA.
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01 Nov, 2023
Announcing BCNM's Fall 23 Conference Grant Recipients
Congratulations to these students working in the fields of architecture, geography, engineering, and more! Read more
26 Oct, 2023
Wish Wang on Community Design
Wish Wang received an undergraduate research fellowship and was mentored by Xinwei Zhuang. Read more
26 Oct, 2023
Alum Christine Dierk Leads Adobe's Project Primrose
Geeky Gadgets features Christine's latest project to create an interactive dress capable of changing patterns. Read more
26 Oct, 2023
Conference Grant Reports: Haripriya Sathyanarayanan on Showcasing Research, Art, And Intersections To Encourage Member Collaboration
Haripriya Sathyanarayanan traveled to La Jolla to present at the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA) Conference. Read more
21 Oct, 2023
Elnaz Tafrihi on Insight XR
Elnaz received a summer research grant to work on an augmented reality project. Read more
15 Oct, 2023
Julia Irwin on a History of Artificial Perception
Summer research from Julia Irwin on "Patterning Recognition: A History of Artificial Perception." Read more
14 Oct, 2023
Weiying Li on “Designing Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) curriculum”.
Weiying Li received a BCNM 2023 summer research award. Read more
05 Oct, 2023
World Building for Immersive Storytelling
Interview with Alex McDowell RDI Read more
18 Sep, 2023
Announcing the 2023 Jarvis Scholarship Recipients
The generous Eugene Jarvis Scholarship was awarded to Kelsey Choe, Em Erce, and Anna Ma. 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
08 Sep, 2023
Eric Paulos Named Faculty Director of Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation
Professor Eric Paulos has been appointed as the new Faculty Director of the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation (effective 1 July 2023). Read more
28 Aug, 2023
How the Art World is Embracing AI
Alum Trevor Paglen features in new video published by cheddar news. 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 Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium Season
We are excited to announce the 2023-2024 season of our ATC lecture series, featuring Jen Liu, Jesse Colin Jackson, Valeria Luiselli, and 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
26 Jul, 2023
Announcing the 2023-2024 Latinx & Latin American Media Ecologies Season
We are excited to announce the 2023-2024 season of our Latinx & Latin American Media Ecologies lecture series, featuring Eduardo Costa, Martina Broner, micha cárdenas, and more! Read more
17 Jul, 2023
Ken Goldberg presented on Expanding Access to Robots for Education and Research in the workshop on lowering barriers for robotics research. 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
05 Jul, 2023
Fall 2023 Designated Emphasis and Certificate Applications Now Open
Applications are due November 1, 2023. Read more
03 Jul, 2023
Bjoern Hartmann at DIS 2023
Herding AI Cats: Lessons from Designing a Chatbot by Prompting GPT-3 Read more
29 Jun, 2023
Conference Grant Reports: William Morgan on Autocatallaxy
William Morgan traveled to Los Angeles, Mexico City, and Beijing to conduct and present elements of his research as part of the Antikythera Program. Read more
27 Jun, 2023
We're so proud to share some our greatest successes from 2022-2023! Read more
13 Jun, 2023
Michelle Carney Featured on People of AI
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13 Jun, 2023
Undergraduate Research Report: Isabel Li on Insight XR
Isabel Li worked with Elnaz Tafrihi on InsightXR, a project which aims to provide accessible, remote co-design in architectural contexts through mobile AR experiences. Read more
13 Jun, 2023
Conference Grant Reports: Haripriya Sathyanarayanan at Elevate
We are pleased to support our students sharing their work at the premiere conferences in their field. Read more
13 Jun, 2023
Undergraduate Research Report: Xiaowen Yuan on Immersive Virtual Environments
Xiaowen Yuan worked with Haripriya Sathyanarayanan on a project based on virtual reality and built environment design. Read more
08 Jun, 2023
Yairamaren Roman Maldonado Launches Escritura Publica
This public humanities project proposes to create a space where women can access creative writing and healing techniques as critical tools to address their experiences with different daily social problems on the island of Puerto Rico. Read more
08 Jun, 2023
Jill Miller & Asma Kazmi Receive C/Change Grant
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07 Jun, 2023
Real Life in Real Time Co-Edited by Bo Ruberg
Published by MIT Press, this new volume explores the cultural ramifications of online live streaming, including its effects on identity and power in digital spaces. Read more
01 Jun, 2023
Check out this new article from Ken Goldberg! Read more
01 Jun, 2023
Critical Computation on a Geographical Register
Clancy Wilmott has released a new research article titled "Critical computation on a geographical register." Read more
01 Jun, 2023
Shannon Jackson on the Relevance of Place
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01 Jun, 2023
Jingyi Li To Join Pomona as Assistant Professor
Congratulations to former undergraduate certificate student Jingy Li on joining Pomona as an Assistant Professor. Read more
30 May, 2023
Conference Reports: Weiying Li at AERA 2023
Weiying Li shares her experience at the AERA 2023 Conference on “Interrogating Consequential Education Research in Pursuit of Truth.” 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
Conference Grants: Katherine Song at CHI 23
Katherine presented "Lotio: Lotion-Mediated Interaction with an Electronic Skin-Worn Display" and "Vim: Customizable, Decomposable Electrical Energy Storage." 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
24 May, 2023
Clancy Wilmott Receives Graduate Assembly Faculty Mentorship Award
The UC Berkeley Graduate Assembly Faculty Mentor Award honors members of the Berkeley faculty and teaching staff who have shown an outstanding commitment to mentoring, advising, and supporting graduate students. Read more
19 May, 2023
Congratulating Our Spring 2023 Graduates
Art by Tiare Ribeaux. Read more
18 May, 2023
Congratulating Our Spring 2023 Undergraduate Certificate Recipients
We wish them well in their future pursuits! Congratulations Annie, Omeed, Silayan, and Sirui (Skylar)! Read more
10 May, 2023
Conference Grants: Eric Rawn at CHI 23
We are pleased to support our students sharing their work at the premiere conferences in their field. Eric Rawn presented my paper “Understanding Version Control as Material Interaction with Quickpose” at the ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) CHI (Conference on Computer-Human Interaction) in Hamburg, Germany Read more
19 Apr, 2023
Check out the amazing work from BCNM faculty, students, and alumni at the ACM Computer-Human Interaction Conference of 2023! Read more
15 Apr, 2023
Announcing Our Summer 2023 Undergraduate Research Fellows
Congratulations to Akira Ono, Isabel Li, Nika States, Reica Ramirez, and Wish Wang! Read more
13 Apr, 2023
Conference Grants: Meg Everett at the Society for Research in Child Development
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12 Apr, 2023
Osman Khan Video & Transcript Now Online!
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06 Apr, 2023
Announcing the Spring 2023 BCNM Faculty Seed Grants
Congratulations Alex Saum-Pascual, Asma Kazmi, and Jill Miller! Read more
02 Apr, 2023
Jacob Gaboury's Image Objects Reviewed by April Riddle
April Riddle reviews Jacob Gaboury's Image Objects in Media-N! 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
20 Mar, 2023
Valencia James Co-Curates The Parables Experience
The Parables Experience takes place at MozFest! Read more
16 Mar, 2023
Nettrice Gaskins Video & Transcript Now Online
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13 Mar, 2023
Announcing the Spring 2023 Conference Grant Recipients
Congratulations to these amazing students working in the fields of Asian studies, education, computer science, geography, film & media, rhetoric, EECS, architecture, and more! Read more
13 Mar, 2023
Announcing Our Spring 2023 DE & Certificate Cohort
Image credit: Karthika Baiju. Read more
06 Mar, 2023
Sonia Katyal Receives Dukeminier Award
Sonia K Katyal receives Dukeminier award for her recent writing on gender, sexuality and AI alongside undergraduate Berkeley student Jessica Y Jung. Read more
27 Feb, 2023
Rachel Chen to Join Nanyang Technological University in Singapore
Doctoral student in specical education and new media Rachel Chen to join Nanyang Technological University in Singapore Read more
27 Feb, 2023
Ryan Shaw Publishes Conceptual Modeling as Language Design
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31 Jan, 2023
Xiaowei Wang Receives Science & Literature National Book Award
Blockchain Chicken Farm has been selected as one of the three winners of the 2023 $10,000 science and literature awards! Read more
25 Jan, 2023
Eric Paulos Receives CITRIS Seed Grant for Bright Blue
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18 Jan, 2023
Jill Miller Presents Future Perfect
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06 Jan, 2023
Kidd Lab at Cognitive Development Center Conference 2023
Celeste Kidd's lab presented at the Cognitive Development Center Conference 2023. Read more
06 Jan, 2023
BCNM Around the Web January 2023
Check out the great work of our faculty and alumni around the web this January! 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
30 Dec, 2022
Announcing Our Spring 2023 Undergraduate Research Fellows
Congratulations to Isabel Li, Riya Manimaran, and Xiaowen Yuan! Read more
23 Dec, 2022
Ken Goldberg and AutoLab Featured in IEOR Magazine
The fastest laundry-folding robot and other advances in automation. Read more
22 Dec, 2022
Fall 2022 Events in Review
Thank you so much for joining us for another semester of BCNM events! We've collected our event transcripts and videos so you can tune in to amazing lectures from Pua Case, BCNM alumni Ra Malika Imhotep and Caleb Luna, Visiting Scholar Gillian Rose, and more. Read more
15 Dec, 2022
Summer 2023 Courses: NWMEDIA 151AC
Transforming Tech: Issues and Interventions in STEM and Silicon Valley offered online with Matthew Berry! Read more
06 Dec, 2022
We're Hiring an Events Coordinator & Office Manager in 2023
Join us at BCNM curating and offering an exciting array of programs, including our popular Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium and Indigenous Technologies program! Read more
05 Dec, 2022
Congratulating Our Fall 2022 Graduates
Congratulations to our Fall 2022 graduates, Rachel Chen, Amanda Barnett, Salih Berk Dincer, Jessica Kim, Yushu Kong, Hin Kwan Kwok, Choyang Ponsar, and Darice Wong! We are so excited to see their future successes. Read more
01 Dec, 2022
BCNM Around the Web December
Check out the great work of our faculty and alumni around the web this December! Read more
29 Nov, 2022
Pablo Paredes on Discomfort by Design
Listen to Discomfort by Design to learn to cope and be resilient. 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
18 Nov, 2022
BCNM students, faculty, and alumni are all participating in this year's 4S program. Read more
17 Nov, 2022
Announcing the 2023 Eugene Jarvis Recipient
The generous Eugene Jarvis Design Innovation scholarship was awarded to Victor Tze and Winnona Li! Read more
16 Nov, 2022
BCNM at the Bay Area Robotics Symposium
The 2022 Bay Area Robotics Symposium brings together roboticists from the Bay Area in an immersive program featuring BCNM professors. Read more
15 Nov, 2022
BCNM Around the Web November
Check out the great work of our faculty and alumni around the web this November! Read more
14 Nov, 2022
Check out BCNM at the 25th ACM Conference! Read more
02 Nov, 2022
Clancy Wilmott at NACIS 2022
Clancy Wilmott and Alexis Wood spoke about Indigenous Cartographies for Alternative Futures at NACIS 2022. Read more
26 Oct, 2022
Now Accepting Applications for 2023 Lyman Fellowship
Applications are due February 1, 2023. Read more
26 Oct, 2022
The 7th annual ACM Symposium on Computational Fabrication will feature Berkeley professors Eric Paulos and Bjoern Hartmann and other experts and enthusiasts from many areas of academia and industry, in order to explore the use of computational tools for the creation of physical things. Read more
21 Oct, 2022
Christine Dierk at UIST 2022
Our alum Christine presents Project Primrose: Reflective Light-Diffuser Modules for Non-Emissive Flexible Display Systems. Read more
21 Oct, 2022
Playing with "Real Women"
Our alum Bo Ruberg offers "A Sexual Prehistory of Realism in Video Games" on ROMchip, a journal of game histories. Read more
20 Oct, 2022
Pablo Paredes Joins the University of Maryland
Alum Pablo Paredes starts as an Assistant Professor at UMD this Fall. 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
11 Oct, 2022
Announcing the Fall 2022 BCNM Faculty Seed Grants
Art by Clancy Wilmott. Read more
06 Oct, 2022
Announcing the Fall 2022 Conference Grant Recipients
Congratulations to these amazing students working in the fields of geography, Indigenous languages, technology, computer history, archaeology and more! Read more
06 Oct, 2022
New Media Experimental Art Studio
Join us for this brand new class this Spring 2023! Read more
16 Sep, 2022
Why ‘environments’ in games are always historical: a provocation
Emma Fraser is featured in Historical Games Network. Read more
11 Sep, 2022
Summer Research Report: Amanda Barnett
Read about Amanda's preparation for a Spring 2023 exhibit at Wing Luke Museum, Seattle’s Asian Pacific American history museum. Read more
31 Aug, 2022
Applications for our Fall 2022 Conference Grants Now Open
BCNM students are invited to apply for small grants to help defray the costs associated with sharing their work at conferences. 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
25 Aug, 2022
Summer Research Reports: Kevin CK Lo
Musician Kevin CK Lo worked towards building a modular geo-spatial web template. Read more
23 Aug, 2022
Michelle Carney Featured in Women in AI Ethics
This interview with alum Michelle Carney is part of Women in AI Ethics (WAIE)’s “I am the future of AI.” Read more
18 Aug, 2022
Lyman Report: Julia Irwin
Julia's dissertation is titled "Patterning Recognition: A History of Automated Visual Perception." Read more
15 Aug, 2022
Summer 2022 Research with Haripriya Sathyanarayanan
Read more about Haripriya's work on Spatial Perception of the Pediatric Built Environment and Patient-Centric Design Read more
11 Aug, 2022
Queer Affects at the Origins of Computation
Jacob Gaboury's new article appears in the Journal of Cinema and Media Studies. 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
07 Aug, 2022
Kate Mattingly Assistant Professor at Old Dominion University
02 Aug, 2022
Why Are Pictures of Space So Powerful?
Trevor Paglen is interviewed for VICE Magazine.
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01 Aug, 2022
Wireless Heater Made From a Leaf Skeleton Is Fully Biodegradable
Katherine Song's research is featured in IEEE Spectrum! Read more
27 Jul, 2022
Jane McGonigal Talks Future Thinking with Gwyneth Paltrow
She features on Gwyneth Paltrow's podcast The Goop. Read more
22 Jul, 2022
How to Predict the Future on Ted Interviews
Listen to the TED interviews podcast of alum Jane McGonigal sharing how to predict the future. Read more
21 Jul, 2022
Announcing the 2022-2023 History and Theory of New Media Season
We are excited to announce the 2022-2023 season for the History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series, featuring Kelli Moore, Gloria Emeagwali, Gillian Rose, and more! Read more
20 Jul, 2022
Announcing the 2022-2023 Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium Season
We are excited to announce the 2022-2023 season for our ATC Lecture Series! Featuring Teddy Cruz and Fonna Foreman, and artsits Nettrice Gaskins and Osman Khan. Read more
11 Jul, 2022
Jane McGonigal on KQED's Mind Shift
Paul Darvasi interviews alum Jane McGonigal on "Harnessing the power of future-forecasting to help invent a better world." Read more
08 Jul, 2022
Abigail Lomibao on the Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Abigail was mentored by Haripriya Sathyanarayanan on of immersive virtual environments. Read more
07 Jul, 2022
A Decade of Innovation from the CITRIS Invention Lab
CITRIS celebrates the tenth birthday of the Invention Lab - co-founded by our own Eric Paulos. Read more
01 Jul, 2022
Jane McGonigal on Whether Games Can Prepare Us for Catastrophes
Alum Jane McGonigal features on Steve Levitt's popular podcast. Read more
30 Jun, 2022
Alum TF Tierney Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley
Welcome back to Berkeley, Thérèse! 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
21 Jun, 2022
BCNM Spring '22 In-Person Graduation
As a celebration of our Spring 2022 BCNM graduates, we hosted a successful in person event for them on May 2nd, in which they were presented with BCNM certificates. Read more
20 Jun, 2022
Christo Sims on Green Magic
Alum Christo Sims discusses Technologies of Enchantment at Apple's Corporate Headquarters on Public Culture. Read more
19 Jun, 2022
Damon Young Edits Special Issue of Representations
Damon Young, with Debarati Sanyal and Mario Telò, edits a special issue of Representations on Proximities — Readings with Judith Butler. Read more
16 Jun, 2022
Conference Report: Haripriya Sathyanarayanan at EDRA53 Health in Design
Haripriya shared her research at the Environmental Design Research Association Health in Design conference. Read more
15 Jun, 2022
Michelle Carney on Bringing ML and UX Together
Alum Michelle Carney speaks to the Experiencing Data podcast about her mission to bring machine learning and user interface design together. Read more
13 Jun, 2022
Conference Reports: Haripriya Sathyanarayanan on Patient-Centered Care
Haripriya presented her research at the The Planetree International Conference on Patient-Centered Care. Read more
10 Jun, 2022
We're so proud to share some our greatest successes from 2022! 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
02 Jun, 2022
Conference Reports: Katherine Song at CHI 2022
Katherine presented "Towards Decomposable Interactive Systems: Design of a Backyard-Degradable Wireless Heating Interface." Read more
21 May, 2022
Check out the great work of our students, faculty, and alumni around the web this May! 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
28 Apr, 2022
Akemi Nagashiki on the Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Akemi was mentored by Haripriya Sathyanaryanan on graduate level research, supporting Haripriya's project on spatial design in pediatric healthcare spaces. Read more
21 Apr, 2022
Noura Howell on Cracks in the Success Narrative
Noura Howell reflects on her failures in design research practice in "Cracks in the Success Narrative: Rethinking Failure in Design Research through a Retrospective Trioethnogrpahy". Read more
20 Apr, 2022
Eric Paulos on Plastic Dynamism
Eric Paulos speaks on the creative process of not only making but also unmaking. Read more
19 Apr, 2022
Jane McGonigal on the Michael Shermer Show
In Imaginable, Jane McGonigal draws on the latest scientific research in psychology and neuroscience to show us how to train our minds to think the unthinkable and imagine the unimaginable. Read more
18 Apr, 2022
Haripriya Sathyanarayanan Awarded the Helen Wallace Dissertation Award
The Helen Wallace Dissertation Award aims to advance and elevate graduate-level research at the intersection of MCAH, innovation, and technology. Read more
18 Apr, 2022
Greg Niemeyer Awarded Peder 2022 Sather Grant
Congratulations to Greg Niemeyer for receiving a $25,000 grant for network visualizations! Read more
18 Apr, 2022
Seed Grant Report: Jill Miller and My Mother's Titanium Hip
Photo credit: Jill Miller. Read more
18 Apr, 2022
Haripriya Sathyanarayanan Awarded the GMZ Graduate Fellowship
Congratulations to Haripriya for receiving an award in Health Facility Planning & Design! Read more
13 Apr, 2022
BCNM Around the Web April 2022
Check out the great work of our students, faculty, and alumni around the web this April 2022!
