22 Apr, 2024
History & Theory
Historical Data, Present-Day Harms: On the Uses and Limits of Data Science for the Study of Social Movements
with Lauren Klein
Winship Distinguished Research Professor, Departments of Quantitative Theory & Methods and English, Emory University
Presented with the Digital Humanities program and co-sponsored by the College of Computing, Data Science, and Society (CCDS), the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation, and the Media Studies program Read more
08 Apr, 2024
Commons Conversations
Computing the News: Data Journalism and the Search for Objectivity
with Sylvain Parasie
Professor of Sociology at Sciences Po (Paris) and Director of Sciences Po's Media Lab
A Commons Conversation Read more
26 Feb, 2024
History & Theory
Unsettling Sound Technologies: Indigenous Sonic Sovereignty and Border Politics
with Christina Leza, Professor of Anthropology and Indigenous Studies, Colorado College, and Trevor Reed, Professor of Law, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
Moderated by Sierra Edd, Indigenous Technologies Coordinator
An Indigenous Technologies event co-sponsored by the Department of Ethnic Studies and the Department of Art Practice Read more
13 Nov, 2023
Art, Tech & Culture
with Raven Chacon
Composer
An Indigenous Technologies event co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center (ARC), the Department of Music, the Department of Ethnic Studies, and the Department of Art Practice
Read more
16 Oct, 2023
History & Theory
Rerouting Media in the Living Forest
with Martina Broner
Assistant Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Dartmouth College, and Co-Founder of the Amazonia Section of the Latin American Studies Association
A Latinx & Latin American Media Ecologies and Indigenous Technologies event co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS), the Media Studies program, and the Department of Art Practice Read more
11 Oct, 2023
History & Theory
[* Postponed / New Date Forthcoming *] AI and the Humanities: Generative Creativity and Interpretation
with Timnit Gebru, Founder & Executive Director, The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR); Vikram Chandra, Writer and Co-Founder, Granthika Co.; Hannah Zeavin, Assistant Professor, Department of History and Berkeley Center for New Media, University of California, Berkeley
Presented with the Townsend Center for Humanities Read more
28 Aug, 2023
Art, Tech & Culture
The ghost in the machine is me.
with Jen Liu, Artist
Moderated by Xiaowei R. Wang
Accompanied by Mia J. Chong, Dancer
Co-sponsored by the English Department and the Department of Art Practice Read more
12 Apr, 2023
Special Events
Rivers, Forests & Earth: Speculating Dalit Histories and Dalit Futures in Bengal
Featuring Hugo and Nebula Prize Nominee Mimi Mondal
Presented by UC Berkeley's Bangali Student Association (BSA) with the support of Institute for South Asia Studies, the South Asian, Southwest Asian, and North African (SSWANA) Initiative, and the Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM). Read more
17 Mar, 2023
Conference
The Past into the Future: Afrofuturism and Ancient Egypt
with Rita Lucarelli (UC Berkeley), Max Jefferson (UC Berkeley), Ytasha Womack (Chicago), Vorris Nunley (UC Riverside), Darryl Smith (UC Berkeley), John Jennings (UC Riverside), Stanford Carpenter (University of Chicago), Claudia Attimonelli (University of Bari, Italy), Dexter Story (UCLA), Luciana Parisi (Duke University), Abu Qadim Haqq, and more.
Presented by Center of Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) with the support of the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), Center for Science, Technology, Medicine and Society (CSTMS), the Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM), the Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (MELC), and the Italian Institute of Culture, San Francisco. Read more
10 Mar, 2023
Conference
Hydrocolonialism Symposium
Featuring: Katie Anania (University of Nebraska-Lincoln), Craig Cohen (UCSF), Mina Girgis (UC Berkeley), Mahmoud Hassan (Fayoum University), Isabel Hofmeyr (New York University), Rita Lucarelli (UC Berkeley), Mercy Mueni (TMWDP), Ibrahim Mwakare (TMWDP), Greg Niemeyer (UC Berkeley), Xitlaly Olivera (UC Berkeley), Patrick Owuor (York University), Sera Young (Northwestern University) and many more TBA.
Co-presented with the Department of Art Practice, with support from the Haas Scholars Program. Read more
06 Mar, 2023
Art, Tech & Culture
with
Teddy Cruz, Professor, Department of Visual Arts, University of California, San Diego
Fonna Forman, Professor, Department of Political Science and Director, Center on Global Justice, University of California San Diego
Co-sponsored by the Department of Architecture, the Department of Art Practice, the Arts Research Center, and the Center for Latin American Studies Read more
02 Mar, 2023
Commons Conversations
Media Ruins: Infrastructural Restitution and Building Futures in Post-Conflict Cambodia
with Maggie Jack (Syracuse University, The School of Information)
Presented by the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine, and Society (CSTMS), and the Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM) is co-sponsoring. Read more
30 Jan, 2023
Art, Tech & Culture
Generative Art and Deep Learning AI
with Nettrice Gaskins
Digital artist, academic, and cultural critic
Co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center, the Jacobs Institute for Design, and Media Studies Read more
07 Nov, 2022
History & Theory
Animating Cities Digitally: Processing Urban Space and Time
with Gillian Rose
Visiting Scholar in Department of Geography; Professor, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford
Co-sponsored by the Department of Geography and Media Studies Read more
31 Oct, 2022
History & Theory
Digital Platforms and Ancient African Knowledge Systems: Triumphs and Vulnerabilities
with Gloria Emeagwali
Professor of History and African Studies, Central Connecticut State University
An Indigenous Technologies event co-sponsored by the American Indian Graduate Program, the Arts Research Center, the Department of Ethnic Studies, the School of Information, Media Studies, Native American Studies, and the Center for Race and Gender Read more
14 Oct, 2022
Special Events
Author Meets Critics: “Keeping It Unreal: Comics and Black Queer Fantasy”
with Darieck Scott
Professor of African American Studies at UC Berkeley
Moderated by Greg Niemeyer, Professor of Media Innovation, and Toban Fellow, Director of the Art Practice Graduate Program at UC Berkeley
Co-sponsored by Social Science Matrix and the Department of African American Studies Read more
29 Aug, 2022
History & Theory
Pua Case
Kumu Hula, teacher, and aloha ʻāina protector
An Indigenous Technologies event co-sponsored by the American Indian Graduate Program, Arts Research Center, the Department of Ethnic Studies, Media Studies, the Center for Race and Gender, and Native American Studies Read more
14 Apr, 2022
Art, Tech & Culture
George's Blues: An Investigation of George Washington Carver’s Legacy as an Artist and Cook
with Seitu Jones
Artist, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Presented in partnership the Department of Art Practice and co-sponsored by American Cultures. Read more
13 Apr, 2022
Art, Tech & Culture
Culture capture, additive defacement, and other tactics towards realizing Indigenous futures
with Adam and Zack Khalil
Filmmakers
This event is the first in a two-part series, presented with the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) as part of the Art, Technology and Culture Colloquium and the Indigenous Technologies Initiative. Read more
18 Mar, 2022
Special Events
Data & Life in the Metaverse
Join media innovators to explore the potentials of the metaverse, both exciting and terrifying. With Emma Fraser, Don Hanson, Wade Wallerstein, and Richmond Wong.
Presented by Human Technology Futures Group and the Division of Computing, Data Science, and Society at UC Berkeley. Read more
16 Mar, 2022
Special Events
Symposium on The Media Crease
with André Brock, Associate Professor of Media Studies, Georgia Tech
and Karen Tongson, Professor of English, Gender & Sexuality studies, and American Studies & Ethnicity, and Chair of the Department of Gender & Sexuality Studies, University of Southern California
Presented in partnership with the Color of New Media Working Group. 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
14 Feb, 2022
Commons Conversations
with Wendy Hui Kyong Chun
Canada 150 Research Chair and Professor in New Media; Director of The Digital Democracies Institute, Simon Fraser University 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
25 Oct, 2021
History & Theory
Beyond Settler Sex and Family: Kim TallBear in Conversation
with Kim TallBear
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience and Environment, Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta
In conversation with Marcelo Garzo Montalvo
Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies at California State University, San Marcos
Co-sponsored by the Center for Race and Gender, American Cultures, Anthropology, The Program in Critical Theory, the Arts Research Center, and and The American Indian Graduate Program. Read more
25 Oct, 2021
Commons Conversations
with Eric Rodenbeck
Founder, Stamen Design
Moderated by Eric Paulos
Professor in Electrical Engineering Computer Science (EECS) 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
13 Sep, 2021
Art, Tech & Culture
How Can a Maori Girl Recolonise the Screen Using Mighty Pixels
with Lisa Reihana
Artist, Aotearoa/New Zealand
Presented with Berkeley Arts + Design and co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center and The American Indian Graduate Program. Read more
30 Aug, 2021
Commons Conversations
Echolocating the Caribbean Diaspora
with Cathy Thomas
Assistant Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara
Moderated by BCNM Director Abigail De Kosnik
Co-sponsored by the Department of English and the Center for Race and Gender. Read more
22 Apr, 2021
History & Theory
with Elizabeth LaPensée
Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
Co-sponsored by the Department of Art Practice.
Image credit: Elizabeth LaPensée Read more
04 Mar, 2021
Conference
Fandom + Piracy Keynote: “Studies in Unauthorized Reproduction”
with Kavita Philip
The President's Excellence Chair in Network Cultures at the University of British Columbia and a Professor of English with the UBC Department of English Language and Literatures Read more
01 Mar, 2021
History & Theory
A Conversation on Wildfire Ecologies
with Margo Robbins
Co-founder and President of the Cultural Fire Management Council
and Valentin Lopez
Chair of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band
Presented in partnership with Berkeley Arts + Design as part of Arts + Design Mondays.
Read more
25 Feb, 2021
Conference
Fandom + Piracy Keynote: “How should we theorize injury in fan studies?”
with Rebecca Wanzo
Professor and Chair of the Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Washington University in St. Louis Read more
03 Feb, 2021
History & Theory
Indigenous Cyber-relationality: Discerning the Limits and Potential for Connective Action
with Marisa Duarte
Assistant Professor, Arizona State University
Co-sponsored by the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society, the School of Information, American Cultures, and the Center for Race and Gender. Read more
01 Feb, 2021
Special Events
Performing Cultural Exchange on Ohlone Homelands in Huichin
with Pauline Lampton, Director of Miriki Performing Arts
Corrina Gould, co-founder of the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust
Erica Estrada, Northern Pomo Dancer
Presented with UC Berkeley’s Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies in partnership with Berkeley Arts + Design as part of Arts + Design Mondays. Read more
05 Nov, 2020
History & Theory
World Re-Building: Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace and the Initiative for Indigenous Futures
with Skawennati
Artist & Co-Director of Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace
Co-sponsored by the Department of Art Practice and the Townsend Center for the Humanities.
Image credit: Skawennati, "Renewal" 2016 Read more
12 Oct, 2020
Commons Conversations
Cultural Heritage & Cultural Consumption
with Gu Jiang
National Center for Industry Research
Nanjing University Read more
10 Sep, 2020
History & Theory
A Conversation with the Sogorea Te' Land Trust
with Corrina Gould
Lisjan Ohlone leader and co-founder of the Sogorea Te' Land Trust
moderated by Marcelo Garzo Montalvo Read more
12 Mar, 2020
History & Theory
ONLINE: Feminist Open Access and Internet Publishing
*Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) precautions, this event has been moved to the online platform Zoom*
with Francesca Coppa, co-founder Organization for Transformative Works
and Kristina Busse and Karen Hellekson, co-founders Transformative Works & Cultures
Co-sponsored by the Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities, the School of Information, the D-Lab, UC Berkeley Libraries, and the Department of Film & Media Read more
26 Feb, 2020
Special Events
The Revolution That Wasn’t: How Digital Activism Favors Conservatives
with Jen Schradie
Assistant Professor, Observatoire Sociologique du Changement (OSC) at Sciences Po
Co-Sponsored by CITRIS and the Banatao Institute 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
27 Jan, 2020
Art, Tech & Culture
Dancing with Robots: Expressivity in Natural and Artificial Systems
with Amy LaViers
Robotics, Automation, and Dance (RAD) Lab
Co-sponsored by the Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies and CITRIS People and Robots (CPAR) Read more
21 Oct, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
with Leonel Moura
Artist, Lisbon
Co-sponsored by the Department of Spanish & Portuguese, CITRIS People and Robots (CPAR), and FLAD — the Luso-American Development Foundation. Read more
30 Sep, 2019
Special Events
BCNM 2019 Seed Grant Talks
with Celeste Kidd
Psychology
and William White
Anthropology Read more
29 Apr, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
Adam Savage
Mythbusters, CA
a conversation on the past and future of spacesuits with
Nicholas de Monchaux, Professor, UC Berkeley
In partnership with the Department of Architecture's Studio One Read more
23 Apr, 2019
Special Events
The DataEDGE conference at UC Berkeley brings together senior industry and academic leaders for a conversation about the challenges and opportunities created by the rise of big data. Read more
15 Apr, 2019
DH Fair: Hate Speech, Algorithms, and Digital Connectivity
with Zeynep Tufekci
Professor, UNC
This event is sponsored by Digital Humanities at Berkeley, D-Lab, Arts + Design, Berkeley Center for New Media, the Center for Technology and Society at the Anti-Defamation League, Digital Humanities Working Group, the Library, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, and the Visual Resources Center. Read more
04 Apr, 2019
History & Theory
The Human Body in the Age of Catastrophe
with Stefanos Geroulanos
New York University
Presented by the Department of Rhetoric, in conjunction with the Berkeley Center for New Media's History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series. Co-sponsored by the Department of History. Read more
03 Apr, 2019
History & Theory
The Human Computer in the Stone Age: Technology, Prehistory, and the Redefinition of the Human after World War II
with Stefanos Geroulanos
New York University Read more
01 Apr, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
with Rhonda Holberton
Artist, Oakland
Presented in partnership with the Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series. Read more
20 Mar, 2019
History & Theory
Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism
with Safiya Umoja Noble
University of California, Los Angeles
Co-sponsored by the CITRIS Policy Lab Read more
18 Mar, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
On Digital Colonialism and 'Other' Futures
with Morehshin Allahyari
Artist, New York
In partnership with the Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series, the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and Stanford University 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
04 Mar, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
A Conversation with Nnedi Okorafor
with Nnedi Okorafor
Artist, Olympia Fields, IL
In partnership with the Department of Architecture's Studio One,the Department of African American Studies, and the Department of English Read more
25 Feb, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
In and out of the Body and into the Machine
with Chico MacMurtrie
Artist, New York Read more
12 Feb, 2019
Special Events
The DataEDGE conference at UC Berkeley brings together senior industry and academic leaders for a conversation about the challenges and opportunities created by the rise of big data. Read more
11 Feb, 2019
Art, Tech & Culture
News of the Future and the Future of News
with Kevin Delaney
Editor, Quartz
In partnership with the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Read more
29 Nov, 2018
Special Events
Digital Workshops of the World: Software, Source Code and Skills Migration in the Global VFX Industries
with Leon Gurevitch
In partnership with the Berkeley Film & Media Seminar Read more
19 Nov, 2018
Art, Tech & Culture
RESCHEDULED: Daemons Tools Art Tech
Due to air quality issues, this talk is being rescheduled for September 23rd, 2019. Please check back soon for more information! Read more
29 Oct, 2018
Art, Tech & Culture
The Good Anthropocene: Terraforming Earth
with Kim Stanley Robinson
Author, Davis, CA
In partnership with the Department of Architecture's Studio One
Read more
15 Oct, 2018
Art, Tech & Culture
with Kerry Tribe
Artist & Filmmaker, Los Angeles
In partnership with the Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series Read more
04 Oct, 2018
History & Theory
Learning To Interact: Cybernetics and Play
with Timothy Stott
Lecturer in Art History and Visual Culture
Dublin School of Creative Arts, Dublin Institute of Technology Read more
14 Sep, 2018
Commons Conversations
Love bytes and intimate machines
Analysing news media representations of human- robot interactions
with Belinda Middleweek
University of Technology Sydney Read more
21 Aug, 2018
Special Events
BCNM Fall 2018 Open House
Join the BCNM for our annual open house, filled with art, demonstrations, and new media programs from across campus! Read more
27 Apr, 2018
Special Events
Berkeley Conference on Film and Media: Medium/Environment
Berkeley Film & Media’s 4th biennial conference seeks to bring together leading international media theorists working on questions of “environmental media” broadly conceived Read more
24 Apr, 2018
Special Events
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
09 Apr, 2018
Art, Tech & Culture
new art, flag art, good art, portal art
with Ian Cheng
Artist, Los Angeles, CA
Presented in partnership with the Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series, and as part of the Arts + Design Monday Nights at BAMPFA program. 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
01 Mar, 2018
History & Theory
with Warren Sack
Chair and Professor of Film + Digital Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz Read more
17 Oct, 2017
History & Theory
Between the Digital and the Political: New Ecologies of Mind
with Erich Hörl and Yuk Hui
Panel Discussion with Luciana Parisi, David Bates & Warren Sack
with support from the Townsend Center and the Dean of Arts and Humanities Read more
12 Oct, 2017
History & Theory
Datasense: Sensor Technology and the Mediation of Sentience
with Natasha Schull
Associate Professor in the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication at NYU
Presented in partnership with the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine, & Society
Read more
25 Sep, 2017
Art, Tech & Culture
World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech
with Frank Foer
National correspondent for The Atlantic and fellow at the New America Foundation.
