14 Feb, 2025 Special Events Terminal Island: Degrowth & Mismaking with Lovage Sharrock and Jon Leidecker Presented by the Center for New Music and Associated Technologies (CNMAT). Co-sponsored by Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM) Read more
10 Sep, 2024 Art, Tech & Culture You've Just Been F$%^#d By PSYOPs: UFOs, Magic, Electronic Warfare, Mind Control, Artificial Intelligence, and the Death of the Internet with Trevor Paglen Multi-Disciplinary Artist, Filmmaker, Investigator, and Technologist An Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium lecture co-sponsored by Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society and the Banatao Institute (CITRIS) and the Arts Research Center (ARC) Read more
29 Sep, 2022 Special Events Person Specificity and Physiovalence: Performance Practice Toward Decolonizing Classical Music with Ken Ueno Composer, vocalist, improviser, sound artist, and Professor of Music, UC Berkeley Presented by Berkeley Arts + Design and co-sponsored by The Department of Ethnic Studies Read more
15 Mar, 2022 Special Events Artist Talk with Dario Robleto with Dario Robleto Artist, Houston; ARC's Spring 2022 Artist-in-Residence Presented by the Arts Research Center with co-sponsorship from the Departments of Art Practice and Ethnic Studies, the Latinx Research Center, and BCNM. 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
24 Feb, 2020 Art, Tech & Culture In Search for My Robot: Emergent Media, Racialized Gender, and Creativity with Margaret Rhee Assistant Professor, SUNY Buffalo; Visiting Scholar, NYU Co-sponsored by the Department of Ethnic Studies and the Department of Comparative Literature Read more
24 Apr, 2018 Special Events Mapping as Research with Trevor Paglen Artist, CA in conversation with Julia Bryan-Wilson, Professor of Art, UC Berkeley hosted by the Arts Research Center co-sponsored by BCNM, BAMPFA and the Department of Geography Read more
05 Apr, 2018 Special Events The Past is Present: Virtuality, Archaeology, and the Future of History With rapid advances in modern documentation and interpretive technologies such as scanning, visualization, and Virtual and Augmented Reality, how must our study of the past and its material legacy adapt? Read more
19 Apr, 2017 Special Events Conveying Climate Change: New Media Art, Science, and Activism with DJ Spooky Read more
05 Dec, 2016 Special Events Reading Robot Poetry! or, How Robots Fall Out of Love Celebrating the publication of alum Margaret Rhee's Radio Heart; or How Robots Fall Out of Love Read more
01 Feb, 2016 Art, Tech & Culture Four Thoughts about the Impact of Globalization on Artists with Sarah Thornton, writer, ethnographer and sociologist of culture Read more
13 Apr, 2015 Art, Tech & Culture A Hack in the Odious Machine: Digital Organizing Tools for the Precariat with Jesse Drew, UC Davis Professor, and Glenda Drew, artist and designer Read more
14 Nov, 2013 Special Events From Data Visualization to Data Manifestation with Kevin Walker, Head of Information Experience Design, Royal College of Art Read more
04 Feb, 2013 Art, Tech & Culture Social Prosthetics: Technology and the Human Form A lecture by Kate Hartman, leader of wearable technology Read more
09 Feb, 2012 History & Theory Media Piracy A History and Theory of New Media lecture with Adrian Johns (University of Chicago) Read more
13 Oct, 2011 History & Theory How to Knit a Popular History of Media with Kristen Haring (Auburn University) Read more
07 Feb, 2011 Art, Tech & Culture Surfaces of Constant Simultaneity Jose Alvarez on his own personal journey of investigation into the realms of consciousness, mysticism, spirituality Read more
20 Apr, 2025 Announcing Our Summer 2025 Research Award Recipients Congratulations to our 2025 Summer Research Award recipients from Ethnic Studies, Environmental Design, Geography, Information, Film and Media, Rhetoric, and Anthropology. Read more
