06 Oct, 2025 Global Digital Infrastructure Connected Resilience: Experiences of Meaningful Connectivity in the Global Majority World with Sonia Jorge Founder and Executive Director, Global Digital Inclusion Partnership A Building a Global, Equitable, and Just Internet Infrastructure event Read more
14 Mar, 2022 Art, Tech & Culture The Right to Be Creative 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
18 Feb, 2021 Women in Tech Symposium – The New Era in Human-Computer Interaction, We're co-sponsoring!
08 Feb, 2019 Special Events HIGH/LOW: Taste, Quality, and Resolution Film & Media Graduate Student Conference February 8-9, 2019 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
15 Jun, 2015 Special Events QGCON Call for Proposals The Queerness and Games Conference, hosted here at UC Berkeley, wants to know your thoughts on gaming and inclusivity, and more Read more
01 May, 2015 Special Events Precarious Aesthetics Conference Call for Papers Deadline Deadline May 1, 2015 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
25 Oct, 2012 History & Theory Imagined Networks with Wendy Chun, Prof. of Modern Culture and Media at Brown University Read more
26 Apr, 2012 Special Events Swinging and Flowing: Inclusion and Diversity in the Age of Data A symposium pondering the emerging hierarchies of an increasingly "data-driven" world," hosted right here at UC Berkeley Read more
12 May, 2026 Announcing Our Summer 2026 Research Award Recipients Congratulations to our 2026 Summer Research Award recipients from Music, Geography, Information Science, Spanish & Portuguese, Art Practice, German, Rhetoric, School of Information, Computer Science, and EECS. Read more
31 Oct, 2025 Sonia Jorge, Founder of Global Digital Inclusion Partnership, Defines "Meaningful Connectivity" in Talk for Building a Global, Equitable, and Just Internet Infrastructure Speaker Series Sonia Jorge educated students on the digital divide in the course, Building a Sustainable Internet, held at UC Berkeley in October 2025. The talk by the digital policy expert was a bold call to action that encouraged students to become proactive on the nuanced issue of internet access. Read more
02 Dec, 2024 Announcing Our Fall 2024 Undergraduate Certificate Cohort Please join us in welcoming our 2024 cohort of Undergraduate Certificate in New Media students! Read more
01 Oct, 2024 Summer Research Reports: Jaclyn Zhou on Anime Fan Tourism BCNM is thrilled to support our students in their summer research. Read about Jaclyn Zhou on Anime Fan Tourism! 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
21 Oct, 2023 Elnaz Tafrihi on Insight XR Elnaz received a summer research grant to work on an augmented reality project. 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
03 Apr, 2023 BCNM Around the Web April 2023 Check out the great work of our faculty and alumni around the web this April! Read more
15 Aug, 2022 BCNM at ASA 2022 The 119th American Sociology Association annual meeting took place in Los Angeles on August 5-9. Read more
20 Apr, 2022 Abigail De Kosnik and Jaclyn Zhou on Diversity on Streaming Platforms in Pandemic Times Abigail De Kosnik and Jaclyn Zhou present diversity Scores for films and television series on major streaming platforms during the COVID-19 pandemic period. Read more
01 Apr, 2022 Women in Energy Make a Powerful Case for Inclusion Camille Crittenden publishes an article on the Berkeley Blog on women in energy in honor of Women's History Month. Read more
09 Dec, 2021 BCNM at 4S 2021 Amazing representation of BCNM presenting at 4S, the Society for Social Studies of Science! Read more
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
01 Feb, 2021 Celeste Kidd at AI Debate 2 Celeste Kidd speaks at AI Debate 2 "Moving AI Forward: An Interdisciplinary Approach". Read more
12 Nov, 2020 Announcing the Fall 2020 DE & Graduate Certificate Cohort We are thrilled to welcome this Fall’s graduate cohort! Read more
19 Oct, 2020 Hear Bo Ruberg at PlayThink Bo Ruberg's podcast interview on PlayThink is now available! Read more
02 Aug, 2020 Reggie Royston in AI4Afrika Team AI4Afrika's goal is to make AI more inclusive and aware of Afrikan perspectives. Read more
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
11 Feb, 2020 Keith Feldman on Anti Muslim Racism Beyond Islamophobia Keith Feldman wrote on anti-Muslim racism for American Quarterly's December 2019 issue. Read more
06 Feb, 2020 BCNM at AAA 2019 DE Juliana Friend and alum Reginold Royston presented their riveting research at the American Anthropological Association's annual meeting last year. 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 Dec, 2019 Bo Ruberg Keynotes UCIESC 2019 Alum Bo Ruberg keynoted the UC Irvine Esports conference with a presentation on diversity and Esports. Read more
19 Nov, 2019 Announcing our 2019 Undergraduate Cohort We are thrilled to welcome to BCNM these talented students from across campus! Read more
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 Jul, 2019 Announcing the New Berkeley Center for New Media Director Photo credit: John Lawson Read more
18 Jun, 2019 BCNM at SIGGRAPH 2019 Jacob Gaboury and alum Bo Ruberg will speak at the Diversity and Inclusion Summit. Read more
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
21 Mar, 2019 Claudia von Vacano in Daily Cal Claudia von Vacano moderated a panel around issues of diversity on campus. 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
21 Nov, 2018 Announcing our 2018 Undergraduate Cohort We are thrilled to welcome to the BCNM these talented students from across campus. Read more
19 Mar, 2018 Trevor Paglen Named Artistic Fellow at AI Now Institute Trevor Paglen was named an artist fellow at AI Now Institute, tasked with supporting the institute's research in examining the social implications of artificial intelligence. 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
13 Mar, 2018 Revisited: “Brotherhood is Powerful" with Tan Hoang Nguyen Tan Hoang Nguyen interrogated the art and film of Norman Yonemoto drawing out the unique socio-political elements that pervade Yonemoto's work. Read more
13 Mar, 2018 Alum Stuart Geiger at UH Open Sciences Symposium Alum Stuart Geiger delivered the keynote lecture at the UH Open Sciences Symposium. Read more
30 Jan, 2018 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
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
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
10 Oct, 2017 Sonia Katyal in Slate on AI, Algorithms, and Sexual Orientation Sonia Katyal, a BCNM faculty member and law professor at Berkeley, publishes an article on why you should be suspicious of that study claiming A.I. can detect a person’s sexual orientation. 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
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
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 Read more
05 Apr, 2017 Greg Niemeyer Course at Stanford with DJ Spooky Niemeyer is hosting a Media Inclusion & Innovation course DJ Spooky Read more
23 Feb, 2017 BCNM Alums’ QGCon 2017 Moves to LA The Queerness and Games Conference takes the trip from NorCal to SoCal. 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
28 Jun, 2016 Ken Goldberg's accepted papers at CASE 2016 Professor Ken Goldberg had multiple papers accepted the 12th Annual International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering Read more
19 May, 2016 Announcing Our 2016 Undergraduate Certificate Grads We're so pleased to be able to share their achievements and wish them the best in their future projects! Read more
12 May, 2016 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
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