Presented in partnership with the Graduate School of Journalism Read more
25 Sep, 2017
Special Events
Tool Talk — Mario Krell, "Field Studies with Multimedia Big Data"
Learn about a new tool that allows researchers to leverage large user generated data, such as Flickr, without being experts in data processing. Read more
08 May, 2017
Special Events
Leading experts will discuss ways in which organizations are addressing issues at large in our fast-changing social environment. Read more
28 Apr, 2017
Special Events
Listening Session and Launch Party Read more
24 Apr, 2017
Special Events
Parenting for a Digital Future
with Alicia Blum-Ross
Research Officer in Media and Communications at the LSE Read more
19 Apr, 2017
Special Events
Conveying Climate Change: New Media Art, Science, and Activism
13 Apr, 2017
History & Theory
Technology and Forensic Evidence: Chilean Human Rights Investigations
with Eden Medina
Associate Professor of Informatics and Computing, Affiliated Associate Professor of Law, and Adjunct Associate Professor of History at Indiana University, Bloomington Read more
11 Apr, 2017
Special Events
New Technology and Archaeology Symposium
Sponsored by the History of Art Department, The Computer Science Undergraduate Association, the Organization of Graduate Students in the Digital Humanities, the Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology, and Digital Humanities @ Berkeley. Read more
06 Apr, 2017
Special Events
Nicholas de Monchaux on Local Code: 3659 Proposals about Data, Design, and the Nature of Cities
Join BCNM at the Berkeley Art Museum and Film Archive with an author talk with Nicholas de Monchaux. Read more
02 Apr, 2017
Art, Tech & Culture
Mediating Reality: The New Role of Visual Journalism - CANCELED
with Richard Koci Hernandez, Emmy award-winning innovator in journalism and multimedia Read more
02 Mar, 2017
History & Theory
with Kavita Philip, Associate Professor of History Read more
13 Feb, 2017
Commons Conversations
with Geoff Manaugh, NYT best-selling author 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
26 Nov, 2016
Special Events
"Local Code" Book Launch: a Conversation & Reading
with Nicholas de Monchaux Read more
13 Nov, 2016
History & Theory
Video Analytics: From Keywords to Keyframes
with Virginia Kuhn,
Associate Professor in the Division of Media Arts + Practice and Associate Director of the Institute for Multimedia Literacy in the School of Cinematic Arts at USC Read more
14 Oct, 2016
History & Theory
Technology, Space, Reason: Infrastructures of Knowledge in the Anthropocene
with Paul Edwards
A continuation of the Symposium, sponsored by the Townsend Center for the Humanities. Read more
29 Sep, 2016
History & Theory
A Workshop on Network Analysis for Film & Media
with Miriam Posner Read more
27 Sep, 2016
Special Events
Jane Jacobs and the Digital City
in partnership with SPUR San Francisco Read more
27 Sep, 2016
Workshops
Masterclass: Designing Jane Jacobs' Digital Cities
Co-sponsored by the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine & Society, the Global Urban Humanities Initiative, and the School of Information's Center for Technology, Society, and Policy. Read more
22 Sep, 2016
& Media Student Conference
with Kristopher Fallon (Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis) and Jenny Odell (Digital Media Artist) Read more
13 Sep, 2016
Special Events
Undergraduate Certificate in New Media Information Session
Find out more about the Certificate in New Media for undergraduates at Cal! Read more
11 Jul, 2016
Special Events
BCNM at Graduate Programs Fair
Learn about our Designated Emphasis and Graduate Certificate in New Media programs! Read more
04 May, 2016
Special Events
Experience this season's NWMEDIA203 Showcase at Jacobs Hall Read more
16 Apr, 2016
Special Events
A public presentation of what the largest bell of all time might have sounded like Read more
17 Mar, 2016
History & Theory
Mary Flanagan will explore this rich history and point to the theoretical concerns that arise when playing critically. Read more
28 Oct, 2015
Special Events
Manufacturing Transparency Conference
An exciting, interdisciplinary symposium on secrecy, publicity, and authenticity Read more
14 Sep, 2015
Special Events
Undergraduate Certificate in New Media Information Session
Find out more about the Certificate in New Media for undergraduates at Cal! Read more
03 Sep, 2015
Special Events
Welcome Back! BCNM's Fall Open House
Celebrate the new semester with us, here at BCNM Read more
21 Aug, 2015
Workshops
WOW! Editing Group Information Session
Empower Women on Wikipedia by becoming a mentor with the WOW! Editing Group Read more
17 Aug, 2015
Workshops
Digital Humanities Summer Institute
Digital Humanities at Berkeley will be running a summer institute of intensive workshops led by DH experts Read more
01 Jul, 2015
Special Events
Manufacturing Transparency Call for Papers
The interdisciplinary conference is hosting a prize contest for best papers. Get writing! Read more
14 May, 2015
Special Events
We're co-hosting keynote addresses, lightning talks, and panel discussions on individual agency in an increasingly digital world Read more
09 Apr, 2015
Special Events
Preserving Our Intellectual Legacies in the Digital Age
An Authors Alliance event presented by the Townsend Center for the Humanities Read more
10 Feb, 2015
Special Events
Queering Agriculture: Food Security in the Nation's Capital and the Crises of Reproductive American Familism
by Bailey Kier, PhD candidate in American Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park Read more
13 Nov, 2014
Special Events
Inter/nationalism from the Holy Land to the New World
"Encountering Palestine in American Indian Studies," a lecture by Steven Salaita Read more
24 Apr, 2014
Special Events
A conference on music, technologies, and the digital media that shapes it all Read more
18 Apr, 2014
Special Events
Theory/Post Theory Rhetoric Conference
10 Apr, 2014
Special Events
Student Research Presentations and New DE Welcome
Cutting edge research happening here at BCNM! Join us in celebration of these amazing grad students. Read more
24 Feb, 2014
Art, Tech & Culture
ULTRACONCENTRATED: Image, Media, Software
Casey Reas, LA-based artist and educator, talks about the possibilies of software in the visual arts Read more
02 Dec, 2013
Art, Tech & Culture
From Timelapse to Timecollapse
Zhang Ga, media art curator and Professor at Tsinghua University, on "Rethinking New Media Art and Platform China" 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
07 Nov, 2013
History & Theory
A History and Theory lecture by Lisa Parks, UCSB Professor and former Film & Media Studies Department Chair Read more
04 Mar, 2013
Art, Tech & Culture
Meredith Tromble (SFAI) and Dawn Sumner (UCD) on "Imaging and Imagination in Collaborative Research" 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
31 Jan, 2013
History & Theory
An HTNM lecture by Stefan Andriopoulos, Germanic Languages Chair at Coumbia University Read more
11 Dec, 2012
Special Events
Needy Robotics and Our Intimate Interrelationship with Technology
Listen to Alex Reben, engineer and artist, discuss the line that separates thought from data Read more
11 Dec, 2012
Special Events
Needy Robotics and Our Intimate Interrelationship with Technology
Listen to Alex Reben, engineer and artist, discuss the line that separates thought from data Read more
11 Dec, 2012
Special Events
Hawking, Incorporated: Stephen Hawking and the Anthropology of the Knowing Subject
A discussion in celebration of Hacia Mialet's book, Hawking, Incorporated. Featuring David Bates (Rhetoric) and Cori Hayden (Anthropology) Read more
03 Dec, 2012
Art, Tech & Culture
Luminous Currents: Tracing Modernism from Bauhaus to Beehive
An Arts + Technology Colloquium lecture by JoAnne Northrup, former chief curator at the San Jose Museum of Art Read more
27 Nov, 2012
Workshops
Provoking Reflection and Exploration with Aesthetic Interaction
Laura Devendorf will discuss AnyType, an Android application that generates unique typefaces from photographs of shapes that people find in their environment Read more
13 Nov, 2012
Special Events
What Can Digital Humanities do for You?
A panel, fair, and poster session on this emerging interdiscilinary research field. Read more
06 Nov, 2012
Special Events
Designing for In-the-Moment Interactions with Robotic Agents
Leila Takayama, research scientist, on communicating with robots Read more
25 Oct, 2012
History & Theory
with Wendy Chun, Prof. of Modern Culture and Media at Brown University Read more
24 Oct, 2012
Special Events
Design Tools for Engineering for Both Big and Little Kids
with Saul Griffith, Founder / Principal Scientist at Other Lab Read more
24 Oct, 2012
Special Events
Design Tools for Engineering for Both Big and Little Kids
with Saul Griffith, Founder / Principal Scientist at Other Lab Read more
04 Oct, 2012
Special Events
The MoveOn Effect: The Unexpected Transformation of American Political Advocacy
with David Karpf, Assistant Prof. of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University Read more
27 Sep, 2012
History & Theory
with Hanna Rose Shell, Associate Professor in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT Read more
25 Sep, 2012
Special Events
Information Labor as Venture Labor: Policy Implications of Technology Industry Risk
with Gina Neff, Associate Prof. of Communication at the University of Washington Read more
17 Sep, 2012
Art, Tech & Culture
A Tale of Two Eyes, One Brain, One Hand, and One Pen
with Ryan and Trevor Oakes, visual artists whose work has been featured in Chicago's Millennium Park and Palazzo Strozzi Museum in Florence Italy -- to name a few Read more
26 Apr, 2012
Special Events
Digital Inquiry: Forms of Knowledge in the Age of New Media
Reflections on the nature of knowledge in the digital age, a symposium Read more
12 Apr, 2012
Workshops
Mutated Text: a Cross-Genre Creative Writing Workshop
In celebration of "Improper Informalities :: Strange Writing :: Eclectic Ties"
Read more
15 Mar, 2012
Special Events
Break/ing Ground: Critical Dialogues in Sound and Motion
A conversation with Dr. DeFrant and Dr. Fred Moten (Duke) Read more
23 Feb, 2012
Special Events
BEARS 2012 Berkeley EECS Annual Research Symposium, BCNM Open House
This year the theme of the BEARS Conference is "Big Data at Berkeley." Don't miss it! Read more
21 Feb, 2012
Special Events
with Wendy Ju, California College of Arts, Read more
16 Feb, 2012
Special Events
with Christopher M. Kelty, UCLA Associate Professor Read more
09 Feb, 2012
History & Theory
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 Sep, 2011
Special Events
Desirée Holman in Conversation with Sherry Turkle
artist Holman and MIT Initiative on Technology and the Self at MIT Turkle Read more
06 Sep, 2011
History & Theory
Technology as the Architect of our Intimacies
with Sherry Turkle -- pioneering technologist; professor, author, consultant, researcher and licensed clinical psychologist Read more
02 May, 2011
Art, Tech & Culture
The Battle for the Life and Beauty of the Earth
with Christopher Alexander, Prof. of Architecture here at UC Berkeley Read more
25 Apr, 2011
Art, Tech & Culture
Pure Engineering – Decoupling Technical Innovation from Utility and Consumerism
with Raffaello D’Andrea, an artist and Professor of Dynamic Systems and Control at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich Read more
17 Apr, 2011
Special Events
Futurefarmers Think Lodge*
*(hint: think tank and sweat lodge) Read more
12 Apr, 2011
Special Events
New Media Research Roundtable: Patrick Vinck, Phuong Pham
"New Media and Human Rights Research Methods" Read more
16 Mar, 2011
Special Events
Crossing Boundaries: News, Technology, & Audiences
Speakers from across UC Berkeley departments on social media and journalism. Read the distinguished roster in full here. Read more
09 Mar, 2011
Special Events
A lecture by Stuart Candy - aSenior Foresight and Innovation Specialist at Arup, Adjunct Professor at California College of the Arts, and Research Fellow of The Long Now Foundation 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 Jeremijenko Read more
3 days ago
Announcing Our Fall 2023 DE & Certificate Cohort
Haya Constellation Altar, 2019, Arianna Khmelniuk Read more
01 Nov, 2023
Announcing BCNM's Fall 23 Conference Grant Recipients
Congratulations to these students working in the fields of architecture, geography, engineering, and more! Read more
26 Oct, 2023
Conference Grant Reports: Haripriya Sathyanarayanan on Showcasing Research, Art, And Intersections To Encourage Member Collaboration
Haripriya Sathyanarayanan traveled to La Jolla to present at the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA) Conference. Read more
25 Oct, 2023
What Should We Make of the Return of Sigmund Freud
A new article from Hannah Zeavin in The Chronicle of Higher Education Read more
15 Oct, 2023
Julia Irwin on a History of Artificial Perception
Summer research from Julia Irwin on "Patterning Recognition: A History of Artificial Perception." Read more
14 Oct, 2023
Weiying Li on “Designing Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) curriculum”.
