28 Jan, 2025 Conference Grant Reports: Evan Sakuma at ASA 2024 We are pleased to support our students sharing their work at the premiere conferences in their field. Evan Sakuma presented “Good Shot, Babe!-- Guns n’ Glamour Reimagining Asian American Womanhood" at the American Studies Association Conference in Baltimore! Read more
25 Nov, 2024 Conference Grant Reports: Alexis Wood at NACIS 2024 We are pleased to support our students sharing their work at the premiere conferences in their field. Alexis Wood presented her database project, State of Mine (Mind), at the NACIS annual meeting in Tacoma, Washington! Read more
07 Nov, 2024 Summer 2025 Research Award Application Now Open Applications are due March 1, 2025. Read more
25 Oct, 2024 Summer Research Reports: Caleb Murray-Bozeman on Mapping Union Square BCNM is thrilled to support our students in their summer research. Read about Caleb Murray-Bozeman on Mapping Union Square! Read more
15 Oct, 2024 Summer Research Reports: Lani Alden on Onnagata Voices in Early Sound Recordings BCNM is thrilled to support our students in their summer research. Read about Lani Alden on Onnagata Voices in Early Sound Recordings! Read more
15 Oct, 2024 Summer Research Reports: Meg Everett on Studying Youth on TikTok BCNM is thrilled to support our students in their summer research. Read about Meg Everett on Studying Youth on TikTok! Read more
14 Oct, 2024 Summer Research Reports: Alexis Wood on Social Media & Secessionist Movements BCNM is thrilled to support our students in their summer research. Read about Alexis Wood on Social Media and sSecessionist Movements! Read more
12 Oct, 2024 Summer Research Reports: Adrian Montufar on Designing New Digital Musical Instruments BCNM is thrilled to support our students in their summer research. Read about Adrian Montufar on Designing New Digital Musical Instruments! Read more
11 Oct, 2024 Summer Research Reports: Evan Sakuma on Triggered Identities BCNM is thrilled to support our students in their summer research. Read about Evan Sakuma on Triggered Identities! Read more
10 Oct, 2024 Summer Research Reports: Eda Er on Marbled Narratives BCNM is thrilled to support our students in their summer research. Read about Eda Er on Marbled Narratives! Read more
02 Oct, 2024 Summer Research Reports: Elizabeth Sun on the Video Data Bank BCNM is thrilled to support our students in their summer research. Read about Elizabeth Sun on the Video Data Bank! Read more
01 Oct, 2024 Summer Research Reports: Lee Crandall on Visualizing Crypto-Economic/Ecologic Networks BCNM is thrilled to support our students in their summer research. Read about Lee Crandall on Visualizing Crypto-Economic/Ecologic Networks! Read more
01 Oct, 2024 Summer Research Reports: Jaclyn Zhou on Anime Fan Tourism BCNM is thrilled to support our students in their summer research. Read about Jaclyn Zhou on Anime Fan Tourism! Read more
20 May, 2024 BCNM's Big Wins 2024 We're so proud to share some our greatest successes from 2023-2024! Read more
07 Apr, 2024 Announcing our Summer 2024 Research Award Recipients Congratulations to our 2024 Summer Research recipients from Geography, Music, Education, Architecture, East Asian Studies, Public Health, Theater, Dance and Performance Studies, and Film & Media. Read more
17 Jan, 2024 Summer Research Reports: Ellie Hoshizaki and the Vibe-o-meter We're thrilled to support our students in their summer research. Read about Ellie Hoshizaki and the Vibe-o-meter! Read more
07 Dec, 2023 Congratulating Our Fall 2023 Graduates Omnidirectional wifi speaker, Hae Sung Park. Read more
30 Oct, 2023 Summer Research Reports: Alexis Wood on Digital Landscapes in Northern California We're thrilled to support our students in their summer research. Read about Alexis Wood on Digital Landscapes in Northern California. Read more
26 Oct, 2023 Alexis Wood on Erosion as Method(ology) at NACIS 23 Alexis Wood (Department of Geography & BCNM DE) presented her paper, “Erosion As Method(ology): Theorizing and Mapping Structures of Feeling” at the at the North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS) Annual Conference. Read more