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13 Apr, 2022
Congratulations to the incredible students, faculty, and alumni who represented BCNM at CHI 2022! Read more
13 Apr, 2022
Andrea Gagliano on Data Science and Design
Andrea Gagliano is featured in the first MLUX Seattle meetup. Read more
05 Apr, 2022
Liza Gak Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship & Tonya Nguyen Receives Honorable Mention
The NSF GRFP recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines. Read more
05 Apr, 2022
Anisse Gross Reviews Imaginable
Alum Jane McGonigal's “Imaginable” is reviewed in the Datebook. Read more
01 Apr, 2022
Michelle Carney on Building More Human, Helpful, and Ethical Systems
Michelle Carney talks us through tactics for building more human, more helpful, and more ethical AI + ML systems. Read more
01 Apr, 2022
Image Objects Reviewed in Artforum
Jacob Gaboury's Image Objects is reviewed by Michael Eby in Artforum, discussing how digital graphics remade the material world. Read more
30 Mar, 2022
Pop Mythology Reviews Imaginable
'Imaginable' is the most important book you’ll read this year! Read more
29 Mar, 2022
Announcing Our Summer 2022 Research Award Recipients
23 Mar, 2022
Announcing Our Spring 2022 DE & Certificate Cohort
Secondary Gaze, by Jiaxuan Ren. Read more
23 Mar, 2022
Announcing the Spring 2022 BCNM Faculty Seed Grants
Art by Greg Niemeyer. Read more
22 Mar, 2022
Bo Ruberg in Conversation on Queer Gaming
Alum Bo Ruberg chats about queer gaming with designers Jess Marcotte and Dietrich Squinkifer. 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
08 Mar, 2022
To Practice an Understanding that the World is Made with Alenda Chang
Natalia Zuluaga in conversation with Alenda Y. Chang and Jason Edward Lewis on Shift Space 2.0. Read more
04 Mar, 2022
Jen Schradie in A Section of Now
Jen Schradie's work is featured in A Section of Now: Norms and Rituals as Sites for Architectural Intervention. 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
02 Mar, 2022
Shira Abramovich Reviews Imaginable
Jane McGonigal's latest book Imaginable was reviewed by Shira Abramovich on Reboot. Read more
25 Feb, 2022
Ken Goldberg on Comparison of Novel Shielded Nasopharynx Applicator Designs for Intracavitary Brachytherapy
Ken Goldberg applies new designs to improve patient outcomes. Read more
24 Feb, 2022
Announcing the 2022 Lyman Recipient
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24 Feb, 2022
Announcing Our Summer 2022 Undergraduate Research Fellows
Congratulations to Abigail Lomibao and Jesse Clements! Read more about their projects here! Read more
19 Feb, 2022
Ra Malika Imhotep in the Performance of Labor
Ra Malika Imhotep curated and co-hosted a Black feminist panel discussion on The Performance of Labor/ The Labor of Performance. Read more
10 Feb, 2022
Bo Ruberg Publishes the Mystery of the Missing AIDS Crisis
The article appears in American Literature and argues that the AIDS crisis indicates the "present absence of queerness in video games." Read more
05 Feb, 2022
Applications for our Spring 2022 Conference Grants Now Open
BCNM students are invited to apply for small grants to help defray the costs associated with sharing their work at conferences. Read more
31 Jan, 2022
Publisher's Weekly Review of Imaginable
Publisher's Weekly published a book review on Jane McGonigal's 'Imaginable: How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready—Even Things That Seem Impossible Today'. Read more
20 Jan, 2022
Alex Saum-Pascual in Hyperrhiz
Potential Ideas and Other Things that Live in Your Gut appears in Hyperrhiz 24's Fall issue. Read more
20 Jan, 2022
Announcing Our Fall 2021 Undergraduate Research Fellows
Congratulations to Lina Matine, Akemi Nagashiki, and Abigail Lomibao! 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
10 Jan, 2022
Common Conversations Event Transcript Now Online: Eric Rodenbeck
We're pleased to share the transcript of our Common Conversations event with founder of Stamen Design Eric Rodenbeck. Read more
06 Jan, 2022
Announcing the Eugene Jarvis Recipients
The generous Eugene Jarvis Design Innovation scholarship was awarded to Ashley Mackenzie Reed and Choyang Dhontso Ponsar! Read more
16 Dec, 2021
Congratulating Our Fall 2021 Graduates
Congratulations to our Fall 2021 graduates! They have extended their studies with a suite of new media projects. We are so excited to see their future successes Read more
13 Dec, 2021
Announcing Our 2021 DE & Certificate Cohort
Art by Xincun Du. Read more
12 Dec, 2021
Announcing Our 2021 Undergraduate Cohort
Please join us in welcoming our 2021 Undergraduate Certificate cohort! Read more
08 Dec, 2021
Bo Ruberg's Queer Games Avant-Garde Reviewed
Daniella Gáti reviews Bo's book for Information and Culture Read more
06 Dec, 2021
ATC Video Now Online: Maria Thereza Alves
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05 Dec, 2021
Commons Conversations Video Now Online: Eric Rodenbeck
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04 Dec, 2021
HTNM Video Now Online: Kim Tallbear
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27 Nov, 2021
Alenda Chang on Ecological Crisis and Video Games
Computer games can address ecological concerns. But is a game only ecological if it explicitly deals with environmental issues on the content level? Read more
26 Nov, 2021
Jacob Gaboury's Image Objects Reviewed in Critical Inquiry
Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan reviews Jacob Gaboury's newest book, Image Objects! Read more
21 Nov, 2021
Morgan Ames Wins Computer History Museum Prize
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16 Nov, 2021
Noura Howell Joins Georgia Tech
BCNM alum Noura Howell has joined Georgia Tech as an assistant professor in Digital Media. Read more
14 Nov, 2021
Now Accepting Applications for 2022 Lyman Fellowship
Applications are due February 1, 2022. Read more
14 Nov, 2021
Eric Paulos, Björn Hartmann, Jingyi Li and Molly Nicholas at the 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. Read more
11 Nov, 2021
Pablo Paredes on Individualized Stress Detection Using an Unmodified Steering Wheel
BCNM alum Pablo Paredes co-authored a research study on detecting stress levels through steering wheel angle data. Read more
11 Nov, 2021
Jacob Gaboury's Image Objects Reviewed on GlassTire
BCNM faculty Jacob Gaboury's book Image Objects: An Archaeology of Computer Graphics was reviewed in GlassTire. Read more
09 Nov, 2021
Morgan Ames Joins BCNM Executive Committee
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20 Oct, 2021
Undergraduate Research Dispatch: Jahara Cayabyab on Designing Hospital Spaces
Jahara Cayabyab was an Undergraduate Research Fellow under Haripriya Sathyanarayanan last year, assisting in research about hospital design in pediatric spaces. Read more
18 Oct, 2021
Grace Gipson Making Our Stories Visible
Grace Gipson recently presented a compelling and thorough lecture on Black experiences portrayed in television. 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
02 Oct, 2021
BCNM faculty Hannah Zeavin discusses empathy as a computational model in a guest post for AI Now Institute. Read more
27 Sep, 2021
Eric Paulos on Kaleidescope
Eric Paulos received a 2020-2021 BCNM faculty seed grant for his work developing Kaleidoscope. 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
14 Sep, 2021
Edgar Fabián Frías Featured in Frame by Frame
Current MFA Candidate Edgar Fabián Frías was recently published in Frame by Frame, a GIF-based book. Read more
04 Sep, 2021
Ken Goldberg at IROS 2021
Several papers co-written by Ken Goldberg were presented at IROS 2021. Read more
01 Sep, 2021
Summer Research: Rachel Chen on Embodied Platforms for Children on the Autism Spectrum
Rachel Chen received a BCNM 2021 Summer Research Award. Hear about her great work developing a platform for non-speaking children on the Autism spectrum. Read more
30 Aug, 2021
Jane McGonigal on Slaying Stress
BCNM alum Jane McGonigal was recently featured on the 3 Books podcast, where she discussed how she designs games to help people develop resilience and positive attitudes in the face of life's challenges. Read more
28 Aug, 2021
Pablo Paredes will join The University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies in July 2022 as an Assistant Professor of Computer Science. Read more
23 Aug, 2021
Reginold Royston on Podcasts and new orality in the African mediascape
BCNM alum Dr. Reginold Royston's article on podcasting in African cultures was published in New Media and Society. 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
19 Aug, 2021
Undergraduate Research Dispatch: Jessie Mindel on Kaleidoscope
Jessie Mindel was a recipient of this year's BCNM research fellowship, assisting Molly Nicholas and team on building a new web-based, collaborative design classroom tool. Read more
18 Aug, 2021
Announcing Our Fall 2021 Class Fund Recipients
This semester, we're supporting the History and Theory of New Media, Locative Media, Adversarial Networks, and Against Innovation. Read more
17 Aug, 2021
Summer Research Dispatch: Edgar Fabián Frías and the Queer, Trans & Gender Variant Ancestors Project
You can now watch Edgar's conversations with leading artists on Queer, Trans & Gender Variant Ancestors. Plus, look out for billboards near you! Read more
01 Aug, 2021
Jen Schradie on the Digital Production Gap in the Algorithmic Era
Jen Schradie's co-authored article on digital inequlities and content production was published in the Oxford Handbook of Sociology and Digital Media. Read more
30 Jul, 2021
Mark your calendars for this incredible line up of speakers and online events! Featuring more events from our Indigenous Technologies Initiative, the artists Lisa Reihana and Maria Thereza Alves, and more. Read more
27 Jul, 2021
It was a whirlwind year for BCNM and we're so proud to share some of our greatest hits from 2021. Read more
26 Jul, 2021
We're Hiring: Fall 2021 Work Study Student Assistant
Join the BCNM Events & Communications team! Read more
25 Jul, 2021
Molly Nicholas, Eric Paulos, and alum Cesar Torres all featured amazing new work at DIS 2021. Read more
24 Jul, 2021
Janaki Vivrekar on Transforming Social Media Interfaces with Embodied Constraints
Janaki Vivrekar discusses the critical designs that make up our digital social media experiences in her new technical report. Read more
23 Jul, 2021
BCNM Around the Web July 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this July! Read more
21 Jul, 2021
Applications for our Fall 2021 Conference Grants are now open!
BCNM students are invited to apply for small grants to help defray the costs associated with sharing their work at conferences. Read more
06 Jul, 2021
Fall 2021 Applications for Designated Emphasis and Certificate Now Open
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04 Jul, 2021
Bo Ruberg on Making Players Care
Bo Ruberg & Rainforest Scully-Blaker publish Making players care: The ambivalent cultural politics of care and video games in the International Journal of Cultural Studies! Read more
26 Jun, 2021
Lashon Daley Appointed Assistant Professor
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26 Jun, 2021
Grace Gipson on Outkast and the Rise of the Hip Hop South
Grace Gipson published an article on Southern hip hop in the Black Perspectives blog. Read more
25 Jun, 2021
Lashon Daley's Coming of (R)Age
Lashon Daley's article on Black girl rage in film and literature has been published in the UChicago Journal of Women and Culture in Society. Read more
19 Jun, 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this June! Read more
19 Jun, 2021
Ken Goldberg on Soft Robotics Podcast
BCNM affiliate Ken Goldberg was recently featured on the Soft Robotics Podcast. Read more
19 Jun, 2021
Transcript Now Online: Indigenous Games
Check out the transcript for Elizabeth LaPensee's "Indigenous Games"! Read more
18 Jun, 2021
Noura Howell on Calling for a Plurality of Perspectives on Design Futuring
Artwork by Noura Howell Read more
14 Jun, 2021
Jacob Gaboury on Digital Visual Material: Surfaces
Jacob Gaboury recently spoke about "As Below, So Above: Surface and Depth in the Computational Image" at the Digital.Visual.Material symposium. Read more
12 Jun, 2021
TF Tierney Receives Graham Foundation Grant
BCNM Alum and architecture professor emerita at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign T.F. Tierney was awarded a research and development grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. Read more
12 Jun, 2021
jazmin caldéron torres and between starshine & clay
BCNM alum jazmin caldéron torres's collective, Lead to Life, premiered its newest ritual film, "between starshine & clay" in May! Read more
07 Jun, 2021
Ra Malika Imhotep on The Reparations Show
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04 Jun, 2021
Alenda Chang on the Ethics of Eating Pokemon
BCNM alum Alenda Chang was recently featured on the Gamers with Glasses podcast where she discussed video games and environmentalism, among other interesting topics. Read more
02 Jun, 2021
Riley Lenane on Influencers & Self Care
Social media is overflowing with lifestyle Influencers categorized as self-care promoters. What are the political and ideoogical implications of self-care messaging and branding, particularly in the context of gendered and racialized discourses of femininity and (post)feminism? Read more
29 May, 2021
Miyoko Conley in the Bay Area Playwright's Festival
BCNM alum Miyoko Conley's play Human Museum will be featured in the 44th Bay Area Playwrights Festival. Read more
26 May, 2021
Transcript Now Online: Christiane Paul
Check out the updated transcript for Christiane Paul's HTNM lecture, "Online: Art & AI"! Read more
25 May, 2021
BCNM Around the Web May 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web in May! 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.
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21 May, 2021
Congratulating Our 2021 Undergraduate Certificate Graduates
Congratulations to our 2021 Undergraduate Certificate graduates! We are proud of their accomplishments and high level of scholarship here at Cal, and we wish them the best in their future endeavors. Read more
08 May, 2021
Congratulations to the incredible students, faculty, and alumni who represented BCNM at CHI 2021! Read more
25 Apr, 2021
Watch Alenda Chang Talk on Playing for the Planet
BCNM alum and UCSB media studies professor Alenda Chang is a featured speaker in the Univeristy of Delaware "Intersections of Video Games and Culture" speaker series. Read more
21 Apr, 2021
Janaki Vivrekar on Discovering HCI at Berkeley
BCNM Certificate and EECS graduate student Janaki Vivrekar has compiled a list of on-campus resources, departments, and centers for those interested in studying the intersection of technology, communication, society, arts and design. Read more
18 Apr, 2021
Jane McGonigal Interview on Futurist Thinking on Coursera
BCNM alum Jane McGonigal is instructing a Coursera course on handling life after Covid-19 through the Institute for the Future. Read more
17 Apr, 2021
BCNM Around the Web April 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this April! Read more
11 Apr, 2021
Announcing Our 2021 Summer Research Fellows
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08 Apr, 2021
Announcing the Spring 2021 Faculty Seed Grants
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04 Apr, 2021
Announcing the 2020 Eugene Jarvis Recipient
The generous Eugene Jarvis Design Innovation scholarship was awarded to Emily Xia Que. Read more
31 Mar, 2021
Miyoko Conley Receives Outstanding GSI Award
Miyoko Conley, a TDPS and DE student at Berkeley, has been awarded the Outstanding GSI Award for her work as a GSI in NWMEDIA 151AC: Transforming Tech. Read more
29 Mar, 2021
Announcing the Spring 2021 DE & Graduate Certificate Cohort
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20 Mar, 2021
Grace Gipson Editing Collection on Black Futures in Richmond
Submit to an upcoming anthology that will imagine and explore futures for Richmond,VA through an Afrofuturist lens. Read more
19 Mar, 2021
Neyran Turan at the Venezia Biennale
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15 Mar, 2021
BCNM Around the Web March 2021
Check out the amazing work of our alumni around the web this March! Read more
09 Mar, 2021
"What Can a Robot Do?" With Ken Goldberg
Professor Ken Goldberg recently delved into the connections between nature and technology in a Nero Magazine interview. Read more
05 Mar, 2021
Make a Big Impact on the Future with the Big Give
This year, arm the next generation of innovators with the tools to build just and equitable technological futures through the Berkeley Center for New Media. Read more
03 Mar, 2021
Abigail De Kosnik on Border Technologies and Racism
Abigail De Kosnik recently wrote a reflection for United Nations Special Rapporteur E. Tendayi Achiume on border technologies and racism. Check it out! Read more
01 Mar, 2021
Eric Paulos Promoted to Full Professor
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22 Feb, 2021
Ken Goldberg on Medical Design
Ken Goldberg recently spoke with Medical Design and Outsourcing on artifical intelligence and surgical robots. Read more
19 Feb, 2021
Björn Hartmann on Debugging Deep Learning Programs
Björn Hartmann published a paper on "Debugging Deep Learning Programs using Program Structure and Model Behavior". Read more
18 Feb, 2021
The Society for Cinema and Media Studies' annual conference features presentations by 13 BCNM students, faculty, and alumni! Read more
16 Feb, 2021
Tonya Nguyen on A World-Building Activity for Values Advocacy
Tonya Nguyen and Richmond Wong recently published a paper titled "Timelines: A World-Building Activity for Values Advocacy." Check it out! Read more
14 Feb, 2021
Bo Ruberg on Critical Perspectives in Technology
Bo Ruberg is a guest on the sixth episode of public lecture series "Critical Perspectives on Technology." Read more
09 Feb, 2021
Eric Paulos on the 67 Things a UC Berkeley MDes Student Should Know
Eric Paulos published a Medium piece titled "67 Things a UC Berkeley MDes Student Should Know." Check it out! Read more
09 Feb, 2021
Jane McGonigal on The Knowledge Project
Jane McGonigal was recently interviewed by The Knowledge Project on her work and beliefs on video games. 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
01 Feb, 2021
Jane McGonigal on Because Games Matter
Jane McGonigal shares her story and experience on Because Games Matter. Read more
30 Jan, 2021
Announcing Our 2021 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
29 Jan, 2021
BCNM Around the Web January 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this January! Read more
24 Jan, 2021
Clancy Wilmott PI on Presidential Chairs Fellowship
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23 Jan, 2021
We're Hiring: Spring 2021 Student Assistant
Join the BCNM Events and Communications team! 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
21 Dec, 2020
BCNM Fall 2020: Events In Review
We’re so thankful to everyone who tuned in for our events this past semester. Keep reading for a round-up of our events and speakers! Read more
09 Dec, 2020
Spring 2021 Applications for Designated Emphasis and Certificate in New Media Now Open
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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
02 Dec, 2020
danah boyd on Philanthropy's Techno-Solutionism Problem
danah boyd recently wrote a paper titled "Philanthropy’s Techno-Solutionism Problem" for the Knight Foundation. Read more
01 Dec, 2020
Björn Hartmann on Opportunities and Challenges for Circuit Board Level Hardware Description Languages
Björn Hartmann recently published a paper titled "Opportunities and Challenges for Circuit Board Level Hardware Description Languages." Read more
28 Nov, 2020
Xiaowei Wang Interviewed in Letters from Ximena
Xiaowei Wang speaks on technology, China, writing through your emotions, and the power of community. Read more
28 Nov, 2020
Bo Ruberg in Queer Gaming In Conversation
Bo Ruberg leads a conversation with fellow designers Jess Marcotte and Dietrich Squinkifer to talk about queer game design and the thought processes behind it. Read more
25 Nov, 2020
Mark your calendars for this incredible line up of speakers! Read more
12 Nov, 2020
Announcing our 2020 Undergraduate Cohort
Please join us in welcoming our 2020 cohort of Undergraduate Certificate in New Media students!