Weiying Li received a BCNM 2023 summer research award. Read more
05 Oct, 2023
World Building for Immersive Storytelling
Interview with Alex McDowell RDI Read more
28 Sep, 2023
Don't miss these great new media talks at 4S this year! Read more
18 Sep, 2023
Announcing the 2023 Jarvis Scholarship Recipients
The generous Eugene Jarvis Scholarship was awarded to Kelsey Choe, Em Erce, and Anna Ma. 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
11 Aug, 2023
Dongho Shin on Digital Systems Generating Mnemonics
Read about Dongho Shin's project to develop digital systems capable of generating mnemonics—strategies that enhance memory retention, such as creating wordplay, narratives, and visuals. Read more
10 Aug, 2023
BCNM Around the Web Summer 2023
Check out the great work of our faculty and alumni around the web this Summer! Read more
27 Jul, 2023
Mark your calendars for an incredible lineup of speakers this fall! Featuring multi-disciplinary visual artist Jen Liu, UC Irvine Professor of Electronic Art & Design Jesse Colin Jackson, Indigenous Technologies lectures by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Raven Chacon and Dartmouth Professor Martina Broner, an “AI & The Humanities” roundtable discussion with Black in AI co-founder Timnit Gebru, plus so much more! Read more
26 Jul, 2023
Announcing the 2023-2024 History and Theory of New Media Season
We are excited to announce the 2023-2024 season of our HTNM lecture series, featuring Paloma Duong, Erik Davis, Lauren Klein, and more! Read more
26 Jul, 2023
Announcing the 2023-2024 Indigenous Technologies Season
We are excited to announce the 2023-2024 season of our Indigenous Technologies lecture series, featuring Raven Chacon, Christina Leza, Trevor Reed, and more! Read more
26 Jul, 2023
Announcing the 2023-2024 Latinx & Latin American Media Ecologies Season
We are excited to announce the 2023-2024 season of our Latinx & Latin American Media Ecologies lecture series, featuring Eduardo Costa, Martina Broner, micha cárdenas, and more! Read more
17 Jul, 2023
Ken Goldberg presented on Expanding Access to Robots for Education and Research in the workshop on lowering barriers for robotics research. Read more
16 Jul, 2023
Artificial Intelligence Meets Medical Robotics
Ken Goldberg co-authors a perspective essay on artificial intelligence and medical robotics for Science AI. 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
05 Jul, 2023
Fall 2023 Designated Emphasis and Certificate Applications Now Open
Applications are due November 1, 2023. Read more
28 Jun, 2023
How AI can distort human beliefs
Celeste Kidd and co-author Abeba Birhane have a new article in Science on how models can convey biases and false information to users! Read more
27 Jun, 2023
We're so proud to share some our greatest successes from 2022-2023! Read more
20 Jun, 2023
Welcoming Hannah Zeavin Back to BCNM!
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13 Jun, 2023
Michelle Carney Featured on People of AI
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13 Jun, 2023
Hannah Zeavin on Thinking with Freud
Indiana Public Media published a podcast with Hannah Zeavin, one of the founders of Parapraxis, on psychoanalysis. Read more
13 Jun, 2023
Ken Goldberg Exhibiting Trees, Time and Technology
Trees, Time, and Technology: Ancient Wisdom for a Future Ecology Read more
08 Jun, 2023
Alex Saum-Pascual Co-Edits Special Issue of Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies
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01 Jun, 2023
Jacob Gaboury 2023 HCI History Award Winner
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01 Jun, 2023
Jingyi Li To Join Pomona as Assistant Professor
Congratulations to former undergraduate certificate student Jingy Li on joining Pomona as an Assistant Professor. Read more
30 May, 2023
Undergraduate Research Reports: Riya Manimaran on Hybrid Learning
Riya Manimaran worked with Meg Everett on Hybrid Learning Environments. Read more
30 May, 2023
Conference Reports: Weiying Li at AERA 2023
Weiying Li shares her experience at the AERA 2023 Conference on “Interrogating Consequential Education Research in Pursuit of Truth.” Read more
26 May, 2023
Kimiko Ryokai & Team Awarded 1.29M
Kimiko Ryokai and team awarded $1.29M to center Indigenous youth in museum spaces Read more
25 May, 2023
Jacob Gaboury Co-Edits Critical Inquiry
Weihong Bao, Daniel Morgan, and our own Jacob Gaboury co-edited a special issue of Critical Inquiry on Medium/Environment. Read more
19 May, 2023
Congratulating Our Spring 2023 Graduates
Art by Tiare Ribeaux. Read more
10 May, 2023
Conference Grants: Eric Rawn at CHI 23
We are pleased to support our students sharing their work at the premiere conferences in their field. Eric Rawn presented my paper “Understanding Version Control as Material Interaction with Quickpose” at the ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) CHI (Conference on Computer-Human Interaction) in Hamburg, Germany Read more
24 Apr, 2023
Celeste Kidd on You Are Not So Smart
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20 Apr, 2023
danah boyd Awarded Morrison Prize
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Program in Science, Technology, and Society awarded alum danah boyd its prestigious Morrison Prize and lecture. Read more
15 Apr, 2023
Announcing Our Summer 2023 Undergraduate Research Fellows
Congratulations to Akira Ono, Isabel Li, Nika States, Reica Ramirez, and Wish Wang! Read more
14 Apr, 2023
Morgan Ames Publishes Algorithmic Modernity
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13 Apr, 2023
Conference Grants: Alexis Wood at the AAG
Clancy Wilmott and Alexis Wood presented their upcoming paper, “All your base [maps] are belong to us,” at the 2023 American Associations of Geographers (AAG) meeting in Denver, Colorado on March 24th. 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
02 Apr, 2023
Ken Goldberg on Creative Robots for Nautil.us
Jeanne Carstensen spotlights Ken Goldberg's work on creative robots, the Kurzweil fallacy, and what it means to be human.
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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
20 Mar, 2023
Tracing the Roots of Computer Graphics: A Conversation With Jacob Gaboury
Jacob Gaboury, the author of “Image Objects: An Archaeology of Computer Graphics” and 2022 Computer History Museum Book Prize winner, delves into the forgotten past of computer-generated images and their impact on our present and future. Read more
13 Mar, 2023
Announcing the Spring 2023 Conference Grant Recipients
Congratulations to these amazing students working in the fields of Asian studies, education, computer science, geography, film & media, rhetoric, EECS, architecture, and more! Read more
27 Feb, 2023
Ryan Shaw Publishes Conceptual Modeling as Language Design
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27 Feb, 2023
Hannah Zeavin on the Triumph of the Therapeutic
Hannah Zeavin talks with Alex Colston about navigating Rieff, Freud, and the conservative underbelly of psychoanalysis. . Read more
03 Feb, 2023
Jen Schradie on a Bottom Up Approach to Disinformation Research
Digital disinformation is changing society, but the societal 3 C's (class, community, and context) are changing disinformation, too. Read more
31 Jan, 2023
Xiaowei Wang Receives Science & Literature National Book Award
Blockchain Chicken Farm has been selected as one of the three winners of the 2023 $10,000 science and literature awards! Read more
25 Jan, 2023
Eric Paulos Receives CITRIS Seed Grant for Bright Blue
Read more
06 Jan, 2023
BCNM Around the Web January 2023
Check out the great work of our faculty and alumni around the web this January! Read more
05 Jan, 2023
Spring 2023 Designated Emphasis and Certificate Applications Now Open
Applications for Spring 2023 admittance are due March 1, 2023. Read more
30 Dec, 2022
Announcing Our Spring 2023 Undergraduate Research Fellows
Congratulations to Isabel Li, Riya Manimaran, and Xiaowen Yuan! Read more
29 Dec, 2022
Conference Grants: Eric Rawn at SHOT 2022
Eric presented on his work "Making Sense, Crystallizing Reason: Towards An Intellectual History of Pervasive Computing at Xerox PARC" at the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) Annual Meeting 2022. Read more
23 Dec, 2022
Ken Goldberg and AutoLab Featured in IEOR Magazine
The fastest laundry-folding robot and other advances in automation. Read more
22 Dec, 2022
Fall 2022 Events in Review
Thank you so much for joining us for another semester of BCNM events! We've collected our event transcripts and videos so you can tune in to amazing lectures from Pua Case, BCNM alumni Ra Malika Imhotep and Caleb Luna, Visiting Scholar Gillian Rose, and more. Read more
09 Dec, 2022
Darieck Scott on Black Queer Fantasy and Superhero Comics
We were thrilled to co-sponsor "Keeping It Unreal: Black Queer Fantasy and Superhero Comics," by Darieck Scott. Read more
06 Dec, 2022
We're Hiring an Events Coordinator & Office Manager in 2023
Join us at BCNM curating and offering an exciting array of programs, including our popular Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium and Indigenous Technologies program! Read more
05 Dec, 2022
Congratulating Our Fall 2022 Graduates
Congratulations to our Fall 2022 graduates, Rachel Chen, Amanda Barnett, Salih Berk Dincer, Jessica Kim, Yushu Kong, Hin Kwan Kwok, Choyang Ponsar, and Darice Wong! We are so excited to see their future successes. Read more
01 Dec, 2022
BCNM Around the Web December
Check out the great work of our faculty and alumni around the web this December! Read more
29 Nov, 2022
Pablo Paredes on Discomfort by Design
Listen to Discomfort by Design to learn to cope and be resilient. Read more
29 Nov, 2022
Hannah Zeavin on the Composite Case
Hannah writes about the fate of the children of psychoanalysis for Parapraxis. Read more
28 Nov, 2022
Announcing Our 2022 Undergraduate Cohort
Please join us in welcoming our 2022 cohort of Undergraduate Certificate in New Media students! Read more
27 Nov, 2022
Announcing Our Fall 2022 DE & Certificate Cohort
Valencia James: AI_am Read more
18 Nov, 2022
BCNM students, faculty, and alumni are all participating in this year's 4S program. Read more
18 Nov, 2022
Web3 & Digital Democracy with Jen Schradie
McCourt Institute's “Web3 &” series continues, taking a specific look at digital democracy. The second event in the series will address the state of digital democracy in our current and future web paradigms, featuring alum Jen Schradie. Read more
16 Nov, 2022
Hannah Zeavin Launches Parapraxis
A print magazine devoted to psychoanalysis called Parapraxis. Parapraxis aims to provide a home for psychoanalytic writing and creativity, addressed to the public. Read more
15 Nov, 2022
BCNM Around the Web November
Check out the great work of our faculty and alumni around the web this November! Read more
09 Nov, 2022
The Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) encourages the study of the development of technology and its relations with society and culture. Read more
02 Nov, 2022
BCNM at American Studies Association 2022
Ethnic Studies Associate professor Keith Feldman, History professor Hannah Zeavin, and writer and scholar Ra Malika Imhotep featured at American Studies Association 2022. 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
19 Oct, 2022
Clancy Wilmott Awarded Hellman Fellowship
The Hellman Fellows Fund supports promising assistant professors who show capacity for great distinction in their research. Read more
14 Oct, 2022
Conference Grants: William Morgan at SLSA 2022
William Morgan, a Fall 2021 Conference Grant recipient, presented “Are You R(obotic)? Can Visiting an AI Mind Tell Us Anything About Our Own?” at the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts annual meeting. Read more
12 Oct, 2022
Image caption: Video still of Bruno Latour lecturing at UC Berkeley, Oct. 17, 2005 Read more
12 Oct, 2022
Congratulations to Sarah Sterman on being named a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Read more
06 Oct, 2022
Announcing the Fall 2022 Conference Grant Recipients
Congratulations to these amazing students working in the fields of geography, Indigenous languages, technology, computer history, archaeology and more! Read more
05 Oct, 2022
Alum Katherine Chandler writes on infrastructures of militarism and the hidden genealogies of the South African Seeker. Read more
10 Sep, 2022
Celeste Kidd's "Learning with certainty in childhood"
Celeste Kidd and Carolyn Baer published "Learning with certainty in childhood" in Science Direct. Read more
30 Aug, 2022
Summer Research Report: William Morgan
Read about William's work across the globe, from cybernetics to AI in science fiction! Read more
27 Aug, 2022
Fall 2022 Designated Emphasis and Certificate Applications Now Open
Join the Berkeley Center for New Media! Applications due November 1, 2022. Read more
24 Aug, 2022
danah boyd & Morgan Ames on the Future of the Metaverse
Elon University published a report on "The Future of the Metaverse," featuring BCNM experts. Read more
22 Aug, 2022
danah boyd on the Harvard Data Science Review Podcast
danah boyd discusses "Differential Privacy for the 2020 U.S. Census: Can We Make Data Both Private and Useful?" 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
The 119th American Sociology Association annual meeting took place in Los Angeles on August 5-9. Read more
10 Aug, 2022
Ken Goldberg at CASE 2022
The 2022 IEEE 18th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE) took place in in Chengdu, China and Mexico City, Mexico. Read more
09 Aug, 2022
Conference Report: Molly Nicholas at Creativity and Cognition
Molly Nicholas and team received a Best Paper Award for "Creative and Motivational Strategies Used by Expert Creative Practitioners." Read more
07 Aug, 2022
Big Gaming Questions with Alenda Chang
Alenda Chang joins in an asynchronous roundtable discussion with Tara Fickle, Gregory Grieve, and Chris Patterson on Gaming Plus Project. Read more
22 Jul, 2022
Hannah Zeavin on the Power of Teletherapy
R.H. Cohen interviews Hannah Zeavin on her book The Distance Cure for Public Books. Read more
18 Jul, 2022
Ken Goldberg and team won a Best Systems Paper Award for "Autonomously Untangling Long Cables" at Robotics Science and Systems 2022. Read more
12 Jul, 2022
Adam and Zack Khalil Transcript & Video Now Online
Revisit this great event with Adam and Zack Khalil on "Culture capture, additive defacement, and other tactics towards realizing Indigenous futures.” Read more
08 Jul, 2022
Abigail Lomibao on the Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Abigail was mentored by Haripriya Sathyanarayanan on of immersive virtual environments. Read more
26 Jun, 2022
With the rise of the extreme right, a low intensity conflict is raging in the US
Alum Jen Schradie is interviewed in Le Monde about shootings in America targeting African Americans and Latin Americans.
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23 Jun, 2022
Fall 2021-Spring 2022 BCNM Events in Review
Check out our roundup of the last year of BCNM events, featuring event details, video recordings, and transcripts! Read more
20 Jun, 2022
Morgan Ames on the Received Wisdom Podcast
Where did the One Laptop Per Child project go wrong? Morgan Ames gives some answers. Read more
15 Jun, 2022
Michelle Carney on Bringing ML and UX Together
Alum Michelle Carney speaks to the Experiencing Data podcast about her mission to bring machine learning and user interface design together. Read more
10 Jun, 2022
We're so proud to share some our greatest successes from 2022! Read more
09 Jun, 2022
Clancy Wilmott Awarded 2022 PBK Teaching Excellence Award
Congratulations to Clancy Wilmott on being a warded a Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Excellence Award for the branch of Northern California! Read more
21 May, 2022
Check out the great work of our students, faculty, and alumni around the web this May! Read more
17 May, 2022
Congratulating Our Spring 2022 Graduates
Art by Edgar Fabián Frías Read more
16 May, 2022
Congratulating Our Spring 2022 Undergraduate Certificate Recipients
Project by Jessie Mindel with Selin Longmire, Angelica Song, Bradley Russo. Read more
14 May, 2022
The Illusion of Digital Democracy with Jen Schradie
In this short teaser for her book, The Revolution That Wasn't, Jen Schradie asks whether the internet is conservative. Read more
29 Apr, 2022
Epistemic Disconnects Surrounding the US Census Bureau’s Use of Differential Privacy
Our alum danah boyd published an article in the Harvard Data Science Review with Jayshree Sarathy.
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28 Apr, 2022
People Are Not Fixed Media by Ritwik Banerji
Ritwik published an article illustrating the Fixed media which are the dominant media form social scientists and humanists use to depict human practice. Read more
28 Apr, 2022
Lina Matine on the Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Lina Matine worked with Harry Burson on his research into the development of “Ambisonics". Read more
19 Apr, 2022
BCNM at Data and the Metaverse
BCNM shares their expertise at "Critical Data Futures: Art, Life, and Data in the Metaverse." Read more
19 Apr, 2022
Jane McGonigal on the Michael Shermer Show
In Imaginable, Jane McGonigal draws on the latest scientific research in psychology and neuroscience to show us how to train our minds to think the unthinkable and imagine the unimaginable. Read more
13 Apr, 2022
BCNM Around the Web April 2022
Check out the great work of our students, faculty, and alumni around the web this April 2022!