21 Oct, 2023 Elnaz Tafrihi on Insight XR Elnaz received a summer research grant to work on an augmented reality project. 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
16 Aug, 2023 Vincente Perez and Hip-Hop Poetics Read about Vincente Perez's research into Hip-Hop poetics Read more
15 Aug, 2023 Valencia James & Landship Valiant Star Read about Valencia James and Landship Valiant Star; a multimodal research project in which I am exploring the living history of the Barbados Landship. 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
27 Jun, 2023 BCNM's Big Wins 2023 We're so proud to share some our greatest successes from 2022-2023! Read more
23 Mar, 2023 Announcing Our Summer 2023 Research Award Recipients We are thrilled to share our 2023 Summer Research Fellows from Architecture, Art Practice, Design, Education, Film & Media, Geography, and Theater, Dance and Performance Studies! Read more
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
12 Nov, 2022 Summer 2023 Research Award Application Now Open We're pleased to offer awards of $1,000 and $500 to our graduate students this summer to help support their research projects. Read more
11 Sep, 2022 Summer Research Report: Amanda Barnett Read about Amanda's preparation for a Spring 2023 exhibit at Wing Luke Museum, Seattle’s Asian Pacific American history museum. Read more
10 Sep, 2022 Summer Research Report: Irma Barbosa Read about Irma's work titled "Ternura means Tenderness". 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
25 Aug, 2022 Summer Research Reports: Kevin CK Lo Musician Kevin CK Lo worked towards building a modular geo-spatial web template. Read more
24 Aug, 2022 Summer Research Reports: Rebecca Levitan Rebecca works on the digital documentation of ancient art! Read more
23 Aug, 2022 Summer Research Report: Lani Alden Digital preservation and database building formed the basis of Lani's work on kabuki performances in the early twentieth century. Read more
15 Aug, 2022 Summer 2022 Research with Haripriya Sathyanarayanan Read more about Haripriya's work on Spatial Perception of the Pediatric Built Environment and Patient-Centric Design Read more
10 Jun, 2022 BCNM's Big Wins 2022 We're so proud to share some our greatest successes from 2022! Read more
22 Nov, 2021 Summer 2022 Research Award Applications Now Open We're pleased to offer awards of $1,000 and $500 to our graduate students this summer to help support their research projects. Read more
19 Sep, 2021 Summer Research: Rashad Timmons on Slave Labor in Railway Construction Rashad Timmons received a Summer 2021 BCNM Research Grant. Read about his important archival work investigating the role slave labor had in building mid to late 19th century railways. Read more
06 Sep, 2021 Summer Research: Julia Irwin & the Gilbreth Archives Julia Irwin received a BCNM 2021 Summer Research Award. Read about her great work researching and writing about the archives of industrial psychologist Lillian Moller Gilbreth and her husband Frank B. Gilbreth. Read more
06 Sep, 2021 Summer Research: Erica Deeman, Fast Fashion, & Jamaica Erica Deeman received a BCNM 2021 Summer Research Award. Read about her great work exploring the cultural heritage of her ancestors and expressing her findings through a video performance. Read more
01 Sep, 2021 Summer Research: Rachel Chen on Embodied Platforms for Children on the Autism Spectrum Rachel Chen received a BCNM 2021 Summer Research Award. Hear about her great work developing a platform for non-speaking children on the Autism spectrum. Read more
30 Aug, 2021 Summer Research: Hala Kaddoura on Joy Hala Kaddoura received a BCNM summer research award to advance her art practice. She traveled to Lebanon to begin a new project on joy. Read more
20 Aug, 2021 Summer Research Dispatch: Tonya Nguyen on Mutual Aid Organizations' Use of Technology Tonya Nguyen shares her findings on how mutual aid organizations can scale effectively, especially when making decisions about the technology they should use and its impact on their communities. Read more
