Join the Berkeley Center for New Media for our annual open house and learn more about the new media ecosystem at Cal! Read more
07 Sep, 2023
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BCNM Fall 2023 Open House
Join the Berkeley Center for New Media for our annual open house! Read more
17 Oct, 2022
History & Theory
A Minor Cybernetic Hypothesis
Kelli Moore
Assistant Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University
Co-sponsored by Media Studies and the Department of Rhetoric Read more
07 Sep, 2022
Special Events
BCNM Fall 2022 Open House
Join the Berkeley Center for New Media for our annual open house! 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
31 Aug, 2021
Special Events
BCNM Fall 2021 Open House
Curious about BCNM? Join us this fall for an *online* open house with current faculty and students. Read more
21 Nov, 2013
Special Events
Critical Time: Claudia La Rocco in Conversation with Shannon Jackson
BCNM is proud to highlight Hannah Zeavin and Nicholaus Gutierrez at The 14th annual conference of the Special Interest Group in Computing, Information, and Society [SIGCIS]. Read more
Jenna Burrell shares a new Data & Society research agenda in the earliest stages of discussion and planning. Read more
09 Nov, 2021
Morgan Ames Joins BCNM Executive Committee
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27 Oct, 2021
Hannah Zeavin on New Books Network
Hannah Zeavin was interviewed by J.J. Mull about her book The Distance Cure: A History of Teletherapy (MIT Press, 2021). Read more
27 Sep, 2021
Jenna Burrell Joins BCNM Executive Committee
We extend a warm welcome to Professor Jenna Burrell, who has joined BCNM's executive committee. Read more
30 Aug, 2021
Hannah Zeavin in Conversation with Grace Lavery at The Strand
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23 Aug, 2021
Dan O'Neill Joins BCNM Executive Committee
We extend a warm welcome to Associate Professor Dan O'Neill, who will be joinging BCNM's Executive Committee. Read more
29 Jul, 2021
Nicholaus Gutierrez Joins Wellesley
Congratulations to Nicholaus Gutierrez who will be teaching cinema and media studies this year at Wellesley. 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.
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
17 Mar, 2020
Alex Saum-Pascual Joins ELO’s Board of Directors
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23 Sep, 2019
Open House Fall 2019 Revisited
This year's Open House was lead by new BCNM Director Abigail De Kosnik! Read more
29 Aug, 2019
Keith Feldman on Racism and Refugees
Keith Feldman published a striking op-ed on racism and refugees in the Daily Cal. 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
22 Jun, 2019
Welcoming Keith Feldman to BCNM's Executive Committee
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04 Feb, 2019
Now Accepting Applications for our 2019-2020 Faculty Seed Grants
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11 Jan, 2019
Online Hate Index in the News
Claudia Von Vacano and Brittan Heller's research on hate speech identifying AI was recently covered in the California Magazine. Read more
05 Nov, 2018
Alum Bonnie Ruberg at Legacies of Gaming and Technology
Bonnie Ruberg attended the 2018-19 digital humanities symposium, "My Mother Was a Computer: Legacies of Gender and Technology," as a panelist. Read more
15 Aug, 2018
Claudia von Vacano on AI that Recognizes Hate Speech
Cronkite News highlights the work by the D-Lab on the Online Hate Index. Read more
26 Jun, 2018
Alex Saum-Pascual at the DH Summer Lecture Series
This year, DH at Berkeley hosts a weekly DH Summer Lecture series, highlighting the distinguished work of faculty and scholars engaged in the digital humanities at UC Berkeley. Read more
23 May, 2018
Welcome Claudia Von Vacano
We are thrilled to welcome to our Executive Committee, Executive Director of Digital Humanities at Berkeley and the D-Lab, Claudia Von Vacano. Read more
03 May, 2018
Electronic Literature in Spanish & Digital Poetry Reading by Alex Saum Pascual at Bergen
On May 2nd, Alexandra Saum-Pascal visited UiB from UC Berkeley to present on electronic literature in Spanish. Read more
25 Jan, 2018
BCNM Now Accepting Applications for 2018-2019 Faculty Seed Grants
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17 Oct, 2017
Welcome Tom McEnaney
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
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
01 Sep, 2017
Camille Crittenden on Women in Tech on Medium
The CITRIS Deputy Director addresses the growing prominence of the gender gap in tech Read more
18 Jul, 2017
Koci Hernandez Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
Richard Koci Hernandez adds yet another distinguished title to his name: Associate Professor of the Graduate School of Journalism, with tenure! Read more
21 Jun, 2017
Camille Crittenden on Celebrations and Challenges for Queer Members of the Tech Community
BCNM Executive Committee member, Camille Crittenden, published a post on Medium about the impertinence of LGBT inclusion in tech industries. Read more
22 Mar, 2017
Interview with Asma Kazmi!