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12 Nov, 2020
Announcing the Fall 2020 DE & Graduate Certificate Cohort
We are thrilled to welcome this Fall’s graduate cohort! Read more
09 Nov, 2020
Miyoko Conley Awarded Tailspinners Fellowship
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06 Nov, 2020
BCNM Around the Web November 2020
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this November! Read more
03 Nov, 2020
Undergraduate Research Fellowships 2021
Applications are now open and are due December 1, 2020. Read more
01 Nov, 2020
Celeste Kidd on Let's Learn About
Celeste Kidd features on Let's Learn About: How Humans Form Knowledge Read more
31 Oct, 2020
Eric Paulos Receives BCNM Faculty Seed Grant
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19 Oct, 2020
Hear Bo Ruberg at PlayThink
Bo Ruberg's podcast interview on PlayThink is now available! Read more
14 Oct, 2020
Now Accepting Applications for 2021 Lyman Fellowship
Applications are due February 1, 2021. Read more
13 Oct, 2020
Bo Ruberg At the Crossroads Video Online Now
Missed out on Bo Ruberg's amazing talk on their new book "The Queer Game Avant-Garde" for At the Crossroads? Check out the video online now! Read more
12 Oct, 2020
Architecture as Measure Reviewed in Architect
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11 Oct, 2020
Blockchain Chicken Farm by Xiaowei Wang Published
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09 Oct, 2020
Eric Paulos Spearheads Remote Making at Berkeley
"We want to be able to support (students), their projects, their ideas, and their innovations." Read more
30 Sep, 2020
John Scott on Coming Together when Learning at a Distance
John Scott wrote an article titled "Coming Together When Learning at a Distance" on the Blackboard Blog. Read more
29 Sep, 2020
BCNM Around the Web October 2020
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this October! Read more
29 Sep, 2020
Revisited: "Pope L's Notes on the roll of the artist when the world has always been on fire?"
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29 Sep, 2020
Pope.L Video Highlights Now Online
We're thrilled to share some highlights from Pope.L's Wiesenfeld and ATC lecture. Read more
18 Sep, 2020
Neyran Turan Promoted to Associate Professor
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15 Sep, 2020
Trevor Paglen's PACE show profiled in The Guardian
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03 Sep, 2020
Yairamaren Roman Maldonado on Remote Instruction
Yairamaren Roman Maldonado recently published an article on Medium titled "A Low-Tech State of Mind: Applying the Principles of Minimal Computing to Remote Instruction." Read more
31 Aug, 2020
Björn Hartmann on Bridging Asymmetrical Communication Between External and VR Users
The paper is being presented at the 2020 ACM User Interface Software and Technology conference. Read more
18 Aug, 2020
BCNM Around the Web August 2020
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this August! Read more
15 Aug, 2020
Summer Research Dispatch: Haripriya Sathyanarayanan on Spatial Perception of the Pediatric Built Environment
Haripriya is working on a mixed-methods study on enhancing patient experience through collaborative design of patient spaces in pediatric hospital environments using immersive technology. Read more
10 Aug, 2020
Announcing the 2020-2021 History and Theory of New Media Season
This year, we are thrilled to share that our theme for the 2020-2021 series is Indigenous Technologies. Read more
08 Aug, 2020
Mediating Art and Science Co-Edited by Alenda Chang
Media+Environment publishes its latest issue, with three new essays on reconciling art and science. Read more
06 Aug, 2020
Alum John Scott on Inclusion in the Transition to Remote Teaching
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06 Aug, 2020
Noura Howell Joins NC State University
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03 Aug, 2020
Jane McGonigal on Sparking Hope for the Future
Alum Jane McGonigal has us ask ourselves three questions during the pandemic. Read more
30 Jul, 2020
We're Hiring: Fall 2020 Student Assistant
Join the BCNM Events and Communications team! Read more
29 Jul, 2020
Fall 2020 Applications for Designated Emphasis and Certificate in New Media Now Open
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25 Jul, 2020
Jane McGonigal Featured on Verizon
Alum Jane McGonigal's work is featured for how to save the world with games. Read more
21 Jul, 2020
BCNM Faculty Receive Berkeley Changemaker Grants
[Image credit: Original image from: King st. Development in Toronto by Frank Gehry, edited by Elnaz Tafrihi Bailey.] Read more
17 Jul, 2020
Leah Rosenbaum on Digital Experiences in Mathematics Education
BCNM Designated Emphasis (D.E) program, Leah Rosenbaum published "Shaping Perception: Designing for Participatory Facilitation of Collaborative Geometry” Read more
09 Jul, 2020
Alum Alenda Chang Publishes A Manifesto for Environmental Game Design
"The landscapes we inhabit are in part a product of our representations, and increasingly they will need to be consciously designed rather than left to chance." Read more
29 Jun, 2020
Rebecca Abraham on Rachel Chen's Magical Musical Mat
Creating sound based interactions raises questions: what makes a sound interesting? When is repetition boring, and when is it musical? Read more
25 Jun, 2020
BCNM Undergraduate Work Featured in Discovery
An Android app created by BCNM undergrad Janaki Vivrekar was showcased by UC Berkeley Discovery. Read more
24 Jun, 2020
Review of The Queer Games Avant-Garde in Times Higher Education
Alum Bonnie Ruberg's latest book, The Queer Games Avant-Garde, was given a glowing review by Times Higher Education. Read more
17 Jun, 2020
BCNM Students Finalists for Fast Company's Student World Changing Ideas
Collective Obscura, a project created by BCNM students, was one of the finalists for Fast Company's World Changing Ideas Awards 2020. Read more
10 Jun, 2020
Professor Jill Miller’s Food Fight/Art 160 offers COVID Cookbook: A Collection of Recipes and Remedies Read more
10 Jun, 2020
Artifacts from the Time of COVID-19
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10 Jun, 2020
Critical Making Projects in Spring 2020 Made @ Berkeley
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30 May, 2020
Video Games Have Always Been Queer Reviewed in American Journal of Play
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14 May, 2020
BCNM Around the Web May 2020
Check out the amazing work of our faculty and alumni in May 2020! Read more
08 May, 2020
Alum Adam Hutz Highlighted as CITRIS Invention Lab Superuser
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29 Apr, 2020
Congratulating Our 2020 Undergraduate Certificate Graduates
Congratulations to our 2020 cohort, who are graduating with the New Media Undergraduate Certificate!
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29 Apr, 2020
Congratulating our 2020 Graduates
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27 Apr, 2020
The Berkeley Center for New Media to Join the College of Engineering
The Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM) is thrilled to share that the College of Engineering (COE) will become our new administrative home on July 1, 2020. Read more
23 Apr, 2020
Harry Burson Named Lemelson Center Fellow
Harry Burson is named 2020 Lemelson Center Fellow and will focus his research on the creation of a new mode of acoustic perspective. Read more
23 Apr, 2020
Eric Paulos' Research on Familiar Stranger Helping to Combat COVID-19
BCNM Professor Eric Paulos' past research on Familiar Stranger from 2003 has been revived by MIT researchers in a plan to combat COVID-19. Read more
21 Apr, 2020
Announcing Our 2020 Summer Research Fellows
We are thrilled to share our 2020 Summer Research Fellows from Anthropology, Architecture, Art Practice, Music, and Rhetoric! Read more
20 Apr, 2020
Learning to Smooth and Fold Real Fabric Using Dense Object Descriptors Trained on Synthetic Color Images
Aditya Ganapathi et al., including our own Ken Golberg, on robotic fabric manipulation. Read more
16 Apr, 2020
BCNM Around the Web April 2020
Check out the amazing work of our faculty and alumni in April 2020! Read more
13 Apr, 2020
Commons Conversations Revisited: Ceci Moss
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12 Apr, 2020
CHI has been cancelled due to COVID-19, but let's celebrate the incredible work of our students, faculty, and alumni who were slated to present! Read more
12 Apr, 2020
New Course: NWMEDIA 151AC
We're offering a new course this fall, NWMEDIA 151AC: Transforming Tech! Don't miss out! Read more
09 Apr, 2020
Trevor Paglen Featured in NYT Article on Art & AI
Trevor Paglen was recently featured for his work in a New York Times article on the connection between art and artificial intelligence. Read more
05 Apr, 2020
ATC Video Now Online: Margaret Rhee
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03 Apr, 2020
Ken and Blooma Goldberg Publish How to Train Your Robot
Ken Goldberg, a UC Berkeley professor of robotics, his 10-year-old daughter Blooma, and science communicator Ashley Chase wrote a delightful children's book called How to Train Your Robot! Read more
03 Apr, 2020
Ken Goldberg on COVID-19, Robots, and Us
Ken Goldberg was invited to host an online discussion on "COVID-19, robots and us". Read more
03 Apr, 2020
New Paper on Multi-Task Fabric Manipulation
Ken Goldberg was part of the team to publish a new paper "VisuoSpatial Foresight for Multi-Step, Multi-Task Fabric Manipulation". Read more
03 Apr, 2020
HTNM Revisited: Feminist Open Access & Internet Publishing
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03 Apr, 2020
John Scott on Accessibility Trends and Ally Usage
Check out BCNM alum John Scott's work and research on accessibility and inclusion in digital learning. Read more
01 Apr, 2020
Alum Bo Ruberg on Empathy and Its Alternatives
BCNM Alum Bo Ruberg published an article in Communication, Culture and Critique. Read more
30 Mar, 2020
Announcing Our Spring 2020 Graduate Cohort
Image: Jingran Chu. Read more
25 Mar, 2020
Alum Malika Imhotep Interviewed on Bespoken Bones
In the interview, Malika talks about what it means to play with grief, the erotic, sex, and ancestors as a black feminist. Read more
21 Mar, 2020
POSTPONED: Margarita Kuleva & William Pope.L
Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) precautions, this events have been postponed to Fall 2020. Read more
17 Mar, 2020
Video Now Online: Visit Day Live
A great video tour of some of the many Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) research, prototyping, and designcreative spaces at UC Berkeley, now online! 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
10 Mar, 2020
Alum Alenda Chang Publishes A Life Well Played in FMH
BCNM Alum Alenda Chang published "Une Vie Bien Jouée / A Life Well Played: The Cultural Legacy of Game Designer Muriel Tramis" in Feminist Media Histories. Read more
09 Mar, 2020
BCNM Students Named 2020 Jacobs Innovation Catalyst Grant Recipients
Congratulations to our impressive students who were awarded grants for their original project ideas! Read more
05 Mar, 2020
Announcing the Spring 2020 Conference Grant Recipients
Congratulations to these amazing students working on digital tools, ethnographic research, philosophical arguments, and more! Read more
04 Mar, 2020
Trevor Paglen in Machine Landscapes
Trevor Paglen contributed to the February 2019 issue of Machine Landscapes: Architectures of the Post Anthropocene. Read more
02 Mar, 2020
Alenda Chang's Playing Nature in Foreword Reviews
Foreword Reviews recently featured Alenda Chang's Playing Nature: Ecology in Video Games. Read more
27 Feb, 2020
The American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting features presentations by four BCNM students and alumni! Read more
27 Feb, 2020
Conference Grants: BCNM at the Shenzhen Biennale
Eleni Oikonomaki, Lian Song, Rashad Timmons, and Bryan Truitt were Fall 2019 Conference Grant recipients and attended the Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (UABB). Read more
26 Feb, 2020
Check out the stellar BCNM students who were featured on Berkeley's Art + Design book, "Made at Berkeley." Read more
26 Feb, 2020
Jill Miller & Adam Hutz Receive Creative Discovery Grants
Jill Miller and Adam Hutz were recipients of Berkeley Arts + Design's Spring 2020 Creative Discovery Grant. Read more
24 Feb, 2020
Review of Jane McGonigal's Future Thinking Course
Belgian newspaper De Tiljd reviews Jane McGonigal's "Futures Thinking Specialization" classes on Coursera. Read more
24 Feb, 2020
Alenda Chang's Playing Nature in Science
Alum Alenda Chang's book Playing Nature was reviewed in Science. Read more
20 Feb, 2020
BCNM Around the Web February 2020
Check out the amazing talks and discussion around the work of our faculty and alumni in February 2020! Read more
20 Feb, 2020
Malika Imhotep Wins Award for Critical Writing
Gulf Coast announced the winner of the 2019 Toni Beauchamp Prize in Critical Art Writing, Ra Malika Imhotep, for her essay "On Retrieval." Read more
20 Feb, 2020
The Society for Cinema and Media Studies' annual conference features presentations by eight BCNM students, faculty and alumni! Read more
19 Feb, 2020
Irene Chien Joins Board of the Journal of Visual Culture
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19 Feb, 2020
Alenda Chang on Digital Morphogenesis
Alenda Chang's article, "Between Plants and Polygons: SpeedTrees and an Even Speedier History of Digital Morphogenesis" was included in the December 2019 issue of the journal "Natural Media". Read more
18 Feb, 2020
Alum Jane McGonigal’s SuperBetter Featured on BuiltIn
McGonigal's smartphone app on wellness SuperBetter was just featured on BuiltIn. Read more
14 Feb, 2020
Nicholas de Monchaux to Lead MIT's Department of Architecture
Congratulations to Nicholas de Monchaux, Professor of Architecture and Urban Design and former BCNM Director, on this phenomenal new role! Read more
10 Feb, 2020
Tom McEnaney in the NYT on Women's Voices & Politics
BCNM professor Tom McEnaney was quoted in a New York Times article on the difficulties for female politicians that arise from their speech. Read more
06 Feb, 2020
DE Juliana Friend and alum Reginold Royston presented their riveting research at the American Anthropological Association's annual meeting last year. Read more
05 Feb, 2020
BCNM alum Jane McGonigal was featured on WUWF, the NPR channel in Great Northwest Florida. Read more
05 Feb, 2020
Last year, both BCNM students and alumni presented compelling new research at annual meeting of the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts 2019. Read more
05 Feb, 2020
Stuart Geiger at CSCW 2019
Stuart Geiger talks about the "various trends in the lengths of published papers in ACM CSCW from 2000-2018" at CSCW 2019. Read more
05 Feb, 2020
Ken Goldberg Keynotes Healthcare Robotics Forum
Ken Goldberg was a keynote speaker at the Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum 2019 in Santa Clara. Read more
02 Feb, 2020
Jane McGonigal on WAMC on a Better Life Through Gaming
Listen to alum Jane McGonigal discuss creating games that heal. 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
27 Jan, 2020
Ken Goldberg at California Future of Work Commission
Ken Goldberg attended the California Future of Work Commission's October 2019 meeting. Read more
27 Jan, 2020
Tara Shi Co-Editor for Room One Thousand
Tara Shi is a co-editor for architecture journal Room One Thousand's eighth issue, Magic. Read more
19 Jan, 2020
Jane McGonigal on Meditative Story
Alum Jane McGonigal presents "Finding my own reflection" on this great podcast. Read more
17 Jan, 2020
Bo Ruberg in Oxford Bibliographies
Bo Ruberg contributed to an overview on the work in Feminist and Queer Game Studies for Oxford Bibliographies. Read more
16 Jan, 2020
We're Hiring: 2020 Student Assistants
Join the BCNM communication and events team! Read more
15 Jan, 2020
Neyran Turan in the Seoul Biennale
Neyran Turan's studio Nemestudio was featured in the 2019 Biennale on the Collective City. Read more
13 Jan, 2020
BCNM Around the Web January 2020
Check out the amazing talks and discussion around the work of our faculty, students, and alumni in January 2020! Read more
12 Jan, 2020
ATC Video Now Online: Marisa Morán Jahn
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10 Jan, 2020
ATC Video Now Online: Madeline Gannon
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03 Jan, 2020
Trevor Paglen at the Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto
Alum Trevor Paglen's work is featured in the exhibition Age of You.