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13 Apr, 2022
Andrea Gagliano on Data Science and Design
Andrea Gagliano is featured in the first MLUX Seattle meetup. Read more
08 Apr, 2022
Imaginable Featured in Big Think
Helplessness isn't learned — it's an instinctual response that can be overcome. Read more
05 Apr, 2022
Liza Gak Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship & Tonya Nguyen Receives Honorable Mention
The NSF GRFP recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines. Read more
01 Apr, 2022
Michelle Carney on Building More Human, Helpful, and Ethical Systems
Michelle Carney talks us through tactics for building more human, more helpful, and more ethical AI + ML systems. Read more
31 Mar, 2022
Bo Ruberg on Queer Gaming Practices on Arebyte
Bo Ruberg talks about how LGBTQI+ game makers are reimagining the medium of video games. Read more
29 Mar, 2022
Announcing Our Summer 2022 Research Award Recipients
23 Mar, 2022
Announcing Our Spring 2022 DE & Certificate Cohort
Secondary Gaze, by Jiaxuan Ren. 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
01 Mar, 2022
Ken Goldberg on Simulating Polyculture Farming
Check out Ken Goldberg's article on Simulating Polyculture Farming to Learn Automation Policies for Plant Diversity and Precision Irrigation! 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
24 Feb, 2022
Announcing Our Summer 2022 Undergraduate Research Fellows
Congratulations to Abigail Lomibao and Jesse Clements! Read more about their projects here! Read more
11 Feb, 2022
BCNM Around the Web February 2022
Check out the great work of our students, faculty, and alumni around the web this February! Read more
11 Feb, 2022
Kaitlin Forcier in Media N
Kaitlin Forcier's High-Tech Orientalism and Science Fiction Futures in Astria Suparak’s "Virtually Asian" is featured in Media N on the issue of Art and the Technologies of Race. Read more
02 Feb, 2022
Clement Hil Goldberg Receives Creative Capital Award
Congratulations to Clement Hil Goldberg's 'Let Me Let You Go' for receiving the Creative Capital Award which supports artists who are pushing boundaries and asking challenging questions! Read more
31 Jan, 2022
Welcoming Xuan Wang: Visiting Scholar from China
Wang Xuan is the director of the technical department of the Library at Communication University of China and the former associate director of the technical department of the Media Museum. Read more
31 Jan, 2022
Welcoming Liu Ruoxin: Visiting Scholar from China
Ruoxin Liu is an associate professor at the New Media Research Institute of Communication University of China. 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
20 Jan, 2022
Announcing Our Fall 2021 Undergraduate Research Fellows
Congratulations to Lina Matine, Akemi Nagashiki, and Abigail Lomibao! Read more
20 Jan, 2022
Spring 2022 Applications for the Designated Emphasis and Certificate Now Open
The Berkeley Center for New Media is now accepting applications for admission to the Designated Emphasis (DE) in New Media and the Graduate Certificate in New Media programs. All applications for Spring 2022 admittance are due March 1, 2022. 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
16 Dec, 2021
Congratulating Our Fall 2021 Graduates
Congratulations to our Fall 2021 graduates! They have extended their studies with a suite of new media projects. We are so excited to see their future successes Read more
13 Dec, 2021
Announcing Our 2021 DE & Certificate Cohort
Art by Xincun Du. Read more
12 Dec, 2021
Announcing Our 2021 Undergraduate Cohort
Please join us in welcoming our 2021 Undergraduate Certificate cohort! 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
09 Dec, 2021
Ken Goldberg on Grasping in Science News for Students
"Easy for you, tough for a robot" spotlights the research of Ken Goldberg and team. Read more
09 Dec, 2021
Amazing representation of BCNM presenting at 4S, the Society for Social Studies of Science! 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
05 Dec, 2021
Commons Conversations Video Now Online: Eric Rodenbeck
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04 Dec, 2021
Jen Schradie Interviewed on Why the Internet Favors the Right
Listen to Jen Schradie in conversation with Xavier de la Porte on France Inter on Why the Internet Favors the Right. Read more
04 Dec, 2021
Laptops Alone Can't Bridge the Digital Divide by Morgan Ames
The failures of One Laptop per Child have much to teach us about fixing educational inequities, Morgan Ames writes for Technology Review. Read more
04 Dec, 2021
HTNM Video Now Online: Kim Tallbear
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26 Nov, 2021
Jacob Gaboury's Image Objects Reviewed in Critical Inquiry
Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan reviews Jacob Gaboury's newest book, Image Objects! Read more
21 Nov, 2021
Morgan Ames Wins Computer History Museum Prize
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09 Nov, 2021
Morgan Ames Joins BCNM Executive Committee
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05 Nov, 2021
Announcing the Fall 2022 Faculty Seed Grants
BCNM is pleased to announce the recipients of the Fall 2022 Faculty Seed Grants! Read more
20 Oct, 2021
BCNM's Kris Paulen, Jacob Gaboury, and Hannah Zeavin presented at SLSA2021 "ENERGY": 34TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY FOR LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND THE ARTS. Read more
18 Oct, 2021
On the Wings of Ada Lovelace by Camille Crittenden
In honor of Ada Lovelace Day, Camille Crittenden wrote an important reflection on increasing equity in STEM for the Berkeley Blog. 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
07 Oct, 2021
Echolocating the Caribbean Diaspora: Cathy Thomas Transcript and Video Now Online
Check out the updated transcript and video for Cathy Thomas's “Echolocating the Caribbean Diaspora”. 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
30 Aug, 2021
Hannah Zeavin in Conversation with Grace Lavery at The Strand
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29 Aug, 2021
Engineering and Art: An interview with Ken Goldberg
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28 Aug, 2021
Pablo Paredes will join The University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies in July 2022 as an Assistant Professor of Computer Science. 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
19 Aug, 2021
Undergraduate Research Dispatch: Jessie Mindel on Kaleidoscope
Jessie Mindel was a recipient of this year's BCNM research fellowship, assisting Molly Nicholas and team on building a new web-based, collaborative design classroom tool. Read more
19 Aug, 2021
Ken Goldberg's Autolab at CASE
Ken Goldberg's AUTOLAB presented a slew of new papers at the 2021 IEEE 17th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE). Read more
06 Aug, 2021
Sivan Eldar Receives Fedora Opera Prize
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01 Aug, 2021
Jen Schradie on the Digital Production Gap in the Algorithmic Era
Jen Schradie's co-authored article on digital inequlities and content production was published in the Oxford Handbook of Sociology and Digital Media. Read more
30 Jul, 2021
Mark your calendars for this incredible line up of speakers and online events! Featuring more events from our Indigenous Technologies Initiative, the artists Lisa Reihana and Maria Thereza Alves, and more. Read more
30 Jul, 2021
Announcing the 2021-2022 History and Theory of New Media Season
The History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series brings to campus leading humanities scholars working on issues of media transition and technological emergence. Read more
27 Jul, 2021
It was a whirlwind year for BCNM and we're so proud to share some of our greatest hits from 2021. Read more
06 Jul, 2021
Fall 2021 Applications for Designated Emphasis and Certificate Now Open
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19 Jun, 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this June! Read more
11 Jun, 2021
Ken Goldberg on Getting a Grip on Reality
Ken Goldberg recently published the editorial for Science Robotics. Read more
21 May, 2021
Congratulating our 2021 Graduates
These students have been pivotal to the new media landscape at Cal, and we are excited to see the incredible future work they undertake in their respective fields.
Artwork by Tina Piracci Read more
08 May, 2021
Ken Goldberg's Ambi Robotics Emerges from Stealth
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08 May, 2021
Celeste Kidd on the Ethics of AI
Celeste Kidd talked on a Rethinking Economics panel about the governance, ethics, and bias of AI and other similar technologies. 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
25 Apr, 2021
David Bamman on Characterizing English Variation on Social Media
BCNM member and School of Information professor David Bamman co-published a paper titled, "Characterizing English Variation across Social Media Communities with BERT." Read more
24 Apr, 2021
David Bamman Promoted to Associate Professor
Congratulations, David Bamman, on being promoted to Associate Professor in the School of Information. Read more
21 Apr, 2021
Jacob Gaboury Promoted to Associate Professor
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21 Apr, 2021
Janaki Vivrekar on Discovering HCI at Berkeley
BCNM Certificate and EECS graduate student Janaki Vivrekar has compiled a list of on-campus resources, departments, and centers for those interested in studying the intersection of technology, communication, society, arts and design. Read more
18 Apr, 2021
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
17 Apr, 2021
Celeste Kidd Receives Janet Taylor Spence Award
BCNM faculty member Celeste Kidd is a recipient of the Janet Taylor Spence Award for her work on knowledge acquisition! Read more
08 Apr, 2021
Ken Goldberg on the New Wave of Robotic Grasping
UC Berkeley Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Ken Goldberg recently sat down to talk about the future of robotics through the University of Toronto Robotics Institute Seminar Series. Read more
02 Apr, 2021
Celeste Kidd in Under the Cortex
UC Berkeley Assistant Professor of Psychology Celeste Kidd was featured on the Under the Cortex podcast to discuss her research as a winner of the Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions. Read more
29 Mar, 2021
Announcing the Spring 2021 DE & Graduate Certificate Cohort
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01 Mar, 2021
Eric Paulos Promoted to Full Professor
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18 Feb, 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
01 Feb, 2021
Celeste Kidd at AI Debate 2
Celeste Kidd speaks at AI Debate 2 "Moving AI Forward: An Interdisciplinary Approach". Read more
01 Feb, 2021
Jen Schradie Publishes on COVID in France
Jen Schradie recently published a paper on COVID-19 in France, titled "L'année de la Covid en France ou l'histoire d'un double confinement." Read more
30 Jan, 2021
Announcing Our 2021 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
30 Jan, 2021
Alenda Chang on Gamers with Glasses
Alum Alenda Chang features on Gamers with Glasses podcast to discuss Playing Nature: Ecology in Video Games. Read more
29 Jan, 2021
BCNM Around the Web January 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this January! Read more
24 Jan, 2021
Clancy Wilmott PI on Presidential Chairs Fellowship
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24 Jan, 2021
Tom McEnaney Awarded Mellon New Directions Fellowship
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09 Dec, 2020
Spring 2021 Applications for Designated Emphasis and Certificate in New Media Now Open
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30 Nov, 2020
BCNM Around the Web December
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this December! Read more
25 Nov, 2020
Mark your calendars for this incredible line up of speakers! Read more
21 Nov, 2020
Ken Goldberg's Deep Learning Featured in Science Robotics
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12 Nov, 2020
Announcing our 2020 Undergraduate Cohort
Please join us in welcoming our 2020 cohort of Undergraduate Certificate in New Media students!
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12 Nov, 2020
Announcing the Fall 2020 DE & Graduate Certificate Cohort
We are thrilled to welcome this Fall’s graduate cohort! Read more
11 Nov, 2020
Gail De Kosnik Joins C2I2 Scholars Council
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09 Nov, 2020
Renée Pastel Appointed Assistant Professor at Boston College
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04 Nov, 2020
Camille Crittenden on Blockchain for the Public Good
Camille Crittenden recently moderated a panel titled "Blockchain for the Public Good" as a part of the CITRIS Research Exchange Seminar Series. 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
31 Oct, 2020
Eric Paulos Receives BCNM Faculty Seed Grant
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23 Oct, 2020
Xiaowei Wang on Science Friday
Silicon Valley move aside! Xiaowei Wang discusses how the Chinese countryside has become a new tech frontier. Read more
22 Oct, 2020
Celeste Kidd Featured on Inspired Minds
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19 Oct, 2020
Alum Jingyi Li in Ada Lovelace Week
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12 Oct, 2020
Claudia von Vacano on Building STEAM for DH and Electronic Literature
Claudia von Vacano publishes an article on Electronic Book Review! Read more
11 Oct, 2020
Blockchain Chicken Farm by Xiaowei Wang Published
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29 Sep, 2020
BCNM Around the Web October 2020
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this October! Read more
29 Sep, 2020
John Scott Co-Authors Paper on Popularity of Peer-Shared Artifacts in Online Learning Environments
John Scott's co-authored paper earned an honorable mention for best paper submission at the Conference on Educational Data Science 2020. Read more
24 Sep, 2020
Reggie Royston on Configuring Ghana
Reggie Royston's research article, "Configuring Ghana's diaspora" is now available in African Diaspora. Read more
23 Sep, 2020
Seed Grants Recipient: Celeste Kidd and The Role of Reasoning and Metacognition during Belief Formation in the Internet Era
Celeste Kidd received a Seed Grant to examine "The role of reasoning and metacognition during belief formation in the internet era". Read more
08 Sep, 2020
Jenni Higgs Publishes on the Reading for Understanding Initiative
Jenni Higgs recently published a research article on the Reading for Understanding Initiative in the International Literacy Association's Reading Research Quarterly. Read more
20 Aug, 2020
New Papers from Ken Goldberg at CASE 2020
A stunning seven papers were accepted at CASE 2020 from Ken Goldberg's lab. Read more
19 Aug, 2020
Summer Research Dispatch: Tina Piracci on 3D Printing with Germinated Spores
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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
13 Aug, 2020
Danielle Svehla Christianson Published in Media+Environment
"01100110 01101111 01110010 01100101 01110011 01110100 [forest]" appears in Mediating Art and Science. Read more
10 Aug, 2020
Announcing the 2020-2021 History and Theory of New Media Season
This year, we are thrilled to share that our theme for the 2020-2021 series is Indigenous Technologies. Read more
08 Aug, 2020
Mediating Art and Science Co-Edited by Alenda Chang
Media+Environment publishes its latest issue, with three new essays on reconciling art and science. 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
29 Jul, 2020
Fall 2020 Applications for Designated Emphasis and Certificate in New Media Now Open
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28 Jul, 2020
Jen Schradie on Wellbeing During COVID-19
"The “Eye of the Hurricane” Paradox: An Unexpected and Unequal Rise of Well-Being During the Covid-19 Lockdown in France" was published by a team of authors in Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. Read more
21 Jul, 2020
BCNM Faculty Receive Berkeley Changemaker Grants
[Image credit: Original image from: King st. Development in Toronto by Frank Gehry, edited by Elnaz Tafrihi Bailey.] Read more
17 Jul, 2020
Sonia Katyal on The Paradox of Source Code Secrecy
Cornell Law Review published Sonia Katyal's article, "The Paradox of Source Code Secrecy." Read more
04 Jul, 2020
Jen Schradie Interview in Liberation
Nicolas Celnik interviews alum Jen Schradie on "Si je devais structurer un mouvement social pendant une pandémie…" Read more
03 Jul, 2020
Will Payne Appointed Assistant Professor at Rutgers University
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01 Jul, 2020
Juliana Friend Named Woodrow Wilson Newcombe Fellow
This prestigious fellowship supports promising scholars in the completion of their dissertations examining ethics and religion. Read more
29 Jun, 2020
Rebecca Abraham on Rachel Chen's Magical Musical Mat
Creating sound based interactions raises questions: what makes a sound interesting? When is repetition boring, and when is it musical? Read more
25 Jun, 2020
BCNM Undergraduate Work Featured in Discovery
An Android app created by BCNM undergrad Janaki Vivrekar was showcased by UC Berkeley Discovery. Read more
24 Jun, 2020
Jen Schradie on Work and Sociability During the Lockdown
"How disruptive is Covid-19 to everyday life? How is the French population experiencing the lockdown?" Read more
17 Jun, 2020
Bryan Truitt on Mediating the Human Face
Bryan mapped a genealogy of knowledge which formed the foundation for the development of computerized human emotion recognition algorithms. Read more
17 Jun, 2020
BCNM Students Finalists for Fast Company's Student World Changing Ideas
Collective Obscura, a project created by BCNM students, was one of the finalists for Fast Company's World Changing Ideas Awards 2020. Read more
17 Jun, 2020
BCNM Around the Web June 2020
Check out the amazing talks and discussions around the work of our faculty and alumni in June 2020! Read more
19 May, 2020
Jen Schradie on France 24 on Conspiracy, Lies, and the Coronavirus Infodemic
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14 May, 2020
BCNM Around the Web May 2020
Check out the amazing work of our faculty and alumni in May 2020! Read more
30 Apr, 2020
Ken Goldberg on Combating COVID-19 in Science Magazine
Ken Goldberg recently wrote about combating COVID-19 with robotics in Science Magazine. Read more
29 Apr, 2020
Policy Brief on Inequality in COVID19
Alum Jen Schradie co-authored a report that explores how French society has coped with the first two weeks of the lockdown. Read more
29 Apr, 2020
Congratulating Our 2020 Undergraduate Certificate Graduates
Congratulations to our 2020 cohort, who are graduating with the New Media Undergraduate Certificate!
