18 Feb, 2021
Women in Tech Symposium – The New Era in Human-Computer Interaction,
We're co-sponsoring! Read more
15 Apr, 2020
Special Events
09 May, 2019
Special Events
Critical Making 2019 Showcase
Check out the incredible projects from NWMEDIA C203, featured in the Jacobs Spring Design Showcase! Read more
15 Apr, 2019
Special Events
DH Fair: Reception and Poster Session
Please join us in kicking off the 2019 DH Fair by enjoying refreshments with colleagues while browsing posters on recent and current Digital Humanities work at Berkeley.
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
05 Dec, 2018
Special Events
Critical Practices 2018 Showcase
See the great projects of Critical Practices at the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation Winter Showcase! 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
02 May, 2018
Special Events
Come to the free Critical Making Showcase at Jacobs Hall taking place Wednesday, May 2nd from 2-3:30pm as part of the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation Spring 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
04 Apr, 2018
Special Events
The Past is Present: Exhibition
Deep Dive Or the Limits of Immersion was curated by Asma Kazmi. We preview the show as part of the Past is Present. Read more
06 Dec, 2017
Special Events
Critical Practices at the Jacobs Winter Design Showcase
Critical Practices, a hands-on studio design course, will present their work at the Jacobs Winter Design Showcase on Dec 6. Read more
04 Dec, 2017
Special Events
Tangible User Interfaces Showcase
Come see students' fantastic projects at the exhibition showcase by Tangible User Interfaces. Read more
03 May, 2017
Special Events
Spring Critical Making Showcase
Come celebrate the projects of Design Innovation students! Read more
07 Dec, 2016
Special Events
Jacobs 2016 Winter Design Showcase
Jacobs Institute opens its doors to showcase students' final projects! Read more
04 May, 2016
Special Events
Experience this season's NWMEDIA203 Showcase at Jacobs Hall Read more
22 Apr, 2016
Special Events
Change and Stillness: Bodies and Gestures within Sensor Technology
Two sessions of open lab, talk, and live demonstration of multi-disciplinary art Read more
21 Apr, 2016
Special Events
Prof. Saum-Pascual hosts a reading from her Electronic Literature: A Critical Making and Writing Course 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
09 Dec, 2015
Special Events
Jacobs Institute Winter Design Showcase
Join us as we celebrate this semester's student work at Jacobs Institute! Read more
28 Oct, 2015
Special Events
Manufacturing Transparency Conference
An exciting, interdisciplinary symposium on secrecy, publicity, and authenticity 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
06 May, 2015
Special Events
Game Design Showcase and Arcade
Come to Kroeber to view student-created games! Read more
05 May, 2015
Special Events
2015 CITRIS Mobile App Challenge
A challenge to promote innovation, community service, and career development among UC Berkeley students Read more
03 Apr, 2015
Special Events
Artists, humanists, and technologists interested in new media gathering for a fantastic night of conversation and food Read more
11 Dec, 2014
Special Events
Count Me In: Walking & the City
Presented by students, faculty and staff from the Global Urban Humanities program, CITRIS, BCNM, and the CITRIS Social Apps Lab Read more
09 Nov, 2011
Special Events
with Garth Johnson - writer, artist, and educator Read more
24 Feb, 2011
Special Events
World Craft, Business and Culture of Gaming in East Asia
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
19 Apr, 2023
Check out the amazing work from BCNM faculty, students, and alumni at the ACM Computer-Human Interaction Conference of 2023! Read more
05 Apr, 2023
Conference Grants: Sophia Perez at the Indigenous Imaginarium
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17 Mar, 2023
Conference Grants: Rebecca Levitan at the Archaeological Institute of America
Rebecca presented her work "New Research on Roman and Late Antique Living Spaces" at the annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America. Read more
27 Nov, 2022
Announcing Our Fall 2022 DE & Certificate Cohort
Valencia James: AI_am Read more
21 Apr, 2022
Mary Smith Reviews the Queer Games Avant-Garde
Bonnie Ruberg's The Queer Games Avant-Garde: How LGBTQ Game Makers Are Reimagining the Medium of Video Games is reviewed in Communication Booknotes Quarterly. Read more
20 Apr, 2022
Abigail De Kosnik and Jaclyn Zhou on Diversity on Streaming Platforms in Pandemic Times
Abigail De Kosnik and Jaclyn Zhou present diversity Scores for films and television series on major streaming platforms during the COVID-19 pandemic period. Read more
26 Jan, 2022
Vincente Perez Reads for Poetry & the Senses
BCNM DE Vincente Perez was a Poetry & the Senses Fellow in Fall 2021 and read work produced over the semester. Read more
13 Dec, 2021
Announcing Our 2021 DE & Certificate Cohort
Art by Xincun Du. Read more
26 Oct, 2021
Returning to the Concert Hall by Camille Crittenden
Returning to the Concert Hall by Camille Crittenden Read more
27 Sep, 2021
Eric Paulos on Kaleidescope