24 Oct, 2024 Xiaowei Wang Presents Feral Frequencies Xiaowei Wang presents Feral Frequencies: live performance and radio séance at / (Slash) Art Gallery! 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
15 Apr, 2023 Miyoko Conley's Human Museum at the Rorschach Theatre Alum Miyoko Conley's play was presented as a reading earlier this month. Read more
23 Mar, 2023 Announcing Our Summer 2023 Research Award Recipients We are thrilled to share our 2023 Summer Research Fellows from Architecture, Art Practice, Design, Education, Film & Media, Geography, and Theater, Dance and Performance Studies! Read more
13 Oct, 2022 Tom McEnaney on the Problems of Removing Accents from Call Centers Tom speaks on the issues involved in filtering accented speech in a talk with KQED. Read more
16 Aug, 2022 Announcing Our Fall 2022 Class Grants We're pleased to support Tom McEnaney's course on Sounding American. Read more
17 Jul, 2022 Jen Schradie on the Far Right's Efforts to Overturn Roe L'Obs interviewed Jen Schradie on the far right's organization to overturn Roe v. Wade. Read more
01 Jul, 2022 BCNM Around the Web June 2022 Check out the great work of our students, faculty, and alumni around the web this June! 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
13 Apr, 2022 BCNM at CHI 2022 Congratulations to the incredible students, faculty, and alumni who represented BCNM at CHI 2022! Read more
08 Apr, 2022 Jane McGonigal on Cultivating Optimism Jane McGonigal was interviewed on The Tim Ferriss Show on discussing how to become the expert of your own future and cultivate optimism. Read more
07 Mar, 2022 Sophia Hussain in The Poetry Project Sophia Hussain is featured in the remembrances of Etel Adnan! Read more
28 Feb, 2022 Hannah Zeavin at Town Hall Seattle Hannah Zeavin discusses her book The Distance Cure: A History of Teletherapy with Town Hall Seattle. Read more
25 Feb, 2022 Ken Goldberg on Comparison of Novel Shielded Nasopharynx Applicator Designs for Intracavitary Brachytherapy Ken Goldberg applies new designs to improve patient outcomes. Read more
11 Feb, 2022 Hannah Zeavin in Continuum Innovation Hannah's book 'The Distance Cure: A History of Teletherapy' is featured in Continuum Innovation. 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
11 Sep, 2021 The Distance Cure Reviewed in The Baffler The Baffler reviews BCNM faculty Hannah Zeavin's The Distance Cure: A History of Teletherapy. Read more
21 Aug, 2021 BCNM Around the Web August 2021 Check out the amazing work of our faculty and alumni around the web this August! Read more
29 May, 2021 Miyoko Conley in the Bay Area Playwright's Festival BCNM alum Miyoko Conley's play Human Museum will be featured in the 44th Bay Area Playwrights Festival. Read more
18 Feb, 2021 BCNM SCMS 2021 The Society for Cinema and Media Studies' annual conference features presentations by 13 BCNM students, faculty, and alumni! Read more
02 Feb, 2021 Jen Schradie on The Current Jen Schradie went on The Current podcast to discuss the recent insurrection in the US Capitol. Read more
17 Dec, 2020 Celeste Kidd on Why Babies Aren't Just Little Adults How do babies learn to talk? Do babies know they're babies? Celeste Kidd answers these questions in VPR's new podcast episode! Read more
12 Nov, 2020 Announcing our 2020 Undergraduate Cohort Please join us in welcoming our 2020 cohort of Undergraduate Certificate in New Media students! Read more
06 Oct, 2020 Monocle Interviews Trevor Paglen Trevor Paglen was recently interviewed by the Monocle! Read more
23 Apr, 2020 Eric Paulos' Research on Familiar Stranger Helping to Combat COVID-19 BCNM Professor Eric Paulos' past research on Familiar Stranger from 2003 has been revived by MIT researchers in a plan to combat COVID-19. Read more
11 Apr, 2020 Jane McGonigal on the Best of Our Knowledge Listen to Jane McGonigal discuss video games on The Best of Our Knowledge! Read more