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29 Apr, 2020
Congratulating our 2020 Graduates
Photo: Bowen Wei. Read more
27 Apr, 2020
The Berkeley Center for New Media to Join the College of Engineering
The Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM) is thrilled to share that the College of Engineering (COE) will become our new administrative home on July 1, 2020. Read more
25 Apr, 2020
Video of Jen Schradie in Le numérique : amplificateur des inégalités et des extrémismes ?
Watch Jen Schradie speak about digital technologies and their potential threats during a round table discussion at Sciences Po in April 2019. 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
21 Apr, 2020
Announcing Our 2020 Summer Research Fellows
We are thrilled to share our 2020 Summer Research Fellows from Anthropology, Architecture, Art Practice, Music, and Rhetoric! 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
12 Apr, 2020
CHI has been cancelled due to COVID-19, but let's celebrate the incredible work of our students, faculty, and alumni who were slated to present! Read more
12 Apr, 2020
Camille Crittenden Featured on UC IT Blog
Camille Crittenden was featured on the UC IT Blog, participating in a Q&A interview about her work at CITRIS and her experience as a woman in tech. Read more
12 Apr, 2020
New Course: NWMEDIA 151AC
We're offering a new course this fall, NWMEDIA 151AC: Transforming Tech! Don't miss out! Read more
11 Apr, 2020
Ken Goldberg and the Automated Polyculture Garden
Ken Goldberg was recently featured in VentureBeat for his work with UC Berkeley's AUTOLAB in developing a polyculture garden. Read more
03 Apr, 2020
Ken and Blooma Goldberg Publish How to Train Your Robot
Ken Goldberg, a UC Berkeley professor of robotics, his 10-year-old daughter Blooma, and science communicator Ashley Chase wrote a delightful children's book called How to Train Your Robot! Read more
30 Mar, 2020
Announcing Our Spring 2020 Graduate Cohort
Image: Jingran Chu. Read more
10 Mar, 2020
BCNM Around the Web March 2020
Check out the amazing talks and discussion around the work of our students, faculty, and alumni in March 2020! Read more
09 Mar, 2020
BCNM Students Named 2020 Jacobs Innovation Catalyst Grant Recipients
Congratulations to our impressive students who were awarded grants for their original project ideas! Read more
05 Mar, 2020
Jen Schradie Interviewed for "The Data Driving Democracy"
Jen Schradie was recently interviewed in "The Data Driving Democracy," a research paper by Christina Couch. Read more
27 Feb, 2020
The American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting features presentations by four BCNM students and alumni! Read more
27 Feb, 2020
Francis McKay Receives Research Position at Oxford
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24 Feb, 2020
Alenda Chang's Playing Nature in Science
Alum Alenda Chang's book Playing Nature was reviewed in Science. Read more
20 Feb, 2020
Alenda Chang's Media+Environment Featured at UCSB
Alenda Chang and her colleagues established an online journal Media+Environment. Check out the UCSB in depth discussion here! Read more
20 Feb, 2020
BCNM Around the Web February 2020
Check out the amazing talks and discussion around the work of our faculty and alumni in February 2020! Read more
19 Feb, 2020
Celeste Kidd Receives John Templeton Grant
Celeste Kidd receives John Templeton Grant which is awarded to the development of curiosity in childhood. Read more
05 Feb, 2020
Last year, both BCNM students and alumni presented compelling new research at annual meeting of the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts 2019. Read more
04 Feb, 2020
Conference Grants: Xiaowei Wang on Pearl Parties at SLSA
Xiaowei Wang, a Fall 2019 Conference Grant recipient, presented "Let's Have a Pearl Party: Style and Livestream in the Making of Subculture” at the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts annual meeting. 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
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
13 Jan, 2020
BCNM Around the Web January 2020
Check out the amazing talks and discussion around the work of our faculty, students, and alumni in January 2020! Read more
26 Dec, 2019
Four BCNM alumni participated at 4S 2019 in September, the annual meeting for the Society for Social Studies of Science. Read more
24 Dec, 2019
danah boyd Publishes Balancing Data Utility and Confidentiality in the 2020 US Census
A new living document by danah boyd explains how differential privacy works in the context of the US Census and illuminates key conversations, misunderstandings, and anxieties surrounding this disclosure avoidance system. Read more
20 Dec, 2019
BCNM Around the Web December 2019
Check out the amazing talks and discussion around the work of our faculty, students, and alumni! Read more
18 Dec, 2019
Alum Alenda Chang Publishes Playing Nature
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04 Dec, 2019
Alum Jen Schradie on WashingTech on Social Media Bias
Schradie recently went on the WashingTech Policy Podcast with Joe Miller to talk about her experience with "social media bias". Read more
27 Nov, 2019
Spring 2020 Applications for Designated Emphasis and Certificate in New Media Now Open
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19 Nov, 2019
Announcing our 2019 Undergraduate Cohort
We are thrilled to welcome to BCNM these talented students from across campus! Read more
17 Nov, 2019
Announcing our Fall 2019 Graduate Cohort
Art by Shuang Yan. Read more
16 Nov, 2019
BCNM 2018-2019 Publications
Check out this year's round-up of all the amazing work of the BCNM students, alumni, and faculty! Read more
05 Nov, 2019
We're Hiring an Events Coordinator!
Join the Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM), an interdisciplinary research center that studies and shapes media transition and emergence from diverse perspectives. Through critical thinking and making, we cultivate technological equity and fairness in our classrooms, in our communities, and on the internet. Read more
24 Oct, 2019
Eric Paulos as IEEE IEMCON Keynote
The IEEE Annual Information Technological Electronics & Mobile Communication Conference invites Eric Paulos as one of their keynote speakers. Read more
22 Oct, 2019
Alum Jen Schradie Video on The Big Think
If you've been wondering "Have conservative groups mastered the art of internet activism?", Jen Schradie has the answer! Read more
16 Oct, 2019
BCNM around the Web October 2019
More in the media from faculty Ken Goldberg and Koci Hernandez; and alumni Trevor Paglen, danah boyd, Jen Schradie, Tiffany Ng, Ritwik Banerji, Bo Ruberg, and Jane McGonigal. Read more
16 Oct, 2019
BCNM is hosting three scholars from the Berggruen Institute this year. Learn more about who they are and what they're researching! Read more
07 Oct, 2019
Announcing the Fall 2019 Conference Grant Recipients
The Berkeley Center for New Media is thrilled to provide small grants to our graduate students to help them share their innovative research at the premier conferences in their field. 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
23 Sep, 2019
Open House Fall 2019 Revisited
This year's Open House was lead by new BCNM Director Abigail De Kosnik! Read more
06 Sep, 2019
Summer Research Dispatch: Brian Bartz in Trevor Paglen's Studio
Artist Brian Bartz worked on custom computer-vision algorithms in alum Trevor Paglen's art studio in Berlin. Read more
02 Sep, 2019
Nicholas de Monchaux Named the 2019-2024 craigslist Distinguished Chair in New Media
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29 Aug, 2019
Zeynep Tufekci on Digital Infrastructures That Serve Humanity
(TED photo by Ryan Lash via Flickr) Read more
22 Aug, 2019
Summer Research Dispatch: Tory Jeffay on Photographic Evidence & Police Body Cameras
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15 Aug, 2019
Jen Schradie's The Revolution That Wasn't Featured in the Washington Monthly
Richard John's article "Why the Left Is Losing the Information Age" showcases Schradie's research on digital activism and inequality. Read more
16 Jul, 2019
Jen Schradie on The Debate
Alum Jen Schradie spoke on France 24 on whether Democrats can mobilize their base for 2020. Read more
15 Jul, 2019
Camille Crittenden at CENIC 2019
Camille spoke on the Pacific Research Platform. Read more
15 Jul, 2019
Christo Sims on How Idealistic High-Tech Schools Often Fail to Help Poor Kids Get Ahead
Alum Christo Sims published his essay in Zócalo Public Square. Read more
11 Jul, 2019
Check out the highlights and videos from a stellar season, featuring luminaries such as Roxane Gay and Adam Savage! Read more
11 Jul, 2019
Commons Conversations 2018-2019 In Review
Check out the highlights for this responsive series that delves into the impact of new media on our current political and public climate. Read more
09 Jul, 2019
Check out the highlights and videos from this incredible program, featuring Molly Steenson and Safiya Noble! Read more
08 Jul, 2019
Fall 2019 Applications for Designated Emphasis and Certificate in New Media Now Open
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05 Jul, 2019
Ken Goldberg Interview in Robotics Business Review
Working at the intersection of art, robotics, and social media, Ken shares his thoughts on making robots less clumsy when grabbing objects. Read more
24 Jun, 2019
Stephanie Tang on the Heart Sounds Bench
Stephanie Tang received a BCNM Undergraduate Research Fellowship to work on Speculating the Smart City under the mentorship of Noura Howell. Read more
19 Jun, 2019
Alum Alenda Chang Co-Editor of Media + Environment
Alenda serves as one of the founding co-editors of a new journal, Media + Environment. Read more
17 Jun, 2019
Abigail De Kosnik & Keith Feldman Interviewed by the New Books Network
Co-editors Gail & Keith discuss #Identity: Hashtagging Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Nation on Lily Goren's podcast. Read more
13 Jun, 2019
Videos from 2019 DataEdge Now Available
BCNM was thrilled to co-sponsor this School of Information conversation about the challenges and opportunities created by the rise of big data. Read more
07 Jun, 2019
Stefanos Geroulanos HTNM Video Now Online
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02 Jun, 2019
Will Payne on Critical GIS at AAG
Will Payne presented "Crawling the City: Mobilizing Free Labor in the Spatial Data Economy" at the American Association of Geographer's 2019 Conference. Read more
30 May, 2019
Ken Goldberg Part of Team Introducing Robotics to Water Conservation in Farming
The UC Merced led team Read more
29 May, 2019
Celeste Kidd and the Role of Reasoning and Metacognition in the Internet Era
Celeste Kidd received a 2019 BCNM Faculty Seed Grant for "The Role of Reasoning and Metacognition During Belief Formation in the Internet Era." Read more
27 May, 2019
Ken Goldberg Co-Chairing AI & Inclusivity Signature Initiative
The Initiative seeks to work on systems for AI that integrate data, algorithms, context, and human values. Read more
21 May, 2019
Noura Howell on Sensors in Public Urban Environments at CHI 2019
Noura presented "The Heart Sounds Bench" at the Human Factors in Computing Systems conference of 2019 in Glasgow, Scotland. Read more
19 May, 2019
Congratulating our 2019 Graduates
Work by Mathieu Iniesta. Read more
18 May, 2019
Check out the great panels our alumni are part of at the International Communications Association 2019 Conference! Read more
18 May, 2019
Nicholaus Gutierrez on Alternative Programming Paradigms at What is Technology
Nicholaus presented “Model Machines: Alternative Programming Paradigms and the Question of Technological Subjectivity.” Read more
12 May, 2019
Announcing our 2019 Faculty Seed Grant Recipients
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09 May, 2019
Congratulating our 2019 Undergraduate Certificate Graduates
These students invested in the new media landscape at Cal, and we're excited to see what new endeavours they undertake in their respective fields Read more
07 May, 2019
Alum Naomi Bragin Receives NEH Summer Stipend
Naomi will work on "An Ethnographic Cultural History of Streetdance since 1970." Read more
01 May, 2019
Harry Burson on Stereo in the 19th Century at SCMS
Harry presented "Stereo in the 19th Century: Space, Audition, and the Théâtrophone" at the Society of Cinema and Media Studies conference in Seattle, Washington. Read more
30 Apr, 2019
Alex Saum Pascual at Festival El Aleph
Alex will join a panel on Relecturas borgeanas desde los nuevos medios. Read more
23 Apr, 2019
Alum Jane McGonigal on Ologies Podcast
Dr. McGonigal shares her perspectives on the various choices in the gaming industry in an Ologies podcast. Read more
20 Apr, 2019
César Torres Appointed Assistant Professor at UT Arlington
Photo by Yuko Watanabe Read more
04 Apr, 2019
Alum Jen Schradie at Le Númerique Peut Il Réinventer La Démocratie
Join Jen Schradie on April 16, 2019 at 5pm at the Sciences Po symposium! Read more
23 Mar, 2019
ATC Video Now Online: Kim Stanley Robinson
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21 Mar, 2019
Announcing our Spring 2019 Graduate Cohort
Art by Yuanpei Zhuang. 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
19 Mar, 2019
Alum Trevor Paglen on the Modern Arts Notes Podcast
Episode No. 381 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artist Trevor Paglen. Read more
19 Mar, 2019
Trevor Paglen on KPBS and in San Diego
Artist Trevor Paglen’s work featured on KPBS Read more
19 Mar, 2019
Alum Jenni Higgs Published in Communications of the ACM
"It's About Power" by alum Jenni Higgs and Sepehr Vakil was published in the March 2019 volume of Communications of the ACM. Read more
14 Mar, 2019
Announcing the Spring 2019 Conference Grant Recipients
We're to our extraordinary The Berkeley Center for New Media is thrilled to provide small grants to our graduate students to help them share their innovative research at the premier conferences in their field. Read more
14 Mar, 2019
Alum Margaret Rhee Receives Best Book Award from AAAS
The Association for Asian American Studies selected her book for an award in Poetry. Read more
12 Mar, 2019
Alum Jen Schradie Presents Research at Sciences Po
If you're in Paris on Thursday, March 14th, join Jen Schradie for a discussion on digital activism! Read more
05 Mar, 2019
Alum Jen Schradie in Democratic Audit
Schradie's studies of digital democracy indicate a large class and race based gap in digital activism in the US. Read more
28 Feb, 2019
Trevor Paglen will co-host a featured speaker session at SXSW on March 9. Read more
26 Feb, 2019
DexNet 4.0 in IEEE Spectrum
The latest version of Dex-Net is featured in an article in IEEE Spectrum. Read more
18 Feb, 2019
Ken Goldberg on Robots in Nature Machine Intelligence
Ken Goldberg reflects on how four exciting sub-fields of robotics — co-robotics, human–robot interaction, deep, learning and cloud robotics — accelerate a renewed trend toward robots working safely and constructively with humans. Read more
16 Feb, 2019
Stuart Geiger at University of Washington eScience Institute
Alum Stuart Geiger, ethnographer of computation and computational ethnographer; research staff at the Berkeley Institute for Data Science, gave a talk on the human aspects of data science research. Read more
16 Feb, 2019
Alum Stuart Geiger and Team Receive Sloan and Ford Foundation Grant
The team will study the invisible work of maintaining open-source software Read more
12 Feb, 2019
Alum Stuart Geiger at Workshop on the Ethics and Policy Implications of Big Data
This February 15th and 16th, this workship will by held in the University of California, San Diego. Read more
09 Feb, 2019
BCNM in Vision & Light: Processing Perception
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07 Feb, 2019
BCNM 2017-2018 Publications
Check out this year's round-up of all the amazing work of the BCNM students, alumni and faculty! Read more
07 Feb, 2019
Ken Goldberg SEAS Seminar at Harvard
Ken Goldberg gave a Special Robotics Seminar for the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard Read more
04 Feb, 2019
Molly Nicholas Receives SNAP Fellowship
BCNM DE student Molly Nicholas recieved the 2019 Snap Fellowship! Read more
29 Jan, 2019
Spring 2019 Applications for the Designated Emphasis and Certificate in New Media Now Open
Applications are open to admitted graduated students at UC Berkeley and are due March 1, 2019. Read more
28 Jan, 2019
Alum Trevor Paglen's Orbital Reflector Launch News
A round up of BCNM alum Trevor Paglen's Orbital Reflector launch in the news. Read more
28 Jan, 2019
Ken Goldberg in Bloomberg Review
Goldberg was quoted in an article on the development of robotic stunts performed at Disney theme parks. Read more
28 Jan, 2019
Alum Andrea Horbinski Guest Editor for Mechademia
Mechademia focuses on Japanese popular culture, and the isuse will detail "Transnational Fandoms." Read more
21 Jan, 2019
Alum Jane McGonigal on Your Brain in Video Games