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26 Dec, 2019
Revisited: Tangible User Interfaces Showcase
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26 Dec, 2019
Revisited: Critical Practices Showcase
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26 Dec, 2019
Four BCNM alumni participated at 4S 2019 in September, the annual meeting for the Society for Social Studies of Science. Read more
24 Dec, 2019
Trevor Paglen’s ImageNet Roulette
ALum Trevor Paglen and Kate Crawford created ImageNet Roulette, a new art piece that has stirred controversy and accolades across the globe. Read more
20 Dec, 2019
BCNM Around the Web December 2019
Check out the amazing talks and discussion around the work of our faculty, students, and alumni! Read more
18 Dec, 2019
Alum Alenda Chang Publishes Playing Nature
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04 Dec, 2019
Alum Jen Schradie on WashingTech on Social Media Bias
Schradie recently went on the WashingTech Policy Podcast with Joe Miller to talk about her experience with "social media bias". Read more
27 Nov, 2019
Spring 2020 Applications for Designated Emphasis and Certificate in New Media Now Open
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19 Nov, 2019
Announcing our 2019 Undergraduate Cohort
We are thrilled to welcome to BCNM these talented students from across campus! Read more
17 Nov, 2019
Announcing our Fall 2019 Graduate Cohort
Art by Shuang Yan. Read more
13 Nov, 2019
Now Accepting Applications for the 2020 Lyman Fellowship
Applications are due February 1, 2020. 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
24 Oct, 2019
Eric Paulos as IEEE IEMCON Keynote
The IEEE Annual Information Technological Electronics & Mobile Communication Conference invites Eric Paulos as one of their keynote speakers. Read more
17 Oct, 2019
ATC Video Now Online: Rhonda Holberton
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16 Oct, 2019
ATC Video Now Online: Chico MacMurtrie
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07 Oct, 2019
Announcing the Fall 2019 Conference Grant Recipients
The Berkeley Center for New Media is thrilled to provide small grants to our graduate students to help them share their innovative research at the premier conferences in their field. Read more
23 Sep, 2019
Open House Fall 2019 Revisited
This year's Open House was lead by new BCNM Director Abigail De Kosnik! Read more
14 Sep, 2019
ATC Video Now Online: Kevin Delaney
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10 Sep, 2019
Lyman Dispatch: Cherise McBride
Chelsea McBride shares how the support of the Peter Lyman fellowship has opened up more resources for her to focus on her research. Read more
02 Sep, 2019
Nicholas de Monchaux Named the 2019-2024 craigslist Distinguished Chair in New Media
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01 Sep, 2019
BCNM around the Web September 2019
More in the media from faculty Abigail De Kosnik, Nicholas de Monchaux, Ken Goldberg, and Tom McEnaney; and alumni Jenni Higgs, Andrea Horbinski, Jane McGonigal, Trevor Paglen, Ritwik Banerji and Jen Schradie. Read more
28 Aug, 2019
Alum Jane McGonigal on Meditative Story
McGonigal was featured on Meditative Story, a podcast from Thrive Media Read more
23 Aug, 2019
Alex Saum Pascual in Fobias Fonias Fagias
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21 Aug, 2019
Alum Jane McGonigal in Invest Like the Best
Alum Jane McGonigal was featured on podcast Invest Like the Best by the Investors Field Guide Read more
19 Aug, 2019
We're Hiring: 2019-2020 Student Assistants
Join the BCNM communication and events team! Read more
12 Aug, 2019
BCNM Faculty, Students, Staff Advise on and Support Proposed Legislation on Digital Media Literacy
Senator Klobuchar has introduced Digital Media Literacy legislation at the 116th Congress, with support from several BCNM faculty, students, and staff.
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11 Aug, 2019
Alum Bo Ruberg at FDG 2019
Ruberg presents "Necklines and ‘Naughty Bits’: Constructing and Regulating Bodies in Live Streaming Community Guidelines." Read more
05 Aug, 2019
Alum Alenda Chang at ASLE 2019
The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment's Thirteenth Biennial Conference was held at UC Davis in June. Read more
15 Jul, 2019
Christo Sims on How Idealistic High-Tech Schools Often Fail to Help Poor Kids Get Ahead
Alum Christo Sims published his essay in Zócalo Public Square. Read more
14 Jul, 2019
Trevor Paglen at the Vienna Biennale
Alum Trevor Paglen The Vienna Biennale for Change takes place from May 29 to October 6, 2019 with the theme BRAVE NEW VIRTUES. Shaping Our Digital World. 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
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11 Jul, 2019
BCNM presented their latest research at the CM Designing Interactive Systems 2019 conference on Contesting Borders and Intersections. Read more
11 Jul, 2019
Commons Conversations 2018-2019 In Review
Check out the highlights for this responsive series that delves into the impact of new media on our current political and public climate. Read more
10 Jul, 2019
Berkeley Talks: #SandraBlandMystery: Aaminah Norris on the transmedia story of police brutality
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09 Jul, 2019
Check out the highlights and videos from this incredible program, featuring Molly Steenson and Safiya Noble! Read more
08 Jul, 2019
Fall 2019 Applications for Designated Emphasis and Certificate in New Media Now Open
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01 Jul, 2019
Announcing the New Berkeley Center for New Media Director
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25 Jun, 2019
Malika Imhotep at Cosmic Mumbo Jumbo
Cosmic Mumbo Jumbo, a screening program curated by Erin Christovale, followed by a conversation between the curator and Ra Malika Imhotep. Read more
24 Jun, 2019
BCNM around the Web July 2019
Ken Goldberg at BrainBar, on home robots and the relationship between robots and retirement. Nicholas de Monchaux on the moon suit at the Santa Fe Institute. Alum Bo Ruberg's Video Games Have Always Been Queer in Real Life. Alum Jane McGonigal on the gamification of the warehouse. Alum Trevor Paglen on Our Privacy Mess and at Art Basel. Alum Jen Schradie at the Microworks Platform Conference. Read more
24 Jun, 2019
Stephanie Tang on the Heart Sounds Bench
Stephanie Tang received a BCNM Undergraduate Research Fellowship to work on Speculating the Smart City under the mentorship of Noura Howell. 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
19 Jun, 2019
Alum Alenda Chang Co-Editor of Media + Environment
Alenda serves as one of the founding co-editors of a new journal, Media + Environment. Read more
18 Jun, 2019
Jacob Gaboury and alum Bo Ruberg will speak at the Diversity and Inclusion Summit. 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
11 Jun, 2019
Jacob Gaboury on Regimes of Identification
Jacob Gaboury recaps an incredible year as a 2018 BCNM Faculty Seed Grant recipient. Read more
06 Jun, 2019
William White on the Digital Heritage of People's Park
William White received a 2019 Faculty Seed Grant for "The People's Park Digital Heritage Project." Read more
28 May, 2019
Soravis Prakkamakul on VR at CHI 2019
Soravis presented “Exploring Word-gesture Text Entry Techniques in Virtual Reality” at the Human Factors in Computing Conference 2019 in Glasgow, Scotland. Read more
27 May, 2019
Ken Goldberg Co-Chairing AI & Inclusivity Signature Initiative
The Initiative seeks to work on systems for AI that integrate data, algorithms, context, and human values. Read more
27 May, 2019
Revisited: Critical Making Showcase
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21 May, 2019
Noura Howell on Sensors in Public Urban Environments at CHI 2019
Noura presented "The Heart Sounds Bench" at the Human Factors in Computing Systems conference of 2019 in Glasgow, Scotland. Read more
19 May, 2019
Congratulating our 2019 Graduates
Work by Mathieu Iniesta. Read more
19 May, 2019
Alum Jenni Higgs Publishes Learning as Movement in Social Design-Based Experiments
The article, written with Kris Gutiérrez, José Lizárraga, and Eduardo Rivero, was published in Human Development 2019, volume 62! Read more
18 May, 2019
Nicholaus Gutierrez on Alternative Programming Paradigms at What is Technology
Nicholaus presented “Model Machines: Alternative Programming Paradigms and the Question of Technological Subjectivity.” Read more
12 May, 2019
Announcing our 2019 Faculty Seed Grant Recipients
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12 May, 2019
Wikipedia Edit-a-thon Revisited
This year, participants edited 17 articles, adding 2,700 words, with over 70 thousand article views so far, and counting! 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
07 May, 2019
Jessica Adams on Virtual Reality Narratives at the AAAL
Jessica presented "Envisioning the Globe: Symbolic Competence in 360-Degree, Virtual Reality Narratives" at the American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) conference. Read more
03 May, 2019
"Within These Walls" & its sequel "Dreams of Flight"
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03 May, 2019
Cesar Torres on Actuators at TEI
César presented "A Conversation with Actuator" at TEI 2019 on behalf of the Hybrid Ecologies Lab. Read more
02 May, 2019
Alex Saum-Pascual Promoted to Associate Professor
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23 Apr, 2019
Commons Conversation Revisited: Bonnie Ruberg
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21 Apr, 2019
Jacob Gaboury at Jacobs Design Field Notes
Jacob discussed the queer history of computing in the Jacob Institute's For Whom? By Whom? program. Read more
20 Apr, 2019
César Torres Appointed Assistant Professor at UT Arlington
Photo by Yuko Watanabe 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
16 Apr, 2019
Miyoko Conley on K-Pop at SCMS
Miyoko Conley presented "Designing a K-pop Audience: Asian American Performance in KPOP the Musical" at the Society of Cinema and Media Studies conference. Read more
08 Apr, 2019
Malika Imhotep Featured in Berkeley News
Imhotep discusses her study and research on black feminism. 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
22 Mar, 2019
ATC Video Now Online: Kelani Nichole
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22 Mar, 2019
Ken Goldberg at ICRA-X: Robots and Art Program
Ken Goldberg will be at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation this May. Read more
21 Mar, 2019
Announcing our Spring 2019 Graduate Cohort
Art by Yuanpei Zhuang. Read more
21 Mar, 2019
Christo Sims at Media Design Practices
BCNM alum Christo Sims presented at Media Design Practices' New…… Now! Thesis Symposium. Read more
21 Mar, 2019
Ken Goldberg at TechCrunch Robotics
Ken Goldberg will be co-hosting a talk with UC Berkeley's Michael Jordan at TechCrunch Sessions: Robotics & AI. Read more
21 Mar, 2019
Ken Goldberg on Ethics in AI
The New York Times hosted the New Work Summit. Read more about the recommendations Ken Goldberg and other experts made regarding the ethics of artificial intelligence.
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19 Mar, 2019
Berkeley Welcomes BCNM's Jill Miller
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15 Mar, 2019
Gail De Kosnik Co-Edits Special Issue of Transformative Works and Cultures Published
Co-edited with andré carrington, the issue's theme is "Fans of Color, Fandoms of Color." Read more
14 Mar, 2019
Announcing the Spring 2019 Conference Grant Recipients
We're to our extraordinary The Berkeley Center for New Media is thrilled to provide small grants to our graduate students to help them share their innovative research at the premier conferences in their field. Read more
14 Mar, 2019
Nicholas de Monchaux on Space Suits of the Future in Pacific Standard
The future of space suits and what it means for space exploration. Read more
09 Mar, 2019
DexNet 4.0 in the DailyCal
The DailyCal features Ken Goldberg and team's DexNet 4.0 Read more
03 Mar, 2019
Announcing the 2019 Lyman Fellowship Recipient
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28 Feb, 2019
New Reviews of Queer Games Studies
Two more publications have reviewed alum Bonnie Ruberg's Queer Game Studies. Read more
28 Feb, 2019
Alum Christo Sims Interview in CITAMS ASA Newsletter
Christo Sims, winner of the 2019 CITAMS Book Award, was interviewed in the CITAMS ASA winter newsletter. Read more
21 Feb, 2019
The Society for Cinema and Media Studies' annual conference features presentations by thirteen BCNM students, faculty, and alumni! Read more
12 Feb, 2019
Commons Conversations Revisited: Lucia Allais
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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
09 Feb, 2019
BCNM in Vision & Light: Processing Perception
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04 Feb, 2019
Neyran Turan's Nemestudio at the Pratt Institute
Work from BCNM professor Neyran Turan's architectural office is exhibited at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery Read more
30 Jan, 2019
BCNM at San Francisco's Night of Ideas
BCNM faculty Nicholas de Monchaux, Shannon Jackson and Ken Goldberg, along with DE student Malika Imhotep participated in San Francisco's Night of Ideas. Read more
29 Jan, 2019
Spring 2019 Applications for the Designated Emphasis and Certificate in New Media Now Open
Applications are open to admitted graduated students at UC Berkeley and are due March 1, 2019. Read more
28 Jan, 2019
Alum Trevor Paglen's Orbital Reflector Launch News
A round up of BCNM alum Trevor Paglen's Orbital Reflector launch in the news. Read more
25 Jan, 2019
Alum Bonnie Ruberg Publishes "Video Games Have Always Been Queer"
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21 Jan, 2019
Alum Jane McGonigal on Your Brain in Video Games
Quartz published an article by Frank Lantz in which he explains our brains' relationships with gaming. Alum Jane McGonigal argues that it has positive effects. Read more
03 Jan, 2019
The 21st ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing featured presentations by BCNM faculty, students, and alumni! Read more
26 Dec, 2018
Announcing Our Spring 2019 Undergraduate Research Fellows
Each year, undergraduates work closely with our graduate mentors on academic research. Read more
21 Dec, 2018
Alum Jane McGonigal at Claremont Colleges
Jane McGonigal appeared at Pomona College to discuss her latest book and her take on the effects of gaming. Read more
21 Dec, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen's Surveillance Art Featured on NPR
NPR brings Trevor Paglen's art to life in this great feature! Read more
19 Dec, 2018
William Morgan at UNSW Law
WIlliam Morgan's article "Big Data’s Accursed Share: Locating
Waste in the Infosphere"and art installation brought together new media and environment. Read more
03 Dec, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen in Artes Mundi
Paglen is one of five runner-ups for the Artes Mundi 8, the UK's largest contemporary art prize. Read more
26 Nov, 2018
HTNM Molly Steenson Video Now Online
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26 Nov, 2018
Announcing our Fall 2018 Graduate Cohort
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21 Nov, 2018
Announcing our 2018 Undergraduate Cohort
We are thrilled to welcome to the BCNM these talented students from across campus. Read more
11 Nov, 2018
Now Accepting Applications for the 2019 Lyman Fellowship
Applications are due February 1, 2019. Read more
08 Nov, 2018
Alumni Bonnie Ruberg & Chris Goetz at QGCon
The annual Queerness and Games Conference began in 2013 at the hands of BCNM Alumni Bonnie Ruberg and Chris Goetz. It continues to flourish and to create safe spaces, this year in Montréal. Read more
07 Nov, 2018
Conference Grants: Joyce Lee at EPIC
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05 Nov, 2018
Alum Jane McGonigal Creates Ethical Toolkit
Jane McGonigal developed a toolkit to help keep many large Silicon Valley tech companies, as well as start-ups, keep their priorities and ethics in check. Read more
05 Nov, 2018
Alum Bonnie Ruberg on Queer Indie Video Games in American Quarterly
Volume 70 of American Quarterly features pieces on the Digital Humanities, one work of which is written by BCNM alum Bonnie Ruberg. Read more
31 Oct, 2018
Summer Research Dispatch: Peter Humphrey and Electroacoustic Science
This summer, Peter Humphrey explored the evolution of electroacoustic science and the history of sound recording. Read more
29 Oct, 2018
Alum Bonnie Ruberg Published on Straight-Washing in TWC
Alum Bonnie Ruberg published article on straight-washing in the Journal of Transformative Works and Cultures. Read more
24 Oct, 2018
Alum Christo Sims in Keywords for Ethnography and Design
BCNM alum Christo Sims was published in a collection of short essays, Keywords for Ethnography and Design. Read more
22 Oct, 2018
Ken Goldberg Visiting Speaker at SUNY Buffalo Art
Ken Goldberg visited the University at Buffalo Department of Art as part of the Visiting Artist Speaker Series. Read more
04 Oct, 2018
Now Hiring: Assistant Professor in Geospatial Representation, Design, and Critical Cartography
Recruitment opens September 24th, 2018 and runs through November 5th, 2018. Read more
01 Oct, 2018
Updated: Ken Goldberg at RoboBusiness 2018
BCNM faculty Ken Goldberg is the keynote speaker Day 2 of RoboBusiness 2018. Read more
01 Oct, 2018
Summer Research Dispatch: Ryan Ikeda & Electronic Literature
This summer, Ryan Ikeda examined how instructors, departments and institutions teach electronic literature. Read more
01 Oct, 2018
Ken Goldberg and AI Study by Tata Communications in the Press
Study from consulting firm Tata Communications on AI, co-authored by Ken Goldberg, covered in the press. Read more
26 Sep, 2018
Nicholas de Monchaux and Neyran Turan in 7x7
Nicholas de Monchaux's Modem and Neyran Turan's Nemestudio were featured in 7x7's roundup of the amazing Bay Area Now exhibition! Read more
24 Sep, 2018
BCNM Students & Faculty Named GloUH Townsend Fellows
Great to see BCNM faculty and graduate students part of the Spring 2019 Global Urban Humanities-Townsend Fellows. Read more
24 Sep, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen at the New York Met's Breuer Museum
BCNM alum Trevor Paglen's work in "Everything Is Connected: Art and Conspiracy" is on exhibit at the New York Met's Breuer Museum. Read more
24 Sep, 2018
Summer Teaching Dispatch: Nicholaus Gutierrez and New Media Reading and Composition
Nicholaus Gutierrez taught New Media R1B: "Is Technology Evil" this summer. Read more
12 Sep, 2018
Andrew Atwood at University of Wisconsin
BCNM faculty Andrew Atwood will be speaking at the University of Wisconsin on Oct 5. Read more
10 Sep, 2018
Lyman Dispatch: Grace Gipson on Unleashing Your Inner Superhero
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08 Sep, 2018
Roxane Gay ATC Lecture Sold Out
The Livestream will be available to view for 24 hours starting at 6:30pm on Monday, September 10. Read more
05 Sep, 2018
BCNM Alum Chris Gates on Function and Fiction in Videogames in Arts
BCNM alum Chris Gates's paper "Trellis and Vine: Weaving Function and Fiction in Videogame Play" published in Arts. Read more
04 Sep, 2018
Asma Kazmi Exhibits at the University of Hawai'i
HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: JOSE FERREIRA + ASMA KAZMI runs from September 10 – 28, 2018. Read more
30 Aug, 2018
Summer Research Dispatch: Noura Howell on Biosensing
This summer, Noura Howell developed a prototype for a biosensing bench for connecting community members. Read more
23 Aug, 2018
Announcing the Fall 2018-Spring 2019 Season of the History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series
From architectural intelligence to cybernetics and play, algorithms of oppression to the human computer in the stone age, we have a fantastic line up for this year's program! Read more
22 Aug, 2018
Ken Goldberg on Learning to Optimize Join Queries with Deep Reinforcement Learning
A great paper featured on Assert on Arxiv! Read more
21 Aug, 2018
Announcing the Fall 2018-Spring 2019 Season of the Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium
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21 Aug, 2018
Tom McEnaney Launches GloUH Colloquium
Join Tom McEnaney on August 28th as he discusses Wireless Commons and Counterpublics: New Digital Infrastructures in Cuba! Read more
17 Aug, 2018
Alum Stuart Geiger on Machine Learning & UX Panel at IDEO
The IDEO MLUX Industry Panel focused on Designing and using Data Science Ethically. Read more
09 Aug, 2018
Summer Research Dispatch: Yang Liu on VR
This summer, Yang Liu developed UNREAL, a Virtual Reality project for architectural design. Read more
20 Jul, 2018
Asma Kazmi on the Outcomes of Cranes & Cube
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19 Jul, 2018
Alum Bonnie Ruberg at DIGRA 2018
The Digital Games Research Association held their 2018 conference with the theme "The Game is the Message." 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
16 Jul, 2018
Help Ken Goldberg's Dex-Net Improve!