12 Feb, 2020 Greg Niemeyer Receives CLTC Grant The Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity awarded Greg Niemeyer one of its inaugural grants for his music video project, "SweetWire." Read more
07 Feb, 2020 Miyoko Conley's Human Museum Live Feb 12 Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies presents Miyoko Conley's Human Museum as part of the New Play Reading Series! Read more
05 Feb, 2020 Alum McGonigal on WUWF BCNM alum Jane McGonigal was featured on WUWF, the NPR channel in Great Northwest Florida. Read more
07 Jan, 2020 Trevor Paglen on Human Biases in AI Monocle Weekly published an interview with alum Trevor Paglen on our artificial intelligence systems. Read more
02 Nov, 2019 BCNM Around the Web November 2019 More in the media from faculty Ken Goldberg, Alex Saum, Claudia von Vacano and Jacob Gaboury; and alumni Trevor Paglen, Bo Ruberg, Alenda Chang and Jen Schradie. Read more
25 Sep, 2019 Nicholas de Monchaux on the Planetary Radio De Monchaux discusses Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo on Planetary Radio, the Planetary Society podcast. 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
20 Aug, 2019 Alum Jen Schradie in KPFA BCNM Alum Jen Schradie and digital activism was featured on KPFA's Against the Grain! 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. Read more
07 Jul, 2019 Interview with Alum Jen Schradie in the Indy and WUNC Jen discusses her book The Revolution That Wasn't in North Carolina, where much of her research was based. Read more
01 Jun, 2019 Alum Trevor Paglen on BBC's Invisible Networks with James Bridle In this episode, "Invisibe Networks," alum Trevor Paglen investigates how technology is changing the way we see. Read more
21 Feb, 2019 BCNM at SCMS 2019 The Society for Cinema and Media Studies' annual conference features presentations by thirteen BCNM students, faculty, and alumni! Read more
21 Dec, 2018 Alum Trevor Paglen's Surveillance Art Featured on NPR NPR brings Trevor Paglen's art to life in this great feature! 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
07 Nov, 2018 Tom McEnaney Finalist for MSA First Book Prize Acoustic Properties: Radio, Narrative, and the New Neighborhood of the Americas (University of Illinois Press, 2017) by Tom McEnaney made it onto the short list for the First Book Prize. Read more
04 Sep, 2018 Asma Kazmi Exhibits at the University of Hawai'i HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: JOSE FERREIRA + ASMA KAZMI runs from September 10 – 28, 2018. Read more
21 Aug, 2018 Tom McEnaney Launches GloUH Colloquium Join Tom McEnaney on August 28th as he discusses Wireless Commons and Counterpublics: New Digital Infrastructures in Cuba! Read more
18 Apr, 2018 Announcing 2018 Summer Research Awards Congratulations to this year's Summer Research Award recipients! We are excited to support the amazing work these students will be completing over the summer. 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
06 Feb, 2018 Alum Trevor Paglen Keynote at Ways of Knowing Conference Alum Trevor Paglen and Wendy Hui Kyong Chun were Keynote Speakers at Ways of Knowing Cities Conference by the Center for Spatial Research at Columbia. Read more
27 Oct, 2017 Koci Hernandez on Photography Radio Richard Koci Hernandez discusses black & white iPhone photography on an episode of Photography Radio. Read more
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
14 Oct, 2017 Summer Research Dispatch: Maija Hynninen & Sounding Sculpture Read about Maija Hynninen's BCNM-funded research as she builds and improves the sound diffusion system for 'Sounding Sculpture.' Read more
10 Oct, 2017 Alum Christo Sims on Disruptive Fixation on KPFA and Databite Christo Sims, author of Disruptive Fixation and a Berkeley alum, presents on school reform and techno-fetishism. Read more
