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Contested and Contingent: Digital Borders from Juárez to Guizhou

with Isadora Bratton-Benfield, PhD Student, Film & Media, UC Berkeley; Hui Wong, PhD Student, Film & Media, UC Berkeley; and Xuewei Luo, Undergraduate Student, Department of Art, UC Berkeley; Martina Wu, Undergraduate Research Apprentice, UC Berkeley
A Global Digital Infrastructure event

AI and Global Digital Infrastructure

with Nicole Starosielski, Professor, Film & Media, UC Berkeley; Danika Cooper, Professor, Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning, UC Berkeley; and special guests
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20 Feb, 2025 Special Events

Global Digital Infrastructure Open House

Learn more about the first ever Certificate in Global Digital Infrastructure with industry experts. Read more

13 Sep, 2025

Image of Professor Nicole Starosielski with text declaring her the winner of the iMasons im100 Award for 2025.

BCNM's Nicole Starosielski Wins im100 Award

Congratulations to BCNM and Film & Media Studies Professor Nicole Starosielski on being recognized by data center industry group iMasons as an im100 award winner for 2025. Professor Starosielski won the award for developing education on digital infrastructure, specifically this year's launch of the Global Digital Infrastructure Certificate at BCNM. Read more

26 Apr, 2025

The Sustainable Internet Lab Receives Big C SIP Grant

The Sustainable Internet Lab has received funding from the Student Initiated Projects Fund through the Big C Student Fee Referendum to launch a major Speaker Series: Building a Global, Equitable, and Just Internet Infrastructure in Fall 2025! Read more

12 Apr, 2025

Nicole Starosielski on UC Berkeley News: Why Subsea Cables and Internet Infrastructure Deserve Your Attention

UC Berkeley professor Nicole Starosielski didn’t expect to become a leading expert on subsea internet cables, but now she’s at the forefront of making the internet’s hidden infrastructure visible and understood. In her feature on UC Berkeley News, she breaks down why these undersea fiber optic cables matter far more than you might think. Read more

02 Apr, 2025

GDI Instructors Erick Contag, Joseph B. Keller, and Nicole Starosielski

Announcing the Instructors for the Summer 2025 Global Digital Infrastructure Certificate

Announcing Our Summer 2025 New Media Courses

We are excited to announce our recommended New Media courses for Summer 2025! Whether you're drawn to sound design, tech geopolitics, feminist media studies, or animation, these courses will inspire creativity, critical thinking, and hands-on learning in the ever-evolving landscape of new media. Read more

06 Mar, 2025

UC Berkeley Students Lead the Conversation on the Future of Digital Infrastructure

Two new videos feature UC Berkeley students who are not only making an impact in the digital infrastructure space but will also be involved in our Certificate in Global Digital Infrastructure, the first undergraduate program of its kind! Read more

25 Feb, 2025

Video Now Online! Global Digital Infrastructure Certificate Open House

Missed the open house for the first-ever Certificate in Global Digital Infrastructure? A recording has now been uploaded to YouTube! Read more

07 Feb, 2025

Announcing the First-Ever Certificate in Global Digital Infrastructure

Data centers and subsea cables are critical infrastructures that support the global economy and everyday life. But there hasn’t been a place for students to learn about these systems and enter the industry…. until now. Read more

15 Dec, 2024

Announcing Our Spring 2025 Class Fund Recipients

We are very excited to offer small grants to further support our faculty in their new media classes! Read more

Summer 2025 Instructors

Offered Summer Session A, 2025

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