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
03 Nov, 2020
Special Events
Visual Activism: Erin McElroy
With Erin McElroy
Postdoctoral Researcher, New York University
Presented by the Arts Research Center and co-sponsored by the Berkeley Center for New Media.Read more
21 Oct, 2019
Commons Conversations
On the Fringe of Minitel: Alternative Uses of a State-Sponsored Communications Network A Participatory Masterclass
with Julien Mailland
Associate Professor of Telecommunications, Indiana University Media School Read more
11 Apr, 2019
Special Events
Sarah Winchester and the Origins of Silicon Valley
with Homay King
Bryn Mawr College
Presented by the Berkeley Film & Media Seminar. Co-sponsored by the Berkeley Center for New Media.Read more
18 Oct, 2018
Special Events
Hacking Politics: Civic Data Solidarity Panel
with Burak Arikan, artist, founder of Graph Commons Sinduja Rangarajan, data reporter, Reveal, The Center for Investigative Reporting Jin Zhu, artist, member of the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project Read more
08 Oct, 2018
Art, Tech & Culture
The Networked Avant-garde
with Kelani Nichole
Director, The Current; Founder, TRANSFER In partnership with the Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture SeriesRead 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 JournalismRead more
01 Mar, 2017
Commons Conversations
Radical Technologies: The Design of Everyday Life
with Adam Greenfield, information architect and designer Read more
17 Jan, 2017
Art, Tech & Culture
Collecting the Uncollectible
with art collectors Pamela and Richard Kramlich in conversation with Larry Rinder, BAMPFA Director Read more
13 Apr, 2015
Art, Tech & Culture
A Hack in the Odious Machine: Digital Organizing Tools for the Precariat
with Jesse Drew, UC Davis Professor, and Glenda Drew, artist and designer Read more
24 Apr, 2014
Special Events
Bone Flute to Auto Tune
A conference on music, technologies, and the digital media that shapes it all Read more
20 Apr, 2024
Announcing BCNM's Spring 2024 Faculty Seed Grants
Congratulations Greg Niemeyer, Clancy Wilmott, and Emma Fraser! Read more
27 Jun, 2023
BCNM's Big Wins 2023
We're so proud to share some our greatest successes from 2022-2023! Read more
Harry Burson presented his paper, "“Metaverse, Multiverse, Server-verse: Fantasies of Control and Connection”, at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) annual conference. 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
15 Dec, 2022
Summer 2023 Courses: NWMEDIA 151AC
Transforming Tech: Issues and Interventions in STEM and Silicon Valley offered online with Matthew Berry! Read more
07 Jul, 2022
BCNM at ICA2022
Alumni Christo Sims and Jen Schradie presented at the International Communication Association's 2022 conference. Read more
20 Jun, 2022
Christo Sims on Green Magic
Alum Christo Sims discusses Technologies of Enchantment at Apple's Corporate Headquarters on Public Culture. 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
Announcing the Fall 2021 Conference Grant Recipients
Congratulations to these amazing students working on media literacy, ethnographic research, philosophical arguments, and more! Read more
08 Oct, 2021
Vincente Perez on Declarations of Interdependence
Read more
22 Jul, 2021
Gail De Kosnik Awarded American Cultures Excellence in Teaching Award
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.
This year, arm the next generation of innovators with the tools to build just and equitable technological futures through the Berkeley Center for New Media. Read more
14 Feb, 2021
Xiaowei Wang and An Xiao Mina on The Great Shopping Mall
Read more
Conference Grants: William Morgan on Machine Learning and the Digital Realization of Deleuze
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
03 Apr, 2020
Ken Goldberg on COVID-19, Robots, and Us
Ken Goldberg was invited to host an online discussion on "COVID-19, robots and us". Read more
30 Jan, 2020
Camille Crittenden at Transatlantic Sync
Executive Director of CITRIS and the Banatao Institute Camille Crittenden spoke in a panel about ethics in technology at Transatlantic Sync, a conference aimed at connecting Silicon Valley and Germany on issues of technology and innovation. Read more
27 Jan, 2020
Visit Xiaowei Wang's Exhibition '女 Nǚ: Other Half of The Sky'
Read more
02 Jan, 2020
danah boyd on Owning Ethics in Silicon Valley
Alum danah boyd with Emmanuel Moss and Jacob Metcalf published on corporate logics, Silicon Valley, and the Institutionalization of ethics. Read more
Summer Research Dispatch: Tory Jeffay on Photographic Evidence & Police Body Cameras
Read more
26 Nov, 2018
Conference Grants: Grace Gipson and Malika Imhotep at ‘Intentionally Digital, Intentionally Black’
Read more
05 Nov, 2018
Alum Jane McGonigal Creates Ethical Toolkit
Jane McGonigal developed a toolkit to help keep many large Silicon Valley tech companies, as well as start-ups, keep their priorities and ethics in check. Read more
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
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
19 Mar, 2018
Ken Goldberg at CITRIS Silicon Valley
Ken Goldberg will be attending the CITRIS Silicon Valley Forum, a new monthly series from CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, on April 5. Read more
11 Jan, 2018
SRL Featuring Robots by Eric Paulos at Marlborough Contemporary and in the News
Read more
11 Apr, 2017
Commons Conversations: Color of New Media Working Group Transcription
The “Color of New Media Working Group” met as a part of Commons Conversations to discuss the vertiginous political climate. Read more
11 Apr, 2017
Ken Goldberg on Robot Grasping at Tempo Automation
Ken Goldberg on integrating robots into industry at Tempo Automation Read more
16 Mar, 2017
Commons Conversations Video Now Online: "Radical Technologies" with Adam Greenfield
Read more
02 Mar, 2017
Greg Niemeyer’s Teaching Philosophy Featured in Le Monde
The BCNM faculty and Art Practice professor gave an interview in the renowned newspaper. 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
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
16 Nov, 2015
Ken Goldberg on Art, Technology, and Innovation in the Bay Area
04 Nov, 2015
Ken Goldberg at 2015 Fortune Global Forum
25 Jun, 2015
Greg Niemeyer on Data Privacy at NOST
03 Feb, 2015
Announcing the Eugene Jarvis Scholarship for Innovation in New Media
Sponsored by the game designer, Eugene Jarvis Read more
15 Dec, 2014
Abigail De Kosnik Published in Performance Research
The Silicon Valley ‘tech boom’ has led to large-scale gentrification in San Francisco... Read more
01 Sep, 2014
Meet Ken Goldberg
A roboticist, artist, critic, filmmaker, scientist, teacher, and academic, Ken Goldberg has long been pushing the boundaries of art and technology Read more
01 May, 2014
Meet Jen Schradie
Jen Schradie has never been afraid to confront the societal inequality she witnesses Read more
24 Apr, 2014
Announcing our Spring 2014 Graduating Class
We are proud to announce our latest cohort of graduating BCNM Designated Emphasis and Masters Certificate students Read more
08 Apr, 2014
Jen Schradie Critiques Silicon Valley
"Does this satire simply reflect Silicon Valley sexism or contribute to it?" 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
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
Undergraduate Opportunities
Summer 2023
This list is updated regularly. Check back often for the latest updates. Email lara@berkeley.edu with suggestions.
Fall 2020
Next deadline – March 18, 2024
Conference Grants
Eugene Jarvis Scholarship for New Media Innovation
Next deadline – March 18, 2024
Conference Grants
Eugene Jarvis Scholarship for New Media Innovation
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