Eric Paulos received a 2020-2021 BCNM faculty seed grant for his work developing Kaleidoscope. 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
18 Aug, 2021
Edgar Fabián Frías at Techno-Intimacy
Edgar Fabián Frías presents work at MOCA Jacksonville's latest exhibition Techno-Intimacy, on show until February 13th! 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
Alum Tiffany Ng speaks on her musical influences in I Care If You Listen's "ListN Up." Read more
07 May, 2021
Watch CITRIS Women in Tech Videos Now
Check out the videos of the 5th Annual CITRIS Women in Tech Symposium available online! Read more
31 Oct, 2020
Eric Paulos Receives BCNM Faculty Seed Grant
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05 Aug, 2020
Alex Saum-Pascual Reads Poetry for the Arts Research Center
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07 Jul, 2020
BCNM Students Receive Architecture Awards
Congratulations to the amazing BCNM students receiving prized awards from the Architecture Department. Read more
10 Jun, 2020
Artifacts from the Time of COVID-19
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16 Apr, 2020
BCNM Around the Web April 2020
Check out the amazing work of our faculty and alumni in April 2020! 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
27 Feb, 2020
The American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting features presentations by four BCNM students and alumni! Read more
06 Feb, 2020
Commons Conversation Revisited: Rahul Gairola
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26 Dec, 2019
Revisited: Tangible User Interfaces Showcase
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26 Dec, 2019
Revisited: Critical Practices Showcase
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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
04 Dec, 2019
Alum Kirsten Chen Co-Curates Momentum for Franchise
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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
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
23 Sep, 2019
Open House Fall 2019 Revisited
This year's Open House was lead by new BCNM Director Abigail De Kosnik! Read more
29 Aug, 2019
Zeynep Tufekci on Digital Infrastructures That Serve Humanity
(TED photo by Ryan Lash via Flickr) Read more
11 Jul, 2019
BCNM presented their latest research at the CM Designing Interactive Systems 2019 conference on Contesting Borders and Intersections. Read more
15 Jun, 2019
All Woman Team Critiques Optimization Culture in NWMEDIA 190: Critical Practices
The students' commentary on our culture's enthusiasm for supplements is now showing in the CITRIS Tech Museum. Read more
06 Jun, 2019
William White on the Digital Heritage of People's Park
William White received a 2019 Faculty Seed Grant for "The People's Park Digital Heritage Project." Read more
27 May, 2019
Revisited: Critical Making Showcase
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25 May, 2019
Alum Bo Ruberg on the UCI Podcast
Bo chats about the history of video games through the lens of LGBTQ theory! Read more
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
21 Mar, 2019
Jen Schradie's Digital Activism Gap Highlighted in The Society Pages
The Society Pages features allum Jen Schradie's research on the digital activism gap. 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
26 Feb, 2019
Alum Trevor Paglen at Seattle Art Fair
Trevor Paglen's Orbital Reflector satellite will be featured at the Seattle Art Fair. Read more
08 Feb, 2019
Revisited: Questioning New Media Performance Night
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12 Aug, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen Exhibited at the Halsey McKay Gallery
The East Hampton Gallery features work by Nina Beier, Judith Hopf, John Miller, and Trevor Paglen, until August 26th. Read more
13 Jun, 2018
Alum Clement Hil Goldberg at Outfest LA
Clement Hil Goldberg's Our Future Ends plays at Outfest Los Angeles this July 13, 2018! Read more
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
Revisited: Critical Making Showcase
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19 Apr, 2018
Revisited: The Past is Present Exhibition
Asma Kazmi curated a fantastic virtual reality exhibition we were thrilled to preview as part of the Past is Present. Read more
20 Feb, 2018
Announcing the Lyman 2018 Fellowship Recipients
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06 Dec, 2017
NWMEDIA 190/290 Critical Practices Showcase
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04 Dec, 2017
Revisited: NWMEDIA 201 Performance Night
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28 Nov, 2017
Trevor Paglen's Reaper Drone at the Wichita Art Museum
BCNM alum Trevor Paglen's art piece, "Reaper Drone," was featured at the Wichita Art Museum's exhbition about surveillance and photography. 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
17 Oct, 2017
Ken Goldberg at TedX Oakland
Ken Goldberg will present at the TedX Oakland 2017 conference on Sunday October 22nd! Read more
12 Aug, 2017
CS160 Final Project Showcase
Check out photos from an incredible semester with Cesar Torres' CS160 summer class! Read more
13 May, 2017
Neyran Turan Receives Seed Grant for Cadavre Exquis