17 Aug, 2021 Summer Research Dispatch: Edgar Fabián Frías and the Queer, Trans & Gender Variant Ancestors Project You can now watch Edgar's conversations with leading artists on Queer, Trans & Gender Variant Ancestors. Plus, look out for billboards near you! Read more
20 Nov, 2020 Summer 2021 Research Award Applications Now Open We're pleased to offer awards of $1,000 and $500 to our graduate students this summer to help support their research projects. Read more
01 Sep, 2020 Summer Research Dispatch: Chris Chan & International Art Collaborations COVID-19 curtailed travel, but Chris Chan continued to develop relationships with artists in China and Taiwan. Read more
21 Aug, 2020 Summer Research Dispatch: Kevin Lo Returns to Digital Art Kevin Lo and his longtime collaborator were excited to present their art in physical space, but have no returned to the digital realm in light of COVID-19. Read more
15 Aug, 2020 Summer Research Dispatch: Haripriya Sathyanarayanan on Spatial Perception of the Pediatric Built Environment Haripriya is working on a mixed-methods study on enhancing patient experience through collaborative design of patient spaces in pediatric hospital environments using immersive technology. Read more
12 Aug, 2020 Summer Research Dispatch: Emily Gui & Zoom Glitches Artist Emily Gui created a new work using Zoom to document these unprecedented times. 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
20 Nov, 2019 Summer 2020 Research Award Applications Now Open We're pleased to offer awards of $1,000 and $500 to our graduate students this summer to help support their research projects. 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
22 Aug, 2019 Summer Research Dispatch: Tory Jeffay on Photographic Evidence & Police Body Cameras Read more
21 Aug, 2019 Summer Research Dispatch: Juliana Friend on Sutura Juliana traveled to Senegal to study shifting notions of digital privacy and publicity. Read more
19 Aug, 2019 Summer Research Dispatch: KC Forcier on the Computational Loop in Network Culture KC examined how artworks engage with the looping logic of code, with its potential for ongoing and indefinite temporality, and how this relates to the perception of temporality in networked culture as similarly indeterminate. Read more
16 Aug, 2019 Rebecca Levitan Summer Dispatch: Polychromy in Athens This summer, Rebecca traveled to Athens to study architectural sculpture and figural graffiti using cutting edge imaging. Read more
11 Apr, 2019 Announcing our Summer 2019 Research Award Recipients We are thrilled by the ambitious and innovative work these students are completing, and are pleased to be able to provide summer funding to support their research initiatives. Read more
28 Nov, 2018 Summer 2019 Research Award Applications Now Open We're pleased to offer awards of $1,000 and $500 to our graduate students this summer to help support their research projects. 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
01 Oct, 2018 Summer Research Dispatch: Yairamaren Roman Maldonado on Caribbean Literary Portrayals of New Media This summer, Yairamaren Roman Maldonado explored how Cuban and Dominican Republican literary content use new media to reconfigure power relations. Read more
01 Oct, 2018 Summer Research Dispatch: Ryan Ikeda & Electronic Literature This summer, Ryan Ikeda examined how instructors, departments and institutions teach electronic literature. Read more
10 Sep, 2018 Summer Research Dispatch: Ritwik Banerji on Improvisation This summer, Ritwik Banerji studied improvisatory jazz to see if musicians tended toward novelty or conventionality. Read more
30 Aug, 2018 Summer Research Dispatch: Noura Howell on Biosensing This summer, Noura Howell developed a prototype for a biosensing bench for connecting community members. Read more
09 Aug, 2018 Summer Research Dispatch: Yang Liu on VR This summer, Yang Liu developed UNREAL, a Virtual Reality project for architectural design. Read more