Quartz published an article by Frank Lantz in which he explains our brains' relationships with gaming. Alum Jane McGonigal argues that it has positive effects. Read more
11 Jan, 2019
Ken Goldberg at the Blum Center
Ken Goldberg visited the Blum Center to speak on the future of work and on human and AI interaction. Read more
07 Jan, 2019
Jacob Gaboury at SLSA 2018
“Out of Mind" was the theme for the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts. Read more
03 Jan, 2019
Ken Goldberg in IEEE Transactions in Automation Guest Editorial
Ken Goldberg and other IEEE luminaries call for greater openness around reproducible benchmarks. Read more
31 Dec, 2018
Ken Goldberg at the Lawrence Berkeley Hall of Science on Robot & Frank
Ken Goldberg discussed how Robot and Frank has inspired him at the Lawrence Berkeley Hall of Science Film Festival. Read more
27 Dec, 2018
Alum Reginold Royston at IC Africa
The University of Ghana hosted IC Africa with the theme African Digital Cultures: Emerging Research, Practices and Innovations. Read more
26 Dec, 2018
Announcing Our Spring 2019 Undergraduate Research Fellows
Each year, undergraduates work closely with our graduate mentors on academic research. Read more
21 Dec, 2018
Alum John Scott at LRA 2018
John Scott contributed to two discussions at the 68th Annual LRA Conference. Read more
26 Nov, 2018
Announcing our Fall 2018 Graduate Cohort
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26 Nov, 2018
Jen Schradie on Data & Democracy at Sciences Po
The Data & Democracy conference in Paris invited Jen Schradie as one of their panelists. Read more
26 Nov, 2018
ATC Revisited: Kim Stanley Robinson
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21 Nov, 2018
Announcing our 2018 Undergraduate Cohort
We are thrilled to welcome to the BCNM these talented students from across campus. Read more
05 Nov, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen Receives Nam June Paik Art Center Prize
Trevor Paglen has won the bi-annual Nam June Paik Art Center Prize, which comes with a $45,000 award and solo exhibition. Read more
05 Nov, 2018
Andrew Atwood in Project Journal
Andrew Atwood was featured in Issue 7 of Project Journal at Archinect Outpost. Read more
31 Oct, 2018
Summer Research Dispatch: Peter Humphrey and Electroacoustic Science
This summer, Peter Humphrey explored the evolution of electroacoustic science and the history of sound recording. Read more
29 Oct, 2018
UPDATED: Trevor Paglen's Orbital Reflector in the News
The Orbital Reflector, a project of BCNM alum Trevor Paglen, has been covered in the news Read more
04 Oct, 2018
Now Hiring: Assistant Professor in Geospatial Representation, Design, and Critical Cartography
Recruitment opens September 24th, 2018 and runs through November 5th, 2018. Read more
26 Sep, 2018
Grace Gipson at DragonCon CPAC 2018
Gipson presented on podcasts and Black female narratives at DragonCon Comics and Popular Arts Conference 2018. Read more
10 Sep, 2018
Lyman Dispatch: Grace Gipson on Unleashing Your Inner Superhero
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30 Aug, 2018
Alum Jen Schradie Appointed as Asst Professor at the Sciences Po
BCNM Alum Jen Schradie was appointed an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Institut d'études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) Read more
17 Aug, 2018
Alum Stuart Geiger on Machine Learning & UX Panel at IDEO
The IDEO MLUX Industry Panel focused on Designing and using Data Science Ethically. Read more
13 Aug, 2018
The Daily Cal Features Ken Goldberg's Dex-Net
The Dexterity-Network from AutoLab gets a well-deserved feature in the Daily Cal. Read more
30 Jul, 2018
Grace Gipson Presents at UNC's 2018 MURAP Conference
The 2018 Conference for UNC Chapel Hill's Moore Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program focused on Afrofuturism and Indigenous Futurities. Read more
18 Jul, 2018
Ritwik Banerji Published on Interactions with Artificial Social Agents
The article is titled: "De-instrumentalizing HCI: Social Psychology, Rapport Formation, and Interactions with Artificial Social Agents" Read more
12 Jul, 2018
Eric Paulos Keynotes ASLLA 2018 Symposium
This invitation-only, small, roundtable discussion that lasts several days to encourage in-depth discussions of frontier research of leading scientists around the globe. Read more
02 Jul, 2018
Alum Stuart Geiger on Career Paths in Academic Data Science
A new report in SocArXiv investigates career prospects in academic Data Science. Read more
28 Jun, 2018
Fall 2018 Applications for Designated Emphasis and Certificates in New Media Now Open
Applications are open to admitted graduated students at UC Berkeley and are due November 1, 2018. Read more
27 Jun, 2018
Ken Goldberg at Science on the Screen
Join Ken Goldberg on June 27th for a screening of Operator, followed by a discussion on the technologies presented in the film. Read more
27 Jun, 2018
Eric Paulos at ID KAIST Seminar
Eric Paulos discusses "Cosmetic Computing: Towards Personal, Performative, Provocative, and Poetic Wearables." Read more
07 Jun, 2018
Our alumni present their exceptional scholarship at the International Communication Association 2018 Conference. Read more
30 May, 2018
We're Hiring! - Office Manager & Events Coordinator Wanted!
The Berkeley Center for New Media and Arts Research Center are hiring an Office Manager and Events Coordinator to maintain and develop their programs. Read more
30 May, 2018
Soravis Prakkamakul on Facial Perception
Soravis Prakkamakul received a Spring 2018 BCNM Conference Grant to present his paper "Reflexive Visual Inspection of Cleft Lip Faces — Analysis of Lookzone Focus Over Time" at the 63rd Plastic Surgery Research Council Annual Meeting in Birmingham, Alabama. Read more
28 May, 2018
Undergraduate Research Dispatch: Marissa Ahmed on Music, Improvisation, Ethnography
Marissa Ahmed was a recipient of this year's BCNM research fellowship, assisting Ritwik Banerji on his research about human sociality and algorithmic ethnography. Read more
27 May, 2018
Revisited: Trevor Paglen on Mapping as Research
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26 May, 2018
2018 BCNM Seed Grants: Jacob Gaboury and Queer Computing
Jacob Gaboury (Film & Media) received $5000 to examine the relationship between digital technologies and queer identity as part of our Faculty Seed Grant program. Read more
23 May, 2018
Welcome Claudia Von Vacano
We are thrilled to welcome to our Executive Committee, Executive Director of Digital Humanities at Berkeley and the D-Lab, Claudia Von Vacano. Read more
18 May, 2018
Molly Nicholas at CHI 2018
Molly Nicholas is a Spring 2018 BCNM Conference Grant Recipient who attended "Engage at CHI" 2019 in Montréal, Canada. Read more
18 May, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen Monograph Published by Phaidon
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16 May, 2018
Alum Stuart Geiger on the Human Contexts of Computation and Data at UC San Diego
The University of California, San Diego invited alum Stuart Geiger to present a talk on his research. Read more
07 May, 2018
Ken Goldberg at the Executive Leadership Conference on Robots in Consumer Packaged Goods
Ken Goldberg attended the annual Executive Leadership Conference to discuss Can Robots Really Handle Consumer Packaged Goods?. Read more
03 May, 2018
Congratulating our 2018 New Media Undergraduate Certificate Class
Congratulations to these four stellar women, who have made a big impact at Cal in the New Media space. Read more
30 Apr, 2018
Molly Nicholas at TEI 2018
As one of the recipients of the Spring 2018 BCNM Conference Grant, Molly Nicholas received funding to attend and present her research findings at TEI 2018. Read more
30 Apr, 2018
Ken Goldberg Quoted in Wired on Robot Manipulation
Ken Goldberg was quoted in "A Robot Does the Impossible: Assembling an Ikea Chair Without Having a Meltdown" in Wired. Read more
27 Apr, 2018
Abigail De Kosnik Awarded an IAS Benjamin Meaker Visiting Professor Fellowship
BCNM faculty, Abigail De Kosnik, will be in residance at the IAS from August 23 and September 22 as part of her awarded fellowship. Read more
23 Apr, 2018
Announcing our 2018-2019 Faculty Seed Grant Recipients
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18 Apr, 2018
Nicholas de Monchaux's Studio One Course on Radical Futures in Landscape Architecture Magazine
Nicholas de Monchaux's Studio ONE master's program, which begins next school year, was featured in the Landscape Architecture Magazine. Read more
09 Apr, 2018
Greg Niemeyer Creates Ice Core Walk Project for Earth Day
The Ice Core Walk Project is self-guided audio tour where people can explore 800,000 years of climate history while remaining active. Read more
09 Apr, 2018
Announcing our Spring 2018 Designated Emphasis & Certificate Cohort
We are proud to welcome an amazing set of graduates from across campus to the Berkeley Center for New Media. Read more
09 Apr, 2018
Welcome to BCNM Spring 2018 Visiting Scholar Michael Stevenson
A warm welcome to visiting scholar Michael Stevenson, web historian and Associate Professor of New Media & Digital Culture at the University of Amsterdam! Read more
09 Apr, 2018
Alum Stuart Geiger at the Data Science Institute at Manchester
Stuart Geiger spoke at the University of Manchester's Data Science Institute on The Human Contexts of Data: Infrastructures, Institutions, and Interpretations. Read more
19 Mar, 2018
Alum Stuart Geiger on Computational Ethnography at University of Copenhagen
Stuart Geiger gave a public talk at the IT University of Copenhagen about the ethnography of computation. Read more
16 Mar, 2018
HTNM Revisited: "Software Arts" with Warren Sacks
Recap of the Software Arts, the last HTNM lecture of the year! Read more
16 Mar, 2018
Ken Goldberg on Open Source Stewart Platform
We've collected Ken Goldberg and AutoLab's video and papers on their open-source Stewart platform design into one post. 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
02 Mar, 2018
Alum Stuart Geiger on Computational Ethnography at the University of Maryland
Geiger spoke on Computational Ethnography as part of U of M iSchool's speaker series. Read more
02 Mar, 2018
Alum Andrea Horbinski at Beyond Academia Conference
Horbinski spoke at the Beyond Academia Conference as part of the Media and Communication panel. Read more
23 Feb, 2018
David Bates Presents Annual Straker Lecture at UBC
Prof. David Bates is presenting "Thinking outside the body: on the technical evolution of intelligence” for the STS Program’s Annual Straker lecture. The lecture will occur on Tuesday, March 6th at 5 PM in Swing 122. Read more
20 Feb, 2018
Announcing the Lyman 2018 Fellowship Recipients
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06 Feb, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen Disco Ball Launched from New Zealand
Trevor Paglen launches 'Disco Ball' into space from New Zealand! Read more
02 Feb, 2018
BCNM Alum Jen Schradie gave a talk, "The Digital Activism Gap: Social Media, Social Movements and Social Class," at Cal! Read more
02 Feb, 2018
Ken Goldberg on Multiplicity in Wired
Goldberg was featured in "Forget the Robot Singularity Apocalypse. Let's Talk about the Multiplicity" in Wired, on the rise of robot-human multiplicity. Read more
30 Jan, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen on "Into the Impossible" Podcast
Paglen discusses his Orbital Reflector during "Speculative CubeSats" on the Center for Human Imagination's podcast.
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30 Jan, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen on Artsy
Paglen's work was featured in "The Future of Art," a short film series on Artsy. Read more
25 Jan, 2018
Announcing the 2018 Eugene Jarvis Innovation Scholarship Recipients
The generous Eugene Jarvis Design Innovation scholarship was awarded to two of New Media's most outstanding students. Read more
25 Jan, 2018
Introducing our Spring 2018 Research Assistants
Each year, the BCNM selects four graduate student projects that we believe will both interest and prove engaging to undergraduates. Undergraduates apply to be a research fellow and once selected, they have the opportunity to work on high-level research in concert with our graduates, who mentor them on research methods. Read more
24 Jan, 2018
Goldberg Demystifying the Science in WALL-E
Prof. Ken Goldberg will demystify the science in WALL-E on Feb. 10th with JCCCSF. Read more
23 Jan, 2018
Congratulations to our Spring 2018 Graduating Undergraduates!
Congratulations to Shangjun (Jenny) Jiang and Allison Nguyen our Spring 2018 Graduating Undergraduates! Read more
23 Jan, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen at WEF meeting
BCNM Alumnus Trevor Paglen was selected to attend the 48th Annual World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos. Read more
05 Dec, 2017
Ken Goldberg on The Next Billion Seconds
Ken Goldberg was featured on the podcast, The Next Ten Billion Seconds. Read more
28 Nov, 2017
Welcome to our 2017 Undergraduate Cohort
From sports and cultural data analytics to art and technology performances, from design to the philosophies around technology, these students are excited to dive into New Media on campus. Read more
28 Nov, 2017
Trevor Paglen's Orbital Reflector in the News
The news reports on Trevor Paglen, BCNM alum and 2017 MacArthur Fellow, and his plans to launch an artistic satellite into space by 2018. Read more
20 Nov, 2017
Welcome to Our Fall 2017 Graduate Cohort
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08 Nov, 2017
Ken Goldberg on CBS Local on AI and the Workforce
Ken Goldberg is quoted by CBS Local in discussing the impact of artificial intelligence on the workforce. Read more
03 Nov, 2017
Conference Grants: Will Payne at the Future of Food in St. Louis
Will Payne reflects on his experience at the Future of Food Studies conference, which was funded by a BCNM Fall Student Grant. Read more
31 Oct, 2017
Eric Paulos & Ken Goldberg Exhibiting at The Luggage Store
Paulos and Goldberg are two of the many participating artists that will be featured at the "Illegal" exhibition special event at the Luggage Store Gallery. Read more
27 Oct, 2017
Eric Paulos (EECS, Jacobs Design Innovation) developed a design tool to allow artists and designers to plan for their creation's destruction and failure as part of our Faculty Seed Grant program. Read more
23 Oct, 2017
Alum Stuart Geiger Published in ACM Proceedings
Stuart Geiger on the role of algorithmic systems in Wikipedian organizational culture in ACM Proceedings. Read more
19 Oct, 2017
Alum Stuart Geiger Published in Big Data & Society
Stuart Geiger on the role of algorithmic systems in Wikipedian organizational culture in Big Data & Society. Read more
18 Oct, 2017
Grace Gipson on Afrofuturism and Comic Books in Black Perspectives
Grace Gipson writes about the role of Black Women in the superhero comic book universe in works such as Misty Knight and Moon Girl. Read more
17 Oct, 2017
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
16 Oct, 2017
HTNM Revisited: Natasha Schüll
From the NYU professor's talk, "Datasense," in which she discussed from her forthcoming book, "Keeping Track: Sensor Tehnology, Self-Regulation, and the Data-Driven Life." Presented in partnership with the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine & Society. Read more
12 Oct, 2017
Alum Stuart Geiger at the Society for Social Studies of Science in Boston
Stuart Geiger gave a presentation in regarding autoethnographic methods for studying data-driven knowledge production in Boston, Massachusetts. Read more
12 Oct, 2017
Alum Andrea Horbinski at Mechademia 2017
Andrea Horbinski, BCNM alum, talked about manga as a science fiction medium at the Mechademia conference in late September. Read more
10 Oct, 2017
Alum Stuart Geiger at the Bay Area Science Festival
BCNM alum Stuart Geiger will be giving a talk about machine learning and artificial intelligence at the Bay Area Science Festival in early November. Read more
10 Oct, 2017
Alum Stuart Geiger at JupyterCon
BCNM alum Stuart Geiger presented at JupyterCon this past August, offering a deeper understanding on how to use Jupyter in diverse ways and insights on the changing rituals around computation. 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
03 Oct, 2017
Ken Goldberg & Automation Lab on RTVE
Ken Goldberg and the Automation Lab make an appearance on RTVE's "El cazador de crebros," or "The Brain Hunter," to talk about artificial intelligence. Read more
03 Oct, 2017
Alum Stuart Geiger at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers
BCNM alum Stuart Geiger will be attending the annual meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers later this October in Tartu, Estonia. Read more
26 Sep, 2017
Fall 2017 Applications Now Open Undergraduate Certificate Program
Undergraduated are now invited to apply for Fall 2017 admission into the BCNM undergrad program.