Wired magazine shares how we can enhance robots' ability to grasp through submitting object designs to Ken Goldberg's Dex-Net. Read more
12 Jul, 2018
Eric Paulos Keynotes ASLLA 2018 Symposium
This invitation-only, small, roundtable discussion that lasts several days to encourage in-depth discussions of frontier research of leading scientists around the globe. Read more
10 Jul, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen at the 2018 Seattle Art Fair
From August 2-5, 2018, you can see work by Trevor Paglen in Seattle! Read more
28 Jun, 2018
Fall 2018 Applications for Designated Emphasis and Certificates in New Media Now Open
Applications are open to admitted graduated students at UC Berkeley and are due November 1, 2018. Read more
27 Jun, 2018
Eric Paulos at ID KAIST Seminar
Eric Paulos discusses "Cosmetic Computing: Towards Personal, Performative, Provocative, and Poetic Wearables." Read more
21 Jun, 2018
Nicholas de Monchaux & Kathryn Moll at the Mills College Art Museum
modem, the architecture firm of Nicholas de Monchaux and Kathryn Moll, is featured in Archaeology in Reverse at the MCAM. Read more
19 Jun, 2018
Eric Paulos at On-Body Interaction at Dagstuhl
Eric Paulos was an invited Participant at the Dagstuh seminar "Embodied Cognition Meets Sensor/Actuator Engineering to Design New Interfaces." Read more
14 Jun, 2018
Neyran Turan on the Outcomes of New Cadavre Exquis
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10 Jun, 2018
Summer 2019 Course Proposals Now Open!
We are now accepting applications to teach a NWMEDIA Summer 2019 course. Read more
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
30 May, 2018
Soravis Prakkamakul on Facial Perception
Soravis Prakkamakul received a Spring 2018 BCNM Conference Grant to present his paper "Reflexive Visual Inspection of Cleft Lip Faces — Analysis of Lookzone Focus Over Time" at the 63rd Plastic Surgery Research Council Annual Meeting in Birmingham, Alabama. Read more
28 May, 2018
2018 Seed Grants: Rita Lucarelli & the New Media of the Book of the Dead
The BCNM Faculty Seed Grant Program awarded $5000 to Rita Lucarelli (Near Eastern Studies) to digitally transposition Egyptian coffins into 3D models. Read more
28 May, 2018
Queer Game Studies Reviewed on Electronic Book Review
Queer Game Studies, edited by BCNM alum Bonnie Ruberg, was reviewed on Electronic Book Review. Read more
28 May, 2018
Undergraduate Research Dispatch: Marissa Ahmed on Music, Improvisation, Ethnography
Marissa Ahmed was a recipient of this year's BCNM research fellowship, assisting Ritwik Banerji on his research about human sociality and algorithmic ethnography. Read more
28 May, 2018
Ken Goldberg at ICRA 2018
Ken Goldberg was a speaker at ICRA 2018's workshop on advances in robotic warehouse automation. Read more
27 May, 2018
Research Dispatches: Joyce Lee on Auditory Data Representation
Joyce Lee assisted Michelle Carney with her research on auditory data representation, as part of Lee's BCNM research fellowship. Read more
27 May, 2018
BCNM & All Bay Collective in Curbed SF
The All Bay Collective, a team co-led by BCNM, was featured in Curbed SF after the results of the Resilient by Design Challenge was released. Read more
23 May, 2018
BCNM Students Named Jacobs Innovation Catalysts
Several BCNM designers were named Jacobs Innovation Catalysts, garnering grants from a new program seeking to support and provided resources for Berkeley's design commuity. Read more
18 May, 2018
Molly Nicholas at CHI 2018
Molly Nicholas is a Spring 2018 BCNM Conference Grant Recipient who attended "Engage at CHI" 2019 in Montréal, Canada. Read more
16 May, 2018
Alum Stuart Geiger on the Human Contexts of Computation and Data at UC San Diego
The University of California, San Diego invited alum Stuart Geiger to present a talk on his research. Read more
07 May, 2018
Revisited: Critical Making Showcase
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07 May, 2018
Alum Chris Goetz Reviews MetaGaming in Critical Inquiry
BCNM alum Chris Goetz draws on his video game expertise to critique a recently published book, MetaGaming. Read more
03 May, 2018
Congratulating our 2018 New Media Undergraduate Certificate Class
Congratulations to these four stellar women, who have made a big impact at Cal in the New Media space. Read more
02 May, 2018
Will Payne at the American Association of Geographers 2018 Meeting
Will Payne was able to attend and present his paper at the American Association of Geographers Conference as one of the recipients of the Spring 2018 BCNM Conference Grant. Read more
30 Apr, 2018
Molly Nicholas at TEI 2018
As one of the recipients of the Spring 2018 BCNM Conference Grant, Molly Nicholas received funding to attend and present her research findings at TEI 2018. Read more
30 Apr, 2018
Jennifer Higgs, Leah Rosenbaum, and Bjoern Hartmann presented their respective research at AERA 2018. Read more
30 Apr, 2018
Through funding from the 2018 BCNM Conference Grant, Harry Burson attended and shared his research at SCMS 2018. Read more
27 Apr, 2018
Abigail De Kosnik Awarded an IAS Benjamin Meaker Visiting Professor Fellowship
BCNM faculty, Abigail De Kosnik, will be in residance at the IAS from August 23 and September 22 as part of her awarded fellowship. Read more
25 Apr, 2018
Undergraduate Research Dispatch: Wenny Miao on Urban Sensing
Wenny Miao, recipient of a BCNM undergraduate research fellowship, was selected to work with Noura Howell on her project about urban sensing. Read more
19 Apr, 2018
Roxane Gay to Launch the Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium 2018-2019 Season
We are excited to announce that author and cultural critic Roxane Gay will be launching the 2018-2019 season of the Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium. Read more
19 Apr, 2018
Revisited: The Past is Present Workshop
Ilmar Hurkxkens and Mohammad Keshavarzi taught participants how to build a Virtual Reality environment from 3D point scan data of the historic Woo Hon Fai Hall. Read more
19 Apr, 2018
Revisited: The Past is Present Symposium
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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
18 Apr, 2018
Nicholas de Monchaux & Neyran Turan Receive Graham Foundation Award
Selected from more than 600 proposals, Nicholas de Monchaux and Neyran Turan were two of 74 recipients of a Graham Foundation grant. Read more
18 Apr, 2018
Nicholas de Monchaux's Studio One Course on Radical Futures in Landscape Architecture Magazine
Nicholas de Monchaux's Studio ONE master's program, which begins next school year, was featured in the Landscape Architecture Magazine. Read more
11 Apr, 2018
ATC Revisited: Irena Haiduk
Graduate ATC Liaison, KC Forcier, revisits Irena Haiduk's ATC Lecture that took place last month. Read more
11 Apr, 2018
Christo Sims Published in the Journal of Cultural Anthropology
Christo Sims' work titled "Idealism" discusses the intersection between design, ethnography, and anthropology. It was recently published in the Journal of Cultural Anthropology. Read more
09 Apr, 2018
Announcing our Spring 2018 Designated Emphasis & Certificate Cohort
We are proud to welcome an amazing set of graduates from across campus to the Berkeley Center for New Media. Read more
09 Apr, 2018
The BCNM Guide to CHI 2018
Overwhelmed by the amazing panels at CHI 2018? Make your CHI experience a BCNM one with our guide to where our students, faculty, and alumni will be presenting! Read more
20 Mar, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen Builds Cryptographic Puzzle in Flag for Creative Time
Check out Alum Trevor Paglen's "Weeping Angel" on display for Creative Time's Pledges of Allegiance and see if you can solve the cryptographic puzzle! Read more
20 Mar, 2018
HairIO by Hybrid Ecologies in the Press
BCNM Designated Emphasis Students Molly Nicholas and Christine Dierk, aided by BCNM faculty Eric Paulos, project HäirIÖ was featured heavily in the media! Read more
20 Mar, 2018
Ken Goldberg on Driverless Cars
Ken Goldberg was quoted in NY Times article on Driverless Cars. Read more
19 Mar, 2018
Announcing the Spring 2018 BCNM Conference Grant Recipients!
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19 Mar, 2018
Ken Goldberg at CITRIS Silicon Valley
Ken Goldberg will be attending the CITRIS Silicon Valley Forum, a new monthly series from CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, on April 5. Read more
19 Mar, 2018
Revisited: Amateurism Across the Arts
Amateurism Across the Arts, a symposium co-sponsored by BCNM, drew a crowd of 70 community members who explore DIY artistic production. Read more
16 Mar, 2018
Ken Goldberg on Open Source Stewart Platform
We've collected Ken Goldberg and AutoLab's video and papers on their open-source Stewart platform design into one post. Read more
06 Mar, 2018
Goldberg and da Vinci Robot in Wired
Ken Goldberg and the da Vinci robot's surgical potential was featured in Wired. Read more
05 Mar, 2018
Ken Goldberg at TechCrunch Robotics May 11
Ken Goldberg will be a speaker in the lineup for TechCrunch Sessions: Robotics 2018 this coming May.
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02 Mar, 2018
Jacob Gaboury at A+D Wednesdays
The BAMPFA will be hosting a talk with Jacob Gaboury, as part of their Berkeley Art + Design programming. Read more
26 Feb, 2018
Eric Paulos Smashing Computer in Critical Making goes Viral on the Daily Mail and Boing Boing
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21 Feb, 2018
Common Conversations Revisited: Ines Weizman
Architecture professor Ines Weizman spoke at length about the life and legacy of Adolf Loos, delving into the work he left behind and how debates over ownership persist to this day. Read more
20 Feb, 2018
Announcing the Lyman 2018 Fellowship Recipients
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06 Feb, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen Keynote at Ways of Knowing Conference
Alum Trevor Paglen and Wendy Hui Kyong Chun were Keynote Speakers at Ways of Knowing Cities Conference by the Center for Spatial Research at Columbia.
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06 Feb, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen at ARCOMadrid 2018
Paglen is one of the featured artists at ARCOmadrid 2018, a contemporary art gallery series. Read more
02 Feb, 2018
BCNM Alum Jen Schradie gave a talk, "The Digital Activism Gap: Social Media, Social Movements and Social Class," at Cal! Read more
25 Jan, 2018
Announcing the 2018 Eugene Jarvis Innovation Scholarship Recipients
The generous Eugene Jarvis Design Innovation scholarship was awarded to two of New Media's most outstanding students. Read more
25 Jan, 2018
Introducing our Spring 2018 Research Assistants
Each year, the BCNM selects four graduate student projects that we believe will both interest and prove engaging to undergraduates. Undergraduates apply to be a research fellow and once selected, they have the opportunity to work on high-level research in concert with our graduates, who mentor them on research methods. Read more
23 Jan, 2018
Congratulations to our Spring 2018 Graduating Undergraduates!
Congratulations to Shangjun (Jenny) Jiang and Allison Nguyen our Spring 2018 Graduating Undergraduates! Read more
23 Jan, 2018
ATC Video Now Online: Michael Rock
22 Jan, 2018
Spring 2018 Applications Now Open for the Graduate Designated Emphasis & Certificate Program
Graduate students are now invited to apply for Spring 2018 admission into the BCNM program. Read more
11 Jan, 2018
SRL Featuring Robots by Eric Paulos at Marlborough Contemporary and in the News
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06 Dec, 2017
NWMEDIA 190/290 Critical Practices Showcase
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05 Dec, 2017
Alum Leslie Dreyer ACES Artist in Residence
"A ‘Sanctuary City’ but who gets to live here?"
with Leslie Dreyer ACES Artist in Residence and BCNM Alum Read more
05 Dec, 2017
Trevor Paglen and Art in the Age of Mass Surveillance in The Guardian
BCNM alum and artist Trevor Paglen and his art were featured on an article on art in the age of mass surveillance in The Guardian. Read more
03 Dec, 2017
Lashon Daley at the National Women's Studies Association Conference 2017
As one of the recipients of the Spring 2017 BCNM Conference Grant, Lashon Daley received funding to attend and present her research findings at the 2017 National Women's Studies Association Conference. Read more
03 Dec, 2017
BCNM Seed Grant Funded New Cadavre Exquis by Neyran Turan Receives Award
Neyran Turan, recipient of a BCNM seed grant, received an honorable mention from the 2017 Architect's Newspaper Best of Design Awards. Read more
28 Nov, 2017
Grace Gipson on Gwendolyn Brooks in Black Perspectives
Grace Gipson penned a biography about Black poet laureate and committed activist Gwendolyn Brooks, celebrating the life and work she left behind. Read more
28 Nov, 2017
Welcome to our 2017 Undergraduate Cohort
From sports and cultural data analytics to art and technology performances, from design to the philosophies around technology, these students are excited to dive into New Media on campus. Read more
20 Nov, 2017
Welcome to Our Fall 2017 Graduate Cohort
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17 Nov, 2017
Shannon Jackson at PARSE Conference 2017
Shannon Jackson participated in the "Vocabularies of Exclusion" strand at the PARSE Conference 2017 this week. 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
13 Nov, 2017
ATC Revisited: Michael Rock
We revisit Michael Rock's talk as part of the Art, Technology, and Culture speaker series. Read more
03 Nov, 2017
Bonnie Ruberg Published in Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds
Alum Bonnie Ruberg has been published in the June 2017 issue of Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds. Read more
03 Nov, 2017
Alum Trevor Paglen Visiting Faculty at The New Normal
BCNM alum Trevor Paglen is named visiting faculty at The New Normal, a post-graduate program in Moscow, Russia. Read more
03 Nov, 2017
Conference Grants: Will Payne at the Future of Food in St. Louis
Will Payne reflects on his experience at the Future of Food Studies conference, which was funded by a BCNM Fall Student Grant. Read more
02 Nov, 2017
Update: Surgical Robotics with Ken Goldberg
BAIR has published an article of updates to Ken Goldberg's project in Surgical Robotics. Read more
02 Nov, 2017
Michelle Carney and other MIMS Students Win AR Hackathon!
Michelle Carney, Michelle Chen, Connor Hunihan, Daphne Jong and Ching-yi Lin won CitizenAR hackathon with an application for the Tenderloin community to interact and connect through an AR game design. Read more
02 Nov, 2017
Alum Jen Schradie Published in Media and Class, Edited by June Deery
Jen Schradie received her PhD from Berkeley and recently published Media and Class: TV, Film, and Digital Culture, which can be bought on Amazon. Read more
31 Oct, 2017
Eric Paulos & Ken Goldberg Exhibiting at The Luggage Store
Paulos and Goldberg are two of the many participating artists that will be featured at the "Illegal" exhibition special event at the Luggage Store Gallery. Read more
30 Oct, 2017
Lyman Fellowship Applications Now Open
We are now accepting applications from current UC Berkeley PhD students. Applications are due February 1, 2018. Read more
27 Oct, 2017
Eric Paulos (EECS, Jacobs Design Innovation) developed a design tool to allow artists and designers to plan for their creation's destruction and failure as part of our Faculty Seed Grant program. Read more
27 Oct, 2017
Alum Kate Mattingly Reviews Radical Bodies in The Dancer's Group
Alum Kate Mattingly reviews Radical Bodies: Anna Halprin, Simone Forti, and Yvonne Rainer in California and New York, 1955 to 1972. Read more
19 Oct, 2017
TF Tierney Video on Intelligent Infrastructures Now Online
TF Tierney's book talk about intelligent infrastructure is now available for public viewing. Read more
19 Oct, 2017
Alums Bonnie Ruberg and Chris Goetz in Camera Obscura
Bonnie Ruberg and Chris Goetz, co-organizers and founders of the Queerness and Games Conference, collaborated on a published piece titled "In Practice: Queerness and Games." Read more
18 Oct, 2017
Grace Gipson on Afrofuturism and Comic Books in Black Perspectives
Grace Gipson writes about the role of Black Women in the superhero comic book universe in works such as Misty Knight and Moon Girl. Read more
17 Oct, 2017
Please welcome our new Executive Committee member Tom McEnaney! McEnaney works at the intersections of the history of media and technology, Argentine, Cuban, and U.S. literature, sound studies, and computational (digital) humanities. 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
17 Oct, 2017
Nicholas de Monchaux Quoted in The Guardian on the Hyperloop
Nicholas de Monchaux, an associate professor of architecture and urban design at the University of California, Berkeley, commented on Elon Musk's dream for an underground highway in Los Angeles. Read more
17 Oct, 2017
Alum Bonnie Ruberg at IndieCade
At the beginning of October, alum Bonnie Ruberg attended IndieCade in Downtown Los Angeles to speak about the relationship between games and politics. Read more
16 Oct, 2017
HTNM Revisited: Natasha Schüll
From the NYU professor's talk, "Datasense," in which she discussed from her forthcoming book, "Keeping Track: Sensor Tehnology, Self-Regulation, and the Data-Driven Life." Presented in partnership with the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine & Society. Read more
12 Oct, 2017
Alum Andrea Horbinski at Mechademia 2017
Andrea Horbinski, BCNM alum, talked about manga as a science fiction medium at the Mechademia conference in late September. Read more
10 Oct, 2017
Alum Stuart Geiger at the Bay Area Science Festival
BCNM alum Stuart Geiger will be giving a talk about machine learning and artificial intelligence at the Bay Area Science Festival in early November. Read more
10 Oct, 2017
Alum Christo Sims on Disruptive Fixation on KPFA and Databite
Christo Sims, author of Disruptive Fixation and a Berkeley alum, presents on school reform and techno-fetishism. 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
28 Sep, 2017
Eric Paulos' Hybrid Ecologies Lab in Forbes for Work with Adobe
Eric Paulos is one of the researchers from the Hybrid Ecologies Lab at UC Berkeley working with Adobe on their new endeavors. 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
26 Sep, 2017
Nicholas de Monchaux at Ohio State University Oct 18
BCNM Director Nicholas de Monchaux will be speaking at Ohio State University as part of its fall lecture series. Read more
19 Sep, 2017
Fall 2017 Applications Now Open for the Graduate Designated Emphasis & Certificate Program
Graduates are now invited to apply for Fall 2017 admission into the BCNM program.
