ELO 2023 | Overcoming Divides: Electronic Literature and Social Change 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
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 JeremijenkoRead more
03 Jun, 2024
About Inequalities and the Digital Divide
Alum Jen Schradie in a Sciences Po podcast with Sergei Guriev. Read more
25 Apr, 2024
Is social media destroying kids' mental health?
alum danah boyd in conversation with Taylor Lorenz. Read more
25 Apr, 2024
Created Equal: Can tech regulation solve mental health issues?
alum danah boyd talks the possibilities of tech regulation. 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
22 Feb, 2024
The Immediates
Hannah Zeavin has a new article on the telepath and psychoanalysis in Tank. 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
15 Sep, 2023
A Memoir of Contested Illness That Takes On the Legacy of Hysteria
Emily Wells is interested in what her doctors see when they look at her: a depressed or anxious woman, perhaps even one who is faking sickness for attention. Read more
29 Jun, 2023
Edgar Fabián Frías' Art at Givenchy's Beauty Pride Gallery
Givenchy Beauty collaborates with three digital artists to each create a digital art piece on the metaverse platform. Read more
31 Mar, 2023
BCNM Around the Web March 2023
Check out the great work of our faculty and alumni around the web this March! Read more
21 Oct, 2022
Melancholic Media by Hannah Zeavin
Zeavin publishes on virtual reality, traumatic loss, and magic in Media, Culture, & Society. 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
13 Oct, 2022
Psychoanalysis and the Future of the Clinic
Hannah Zeavin was featured in the event on September 29, 2022. Read more
02 Oct, 2022
Hannah Zeavin in Committable
Hannah features as a guest on Committable discussing crisis hotlines and the evolution of mental health services. Read more
Hannah discussed Mental Health & the Risks of Emotion AI with the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project. Read more
12 May, 2022
The Distance Cure Wins Courage to Dream Book Prize
Congratulations to Hannah Zeavin for receiving the Courage to Dream Book Prize for her book The Distance Cure!Read more
20 Apr, 2022
The Distance Cure Reviewed in The Jacobin
Hannah Zeavin's new book focusing on psychoanalysis and mediation is featured in the Jacobin. Read more
05 Apr, 2022
Who's Listening When You Call a Crisis Hotline
Hannah Zeavin and Yana Calou published the article in State of Mind. Read more
01 Apr, 2022
Therapy With a Human Face by Hannah Zeavin
The feminization of therapy is crucial to understanding how it became both devalued and out of reach. 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
22 Jan, 2022
BCNM Around the Web January 2022
Check out the great work of our students, faculty, and alumni around the web this January! Read more
27 Dec, 2021
BCNM Around the Web December 2021
Check out the great work of our students, faculty, and alumni around the web this past December 2021! Read more
13 Dec, 2021
Laura Cushing-Harries Reviews The Distance Cure
Hannah Zeavin's book is reviewed in The Polyphony: Conversations Across the Medical Humanities. Read more
12 Dec, 2021
Announcing Our 2021 Undergraduate Cohort
Please join us in welcoming our 2021 Undergraduate Certificate cohort! Read more
10 Dec, 2021
Is the Future of Mental Health Care Digital? With Hannah Zeavin
Hannah Zeavin talks about her book The Distance Cure on Al Jazeera's The Stream. 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
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
25 Sep, 2021
The Therapist Will See You Now. But Where? By Hannah Zeavin
Hannah Zeavin discusses INSERT in Future's Gaming, Social, Virtual Worlds Newsletter. 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
19 Sep, 2021
Pablo Paredes on Mobile Stress Management
Pablo Paredes co-authored a research study on using Chatbots to aid in stress management. Read more
02 Sep, 2021
Hannah Zeavin on Couple's Therapy in the LA Review of Books
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01 Sep, 2021
E&T Reviews Hannah Zeavin's The Distance Cure
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29 Aug, 2021
Hannah Zeavin on How Therapy Isn't Available to All - Even with Zoom
Hannah speaks on the acessibility of mental healthcare in the face of teletherapy with The Guardian. Read more
21 Aug, 2021
Hannah Zeavin on The Distance Cure with Adam Savage
Hannah Zeavin features on KQED Broadcast to speak with Adam Savage about The Distance Cure: A History of Teletherapy. Read more
20 Aug, 2021
Hannah Zeavin on Mental Healthcare in the Washington Post
The U.S. has never tried a comprehensive approach to mental health care, writes Hannah Zeavin the Washington Post. Read more
07 Aug, 2021
Hannah Zeavin on Teletherapy at the Psychotherapy Action Network
Hannah Zeavin recently joined two other panelists to discuss the promise and peril of teletherapy in PsiAN Forum Live: "Teletherapy -- Where do we go from here?". Read more
27 Jul, 2021
Ra Malika Imhotep in Our Work is Everywhere
Ra Malika Imhotep was published in this volume, an illustrated oral history of Queer and Trans resistance. 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
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
03 May, 2021
Pablo Paredes on Stress Markers for Mental States and Biotypes of Depression and Anxiety
BCNM alum Pablo Paredes published a study in the journal Chronic Stress on stress markers of depression and anxiety. Read more
18 Apr, 2021
Hannah Zeavin Joins BCNM
Hannah Zeavin, a lecturer in the English and History departments, has joined the BCNM Executive Committee. 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
04 Nov, 2020
Pablo Paredes Featured in El Mercurio
BCNM Alum Pablo Parades is featured in El Mercurio, where he speaks of his projects related to mental health. Read more
28 Oct, 2020
Pablo Paredes Publishes Stress Tracker
BCNM alum Pablo Paredes explores the use of a computer trackpad in monitoring stress. Read more
10 Sep, 2020
BCNM Around the Web September 2020
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this September! 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
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
17 Jul, 2020
BCNM Around the Web July 2020
Check out the awesome presentations and features of our faculty, student, and alumni work across the web this past July! Read more
25 Apr, 2020
Alum Jane McGonigal on Punching through the Pandemic with Psychological Science
Jane McGonigal recently spoke to Oregon State University Professor Regan Gurung about her smartphone application SuperBetter and coping with the COVID-19 pandemic through games and other indoor activities. 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
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
03 Feb, 2020
Camille Crittenden in Issues in Science and Technology
Crittenden explores the relationship between broadband access and the growth of adolescent youth. Read more
16 Oct, 2019
BCNM Scholar Interviews
BCNM is hosting three scholars from the Berggruen Institute this year. Learn more about who they are and what they're researching! 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
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.
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
Revisited: NWMEDIA 201 Performance Night
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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
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
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
01 Dec, 2015
New Undergraduates Announcement!
Congratulations to our latest new media undergraduate certificate candidates! 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
Applications for Summer 2025 are due March 13, 2025.
New Media Research Fellowship
Applications for Summer 2025 are due March 13, 2025.