Applications due November 1. Read more
19 Sep, 2017
Summer Research Dispatch: Molly Nicholas & Wearable Tech in Hospitals
Read about Molly Nicholas' BCNM-funded research on wearable tech for therapeutic clowning, in collaboration with the Medical Clown Project. Read more
18 Sep, 2017
UC Berkeley Team Selected To Design Adaptive Responses To Bay Area Climate Change
A diverse group of locally-based and globally-experienced professionals, academics, students, and policy makers from the University of California, Berkeley has been chosen to participate in the Resilient By Design (RBD) Bay Area Challenge. Read more
18 Sep, 2017
Upcoming ATC speaker and Cal alumnus Ian Chang talks to CALIFORNIA Magazine about his MoMA-exhibited art, his experience at UC Berkeley, and his professional and personal journey after graduation. Read more
02 Aug, 2017
Alpha60 White Paper Published and in the News!
Prof. Abigail de Kosnik's seed grant funded digital humanities tool has been garnering major attention in the news! Read more
01 Aug, 2017
Announcing the 2017-2018 Season of the History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series
From software arts to self-tracking technologies, cybernetics to techno-ecologies, we are thrilled to introduce the speakers in this year's History and Theory of New Media program. Read more
19 Jul, 2017
Camille Crittenden part of New NHERI SimCenter
The Deputy Director of CITRIS and the Banatao Institute joins the SimCenter, an organization for research on natural hazards. Read more
18 Jul, 2017
Ken Goldberg at MIT Robotics Conference
The professor of Robotics, Automation, and New Media spent time at MIT last week for a conference on robots. Read more
18 Jul, 2017
Undergraduate Research Dispatch: Jenny Jiang
This year, BCNM initiated its undergraduate research fellowships, which offer undergraduates the chance to engage in direct research experience with BCNM graduates. Read more
15 Jun, 2017
Video Now Online: "Conveying Climate Change"
31 May, 2017
Yairamaren Roman Maldonado at the Latin American Studies Association's 50th Conference
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24 May, 2017
Ken Goldberg and T-ASE Add Note to Practitioners
Ken Goldberg and T-ASE's simplified second abstract was featured in an article for the IEEE RAS. Read more
17 May, 2017
Announcing Our 2017 Undergraduate Certificate Grads
These students have made extensive contributions to New Media at Cal Read more
16 May, 2017
Announcing Our 2017 Graduates
We look forward to sharing their future endeavors!
Read more
01 May, 2017
Revisited: "Many to Many"
Juliana Friend & Seth Lu launched the interactive ethnographic archive, Many to Many Read more
27 Apr, 2017
Nicholas de Monchaux Named Bakar Faculty Fellow & Recipient of Spark Fund Award
Congratulations to Nicholas de Monchaux on being named a Bakar Faculty Fellow and recipient of the Spark Fund Award for 2017-2018! Read more
20 Apr, 2017
Revisited: "Conveying Climate Change"
Paul Miller, aka DJ Spooky, discussed how art can support science in advance of the Science March on Washington Read more
18 Apr, 2017
Revisited: Technology and Forensic Evidence in Chilean Human Rights Investigations
with Eden Medina, Prof. of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University Read more
06 Apr, 2017
Announcing Our 2017 Summer Research Award Recipients
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06 Apr, 2017
Grace Gipson at the National Council of Black Studies
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21 Mar, 2017
Announcing the Spring 2017 BCNM Conference Grant Recipients!
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13 Mar, 2017
DH Fellows Talk with Juliana Friend
Juliana Friend and Laura K Nelson will lead the talk Digital Technologies and the Future of Qualitative and Interpretive Analysis. Read more
09 Mar, 2017
Hybrid Ecologies Lab Featured in Adafruit
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07 Mar, 2017
Revisited: "Ripped Off? Pirate Technologies, Jugaad Politics, and Postcolonial Modernities"
An amazing talk by Kavita Philip Read more
07 Mar, 2017
Revisited: “Black Sun: Reflections on Otto Piene and Aldo Tambellini"
Missed Tanya Lombardo's lecture? No worries. We recapped it for you. Read more
02 Mar, 2017
Video Now Online: "Our Landscape Futures"
Watch this event by Geoff Manaugh, New York Times-bestselling author on technology and utopias. Read more
27 Feb, 2017
Ken Goldberg Receives Google Research Grant
The 2016 Google Research Machine Learning and Data Mining Award goes to a BCNM faculty! Read more
22 Feb, 2017
Abigail de Kosnik’s Rogue Archives Reviewed in Pop Matters
The culture of fanfiction and digital cultures, brought to you by one of BCNM's own. Read more
21 Feb, 2017
Eric Paulos Gives Keynote at HotMobile Conference
This year's HotMobile Conference with Eric Paulos as Keynote speaker. Read more
21 Feb, 2017
Hybrid Ecologies Lab Wins a Best Paper at CHI 2017
Light as a physical material? This paper won a major award for it. Read more
21 Feb, 2017
Introducing Our Undergraduate Research Fellows
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
16 Feb, 2017
Camille Crittenden on International Women's Day
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25 Jan, 2017
Conference Grants: Juliana Friend in DC
23 Jan, 2017
Conference Grants: Ritwik Banerji in Utrecht
This past Fall, we were pleased to offer several grants to help support our students in sharing their research at the premiere conferences in their field Read more
19 Jan, 2017
Ken Goldberg on Saving Water in Agriculture with Robots on UC Merced News
An article titled "Robots and People Working Together to Save Water and Enhance Agriculture" Read more
19 Jan, 2017
Ken Goldberg featured in Fast Company
The BCNM professor and his research in Dex-Net was recently featured in the article "Why It's so Hard for Robots to Get a Grip" 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
12 Dec, 2016
Rogue Archives Reviewed in Digicult
BCNM Professor Abigail De Kosnik's new book was reviewed by Sylvia Bertolotti in Digicult Read more
28 Nov, 2016
Skintillates from Hybrid Ecologies Lab Featured in MakeZine
Skintillates was featured in MakeZine's article "Light Up Your Body with Temporary Tattoo Circuits" Read more
22 Nov, 2016
Announcing our 2016 Undergraduate Cohort
These students highlight the interdisciplinary nature of new media through the range of disciplines they represent and the exciting collaborative projects in which they are engage Read more
17 Nov, 2016
Ken Goldberg Named Chair of IEOR
The Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research has a new chairperson! Read more
14 Nov, 2016
We're excited to see AMPLab transform into RISELab, which focuses on real-time secure decision stacks! Read more
24 Oct, 2016
Eric Paulos at Living Light in East Bay Express
In the East Bay Express's monthly discussion, artists gather in Bay Area living rooms to discuss new media. Read more
24 Oct, 2016
Ken Goldberg at the Samsung CEO Summit
The theme this year was "The Age of Insight and Learning" Read more
17 Oct, 2016
Revisited: "Technology, Space, Reason: Infrastructures of Knowledge in the Anthropocene"
We recap this exciting lecture by Paul Edwards. Read more
17 Oct, 2016
Announcing the BCNM Conference Grant Recipients!
Each of the following students have received funding to help defray the costs of presenting their research at the premiere conferences in their fields! Read more
17 Oct, 2016
Naomi Bragin and Ashley Ferro-Murray Teaming Up at EMPAC
Former BCNM Designated Emphasis student Naomi Bragin recently offered a workshop at EMPAC, an event curated by yet another former DE Ashley Ferro-Murray Read more
11 Oct, 2016
Local Code by Nicholas de Monchaux Out Now at University of Princeton Architectural Press
10 Oct, 2016
Ken Goldberg on A Century of Art & Technology in the Bay Area
Goldberg published an article, A Century of Art and Technology in the Bay Area, on Medium Read more
08 Sep, 2016
Revisited: Masterclass: Designing Jane Jacobs' Digital City
We recap a masterclass around how technology functions in relation to Jane Jacobs' notion of community in cities Read more
01 Sep, 2016
Announcing Jane Jacobs and the Digital City Symposium
This event is a partnership between BCNM and the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) Read more
01 Sep, 2016
Applications for Designated Emphasis and Certificates in New Media Now Open!
All applications for Spring 2017 admittance are due November 1, 2016 Read more
26 Aug, 2016
Announcing the 2016-2017 History and Theory of New Media Season
his year, we are pleased to include hands-on workshops in our program, as well as a partnership with the Rhetoric Department to offer a mini-symposium on the Anthropocene Read more
25 Aug, 2016
Summer Research Report: Will Payne on Location-Based Services
Will Payne received a summer research award from the BCNM to support his dissertation research on location based services Read more
11 Aug, 2016
Summer Research Reports: Ryan Ikeda on Technology as Learning
Ryan Ikeda received a summer research award from the BCNM to support his dissertation research on how technology in the classroom impacts modes of learning Read more
18 Jul, 2016
Ken Goldberg and the Multiplicity at Tata Communication Summit
18 Jul, 2016
Shannon Jackson Published in the Journal of Visual Culture
The issue was co-edited by UC Berkeley's own Julia Bryan-Wilson, as well as Jennifer González and Dominic Willsdon Read more
11 Jul, 2016
Ken Goldberg and the relationship between Man and Robot
07 Jul, 2016
Two Honorable Mentions and a Best Paper at DIS 2016
This year the biennial ACM SIGCHI Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) was held in Brisbane, Australia Read more
05 Jul, 2016
Eric Paulos Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
Eric has been a driving force in advancing research at the intersection of design, art, innovation, and development, and on campus Read more
30 Jun, 2016
Laura Devendorf and Abigail De Kosnik's paper wins Best Paper Award!
Devendorf gave a talk at the ACM Conference of Designing Interactive Systems in Brisbane, Australia Read more
30 Jun, 2016
Laura Devendorf to Join ATLAS at CU Boulder
Laura Devendorf is a PhD Candidate at the UC Berkeley School of Information 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
21 Jun, 2016
BCNM Seed Grants 2017: Abigail De Kosnik's TorrentMap
Our alumni voted on the applications and awarded $10,000 to Abigail De Kosnik to build her innovative tool TorrentMap Read more
31 May, 2016
Abigail de Kosnik receives Berkeley Collegium Grant
Prof. De Kosnik received the Collegium's grant, Narrowing the Gap Between Teaching and Research Read more
31 May, 2016
Ebb is an exciting, color changing thread being developed at UC Berkeley by students and faculty Read more
26 May, 2016
New Publications from Alex Saum-Pascual
Professor Alex Saum-Pascual, Spanish and Portuguese Assistant Professor, has published two solo authored articles in important Hispanic Studies journals Read more
26 May, 2016
The Jacobs' Institute published a Medium article on ongoing innovative projects by students, featuring BCNM's course, Critical Making! Read more
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
24 May, 2016
Ashley Jerbic on her Undergrad Experience at Cal
Ashley Jerbic received her BA in Art Practice and Art History and a BCNM undergraduate certificate 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
19 May, 2016
Announcing our 2016 Graduates
Congrats to all! We lookforward to following their success in their new endeavors! Read more
18 May, 2016
Summer Research Opportunities: Hybrid Ecologies Lab
The Hybrid Ecologies Lab, headed by Eric Paulos, is looking for skilled and passionate undergraduate and graduate students to join us this summer Read more
17 May, 2016
Motherhood and Raspberry Pi: Challenges for Mothers in Technology
The lack of gender diversity in technology fields has become a hot topic of late, for good reason Read more
17 May, 2016
Alex Saum-Pascual's #SelfiePoetry Exhibited at code/switch Chicago
If you're in Chicago this summer, don't miss out on code/switch at the Women Made Gallery Read more
16 May, 2016
Ashley Ferro Murray named Curator of Theater and Dance at EMPAC
EMPAC is described as where the arts, sciences, and technology use the same facilities and technologies 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
12 May, 2016
BCNM is pleased to announce the awards of its first ever Faculty Seed Grant Read more
12 May, 2016
Laura Devendorf's Color Changing Thread
Devendorf's project is focused on how to use thermochromic pigments in weaving and crocheted materials Read more
26 Apr, 2016
Undergraduate Research Fellowship Dispatches: MacKenzie Alessi, John Scott, and Data Visualization
What if we could map learning in the social realm? How would classroom engagement appear and shift over time? And how could we use this data to improve teaching? Read more
14 Apr, 2016
Recommended Fall 2016 Courses Now Out
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14 Apr, 2016
Recasting the Tsar Bell with John Granzow
Tthe Berkeley Center for New Media presents a interview with John Graznow, one of the many collaborators on the construction of the bell's sound 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
06 Apr, 2016
Alumna Bonnie Ruberg to Join Informatics at UC Irvine
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21 Mar, 2016
Revisited: "Critical Play"
A recap of Mary Flanagan's lecture, recapped by Kate Mattingly. Read more
17 Mar, 2016
Announcing the Spring 2016 DE & Graduate Certificate Cohort
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02 Mar, 2016
At "The Art of Humanizing Robotics" with Ken Goldberg
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02 Mar, 2016
Ken Goldberg's SPIE Keynote
16 Feb, 2016
Alex Saum-Pascual's Article Published in Letras Hispanas
Saum-Pascual's article explores two similar manifestations of computational practices and electronic literature in print from Spain Read more
16 Feb, 2016
BCNM Ken Goldberg at Cal Leonardo Art/Science Evening Rendezvous (LASERs)
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11 Feb, 2016
BCNM Faculty Teaching New Data Arts Class
BCNM's Greg Niemeyer will be teaching Data Arts, a new online course in Arts Practice this fall Read more
10 Feb, 2016
Final Report on Women of Wikipedia Pilot Program
The WOW! Editing Group created a pilot program with the goal of creating a nurturing, safe, and fun environment for new Wikipedia women editors Read more
28 Jan, 2016
Apply now for the DE & Certificate in New Media
Applications for Fall 2016 admittance are due March 1, 2016 Read more
19 Jan, 2016
Skintillates: UC Berkeley Students engineer electronic temporary tattoo
It comes as no surprise that Skintillates won the Maker of Merit honor in the National Maker Faire Read more
11 Dec, 2015
BCNM Undergraduate Ashley Jerbic featured on Digital Humanities
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01 Dec, 2015
New Undergraduates Announcement!