Applications due November 1. Read more
19 Sep, 2017
Summer Research Dispatch: Molly Nicholas & Wearable Tech in Hospitals
Read about Molly Nicholas' BCNM-funded research on wearable tech for therapeutic clowning, in collaboration with the Medical Clown Project. Read more
18 Sep, 2017
UC Berkeley Team Selected To Design Adaptive Responses To Bay Area Climate Change
A diverse group of locally-based and globally-experienced professionals, academics, students, and policy makers from the University of California, Berkeley has been chosen to participate in the Resilient By Design (RBD) Bay Area Challenge. Read more
18 Sep, 2017
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
11 Sep, 2017
Revisited: TF Tierney, Intelligent Infrastructure
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31 Aug, 2017
Revisited: BCNM Open House Fall 2017
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28 Aug, 2017
Learning Analytics Conference
Join cross-disciplinary experts from UC Berkeley and beyond as they share perspectives on data's influence on learning environments (think: how bCourses became bCourses) Read more
23 Aug, 2017
Announcing the 2017-2018 Season of the Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium
From new journalism to virtual reality, telepresence to designing brands, this year's Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium packs a punch! Read more
22 Aug, 2017
Summer Research Dispatches: Juliana Friend and Many-to-Many
Read about Friend's ethnographic research for her Many-to-Many project, funded by BCNM Read more
16 Aug, 2017
Ron Rael Speaking on the Divided States of America at SPUR Oakland
Next Thursday evening, Rael will speak on a panel among academics, authors, and artists to discuss art and activism Read more
12 Aug, 2017
CS160 Final Project Showcase
Check out photos from an incredible semester with Cesar Torres' CS160 summer class! Read more
08 Aug, 2017
Ryan Ikeda at the Digital Humanities Summer Institute
Ryan Ikeda reflects on his experience at the Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI) this June in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Read more
02 Aug, 2017
Nicholas de Monchaux at Exploratorium After Dark, Discussing Space Suits
Don't miss out on this opportunity to hear Prof. de Monchaux discuss human space travel with Adam Savage, famed industrial designer. Read more
02 Aug, 2017
Ken Goldberg at Autodesk Design Night
Goldberg's research project on cloud-connected robots discussed at the Autodesk Gallery in downtown SF! Read more
01 Aug, 2017
Announcing the 2017-2018 Season of the History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series
From software arts to self-tracking technologies, cybernetics to techno-ecologies, we are thrilled to introduce the speakers in this year's History and Theory of New Media program. Read more
19 Jul, 2017
Camille Crittenden part of New NHERI SimCenter
The Deputy Director of CITRIS and the Banatao Institute joins the SimCenter, an organization for research on natural hazards. Read more
18 Jul, 2017
de Monchaux Quoted in Newsweek on Spacesuits
Amidst all the talk of future migration to Mars, one overlooked subject is perhaps the most important: what will we wear? Read more
18 Jul, 2017
Five Questions with Adam Hutz
The Jacobs Institute sat down with Adam Hutz, a doctoral candidate in rhetoric & new media, who also teaches NWMEDIA C203: Critical Making alongside Eric Paulos. Read more
18 Jul, 2017
Undergraduate Research Dispatch: Jenny Jiang
This year, BCNM initiated its undergraduate research fellowships, which offer undergraduates the chance to engage in direct research experience with BCNM graduates. Read more
28 Jun, 2017
Chancellor Christ Visits CITRIS Invention Lab!
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28 Jun, 2017
Cesar Torres Receives Microsoft Dissertation Grant
César Torres from Hybrid Ecologies Labs recieved the Microsoft Dissertation Grant for his work! Read more
28 Jun, 2017
Ken Goldberg and Team Release Massive Dex-Net 2.0 Dataset!
Article on Goldberg and team's Dex-Net 2.0 data set release in Spectrum IEEE! Read more
27 Jun, 2017
Jenni Higgs in Review of Research in Education
This BCNM grad contributed to a paper on the reconceptualization of educational inquiry in the March issue of Review of Research of Education. Read more
27 Jun, 2017
Ron Rael & Arch100D Take 3D Printed Homes to Kenya
If only all university field trips were like this innovative, immersive excursion. Read more
20 Jun, 2017
Berkeley Arts + Design End of Year Reflection
Arts + Design Associate Vice Chancellor Shannon Jackson discusses the program's track record this past academic year. Read more
08 Jun, 2017
Undergraduate Research Dispatch: Seth Lu
Seth Lu reflects on his work with Juliana Friend through BCNM's undergraduate fellowship program. Read more
01 Jun, 2017
Undergraduate Research Dispatch: Carmen Zheng
Undergrad Carmen Zheng was selected to work with Ritwik Banerji on his project Music, Improvisation, and Ethnography. Read more
01 Jun, 2017
Shannon Jackson on Arts & Public Service at SFMOMA
Jackson was part of a moderated discussion on the future of artistic engagement in public life. Read more
01 Jun, 2017
Ken Goldberg & Camille Crittenden at CITRIS Inclusive AI Symposium
Goldberg and Crittenden were at the "Inclusive AI: Technology and Policy for a Diverse Urban Future" symposium. Read more
31 May, 2017
Yairamaren Roman Maldonado at the Latin American Studies Association's 50th Conference
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25 May, 2017
Undergraduate Research Dispatch: Canyon Perry
Canyon Perry was selected to work with Yaira Roman Madonado on her project Literary and Digital Avant-Gardes in Post-National Puerto Rico. Read more
24 May, 2017
Christo Sims Publishes Disruptive Fixation
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24 May, 2017
Greg Niemeyer Publishes Alternate Reality Games with Antero Garcia
Alternate Reality Games at the Cusp of Digital Gameplay is a volume of scholarship on the state of alternate reality gaming. Read more
22 May, 2017
Grace Gipson at Black Imagine Oakland
Grace Gipson shared insights on comics and afrofuturism at the Black Imagine Oakland convention. Read more
17 May, 2017
Announcing Our 2017 Undergraduate Certificate Grads
These students have made extensive contributions to New Media at Cal Read more
16 May, 2017
Announcing Our 2017 Graduates
We look forward to sharing their future endeavors!
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16 May, 2017
Andrew Atwood Receives Seed Grant for New Apps for New Audiences
Andrew Atwood received a $5000 junior faculty seed grant to create interactive app designs as a way to engage and attract new audiences to architecture Read more
15 May, 2017
Asma Kazmi Receives Seed Grant for Cranes and Cube
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14 May, 2017
Jenni Higgs reflects on her experience at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) this May in San Antonio, Texas Read more
13 May, 2017
Neyran Turan Receives Seed Grant for Cadavre Exquis
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11 May, 2017
Arts + Design Mondays @BAMPFA Videos Now Online
Check out the videos from some of the great lectures this semester, including our Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium! Read more
08 May, 2017
NWMEDIA C203: Critical Making Showcase 2017 Revisited
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05 May, 2017
BCNM was well represented at CHI 2017 in Denver, Colorado. Read more
02 May, 2017
Salaam Sculpture: Noura Howell
Noura Howell's Salaam Sculpture was shown on the UC Berkeley campus! Read more
01 May, 2017
Revisited: "Many to Many"
Juliana Friend & Seth Lu launched the interactive ethnographic archive, Many to Many Read more
28 Apr, 2017
Ohmni TeleRobot Harnesses 20 Year-Old Research from Eric Paulos
Research from Eric Paulos’ 20 year-old PRoP research group is still creating products! Read more
27 Apr, 2017
Nicholas de Monchaux Named Bakar Faculty Fellow & Recipient of Spark Fund Award
Congratulations to Nicholas de Monchaux on being named a Bakar Faculty Fellow and recipient of the Spark Fund Award for 2017-2018! Read more
24 Apr, 2017
ATC Video Now Online: “Designing Spaces for New Media Art”
If you missed our recent Arts, Technology and Culture colloquium with Andy and Deborah Rappaport - the video is now live Read more
18 Apr, 2017
Will Payne at the American Association of Geographers
Will Payne presented his research at the American Association of Geographers this April in Boston, MA. Read more
13 Apr, 2017
Announcing our 2017-2018 Faculty Seed Grant Recipients
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11 Apr, 2017
Commons Conversations: Color of New Media Working Group Transcription
The “Color of New Media Working Group” met as a part of Commons Conversations to discuss the vertiginous political climate. Read more
11 Apr, 2017
Revisited: Local Code at BAMPFA with Nicholas de Monchaux
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07 Apr, 2017
BCNM Seed Grants 2017: Ed Campion and the Sound Habitat
Ed Campion (Music) received $5,000 to build a sound habitat with Ron Rael (Architecture) as part of our Faculty Seed Grant program. Read more
06 Apr, 2017
Announcing Our 2017 Summer Research Award Recipients
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04 Apr, 2017
Revisited: “Designing Spaces for New Media Art”
Andy and Deborah Rappaport, founders of the Minnesota Street Project, which houses affordable spaces for artists and non-profits, shared the pleasures and challenges of collecting art objects in this digital age. Read more
21 Mar, 2017
Announcing the Spring 2017 BCNM Conference Grant Recipients!
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20 Mar, 2017
CNMAT Website Soft-Launch
The Center of New Music and Audio Technologies‘ new website went public earlier this semester in a “soft” release. Read more
20 Mar, 2017
Announcing our Spring 2017 DE & Certificate Incoming Cohort
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20 Mar, 2017
A Statement Regarding UCPD Crowdsourcing Request for Identification
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16 Mar, 2017
Commons Conversations Video Now Online: "Radical Technologies" with Adam Greenfield
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16 Mar, 2017
Video Now Online: Designing for Truth
with Joris Maltha Read more
09 Mar, 2017
Hybrid Ecologies Lab Featured in Adafruit
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07 Mar, 2017
Revisited: "Designing for Truth"
CatalogTree's Joris Maltha discussed using data design for richer narratives. Read more
02 Mar, 2017
Bonnie Ruberg Speaks at Game Developers Conference
BCNM alum Ruberg presented her talk, "Teaching Students How to Make Games under Fascism" at this game industry event. Read more
02 Mar, 2017
Video Now Online: "Our Landscape Futures"
Watch this event by Geoff Manaugh, New York Times-bestselling author on technology and utopias. Read more
02 Mar, 2017
Revisited: "Radical Technologies"
with Adam Greenfield 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
21 Feb, 2017
Eric Paulos Gives Keynote at HotMobile Conference
This year's HotMobile Conference with Eric Paulos as Keynote speaker. Read more
21 Feb, 2017
Hybrid Ecologies Lab Wins a Best Paper at CHI 2017
Light as a physical material? This paper won a major award for it. Read more
21 Feb, 2017
Introducing Our Undergraduate Research Fellows
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17 Feb, 2017
Video Now Online: Ken Goldberg at WAFR
Check out Ken Goldberg's Chair Remarks at WAFR 2016 and other work by UC Berkeley students and faculty! Read more
17 Feb, 2017
Jenni Higgs at Writing Research Across Borders IV in Colombia
17 Feb, 2017
ATC Video Now Online: "Sculpture. Simulacrum. Ritual."
With Tom Sachs
Missed this event? Have no fear! Watch it here! Read more
16 Feb, 2017
Revisited: "Our Landscape Futures"
Revisiting our lovely event with Geoff Manaugh who offered students and the public an insight into the design of cities and their unintentional impacts through the lense of "burglary." Read more
09 Feb, 2017
Nicholas de Monchaux Exhibition and Lecture at Univ. of Tennessee
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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
25 Jan, 2017
What will you be learning this summer? We're offering two courses in New Media Read more
25 Jan, 2017
Greg Niemeyer on Hippie Modernisms at BAMPFA
23 Jan, 2017
Video Now Online: "Sex, Lies, and Data Mining"
Heard the buzz about Luke Dubois's lecture? Listen to it yourself here! Read more
23 Jan, 2017
Video Now Online: Books in Browsers Series
Watch all 24 speaker events from this exciting conference here! Read more
23 Jan, 2017
Conference Grants: Ritwik Banerji in Utrecht
This past Fall, we were pleased to offer several grants to help support our students in sharing their research at the premiere conferences in their field Read more
23 Jan, 2017
Walter Hood interviewed by Shannon Jackson in Boom California
Read excerpts of this wonderful conversation between Profs. Shannon Jackson and Walter Hood, for Boom California Read more
23 Jan, 2017
Ron Rael in the Museum of Modern Art
In a New York exhibition, "Insecurities: Tracing Displacement and Shelter" Read more
19 Jan, 2017
Public Servants, Edited by Shannon Jackson, Published by MIT Press
Shannon Jackson is Associate Vice Chancellor of the Arts and Design and the Cyrus and Michelle Hadidi Professor at UC Berkeley. Read more
18 Jan, 2017
Ken Goldberg at the 12th Annual Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics
UC Berkeley students and faculty attended the 12th International Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics (WAFR) Read more
18 Jan, 2017
Shannon Jackson’s “In Terms of Performance” Published!
An anthology co-edited by Shannon Jackson and Paula Marincola, and produced by the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage and the Arts Research Center of UC Berkeley Read more
13 Jan, 2017
Urban Data Operations with Nicholas de Monchaux Jan 18
Don't miss out on this great discussion between Geoff Manaugh and Nicholas de Monchaux on Urban Data Operations at the Storefront for Art & Architecture this January 18 from 7-9pm! Read more
16 Dec, 2016
Revisited: "Rogue Archives" Book Launch
The discussion of Prof. De Kosnik's new book was held at University Press. Read more
12 Dec, 2016
Rogue Archives Reviewed in Digicult
BCNM Professor Abigail De Kosnik's new book was reviewed by Sylvia Bertolotti in Digicult Read more
30 Nov, 2016
Revisited: "Local Code" Book Launch
We recap the evening of conversation on Prof. de Monchaux's new book Read more
28 Nov, 2016
Skintillates from Hybrid Ecologies Lab Featured in MakeZine
Skintillates was featured in MakeZine's article "Light Up Your Body with Temporary Tattoo Circuits" Read more
28 Nov, 2016
Critical Practices as Cultural Critique
22 Nov, 2016
Peter Lyman Fellowship Application Now Open
We are pleased to announce that applications are now open for the Peter Lyman Graduate Fellowship in New Media! Read more
22 Nov, 2016
Announcing our 2016 Undergraduate Cohort
These students highlight the interdisciplinary nature of new media through the range of disciplines they represent and the exciting collaborative projects in which they are engage Read more
17 Nov, 2016
Revisited: "Video Analytics: From Keywords to Keyframes”
Miyoko Conley, BCNM DE candidate, recaps Virginia Kuhn's HTNM lecture, "Video Analytics From Keywords to Keyframes." Read more
17 Nov, 2016
Announcing the Fall 2016 DE & Graduate Certificate Cohort
We are very excited to welcome our newest cohort of Ph.D Designated Emphasis and Graduate Certificate students Read more
14 Nov, 2016
Revisited: Technology, Space and Reason
Miyoko Conley recaps Bernard Stiegler's exciting Symposium held in October. Read more
14 Nov, 2016
Grace Gipson as "Doctor of Comic Books"
Lashon Daley featured Grace Gipson, also a BCNM Designated Emphasis student, on her podcast Stories&Slams! Read more
10 Nov, 2016
Revisited: "Sex, Lies, and Data Mining"
We recap Luke Dubois's talk in Jacobs Institute for Design. Read more
10 Nov, 2016
#TateExchange Highlights with Shannon Jackson
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08 Nov, 2016
Nicholas de Monchaux at Drawing Futures
Drawing Futures 2016 is a conference on "Speculations on Contemporary Drawing for Art and Architecture" taking place at the Bartlett School of Architecture Read more
31 Oct, 2016
Getting a Game Studies PhD: A Guide for Aspiring Video Game Scholars
A guide written by Bonnie Ruberg, a Provost’s Postdoctoral Scholar at USC Read more
24 Oct, 2016
The BCNM was thrilled to provide Cesar Torres (EECS) with a conference travel grant Read more
24 Oct, 2016
Here's a report of her recent presentation for this year's DML conference! Read more
24 Oct, 2016
Shannon Jackson at the Tate Exchange
The assistant professor in Rhetoric and Performance Studies will participate in a series of events at the renowned London museum Read more
24 Oct, 2016
GloUH: Gaming Virtual Bodies: Video Games in South Asian Cities
The series hosts Irene Chien, BCNM alumna, to speak on moving through South Asian cities both within video games Read more
24 Oct, 2016
Eric Paulos at Living Light in East Bay Express
In the East Bay Express's monthly discussion, artists gather in Bay Area living rooms to discuss new media. Read more
24 Oct, 2016
Nicholas de Monchaux at Dust and Data
BCNM's de Monchaux will attend the 13th International Bauhaus Colloquium, which will be held at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar in Germany Read more
18 Oct, 2016
Shannon Jackson at SFMOMA on Art & Performance
As a part of "Cosmic Ray: Bay Area Art and Experiment, 1950s to Now", a conversation series hosted on Tuesdays from October 11 to November 15th Read more
18 Oct, 2016
Together, we can think bigger and shape the future of new media Read more
17 Oct, 2016
Undergraduate Research Dispatch: Lydia Tuan and Digital Technology in Education
Lydia Tuan was selected to work with Amy Koehler-Catterson (Education) on digital technologies as pedagogical tools Read more
17 Oct, 2016
Announcing the BCNM Conference Grant Recipients!
