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
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
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
17 Oct, 2015
Workshops
2015 Queerness and Games Conference
QGCon is now in its second year of celebrating LGBT identities in gaming. Free to public. Read more
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
14 Mar, 2013
Special Events
Learning Mode: Critical Issues in Online Education
Participate in this 2-day symposium on critical issues in online higher education. Google, CMU, Coursera representatives are slotted to speak. Note: tickets for this event have been claimed but sign up for the wait-list here! Read more
2 days ago
Announcing Our Fall 2024 Undergraduate Certificate Cohort
Please join us in welcoming our 2024 cohort of Undergraduate Certificate in New Media students! Read more
02 Oct, 2024
BCNM 2023-2024 Publications
Check out this year's round-up of all the amazing work of the BCNM students, faculty, and alumni! Read more
04 Jul, 2024
Fall 2024 Applications for Designated Emphasis, Certificate, and Undergraduate Certificate Now Open
We're so proud to share some our greatest successes from 2023-2024! 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
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
11 Feb, 2024
Living on the block: How equitable is tokenized equity?
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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
15 Jan, 2024
Spring 2024 Designated Emphasis and Certificate Applications Now Open
Announcing BCNM's New Director Tom McEnaney
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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
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
Kate Mattingly Publishes Shaping Dance Canons
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15 Feb, 2023
Welcoming Raphael Cohen to BCNM!
Raphael Cohen will serve as the Center's Events Coordinator and Office Manager! 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
23 Dec, 2022
If Sex Workers Owned the Internet: a Juliana Friend Interview
If Sex Workers Owned the Internet: A Conversation with Senegalese Activists about Digital Privacy and Security 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
18 Nov, 2022
BCNM at 4S 2022
BCNM students, faculty, and alumni are all participating in this year's 4S program. Read more
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
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
18 Oct, 2021
On the Wings of Ada Lovelace by Camille Crittenden
In honor of Ada Lovelace Day, Camille Crittenden wrote an important reflection on increasing equity in STEM for the Berkeley Blog. Read more
Fall 2021 Applications for Designated Emphasis and Certificate Now Open
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27 May, 2021
Camille Crittenden Excellence in Management Award
Congratulations to BCNM's Camille Crittendon for receiving the Berkeley Staff Assembly’s 2021 Excellence in Management Award! Read more
08 May, 2021
BCNM at CHI 2021
Congratulations to the incredible students, faculty, and alumni who represented BCNM at CHI 2021! Read more
18 Mar, 2021
BCNM Statement on Anti-Asian Violence
As the first Asian American Director of the Berkeley Center for New Media, and as a first-generation American and woman, this hate crime hits particularly close to home. Read more
01 Feb, 2021
Celeste Kidd at AI Debate 2
Celeste Kidd speaks at AI Debate 2 "Moving AI Forward: An Interdisciplinary Approach". Read more
09 Dec, 2020
Spring 2021 Applications for Designated Emphasis and Certificate in New Media Now Open
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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
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
Check out the awesome presentations and features of our faculty, student, and alumni work across the web this past July! Read more
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
27 Feb, 2020
Alum John Scott at Blackboard Ally Tour
Check out all of the episodes from BCNM alum John Scott's 2019 Blackboard Ally Tour! 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
23 Sep, 2019
Open House Fall 2019 Revisited
This year's Open House was lead by new BCNM Director Abigail De Kosnik! Read more
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
09 Jul, 2019
HTNM 2018-2019 In Review
Check out the highlights and videos from this incredible program, featuring Molly Steenson and Safiya Noble! Read more
01 Jul, 2019
Announcing the New Berkeley Center for New Media Director
Alum Jenni Higgs Published in Communications of the ACM
"It's About Power" by alum Jenni Higgs and Sepehr Vakil was published in the March 2019 volume of Communications of the ACM. Read more
10 Feb, 2019
Apply for Making Together: Crossing Borders + Connecting Communities
Apply for Semester Long Collaborative Opportunity through CITRIS, in partnership with Tecnológico de Monterrey! Includes travel to Mexico this summer! Read more
Bonnie Ruberg Receives Inclusiveness Excellence Spirit Award at UCI
BCNM Alum Bonnie Ruberg received the Inclusive Excellence Spirit Award at UCI for work diversifying esports. Read more
11 Nov, 2017
BCNM at ASA 2017
Abigail De Kosnik and alum Reginold Royston presented at the American Studies Association Annual Meeting 2017. Read more
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
26 May, 2017
Shannon Jackson at Oakland Book Festival
Shannon Jackson, professor at BCNM, moderated "Envisioning Equity in the Arts" a discussion at the Oakland Book Festival. Read more
03 Feb, 2017
Engaged Courses: Critical Making Designs Protest Object
Eric Paulos challenged his Critical Making class (NWMEDIA 203) to create and present a novel protest object. Read more
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
10 Oct, 2016
Revisited: Women in Tech
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
We're so pleased to be able to share their achievements and wish them the best in their future projects! Read more
17 May, 2016
Motherhood and Raspberry Pi: Challenges for Mothers in Technology
The lack of gender diversity in technology fields has become a hot topic of late, for good reason Read more
12 May, 2016
Akhila Raju Receives Eugene Lawler Sudent Award and Discusses Dealing with Disability in Tech
BCNM undergraduate Akhila Raju recently wrote about her journey through the computer science major at Cal while dealing with chronic depressive disorder Read more
04 Sep, 2013
BCNM Faculty Camille Crittenden Featured on the PBS Idea Lab
Crittenden recently published a blog post entitled "Public Open Data: the Good, the Bad, the Future" Read more
06 Feb, 2013
Learning Mode: Critical Issues in Online Education
*Update: online registration is now full, however please feel free to register for the wait list Read more
Fall 2023
This list is updated regularly. Check back often for the latest updates. Email lara@berkeley.edu with suggestions.
Fall 2021
Applications for Summer 2025 are due March 1, 2025.
New Media Research Fellowship
Next deadline – March 1, 2025
Conference Grants
Applications are due October 1, 2024
Faculty Seed Grants
Strategic Plan
Applications for Summer 2025 are due March 1, 2025.