Congratulations to our latest new media undergraduate certificate candidates! Read more
23 Nov, 2015
Ken Goldberg at National Academies Keck Futures Initiative
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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
17 Nov, 2015
From a young age, Andrea was drawn to fantasy and science fiction Read more
17 Nov, 2015
Ken Goldberg in "The Best Advice in Six Words"
16 Nov, 2015
Revisited: "Design, Geopolitics, and Planetary-Scale Computing"
with Benjamin Bratton
a Revisited post written by Kate Mattingly (TDPS) Read more
16 Nov, 2015
Ken Goldberg on Art, Technology, and Innovation in the Bay Area
04 Nov, 2015
Scott explores online learning environments to increase geographic and cultural connections and build diverse communities Read more
28 Oct, 2015
HTNM 5th Anniversary and Revisited: "Technologies of Simulation"
with Claus Pias
Leuphana University of Lüneberg Read more
21 Oct, 2015
Greg Niemeyer on Sciences/Humanities in The Daily Cal
The article speaks about the division between the sciences and the humanities, and presents various opinions and experiences of students and faculty as they approach this divide Read more
08 Oct, 2015
Manufacturing Transparency Submissions a Hit!
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07 Oct, 2015
Greg Niemeyer at Berkeley LASERtalks
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01 Oct, 2015
BCNM's Ken Goldberg Speaker at RoboBusiness Conference
30 Sep, 2015
In Memory of Tim Campbell
His incredible positive energy gave us all strength and inspired us in our creative pursuits Read more
28 Sep, 2015
Interactive seating – A course on design innovation
The CITRIS Invention Lab is practically the home of contemporary innovation at Berkeley Read more
24 Sep, 2015
Call for Art: Manufacturing Transparency
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24 Sep, 2015
Announcing the 2015-2016 HTNM Series!
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20 Aug, 2015
Valkyrie Savage's CS 160 Showcase
This summer BCNM DE Valkyrie Savage (Computer Science) taught the popular course Computer Science 160: User Interface Design and Development Read more
12 Aug, 2015
Nicholas De Monchaux and the History of Space Exploration
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10 Aug, 2015
MacKenzie Alessi Explores Data Arts with Digital Humanities
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03 Aug, 2015
Summer Award Dispatches: Kiera Chase
Kiera Chase's dissertation refines cognitive-science theoretical models that illuminate opportunities in children’s development of mathematical concepts Read more
13 Jul, 2015
Best Video Prize at Hamlyn Surgical Robot Challenge
06 Jul, 2015
Björn Hartmann Receives Teaching Award
01 Jul, 2015
Aclima designs and deploys environmental sensor networks. Read more
30 Jun, 2015
Björn Hartmann Awarded Tenure
25 Jun, 2015
Greg Niemeyer on Data Privacy at NOST
24 Jun, 2015
Björn Hartmann Receives CITRIS Seed Funding
16 Jun, 2015
BCNM Faculty and Students Represent UCB at National Makers Faire
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11 Jun, 2015
Ken Goldberg at Brain Bar Budapest
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
06 Apr, 2015
Summer 2015 Research Awards
BCNM is proud to announce the recipients of its Summer 2015 Research Awards! Read more
17 Mar, 2015
This was a great opportunity to build community and emphasize the close collaboration that the Berkeley Center for New Media prizes Read more
03 Mar, 2015
HTNM Revisited: Chris Goto-Jones
from his lecture, "Gamic Orientalism" Read more
11 Feb, 2015
Kimiko's research focuses on the design, implementation, and evaluation of beyond-desktop computational media Read more
11 Feb, 2015
"Watching, creating, and archiving" paper published in Convergence
On the quantity and temporality of fannish productivity in online fan fiction archives" Read more
10 Feb, 2015
Being the Machine is a project that explores the relationship between humans-that-make and machines-that-make Read more
03 Feb, 2015
Announcing the Eugene Jarvis Scholarship for Innovation in New Media
Sponsored by the game designer, Eugene Jarvis Read more
21 Jan, 2015
Hack the Bells Dispatch from Sarah Stierch
Sarah Stierch spearheaded Hack the Bells, the world's first carillon remix competition Read more
15 Dec, 2014
Revisited: "Count Me In - Walking & the City"
On Thursday, December 11th, the Berkeley Center for New Media, in partnership with.. Read more
03 Dec, 2014
Welcoming New Undergraduate Certificate Students
Hailing from a range of disciplines, the undergraduates who applied exemplified the interdisciplinary community the Center serves Read more
18 Nov, 2014
Welcoming New DE and Certificate Students
18 Nov, 2014
Announcing the Winners of Hack the Bells
Winners of Hack the Bells, the first international carillon remix competition, have been selected Read more
04 Nov, 2014
ATC Revisited: Cheryl Haines
At “Creative Interventions and Social Activation” on November 3rd, Cheryl Haines discussed her collaboration with the artist and activist Ai Weiwei Read more
28 Oct, 2014
Ken Goldberg: Cloud Robotics and Next Gen Surgery Robots
BCNM co-founder and director emeritus Ken Goldberg was recently interviewed by the NY Times for two separate pieces Read more
29 Sep, 2014
Bates’ discourse drew from the post-WWII linking of human thought processes with that of artificial intelligence Read more
03 Sep, 2014
Announcing the 2014-2015 Season of the History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series
The History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series brings to campus leading humanities scholars working on issues of media transition and technological emergence Read more
01 Sep, 2014
A roboticist, artist, critic, filmmaker, scientist, teacher, and academic, Ken Goldberg has long been pushing the boundaries of art and technology Read more
06 Aug, 2014
Summer Dispatches: Andrea Horbinski
Andrea Horbinski was one of five exceptional graduate students to be awarded a $1000 BCNM Summer Research Award. Check out what she's done so far! Read more
01 Aug, 2014
This month, hear how BCNM Susan B. Miller Fellow Sarah Stierch supports open source information through diversifying Wikipedia and digitizing small museums’ archives
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01 Jul, 2014
Meet Kimiko Ryokai and Laura Devendorf
We’re sharing ten stories of BCNM’s life so far Read more
02 Jun, 2014
We're celebrating our 10th year! Hear how BCNM professor Eric Paulos designs devices that transform how we understand our world Read more
19 May, 2014
Cyberphysical Democracy: Online Platforms and Offline Action
Follow Camille Crittenden on Twitter: www.twitter.com/data_democracy Read more
18 May, 2014
Advanced Digital Animation in Fall 2014
This year-long course is targeted at students with backgrounds in art, film, or computer science who intend to work in the visual effects, animation, and entertainment industries Read more
01 May, 2014
Jen Schradie has never been afraid to confront the societal inequality she witnesses 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
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
01 Apr, 2014
Meet BCNM's Gail De Kosnik and the Fan Data & Net Differences Team
These UC Berkeley professors have pioneered new methods of exploring internet cultures Read more
26 Mar, 2014
Presenting the Robots and New Media Symposium
The Kingdom of the Netherlands and UC BCNM highlight the next phase in the evolution of robotics with the “Robots and New Media Symposium” on April 4 Read more
03 Mar, 2014
This month, hear how Designated Emphasis Ph.D. candidate Tiffany Ng explores urban spaces through the architecture of music. Read more
03 Feb, 2014
Connect with BCNM's Ashley Bellouin and Rare Instruments
Bellouin's music is otherworldly, haunting, and as unique as the instrument that created it 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
21 Jan, 2014
Connect with BCNM's Naomi Bragin and Street Dance
This month, hear how Designated Emphasis Ph.D. candidate Naomi Bragin explores power structures through street dance. Read more
12 Dec, 2013
Picture Yourself Exhibition A Hit!
"Picture Yourself" is a college readiness application supported by the BCNM and CITRIS Read more
02 Dec, 2013
Connect with Chris Goetz and QGCon
The Berkeley Center for New Media’s interdisciplinary environment has provided Chris with a research home that allows him to draw from various fields — from psychology to computer science to design Read more
25 Nov, 2013
BCNM Welcomes New Students to the DE & Graduate Certificate in New Media
We are delighted to welcome 9 new graduate students to our Designated Emphasis and Graduate Certificate programs Read more
19 Nov, 2013
Announcing October 2013 Turing Test Tournament Winner
Every month, BCNM and OTSP recognize a Turing Test Tournament player with the highest leaderboard score 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
15 Oct, 2013
First Winner of the Turing Test Tournament
Every month, BCNM recognizes a Turing Test Tournament player with the highest leaderboard score and awards the designated UC Berkeley student organization with a $1000 prize Read more
17 Sep, 2013
BCNM Accepting Designated Emphasis and Masters Certificate Applications!
14 Aug, 2013
Announcing the 2013-2014 History and Theory in New Media Lecture Series
The History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series is produced by the Berkeley Center for New Media with support from CITRIS (The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society) Read more
09 Aug, 2013
BCNM's Coye Cheshire Awarded NSF Grant
For his project "Agency, Structure, and Organization: Paths to Participation in Large-Scale Socio-Technical Systems" Read more
11 Jul, 2013
BCNM Welcomes Visiting Scholar Lone Bak Strandgaard
Bak Strandgaard studies the expansion of self-service technologies related to pubic transport Read more
20 May, 2013
Inventing the Future of Games 2013: Interactive Storytelling Symposium, Report by Chris Goetz
IFOG 2013 Symposium brought together academics and practitioners (as well as academic practitioners) for a stimulating conversation about storytelling in videogames Read more
08 May, 2013
BCNM to create Turing Test game for "On the Same Page" program
The test does not check the ability to give the correct answer; it checks how closely the answer resembles typical human answer Read more
07 May, 2013
BCNM's Recent Graduates from the Designated Emphasis in New Media
Congratulations to all! Read more
03 Apr, 2013
Summer 2013 Course Offerings in New Media - Digital Activism, NWMEDIA 150AC
Session A, May 28 - July 3, 2013 Read more
02 Apr, 2013
ATC Lecture: Alexander Long, "Land Art for the Next 10,000 Years"
How do you build an monument scale sculptural machine that will last as long as civilization? Read more
27 Feb, 2013
BCNM faculty, Kimiko Ryokai, wins Google Faculty Research Award
20 Feb, 2013
Björn Hartmann awarded 2013 Sloan Foundation Fellowship
28 Jan, 2013
Applications for M.A./Ph.D. Academic Programs in New Media due March 1, 2013
Applications for Fall 2013 admittance to both programs are due March 1, 2013 Read more
17 Jan, 2013
DataCenter Welcomes Margaret Rhee (BCNM DE) to Board of Directors
Focusing on research justice and participatory methods, DataCenter partners with marginalized communities providing training and resources in research Read more
10 Dec, 2012
BCNM New Media Graduate Students Present Their Research
Their presentations spanned a wide range of study including street dance, machine learning and cyber-communication Read more
04 Dec, 2012
BCNM Welcomes Newly Admitted Students to the DE and Certificate in New Media
We are very pleased to welcome new graduate students to our Designated Emphasis and Graduate Certificate program! Read more
10 Oct, 2012
International Day of the Girl and the Ongoing Need for More Girls in STEM Fields
CITRIS Data and Democracy Initiative Director, Camille Crittenden wrote for the Huffington Post on Tuesday to advocate for continued efforts to bring girls into STEM fields Read more
18 Sep, 2012
Applications for M.A./Ph.D. Academic Programs in New Media
Due November 1, 2012 Read more
28 Aug, 2012
William Gibson in conversation with Ken Goldberg, UC Berkeley
September 4, 2012, 7pm
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
3200 California Street (at Presidio) Read more
30 Jun, 2012
Forest by Bit, Using LiDAR to Represent Sierra Nevada Forests
19 Jun, 2012
BCNM Student Awarded NSF Grant for Research on Digital Democracy and Social Movements
The Sociology Program of the NSF awards grants that have "theoretically focused empirical investigation aimed at improving the explanation of fundamental social processes" Read more
07 Jun, 2012
BCNM Welcomes New Faculty Member Eric Paulos
16 May, 2012
Mutated Text, a cross-genre creative writing workshop co-organized by Margaret Rhee with support from BCNM, was held this past April Read more
14 May, 2012
Research in Computational Aesthetics
Brian A. Barsky is Professor of Computer Science and Affiliate Professor of Optometry and Vision Science at UC Berkeley Read more
14 May, 2012
Who’s Achievement? — Evaluating Self-Constructed and Peer-Evaluated Badge Systems in Online Classrooms
14 May, 2012
BCNM Student Presentations for the annual BEARS Research Symposium
This year's theme is ""Big Data at Berkeley" Read more
07 May, 2012
The Trend of Class, Race, and Ethnicity in Social Media Inequality
Read about Jen Schradie's (PhD, Sociology) study Read more
07 May, 2012
Nature's Toolbox: Biodiversity, Art, and Innovation at Chicago's Field Museum
Professor and BCNM Executive Committee member Paz Gutierrez will be exhibiting one of her digitally fabricated walls made of agricultural infill at the Field Museum Read more
07 May, 2012
Welcoming BCNM's New DE and Certificate Students
We are delighted to announce the following newly students to the BCNM Designated Emphasis and Master's Certificate Program in New Media Read more
07 Mar, 2012
Announcing the 2012 Peter Lyman Fellow
For their research, "Unmanned Aerial Systems: The United States’ Techno-Political Entanglements in the Post-Cold War" Read more
25 Oct, 2011
Friedrich Kittler (1943-2011)
We mourn the passing of the influential media theorist Friedrich Kittler, who was a member of BCNM's international advisory board Read more
19 Oct, 2011
Applications for M.A./Ph.D. Academic Programs in New Media due March 1, 2012
12 Sep, 2011
Turning Data into Democratic Action: Social Apps Lab at CITRIS
01 Sep, 2011
Position Open: Assistant Professor, New Media, Tenure Track
Applications must be postmarked by Oct. 14, 2011. Read more
28 Jul, 2011
"Kinemathics": Kinetically Induced Mathematical Learning
Dor Abrahamson, Assistant Professor Graduate School of Education Cognition and Development: Education in Mathematics, Science, & Technology, UC Berkeley Read more
06 Jul, 2011
A collaboration of art, engineering, and social sciences at the University of California, citysandbox.com, is live! Read more
15 Jun, 2011
The New Social App Lab at CITRIS
The Social App Lab is an interdisciplinary initiative and supported at UC Berkeley by CITRIS Read more
15 Jun, 2011
CITRIS Launches Data and Democracy Initiative
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Next deadline – November 1, 2023
Next deadline – 1 November 2023
Undergraduate Certificate in New Media
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This list is updated regularly. Check back often for the latest updates. Email lara@berkeley.edu with suggestions.
This list is updated regularly. Check back often for the latest updates. Email lara@berkeley.edu with suggestions.
This list is updated regularly. Check back often for the latest updates. Email lara@berkeley.edu with suggestions.
This list is updated regularly. Check back often for the latest updates. Email lara@berkeley.edu with suggestions.
This list is updated regularly. Check back often for the latest updates. Email lara@berkeley.edu with suggestions.
Applications are now open. Applications are due February 1, 2024.
Applications for Summer 2024 are due March 5, 2024.
New Media Research Fellowship
Next deadline – October 1, 2023
Applications are due October 12, 2023
Eugene Jarvis Scholarship for New Media Innovation
Applications are now open. Applications are due February 1, 2024.
Applications for Summer 2024 are due March 5, 2024.
New Media Research Fellowship
Next deadline – October 1, 2023
Applications are due October 12, 2023
Eugene Jarvis Scholarship for New Media Innovation