Each of the following students have received funding to help defray the costs of presenting their research at the premiere conferences in their fields! Read more
17 Oct, 2016
Naomi Bragin and Ashley Ferro-Murray Teaming Up at EMPAC
Former BCNM Designated Emphasis student Naomi Bragin recently offered a workshop at EMPAC, an event curated by yet another former DE Ashley Ferro-Murray Read more
11 Oct, 2016
Local Code by Nicholas de Monchaux Out Now at University of Princeton Architectural Press
04 Oct, 2016
Revisited: "Network Analysis of Media Studies"
On Miriam Posner's workshop event, recapped by Miyoko Conley. Read more
30 Sep, 2016
NetProv as Performance Art
(Netprov is internet improv.) Read more
27 Sep, 2016
Nicholas de Monchaux's "Local Code" at Canadian Centre for Architecture
A part of the "Archaeology of the Digital: Complexity and Convention" exhibit Read more
22 Sep, 2016
Nicholas de Monchaux at 2016 Lisbon Architecture Triennale
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12 Sep, 2016
Announcing the 2016-2017 Season of the Art, Technology & Culture Colloquium
This year, our lectures are organized around the theme of "Digital Immersion." Read the full line-up here. Read more
09 Sep, 2016
Lyman Dispatch: Jenni Higgs on Digital Talk
The fellowship is supported by donations from Professor Barrie Thorne, Sage Publications and many individual friends and faculty Read more
08 Sep, 2016
Revisited: Masterclass: Designing Jane Jacobs' Digital City
We recap a masterclass around how technology functions in relation to Jane Jacobs' notion of community in cities Read more
01 Sep, 2016
Announcing Jane Jacobs and the Digital City Symposium
This event is a partnership between BCNM and the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) Read more
01 Sep, 2016
Applications for Designated Emphasis and Certificates in New Media Now Open!
All applications for Spring 2017 admittance are due November 1, 2016 Read more
01 Sep, 2016
Ken Goldberg at International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication
Goldberg gave an address at the plenary session on August 30, entitled "Multiplicity: What Robots and AI Can Teach Us about Being Human" Read more
01 Sep, 2016
Ritwik Banerji: How the Virtual Free Improviser Maxine Works
30 Aug, 2016
Jenni Higgs & Kyle Booten Receive National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellowships
These grad students have both received the National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellowships for 2016-2017 Read more
29 Aug, 2016
Nicholas de Monchaux at Ohio State University
de Monchaux will speak as a part of the Architecture school's "Get Lectured" series Read more
26 Aug, 2016
Announcing the 2016-2017 History and Theory of New Media Season
his year, we are pleased to include hands-on workshops in our program, as well as a partnership with the Rhetoric Department to offer a mini-symposium on the Anthropocene Read more
26 Aug, 2016
Andrea Gagliano and Kyle Booten Featured on Berkeley ISchool News
A feature in the Berkeley School of Information news article "Teaching a Computer to Write Poetry" Read more
25 Aug, 2016
Revisited: BCNM 2016 Open House
As always, the conversations were deeply engaging and we were excited to find new possibilities for collaborations across the disciplines Read more
25 Aug, 2016
Summer Teaching Dispatch: Nicholaus Gutierrez and Software Aesthetics
Nicholaus Gutierrez was selected to teach "Software and Aesthetics" as a NWMEDIA R1B this past summer. Here, he describes the experience Read more
11 Aug, 2016
Summer Research Reports: Ryan Ikeda on Technology as Learning
Ryan Ikeda received a summer research award from the BCNM to support his dissertation research on how technology in the classroom impacts modes of learning Read more
18 Jul, 2016
Ed Campion and the Sound Habitat
This year the Berkeley Center for New Media offered four faculty research grants to seed ambitious academic projects in the field Read more
18 Jul, 2016
Shannon Jackson Published in the Journal of Visual Culture
The issue was co-edited by UC Berkeley's own Julia Bryan-Wilson, as well as Jennifer González and Dominic Willsdon Read more
12 Jul, 2016
Now Accepting Summer 2017 Course Proposals
Not only does summer teaching provide a valuable funding opportunity, it's also a rewarding and fun learning experience! 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
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
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
05 Jul, 2016
Eric Paulos Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
Eric has been a driving force in advancing research at the intersection of design, art, innovation, and development, and on campus Read more
30 Jun, 2016
Laura Devendorf and Abigail De Kosnik's paper wins Best Paper Award!
Devendorf gave a talk at the ACM Conference of Designing Interactive Systems in Brisbane, Australia Read more
30 Jun, 2016
Laura Devendorf to Join ATLAS at CU Boulder
Laura Devendorf is a PhD Candidate at the UC Berkeley School of Information Read more
24 Jun, 2016
California Report Card Featured in The Promise of Berkeley
The California Report Card was developed by BCNM Professor Ken Goldberg and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom Read more
21 Jun, 2016
Lark Buckingham and Everything After
Lark Buckingham’s art centers around the forces that shape human identities, particularly those of the queer community Read more
31 May, 2016
Abigail de Kosnik receives Berkeley Collegium Grant
Prof. De Kosnik received the Collegium's grant, Narrowing the Gap Between Teaching and Research Read more
26 May, 2016
The Jacobs' Institute published a Medium article on ongoing innovative projects by students, featuring BCNM's course, Critical 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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23 May, 2016
Eric Paulos at Futures of Design Symposium in Colombia
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23 May, 2016
BCNM was thrilled to be so widely represented at the ACM SIGCHI Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) 2016 conference in Brisbane, Australia 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
19 May, 2016
Announcing our 2016 Graduates
Congrats to all! We lookforward to following their success in their new endeavors! Read more
18 May, 2016
Summer Research Opportunities: Hybrid Ecologies Lab
The Hybrid Ecologies Lab, headed by Eric Paulos, is looking for skilled and passionate undergraduate and graduate students to join us this summer Read more
17 May, 2016
Congratulations to the incredible faculty and students who represented BCNM at CHI 2016, the premiere conference for Human-Computer Interaction. Read more
17 May, 2016
Chris Goetz to join the University of Iowa as Assistant Professor
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16 May, 2016
Ashley Ferro Murray named Curator of Theater and Dance at EMPAC
EMPAC is described as where the arts, sciences, and technology use the same facilities and technologies Read more
12 May, 2016
BCNM is pleased to announce the awards of its first ever Faculty Seed Grant Read more
12 May, 2016
Laura Devendorf's Color Changing Thread
Devendorf's project is focused on how to use thermochromic pigments in weaving and crocheted materials 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
12 May, 2016
Eric Paulos' CS 160 Interface Design Showcase
Teams were challenged to design novel smartphone and smartwatch applications focused on health and medical themes 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, a series of site tours to investigate collaborations across disciplines Read more
03 May, 2016
Shannon Jackson in Open Engagement
Open Engagement is part of the larger Cross Sector Conference Read more
28 Apr, 2016
Gail De Kosnik Receives Berkeley Collegium Grant
BCNM's De Kosnik has received a Berkeley Collegium grant for her joint graduate/undergraduate class, "Making Sense of Cultural Data" Read more
26 Apr, 2016
Revisited: "Change and Stillness: Bodies and Gestures within Sensor Technology"
We recap this fascinating talk on this past showcase of sensor-technology art 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
19 Apr, 2016
Revisited: Builders Association Berkeley Book Launch
BCNM was thrilled to partner with the Arts + Design | Arts Research Center for the launch of Shannon Jackson's contributions to "Builders Association" 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
07 Apr, 2016
Announcing 2016 Summer Research Awards
We are thrilled by the ambitious and innovative work these students are all completing Read more
05 Apr, 2016
Game Design Research Group Revisits HTNM with Mary Flanagan
on her lecture, "Critical Play" Read more
29 Mar, 2016
Ken Goldberg and Nicholas De Monchaux in Robolog
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28 Mar, 2016
Art + Design Initiative Featured in Berkeley News
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21 Mar, 2016
Revisited: "Critical Play"
A recap of Mary Flanagan's lecture, recapped by Kate Mattingly. Read more
17 Mar, 2016
Announcing the Spring 2016 DE & Graduate Certificate Cohort
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08 Mar, 2016
Revisited: "Beyond Pixels: The Hidden Traits of Great Designers"
We revisit Steve Johnson's talk at Jacobs Center Read more
02 Mar, 2016
At "The Art of Humanizing Robotics" with Ken Goldberg
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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
25 Feb, 2016
Ken Goldberg Comments on Atlas for Wired
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16 Feb, 2016
Revisited: "Machine Generated Culpability"
Kate Mattingly recaps Ahmed Ghappour's talk. Read more
28 Jan, 2016
Apply now for the DE & Certificate in New Media
Applications for Fall 2016 admittance are due March 1, 2016 Read more
28 Jan, 2016
Summer '16 Research Awards Applications Due in March
Applications Due: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 Read more
21 Jan, 2016
Shannon Jackson at ArtCOP21
ArtCOP21 was launched in advance of the UN climate talks in Paris and aimed to upend the notion that climate change discussions belong to political offices and boardrooms Read more
19 Jan, 2016
QuakeCAFE: How prepared are you for an Earthquake?
19 Jan, 2016
Skintillates: UC Berkeley Students engineer electronic temporary tattoo
It comes as no surprise that Skintillates won the Maker of Merit honor in the National Maker Faire Read more
07 Jan, 2016
Nicholas De Monchaux on Apple, Star Wars, and the Way the World Looks
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11 Dec, 2015
BCNM Undergraduate Ashley Jerbic featured on Digital Humanities
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10 Dec, 2015
Video Now Online: "Material Evidence: Scientific Inquiry, Sensory Experience, and the Creative Process"
Watch this ATC lecture by Adrien Segal online here Read more
02 Dec, 2015
Revisited: "Material Evidence: Scientific Inquiry, Sensory Experience, and the Creative Process"
A summary of Adrien Segal's talk earlier this week, accompanied by photos and a social media round-up! Read more
01 Dec, 2015
New Undergraduates Announcement!
Congratulations to our latest new media undergraduate certificate candidates! Read more
30 Nov, 2015
Shannon Jackson in 809 | Artists as Activists
A discussion panel of Chicago-based artists who use their art to create social impact Read more
30 Nov, 2015
Jacobs Institute Winter Design Showcase
Presentations will feature demos and project displays and allow the Berkeley public to interact with the student makers and explore cross-discipline design projects Read more
24 Nov, 2015
Kate Mattingly on the Forty Part Motet
BCNM's Kate Mattingly (TDPS DE) had the opportunity to join SFMOMA talks of the Forty Part Motet 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
23 Nov, 2015
Ken Goldberg at National Academies Keck Futures Initiative
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23 Nov, 2015
Announcing our Newest Cohort of Designated Emphasis and Graduate Certificate Students
We know these students will contribute to the vibrant interdisciplinary life of the Center Read more
17 Nov, 2015
From a young age, Andrea was drawn to fantasy and science fiction Read more
16 Nov, 2015
Revisited: "Design, Geopolitics, and Planetary-Scale Computing"
with Benjamin Bratton
a Revisited post written by Kate Mattingly (TDPS) Read more
16 Nov, 2015
Björn Hartmann's SceneSkim on Engadget
16 Nov, 2015
Cesar Torres at the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST)
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04 Nov, 2015
Scott explores online learning environments to increase geographic and cultural connections and build diverse communities Read more
28 Oct, 2015
HTNM 5th Anniversary and Revisited: "Technologies of Simulation"
with Claus Pias
Leuphana University of Lüneberg Read more
22 Oct, 2015
We're excited to be featuring two new courses in Summer 2016! Read more
08 Oct, 2015
Manufacturing Transparency Submissions a Hit!
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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
01 Oct, 2015
Video Now Online: Vito Acconci
Didn't snag a seat at Vito Acconci's ATC lecture? We saved one for you here. Read more
29 Sep, 2015
On the American artist and architect's lecture, "Everything I Know Will Be Yours: Surveillance In Plein Air" Read more
28 Sep, 2015
Interactive seating – A course on design innovation
The CITRIS Invention Lab is practically the home of contemporary innovation at Berkeley Read more
25 Sep, 2015
BCNM's Annual Open House Calls for Applications for Emphasis and Certificate in New Media!
24 Sep, 2015
Announcing the 2015-2016 ATC Series!
The theme of this year’s program is “Global Circulations.” Lectures will be held in the Banatao Auditorium of Sutardja Dai Hall from 7:30-9:00pm on Monday evenings Read more
24 Sep, 2015
Call for Art: Manufacturing Transparency
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24 Sep, 2015
Announcing the 2015-2016 HTNM Series!
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01 Sep, 2015
Research Opportunity: Textile Display Technology
"We are currently looking to work with 2-3 graduate or undergraduate researchers..." Read more
20 Aug, 2015
Valkyrie Savage's CS 160 Showcase
This summer BCNM DE Valkyrie Savage (Computer Science) taught the popular course Computer Science 160: User Interface Design and Development Read more
12 Aug, 2015
Nicholas De Monchaux and the History of Space Exploration
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06 Aug, 2015
Field Notes: Teaching Nostalgia & the Future in New Media
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03 Aug, 2015
Summer Award Dispatches: Kiera Chase
Kiera Chase's dissertation refines cognitive-science theoretical models that illuminate opportunities in children’s development of mathematical concepts Read more
29 Jul, 2015
Smart Chairs in California Magazine
22 Jul, 2015
Tech Award Dispatches: Lark Buckingham
21 Jul, 2015
Summer Award Dispatches: Nick Gutierrez
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20 Jul, 2015
Revisited: Critical Making Course Exhibition
Check out photos of amazing student work! Read more
20 Jul, 2015
Revisited: Lunch with Product Design Pioneer Patricia Moore
We recap a wonderful lunch with the first woman to graduate from the Rochester Institite of Technology as a product designer Read more
20 Jul, 2015
"The Builders Association" by Shannon Jackson Now Available
A new book by Shannon Jackson is now out! Read more
13 Jul, 2015
Best Video Prize at Hamlyn Surgical Robot Challenge
06 Jul, 2015
Björn Hartmann Receives Teaching Award
02 Jul, 2015
Propose a Summer 2015 Course
We are now accepting proposals for New Media courses that can be taught in the summer session of 2016 from our graduate students and faculty! Read more
01 Jul, 2015
Aclima designs and deploys environmental sensor networks. Read more
30 Jun, 2015
Björn Hartmann Awarded Tenure
29 Jun, 2015
Fluxx Featured on AdaFruit
24 Jun, 2015
Two Additional New Media Studio Courses Now Offered Fall 2015
Both courses will offer hands-on practice and satisfy the new media Designated Emphasis technology-focused requirement Read more
22 Jun, 2015
Berkeley Public Schools at CITRIS Invention Lab
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17 Jun, 2015
Fall 2015 Events Sneak Preview
Mark your calendars — BCNM is hard at work bringing together a brilliant Fall 2015 program! Check out some of these great events! Read more
16 Jun, 2015
BCNM Faculty and Students Represent UCB at National Makers Faire
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08 Jun, 2015
Niemeyer Lighting Design in San Francisco Magazine
02 Jun, 2015
Alex Saum-Pascual Awarded a Hellman
14 May, 2015
Video Now Online: Jesse and Glenda Drew
Watch this amazing ATC lecture on activism and technology, right here! Read more
12 May, 2015
Revisited: Aesthetic Interfaces 2015 Exhibition
Projects approached UI design from many angles and different purposes Read more
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
29 Apr, 2015
México Participa Launched
México Participa is an innovative civic engagement platform based on the model of the California Report Card Read more
28 Apr, 2015
Kate Mattingly Writes on Joe Goode Performance Group
She discusses how the Joe Goode Performance Group is developing the piece "Poetics of Space", which is slated to open this September Read more
21 Apr, 2015
From her lecture, "Design for All: Inclusivity By Design". With Student porject demos Read more
21 Apr, 2015
Books in Browsers - Request for Proposals
BIB VI will explore new forms of stories that embrace hybrid digital forms, or play with the tension between digital and physical interfaces Read more
21 Apr, 2015
Shannon Jackson to be Associate Vice Chancellor of Arts and Design
faculty member in rhetoric as well as theater, dance and performance studies (TDPS), Shannon Jackson currently directs the campus’s Arts Research Center Read more
15 Apr, 2015
Revisited: Jesse and Glenda Drew
From their probing talk, "A Hack in the Odious Machine: Digital Organizing Tools for the Precariat," a part of the ATC series here at BCNM Read more
06 Apr, 2015
Summer 2015 Research Awards
BCNM is proud to announce the recipients of its Summer 2015 Research Awards! 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
17 Mar, 2015
This was a great opportunity to build community and emphasize the close collaboration that the Berkeley Center for New Media prizes 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
10 Mar, 2015
from the UCSB professor's talk, "Against the Cultural Singularity" Read more
03 Mar, 2015
HTNM Revisited: Chris Goto-Jones
from his lecture, "Gamic Orientalism" Read more
03 Mar, 2015
Announcing the 2015 Peter Lyman Fellow
he Fellowship seeks to support a Ph.D. candidate in the writing of his or her dissertation on a topic related to new media through a summer stipend Read more
03 Mar, 2015
Bonnie Ruberg Discusses Queerness and Games
In Bonnie's introduction, "Video Games, Queerness, and Beyond," she makes a case for the importance of talking about queerness when we talk about games Read more
17 Feb, 2015
The 2015 Berkeley EECS Annual Research Symposium hosted a BCNM open house last Thursday on February 12. Read more
11 Feb, 2015
Kimiko's research focuses on the design, implementation, and evaluation of beyond-desktop computational media Read more
11 Feb, 2015
Joseph Akel on the New York Times
11 Feb, 2015
"Watching, creating, and archiving" paper published in Convergence
On the quantity and temporality of fannish productivity in online fan fiction archives" 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
10 Feb, 2015
'My dissertation, “Pixel Whipped: Pain, Pleasure, and Media,” uses the concept of virtual pain to reimagine the role of embodiment in supposedly disembodied media form' Read more
09 Feb, 2015
T. Geronimo Johnson Releases New Novel
His first novel, Hold It ’Til It Hurts, was a finalist for the 2013 PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction. Read more
07 Feb, 2015
Michelle Ott is currently a MFA Student at the UC Berkeley Department of Art Practice Read more
03 Feb, 2015
Announcing the Eugene Jarvis Scholarship for Innovation in New Media
Sponsored by the game designer, Eugene Jarvis Read more
15 Dec, 2014
Revisited: "Count Me In - Walking & the City"
On Thursday, December 11th, the Berkeley Center for New Media, in partnership with.. Read more
15 Dec, 2014
Revisited: Smartwatch Presentation
Eric Paulos' CS160: User Interface Design Course was presented the challenge and opportunity of creating app which incorporate both smartphones and the Toq Smartwatc Read more
10 Dec, 2014
Tangible User Interfaces Student Project Exhibition
Kimiko Ryokai's NWMEDIA/INFO C262: Tangible User Interfaces created new products aimed at shifting the way we interact with technology Read more
08 Dec, 2014
Call for Innovations Winners: Eric Paulos and Energy Parasites
03 Dec, 2014
Welcoming New Undergraduate Certificate Students
Hailing from a range of disciplines, the undergraduates who applied exemplified the interdisciplinary community the Center serves Read more
19 Nov, 2014
Revisited: "Reclaim Disrupt" Installation
We revisit UC Berkeley MFA candidate Leslie Dreyer's new exhibition on gentrification Read more
18 Nov, 2014
Welcoming New DE and Certificate Students
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
30 Sep, 2014
We highlight this fascinating lecture by the esteemed Maya Lin on her architecture and process Read more
11 Sep, 2014
Announcing IMAGE as LOCATION
A Bay Area Festival that explores the relationship between people, pictures, and places Read more
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
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
13 Aug, 2014
Summer Dispatches: Laura Devendorf
Laura Devendorf (Information) was one of five exceptional graduate students to be awarded a $1000 BCNM Summer Research Award Read more
01 Jul, 2014
Meet Kimiko Ryokai and Laura Devendorf
We’re sharing ten stories of BCNM’s life so far Read more
12 Jun, 2014
This amazing campus resource is co-directed by BCNM faculty members Read more
02 Jun, 2014
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
19 May, 2014
Cyberphysical Democracy: Online Platforms and Offline Action
Follow Camille Crittenden on Twitter: [link no longer available] Read more
12 May, 2014
New Media Working Group Exploratorium Field Trip
The New Media Working Group visited the Exploratorium last Tuesday, May 6th for a tour of new media exhibits and discussion of the production of new media works Read more
01 May, 2014
Jen Schradie has never been afraid to confront the societal inequality she witnesses 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
16 Apr, 2014
On Saturday, March 29th the Berkeley Center for New Media collaborated with Impossible.com to bring to the Bay Area the Impossible Hackathon 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
15 Apr, 2014
ATC Revisited: Stephanie Syjuco
The semester's final ATC talk was a success as new Art Practice faculty member Stephanie Syjuco presented “Lossy: On the Politics of Networked Flows and Degraded Systems” Read more
07 Apr, 2014
Playing Race with Bonnie Ruberg
This summer, BCNM DE Bonnie Ruberg will be teaching New Media 150 AC – “Playing Race: Investigating American Racial Identities through Video Games,” which will fulfill the American Cultures requirement Read more
01 Apr, 2014
Technology Services and Training Fellowship
This year, thanks to the craigslist Chair endowment, we were able to support five graduates with awards of $1,000 to help defray technology and training costs. Read more
27 Mar, 2014
The Dream of Intelligent Robot Friends – The Atlantic
Carla Diana, panelist in BCNM's upcoming Robots and New Media Symposium on April 4, published "The Dream of Intelligent Robot Friends" in the Atlantic 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
18 Mar, 2014
HTNM Revisited: The Black Box, the Light Box and Photo-Receptivity
A contribution by Katherine Chandler on Alexander Galloway's recent HTNM talk Read more
06 Mar, 2014
Announcing the 2014 Peter Lyman Fellow
The Fellowship seeks to support a Ph.D. candidate in the writing of his or her dissertation on a topic related to new media through a summer stipend Read more
03 Mar, 2014
This month, hear how Designated Emphasis Ph.D. candidate Tiffany Ng explores urban spaces through the architecture of music. Read more
03 Feb, 2014
Connect with BCNM's Ashley Bellouin and Rare Instruments
Bellouin's music is otherworldly, haunting, and as unique as the instrument that created it Read more
21 Jan, 2014
Connect with BCNM's Naomi Bragin and Street Dance
This month, hear how Designated Emphasis Ph.D. candidate Naomi Bragin explores power structures through street dance. Read more
09 Jan, 2014
New Media Exhibit Developer: Interactive Data Visualizations
The Exploratorium has an exciting new position open for a new media exhibit developer focusing on interactive data visualizations. Details here! Read more
12 Dec, 2013
Picture Yourself Exhibition A Hit!