03 Oct, 2017 BCNM 2016-2017 Publications Come check out the round-up of all the amazing work of the BCNM students, alumni and faculty! Read more
08 Aug, 2017 Alum Ashley Ferro-Murray in Conversation with Andrew Schneider on WAMC Listen to this witty show's episode shared between Obie Award-winning Schneider and Alum Ashley Ferro-Murray. Read more
24 May, 2017 Tom McEnaney Publishes Acoustic Property A new book exploring the prehistory of wireless culture from BCNM Alum Tom McEnany Read more
16 May, 2017 Announcing Our 2017 Graduates We look forward to sharing their future endeavors! Read more
11 Apr, 2017 Commons Conversations: Color of New Media Working Group Transcription The “Color of New Media Working Group” met as a part of Commons Conversations to discuss the vertiginous political climate. Read more
06 Dec, 2016 Revisited: "Reading Robot Poetry!" We revisit alum Margaret Rhee's reading from her new published collection Read more
26 Sep, 2016 Jingyi Li creates AO3 Scraper BCNM undergrad Jingyi Li and a friend built a data scraper for the fan-content archive, Archive of Our Own Read more
09 Sep, 2016 Lashon Daley reads Mr. Okra in Confetti Park Lashon Daley is a BCNM DE student and working on a PhD in Performance Studies Read more
01 Aug, 2016 Many-to-Many Receives Digital Humanities Grant Juliana Friend (Anthropology) received a Collaborative Research Grant from Digital Humanities at Berkeley for her project, Many to Many Read more
19 May, 2016 Announcing our 2016 Graduates Congrats to all! We lookforward to following their success in their new endeavors! Read more
12 May, 2016 Sivan Eldar Receives Postdoc at IRCAM BCNM's Sivan Eldar will be heading off to Paris for an 8 month postdoc at the Institut de recherche et coordination acoustique/musique (IRCAM Read more
19 Apr, 2016 BCNM Ed Campion Receives a Guggenheim Congratulations are in order for Mr. Campion Read more
07 Apr, 2016 Announcing 2016 Summer Research Awards We are thrilled by the ambitious and innovative work these students are all completing Read more
23 Nov, 2015 Announcing our Newest Cohort of Designated Emphasis and Graduate Certificate Students We know these students will contribute to the vibrant interdisciplinary life of the Center Read more
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
24 Apr, 2014 Announcing our Spring 2014 Graduating Class We are proud to announce our latest cohort of graduating BCNM Designated Emphasis and Masters Certificate students Read more
18 Apr, 2014 Student Research Presentations BCNM was excited to celebrate the research of its graduating Ph.D. candidates on Thursday, April 10th, at its Student Research Presentations Reception. Read more
28 Jan, 2014 Student Research Presentations BCNM was proud to introduce its latest Spring 2014 admits and celebrate the incredible research of its senior graduate students in January Read more
29 Oct, 2013 Revisited: Creating Minds Creating Minds, an academic conference on reading and writing in the digital age had over 300 attendees throughout the day's talks and panels! Read more
23 Apr, 2013 BCNM New Media Students showcase Research at Spring Semester Presentation UC Berkeley graduate students with a Designated Emphasis in New Media presented their research on April 17, 2013 in the BCNM Commons to an audience of students, faculty, and members of the public Read more
01 Oct, 2012 "A Note on Triumph" Meshes Acoustics with Digital Sounds to Create Hybrid Instruments Sivan Eldar, Ph.D. student at UC Berkeley in the Music Department with a Designated Emphasis in New Media Read more
14 May, 2012 BCNM Student Presentations for the annual BEARS Research Symposium This year's theme is ""Big Data at Berkeley" Read more
This list is updated regularly. Check back often for the latest updates. Email lara@berkeley.edu with suggestions. Fall 2019
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