18 Apr, 2018 Announcing 2018 Summer Research Awards Congratulations to this year's Summer Research Award recipients! We are excited to support the amazing work these students will be completing over the summer. Read more
09 Nov, 2017 Summer Fellowships Now Available Applications for Summer 2018 are now available! BCNM is awarding several fellowships of $1,000 and $500 to be used towards your summer research. Read more
14 Oct, 2017 Summer Research Dispatch: Maija Hynninen & Sounding Sculpture Read about Maija Hynninen's BCNM-funded research as she builds and improves the sound diffusion system for 'Sounding Sculpture.' Read more
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
22 Aug, 2017 Summer Research Dispatches: Juliana Friend and Many-to-Many Read about Friend's ethnographic research for her Many-to-Many project, funded by BCNM Read more
17 Aug, 2017 Summer Research Dispatches: Malika Imhotep at the International School for Decolonial Black Feminism Malika Imhotep documents her BCNM-funded research on Black feminism in Brazil. Read more
15 Aug, 2017 Summer Research Dispatches: Yairamaren Roman Maldonado on Humanizing Deportation Read Yairamaren Roman Maldonado's account of collaborating with the UC Digital Storytelling project, funded by BCNM Read more
15 Aug, 2017 Summer Research Dispatches: Miyoko Conley on Holograms in K-Pop Miyoko Conley (TDPS) documents her BCNM-funded research on digital fandom in Seoul, South Korea Read more
30 Aug, 2016 Summer Research Report: Andrea Horbinski and Japanese Manga Horbinski researched at the Harvard Yenching Library on Japanese Manga Read more
25 Aug, 2016 Summer Research Report: Yairamaren Roman Maldonado on Digital Stories and Popular Voices in Puerto Rico Here's what she discovered with a BCNM-funded grant Read more
25 Aug, 2016 Summer Research Report: Grace Gipson and the Popular Culture Summer Workshop Gipson received a summer research award from the BCNM to support her dissertation research by attending the Popular Culture Summer Research Workshop 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
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
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, 2015 Summer 2015 Research Awards BCNM is proud to announce the recipients of its Summer 2015 Research Awards! Read more
11 Mar, 2015 Tiffany Ng to be University of Michigan Carilloneur She is Visiting Instructor of Music History at St. Olaf College and a Ph.D. candidate in Musicology with a Designated Emphasis in New Media at UC Berkeley Read more
03 Sep, 2014 Summer Dispatches: Kyle Booten Kyle Booten (Education) was one of five exceptional graduate students to be awarded a $1000 BCNM Summer Research Award. Read more
13 Aug, 2014 Summer Dispatches: Laura Devendorf Laura Devendorf (Information) was one of five exceptional graduate students to be awarded a $1000 BCNM Summer Research Award Read more
12 Aug, 2014 Summer Dispatches: Adam Hutz Adam Hutz (Rhetoric) was one of five exceptional graduate students to be awarded a $1000 BCNM Summer Research Award. Check out what he's done so far! 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
10 Apr, 2014 Announcing BCNM's 2014 Summer Research Awards Congratulations to this year's Summer Research Award recipients! Each student will receive $1,000 of summer assistance to support their research initiatives. Read more
20 May, 2013 New Media 2013 Summer Research Fellowships Awarded to BCNM Designated Emphasis Students Berkeley Center for New Media is pleased to award fellowships for research on new media scholarship in Summer 2013 to five Designated Emphasis students Read more
07 Nov, 2012 Interface Design for Intelligent Elderly Home Care Environments Hsin-Hsien visited Living 3.0, a national research institution based in Taiwan, to learn more about the latest technologies that are being used to create smart space Read more
31 Aug, 2012 The Art of Video Games? Alenda Chang, Ph.D. Rhetoric, DE in New Media, UC Berkeley Read more
08 Aug, 2012 New Media Summer Research Fellowships Awarded to BCNM DE's Congratulations to the following students! Read more