"Picture Yourself" is a college readiness application supported by the BCNM and CITRIS Read more
02 Dec, 2013
Connect with Chris Goetz and QGCon
The Berkeley Center for New Media’s interdisciplinary environment has provided Chris with a research home that allows him to draw from various fields — from psychology to computer science to design Read more
25 Nov, 2013
BCNM Welcomes New Students to the DE & Graduate Certificate in New Media
We are delighted to welcome 9 new graduate students to our Designated Emphasis and Graduate Certificate programs Read more
20 Nov, 2013
Now Accepting Peter Lyman Graduate Fellowship Applications
Applications Due: February 1, 2014 Read more
20 Nov, 2013
Announcing the 2013 BCNM Susan Miller Fellow
The Berkeley Center for New Media is pleased to announce that the inaugural 2013 Susan Miller Fellowship has been awarded to Sarah Stierch, museumist, community organizer, and open culture advocate 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
18 Nov, 2013
Announcing the BCNM Data Literacy Initiative Award Recipient
The Data Literacy Initiative Prize was created to address the growing divide between the generation of large quantities of data and those with the tools to access and interpret this information Read more
06 Nov, 2013
A Response to Eyal Weizman’s “Forensic Architecture” by Katherine Chandler (Ph.D. Candidate Rhetoric and Designated Emphasis in New Media) Read more
29 Oct, 2013
Revisited: Creating Minds
Creating Minds, an academic conference on reading and writing in the digital age had over 300 attendees throughout the day's talks and panels! Read more
29 Oct, 2013
Queerness and Games Conference Shoutout
Spearheaded by Chris Goetz and Bonnie Ruberg 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
24 Sep, 2013
HTNM Revisited: Peter Lunenfeld
24 Sep, 2013
HTNM Blog - Peter Lunenfeld
Katherine Chandler (Ph.D. Candidate Rhetoric) responds to the most recent History & Theory of New Media Lecture Read more
17 Sep, 2013
BCNM Accepting Designated Emphasis and Masters Certificate Applications!
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
28 Aug, 2013
New Collaborative Application Design Class!
This course is offered with the support of CITRIS and the Educational Partnerships Office at UCOP Read more
28 Aug, 2013
The Color of New Media Working Group
Supported by UC Berkeley's Center for Race and Gender. Organized by Professor Abigail De Kosnik (BCNM, TDPS) Read more
14 Aug, 2013
Announcing the 2013-2014 History and Theory in New Media Lecture Series
The History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series is produced by the Berkeley Center for New Media with support from CITRIS (The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society) Read more
09 Aug, 2013
BCNM's Coye Cheshire Awarded NSF Grant
For his project "Agency, Structure, and Organization: Paths to Participation in Large-Scale Socio-Technical Systems" Read more
22 Jul, 2013
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
21 Jul, 2013
Hellman Grant Awarded to BCNM's Gail de Kosnik
The Hellman Grant supports the research of promising assistant professors who “show capacity for great distinction in their chosen fields of endeavor Read more
17 Jul, 2013
BCNM Masters Student Jason Glassford Awarded Fellowship
The Murphy and Cadogan awards are designed to “help fuel the continued forward-thinking, visual arts movement that makes the Bay area unique” Read more
20 May, 2013
Inventing the Future of Games 2013: Interactive Storytelling Symposium, Report by Chris Goetz
IFOG 2013 Symposium brought together academics and practitioners (as well as academic practitioners) for a stimulating conversation about storytelling in videogames Read more
20 May, 2013
New Media 2013 Summer Research Fellowships Awarded to BCNM Designated Emphasis Students
Berkeley Center for New Media is pleased to award fellowships for research on new media scholarship in Summer 2013 to five Designated Emphasis students Read more
07 May, 2013
BCNM's Recent Graduates from the Designated Emphasis in New Media
Congratulations to all! Read more
23 Apr, 2013
BCNM New Media Students showcase Research at Spring Semester Presentation
UC Berkeley graduate students with a Designated Emphasis in New Media presented their research on April 17, 2013 in the BCNM Commons to an audience of students, faculty, and members of the public Read more
16 Apr, 2013
Margaret Rhee receives 2013 Yamashita Prize Honorable Mention
Rhee is the recipient of an honorable mention for the 2013 Thomas I. Yamashita Prize which honors young social activists Read more
10 Apr, 2013
BCNM Welcomes New Students to the DE & Graduate Certificate in New Media
We are delighted to welcome eleven new graduate students to our Designated Emphasis and Graduate Certificate programs! Read more
09 Apr, 2013
Seeking Web Developer, Backend & Database for Game Website
The position is open to all current UC Berkeley students. Read more
03 Apr, 2013
Summer 2013 Course Offerings in New Media - Digital Activism, NWMEDIA 150AC
Session A, May 28 - July 3, 2013 Read more
02 Apr, 2013
ATC Lecture: Alexander Long, "Land Art for the Next 10,000 Years"
How do you build an monument scale sculptural machine that will last as long as civilization? Read more
19 Mar, 2013
ATC Lecture: "Art of the Exoskeleton: 3D Printing for the Human Condition"
By Scott Summit, designer and founder of Bespoke Innovations 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
20 Feb, 2013
BCNM Spring 2013 Open House for Prospective Students
Join us for light refreshments and conversation in the Commons, to learn more about the Berkeley Center for New Media's academic offerings in New Media Read more
20 Feb, 2013
Björn Hartmann awarded 2013 Sloan Foundation Fellowship
13 Feb, 2013
"An Instrument of Urban Planning: Bells and the Sonic Remediation of Community Space in the Southeastern United States," Tiffany Ng
An abstract of Ng's article, which investigates debates over amplified, synthesized musical sounds in semi-public spaces. Read more
06 Feb, 2013
BEARS 2013 Berkeley EECS Annual Research Symposium, BCNM Open House
Berkeley EECS Annual Research Symposium is a program of the Industrial Relations Office, UC Berkeley Read more
28 Jan, 2013
Applications for M.A./Ph.D. Academic Programs in New Media due March 1, 2013
Applications for Fall 2013 admittance to both programs are due March 1, 2013 Read more
17 Jan, 2013
DataCenter Welcomes Margaret Rhee (BCNM DE) to Board of Directors
Focusing on research justice and participatory methods, DataCenter partners with marginalized communities providing training and resources in research Read more
15 Jan, 2013
Call for Applications: Peter Lyman Graduate Fellowship in New Media
Summer Stipend of $5,000
Applications Due: February 11, 2013
Read more
21 Dec, 2012
Body Conscious Design, Hsin-Hsien Chiu, Featured in Taiwanese Design Magazine La Vie
Hsin-Hsien Chiu, Ph.D. candidate in Architecture with a Designated Emphasis in New Media Read more
19 Dec, 2012
"Tether and Accretions : Fantasy as Form in Videogames," Christopher Geotz
Goetz, a BCNM Designated Emphais student and Film & Media PhD candidate, recently published an article about videogames in the academic journal Read more
10 Dec, 2012
BCNM New Media Graduate Students Present Their Research
Their presentations spanned a wide range of study including street dance, machine learning and cyber-communication Read more
04 Dec, 2012
BCNM Welcomes Newly Admitted Students to the DE and Certificate in New Media
We are very pleased to welcome new graduate students to our Designated Emphasis and Graduate Certificate program! Read more
29 Nov, 2012
Berkeley Center for New Media Seeking Webmaster
Experience in web design with skills in Wordpress and PHP is essential. Familiarity with JavaScript, XML, MySQL, and UNIX commands also helpful Read more
26 Nov, 2012
T. Geronimo Johnson receives advance praise for his new book "Hold it 'Til it Hurts"
An exploration of the bond between two brothers awash with questions of race, disaster and war Read more
14 Nov, 2012
Tablets, Africa's Next Leap-Frog Technology
by Reginold Royston, Ph.D. candidate in the African Diaspora Program with a Designated Emphasis in New Media Read more
07 Nov, 2012
Interface Design for Intelligent Elderly Home Care Environments
Hsin-Hsien visited Living 3.0, a national research institution based in Taiwan, to learn more about the latest technologies that are being used to create smart space Read more
05 Nov, 2012
Digital Media Artist Jim Campbell Celebrated as “Bay Area Treasure”
Brooke spoke at the Berkeley Art Museum about Jim Campbell’s Home Movies installation in 2008 and is preparing an article on his work.
Read more
29 Oct, 2012
Cyberculture and Access in Ghana
Reginold Royston has been in Accra, Ghana since 2012, doing dissertation research on Internet access and local cyberculture 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
01 Oct, 2012
"A Note on Triumph" Meshes Acoustics with Digital Sounds to Create Hybrid Instruments
Sivan Eldar, Ph.D. student at UC Berkeley in the Music Department with a Designated Emphasis in New Media Read more
19 Sep, 2012
Nicholas de Monchaux Presents Exhibit at the Venice Biennale, US Architecture Pavilion
Titled "Spontaneous Interventions : Design Actions for the Common Good" Read more
18 Sep, 2012
Applications for M.A./Ph.D. Academic Programs in New Media
Due November 1, 2012 Read more
05 Sep, 2012
Announcing the Fall 2012 - Spring 2013 Art, Technology and Culture Colloquium Lecture Series
Mondays, 7:30-9:00 pm. ATC lectures are free and open to the public! Read more
31 Aug, 2012
Alenda Chang, Ph.D. Rhetoric, DE in New Media, UC Berkeley Read more
29 Aug, 2012
History & Theory of New Media's Designer, Laura Paulini opens solo show "Shimmer"
The designer of this year's HTNM series poster, Laura Paulini presents "Shimmer" at the Eleanor Harwood Gallery
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29 Aug, 2012
Eric Paulos awarded Honorary Mention at Ars Electronica
08 Aug, 2012
New Media Summer Research Fellowships Awarded to BCNM DE's
Congratulations to the following students! Read more
30 Jun, 2012
Forest by Bit, Using LiDAR to Represent Sierra Nevada Forests
20 Jun, 2012
CITRIS 2012 Seed Funding Awarded to BCNM’s Nicholas DeMonchaux
19 Jun, 2012
BCNM Student Awarded NSF Grant for Research on Digital Democracy and Social Movements
The Sociology Program of the NSF awards grants that have "theoretically focused empirical investigation aimed at improving the explanation of fundamental social processes" Read more
16 May, 2012
Mutated Text, a cross-genre creative writing workshop co-organized by Margaret Rhee with support from BCNM, was held this past April Read more
14 May, 2012
Research in Computational Aesthetics
Brian A. Barsky is Professor of Computer Science and Affiliate Professor of Optometry and Vision Science at UC Berkeley Read more
14 May, 2012
Who’s Achievement? — Evaluating Self-Constructed and Peer-Evaluated Badge Systems in Online Classrooms
14 May, 2012
BCNM Student Presentations for the annual BEARS Research Symposium
This year's theme is ""Big Data at Berkeley" Read more
07 May, 2012
Nature's Toolbox: Biodiversity, Art, and Innovation at Chicago's Field Museum
Professor and BCNM Executive Committee member Paz Gutierrez will be exhibiting one of her digitally fabricated walls made of agricultural infill at the Field Museum Read more
07 May, 2012
Welcoming BCNM's New DE and Certificate Students
We are delighted to announce the following newly students to the BCNM Designated Emphasis and Master's Certificate Program in New Media Read more
05 Apr, 2012
AirQuest’s objective is to make scientific data playable and accessible to all. Read more
01 Feb, 2012
A Variation on the Powers of Ten: Framework for Understanding Research
Currently, Powers of Ten will be showing at SFMOMA Six Lines of Flight on Sept. 15-Dec. 30, 2012
Read more
01 Feb, 2012
Aesthetic Applications of Wave Field Synthesis
Rama Gottfried will be working with the Acoustic and Cognitive Spaces Team at IRCAM and the Centre Pompidou based in Paris Read more
11 Jan, 2012
Artist Talk with Walter Kim on Modeling the Interaction of Light Between Diffuse Surfaces
Join us for lunch and conversation with artist Walter Kim at the Berkeley Institute of Design Read more
17 Nov, 2011
Call for Applications: Peter Lyman Graduate Fellowship in New Media
Applications due February 6, 2012 Read more
19 Oct, 2011
Applications for M.A./Ph.D. Academic Programs in New Media due March 1, 2012
01 Sep, 2011
Position Open: Assistant Professor, New Media, Tenure Track
Applications must be postmarked by Oct. 14, 2011. Read more
29 Aug, 2011
Collaboratively Crowdsourcing Workflows with Turkomatic
28 Jul, 2011
"Kinemathics": Kinetically Induced Mathematical Learning
Dor Abrahamson, Assistant Professor Graduate School of Education Cognition and Development: Education in Mathematics, Science, & Technology, UC Berkeley Read more
25 Jul, 2011
Are We There Yet?, A Responsive Sound Installation, Ken Goldberg & Gil Gershoni, Contemporary Jewish Museum, SF Read more
25 Jul, 2011
"Opinion Space" is a social media technology designed to help communities generate and exchange ideas about important issues and policies. Read more
14 Jul, 2011
Eden: A Professional Multitouch Tool for Constructing Virtual Organic Environments
15 Jun, 2011
The New Social App Lab at CITRIS
The Social App Lab is an interdisciplinary initiative and supported at UC Berkeley by CITRIS Read more
15 Jun, 2011
Pwning Asthma Triggers: Health Games as Technologies of Social Engagement
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Undergraduate Certificate in New Media
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New Media Research Fellowship
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New Media Research Fellowship
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Undergraduate Research Fellowship