23 Apr, 2025 History & Theory Data Are Made, Not Found with danah boyd Partner Researcher, Microsoft Research and Distinguished Visiting Professor, Georgetown University Presented with the Digital Humanities program and co-sponsored by Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation and the School of Information Read more
14 Mar, 2019 Special Events Affective Publics: News Storytelling, Sentiment and Technology with Zizi Papacharissi Professor and Chair, Department of Communication, University of Illinois-Chicago Presented by TDPS Graduate Students, co-sponsored by BCNM 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
12 Sep, 2018 History & Theory Architectural Intelligence with Molly Wright Steenson Associate Professor of Ethics and Computational Technologies at Carnegie Mellon University In partnership with the Department of Architecture Read more
05 May, 2015 Special Events 2015 CITRIS Mobile App Challenge A challenge to promote innovation, community service, and career development among UC Berkeley students Read more
13 Nov, 2012 Special Events Anthropology as BIG DATA: Making the Case for Ethnography as a Critical Dimension in Digital Media and Technology Studies Mary Gray, Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research New England and Associate Professor of Communication and Culture at Indiana University, on big data in human comunication research Read more
03 Feb, 2011 Special Events Immersed in Mediated Spaces – Playful Immersion and the Quest for Immediacy in Video Games A lecture by Carl Therrien (Stanford) Read more
24 Jan, 2025 BCNM Spring 2025 Events Check out BCNM's exciting slate of events for the spring 2025 semester. Read more
26 Aug, 2024 BCNM Turns 20! Announcing our 2024-25 Public Events BCNM is turning 20 this year! Mark your calendars for an incredible lineup of speakers and events to celebrate! Read more
26 Aug, 2024 Announcing the 2024-25 History and Theory of New Media Season We are excited to announce the 2024-25 season of our HTNM lecture series, featuring Laura Harjo, Mariaelena Huambachano, danah boyd, and more! 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
04 Apr, 2024 BCNM Around the Web Spring 24 Check out our faculty and alumni around the web this Spring, 2024! Read more
22 Mar, 2024 The Resource Bind: System Failure and Legitimacy Threats in Sociotechnical Organizations A new paper by danah boyd published in Sociologica! Read more
29 Jan, 2024 danah boyd on Data Impact What is data science? How did we get to this point? And how will we use data science in the near and distant future? Read more
29 Jan, 2024 danah boyd at 4s East This panel seeks to examine the role that institutional arrangements play in shaping science and technology by interrogating what happens when institutions are threatened or collapse. Read more
29 Jan, 2024 Techno-legal Solutionism: Regulating Children’s Online Safety in the United States In this paper, alum danah boyd and Maria P. Agnel unpack the theory of change at the center of the “duty of care." Read more
11 Jul, 2023 Cesar Torres at Creativity & Cognition 2023 Alum Cesar Torres presented multiple papers, including "Cogcues: Shifting Perception through Interactive Projected Cues in Still Life Drawing," which won a Best Paper Award. Read more
13 Mar, 2023 Announcing Our Spring 2023 DE & Certificate Cohort Image credit: Karthika Baiju. Read more
17 Aug, 2022 danah boyd Featured in People of ACM "I approach technology as a tool and an intervention. Certain futures are made easier because of technology, and certain futures get more complicated. We can make bets about the probabilities of certain futures, but we cannot see the future. We can only introduce other interventions." 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
05 Aug, 2022 Data & Truth with danah boyd Hear alum danah boyd speak about data and truth on Gnovis with Huseyn Panahov. Read more
13 Apr, 2022 BCNM at CHI 2022 Congratulations to the incredible students, faculty, and alumni who represented BCNM at CHI 2022! Read more
13 Apr, 2022 Andrea Gagliano on Data Science and Design Andrea Gagliano is featured in the first MLUX Seattle meetup. Read more
25 Jan, 2022 BCNM in 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics Women in AI Ethics recognizes BCNM faculty and alumni in their list of honors, including Jenna Burrell, Morgan Ames, danah boyd, and Michelle Carney! Read more
12 Dec, 2021 An Ode to Responsible Data Science Alum danah boyd gives the plenary at the Microsoft Research Summit on Statistical Imaginaries. Read more
08 Dec, 2021 BCNM Around the Web November 2021 Check out the work of our students, faculty, and alumni around the web! Read more
27 Oct, 2021 danah boyd Joins Georgetown as Visiting Distinguished Professor BCNM alum danah boyd has joined Georgetown University for the year as a distinguished visiting professor. Read more
02 Oct, 2021 Hannah Zeavin on Empathy BCNM faculty Hannah Zeavin discusses empathy as a computational model in a guest post for AI Now Institute. Read more
19 Jun, 2021 BCNM Around the Web June Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this June! Read more
18 Jun, 2020 Bo Ruberg Published in Indie Games in the Digital Age "The powers and pitfalls of queer indie game-making: An interview with Mo Cohen" appears in this Bloomsbury edition. Read more
30 Jan, 2020 danah boyd on Data Voids Alum danah boyd recently released a Data & Society report titled "Data Voids: Where Missing Data Can Easily Be Exploited" in collaboration with Michael Golebiewski of Microsoft. Read more
28 Jan, 2020 danah boyd on Behind the Tech with Kevin Scott Alum danah boyd recently appeared on the Microsoft podcast "Behind the Tech with Kevin Scott," discussing technology and the potential dangers that come with a "move fast and break things" mentality. Read more
04 Jan, 2020 cNet names danah boyd One of 30 Personalities Who Defined the 2010s CNET's list of the larger-than-life innovators and important influencers of the last 10 years includes alum, Data & Society founder, danah boyd. Read more
25 Sep, 2019 danah boyd Named EFF Barlow Recipient BCNM alum danah boyd was recognized as a 2019 EFF Barlow 'Trailblazing Technology Scholar' 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
20 Apr, 2019 César Torres Appointed Assistant Professor at UT Arlington Photo by Yuko Watanabe Read more
17 Jan, 2018 Kris Paulsen Receives Anne Friedberg Award for Innovative Scholarship Alum Kris Paulsen has received the prestigious Anne Friedberg Award for Innovative Scholarship from the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) Read more
16 Aug, 2017 Ken Goldberg Quoted in the NYT on Autonomous Gliders Microsoft teaches gliders how to fly on their own; Prof. Goldberg brings insight to this NYT article Read more
28 Jun, 2017 Cesar Torres Receives Microsoft Dissertation Grant César Torres from Hybrid Ecologies Labs recieved the Microsoft Dissertation Grant for his work! 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
17 Feb, 2017 Video Now Online: Ken Goldberg at WAFR Check out Ken Goldberg's Chair Remarks at WAFR 2016 and other work by UC Berkeley students and faculty! Read more
18 Jan, 2017 Ken Goldberg at the 12th Annual Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics UC Berkeley students and faculty attended the 12th International Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics (WAFR) Read more
30 Aug, 2016 Ken Goldberg on Steve Johnson's "Wonderland" Podcast The podcast "Wonderland with Steve Johnson", recently featured BCNM's Ken Goldberg and Kate Darling to look at the "uncanny world of emotional robotics" Read more
06 May, 2015 Revisited: CITRIS Mobile App Challenge What a semester-long competition for students to develop mobile apps that addresses civic needs entailed! Read more
06 May, 2015 Revisited: CITRIS Mobile App Challenge The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) hosted a semester-long competition for students to develop mobile apps 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
15 Apr, 2014 Robots and New Media: A Contested Concept A packed house greeted the first panelists for the Berkeley Center for New Media’s Robots and New Media Symposium on April 4, 2014 Read more