Asma Kazmi, Assistant Professor in Art Practice, joined the BCNM in Fall 2017. In this interview, she discusses her recent exhibition “Cranes and Cube” in Pakistan. Read more
20 Mar, 2017
A Statement Regarding UCPD Crowdsourcing Request for Identification
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17 Feb, 2017
BCNM Now Accepting Applications for Faculty Seed Grants!
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16 Feb, 2017
Camille Crittenden on International Women's Day
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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
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
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
28 Mar, 2016
Art + Design Initiative Featured in Berkeley News
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17 Nov, 2015
Meet Alex Saum-Pascual
Raised in an Anglo-Spanish household in Madrid, Alex has always been fascinated by language Read more
24 Sep, 2015
Earthquakes on your mind? Check out Ken Goldberg’s artwork, Bloom.
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12 Aug, 2015
Nicholas De Monchaux and the History of Space Exploration
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29 Jul, 2015
Smart Chairs in California Magazine
20 Jul, 2015
"The Builders Association" by Shannon Jackson Now Available
A new book by Shannon Jackson is now out! Read more
30 Jun, 2015
Björn Hartmann Awarded Tenure
24 Jun, 2015
Björn Hartmann Receives CITRIS Seed Funding
22 Jun, 2015
Berkeley Public Schools at CITRIS Invention Lab
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15 Jun, 2015
Margaret Rhee Robot Poetry Collection
Radio Heart is an excerpt from her larger full-length collection Love, Robot currently under review Read more
11 Jun, 2015
Ken Goldberg at Brain Bar Budapest
10 Jun, 2015
Ken Goldberg Finalist at ICRA 2015
02 Jun, 2015
Alex Saum-Pascual Awarded a Hellman
15 Apr, 2015
Celebrate the Internet in Honor of Tax Season
Camille tells the story of the public-private partnership that created the internet and details how public investment in this field is necessary Read more
29 Sep, 2014
David Bates at CSTMS
Bates’ discourse drew from the post-WWII linking of human thought processes with that of artificial intelligence Read more
22 Jul, 2014
Why We Love Robots Wins Botsker
The Robot Film Festival is "an annual celebration of robots on screen and in performance" Read more
05 May, 2014
Camille Crittenden on Transnational Justice, Culture, and Society
We are proud to announce that Transnational Justice, Culture, and Society. Beyond Outreach, a book for which BCNM Executive Committee member Camille Crittenden contributed a chapter, has been published! Read more
22 Apr, 2014
How Computers Shape Our Minds
BCNM former Director and Executive Committee member David Bates details how computers shape our minds in this article in Le Monde! Read more
07 Aug, 2013
Introducing BCNM's New Graduate Adviser
Coye is an Associate Professor at the School of Information and a longtime member of the Berkeley Center for New Media Executive Committee Read more
20 Feb, 2013
Björn Hartmann awarded 2013 Sloan Foundation Fellowship
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
28 Aug, 2012
William Gibson in conversation with Ken Goldberg, UC Berkeley
September 4, 2012, 7pm
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
3200 California Street (at Presidio) Read more
20 Jun, 2012
CITRIS 2012 Seed Funding Awarded to BCNM’s Nicholas DeMonchaux
14 May, 2012
Who’s Achievement? — Evaluating Self-Constructed and Peer-Evaluated Badge Systems in Online Classrooms
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
04 May, 2012
Kony 2012 Video Inspires Students to Take Action
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