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08 May, 2017
NWMEDIA C203: Critical Making Showcase 2017 Revisited
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04 Apr, 2017
Ken Goldberg Lecture at the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology
Berkeley Center for Law and Technology's (BCLT) 6th annual Privacy Law Forum featured BCNM's Ken Goldberg as a Keynote speaker. Read more
20 Mar, 2017
CNMAT Website Soft-Launch
The Center of New Music and Audio Technologies‘ new website went public earlier this semester in a “soft” release. 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
09 Feb, 2017
Nicholas de Monchaux Exhibition and Lecture at Univ. of Tennessee
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03 Feb, 2017
Engaged Courses: Critical Making Designs Protest Object
Eric Paulos challenged his Critical Making class (NWMEDIA 203) to create and present a novel protest object. Read more
10 Nov, 2016
Revisited: "Sex, Lies, and Data Mining"
We recap Luke Dubois's talk in Jacobs Institute for Design. Read more
27 Jul, 2016
New #SELFIE Poetry from Alex Saum-Pascual
Readers may remember her from the No Legacy || Literatura Electrónica exhibition currently on display in the Doe Library Read more
24 May, 2016
E-Literature Success in the Classroom
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18 May, 2016
Revisited: eLit Final Showcase
See photos and tweets from the event! Read more
12 May, 2016
Revisited: Critical Making Exhibition
Critical Making students operationalize and critique the practice of making through both foundational literature and hands on studio culture Read more
12 May, 2016
Eric Paulos' CS 160 Interface Design Showcase
Teams were challenged to design novel smartphone and smartwatch applications focused on health and medical themes Read more
19 Apr, 2016
Ashley Jerbic at the Stanford Learning Summit
Ashley has been extensively engaged in areas of research that touch upon 3D imaging, art history, art practice, and archaeology Read more
19 Feb, 2016
Ken Goldberg and a Wake-Up Call for California
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30 Nov, 2015
Shannon Jackson in 809 | Artists as Activists
A discussion panel of Chicago-based artists who use their art to create social impact Read more
30 Nov, 2015
Jacobs Institute Winter Design Showcase
Presentations will feature demos and project displays and allow the Berkeley public to interact with the student makers and explore cross-discipline design projects Read more
17 Nov, 2015
Raised in an Anglo-Spanish household in Madrid, Alex has always been fascinated by language Read more
08 Oct, 2015
BCNM's Recommended Spring 16 Courses Now Out!
Check out the highlights of new media courses on offer this Spring 2016! And here are a few we're proud to be offering. Read more
06 Oct, 2015
New Spring 2016 Undergrad E-Lit Course!
This upper-division undergraduate course epitomizes digital humanities - literary analysis alongside basic programming skills and DH tools and methods! 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
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
29 Jul, 2015
Smart Chairs in California Magazine
09 Jun, 2015
Editor's Choice Awards at Bay Area Maker Faire
Three Editor's Choice awards were awarded to NWMEDIA 203: Critical Making projects at this year's Bay Area Maker Faire Read more
18 Mar, 2015
BCNM Welcomes Spring 2015 DE & Certificate Students
Applications this semester were phenomenal and we’re thrilled by the unique perspectives each of our new students will bring to the Center Read more
17 Feb, 2015
The 2015 Berkeley EECS Annual Research Symposium hosted a BCNM open house last Thursday on February 12. Read more
08 Oct, 2014
ATC Revisited: Brett Cook
A lecture by the community artist and muralist earlier this month Read more
21 May, 2014
Best in Class Award at Maker Faire!
We’re thrilled to announce that BCNM faculty member Eric Paulos’ class NWMEDIA 290 — Critical Making received Best in Class Award for Maker Faire 2014 and will soon be featured on the Maker website! 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
21 Mar, 2014
BCNM Welcomes New Students to the Graduate Certificate in New Media
We are delighted to welcome 3 new graduate students to our Masters Certificate program Read more
23 Apr, 2013
BCNM New Media Students showcase Research at Spring Semester Presentation
UC Berkeley graduate students with a Designated Emphasis in New Media presented their research on April 17, 2013 in the BCNM Commons to an audience of students, faculty, and members of the public Read more
19 Mar, 2013
ATC Lecture: "Art of the Exoskeleton: 3D Printing for the Human Condition"
By Scott Summit, designer and founder of Bespoke Innovations Read more
24 Oct, 2012
Printable Loudspeaker Arrays for Flexible Substrates and Interactive Surfaces
Jess Rowland, M.F.A. Art Practice, Certificate in New Media, UC Berkeley Read more
Next deadline – March 1, 2023
Applications are now closed. Applications are next due February 1, 2024.
Next deadline – March 1, 2023
Applications are due March 1, 2023
Applications are now closed. Applications are next due February 1, 2024.
Next deadline – March 1, 2023
Applications are due March 1, 2023
