in 6 days Special Events Global Digital Infrastructure Open House Learn more about the first ever Certificate in Global Digital Infrastructure with industry experts. 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
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
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
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
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
28 Nov, 2016 Art, Tech & Culture Deep Dreams: Between Inspiration and Hallucination Mike Tyka in conversation with Josette Melchor Read more
26 Nov, 2016 Special Events "Local Code" Book Launch: a Conversation & Reading with Nicholas de Monchaux Read more
09 Nov, 2016 Art, Tech & Culture Unnatural: People, Energy and Materials in Three Acts Ronald Rael is an applied architectural researcher, author, design entrepreneur, and thought leader in the fields of additive manufacturing and earthen architecture Read more
02 Nov, 2015 Art, Tech & Culture Working the Stack: Exploits, Topologies, Ontologies with Julian Oliver, a New Zealander, Critical Engineer and artist based in Berlin Read more
29 Mar, 2014 Special Events Impossible Hackathon We're bringing wifi, food, API's, an amazing community... You bring ideas help this "economy of kindness" 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
06 Sep, 2012 History & Theory Applied Topology with Geoff Manaugh, author of BLDGBLOG and former senior editor of Dwell magazine Read more
23 Jan, 2012 Special Events Social Media and Peer Learning: From Mediated Pedagogy to Peeragogy with Howard Rheingold, independent scholar at Stanford's Department of Communication 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
07 Feb, 2025 Announcing the First-Ever Certificate in Global Digital Infrastructure Data centers and subsea cables are critical infrastructures that support the global economy and everyday life. But there hasn’t been a place for students to learn about these systems and enter the industry…. until now. Read more
14 Jun, 2024 China Miéville Writes a Secret Novel With the Internet’s Boyfriend Hannah Zeavin's interview with the sci-fi author is published by WIRED. Read more
26 May, 2023 How Parenting Tech Opens the Door to State Surveillance by Hannah Zeavin Published in Wired, the article explores the history and implications of parental surveillance technologies, focusing on baby monitors. 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
11 Dec, 2021 Ken Goldberg Featured in the San Francisco Examiner Veronica Irwin introduces the Berkeley professor who’s helping robots get a grip. Read more
15 Mar, 2021 BCNM Around the Web March 2021 Check out the amazing work of our alumni around the web this March! Read more
21 Dec, 2020 BCNM Fall 2020: Events In Review We’re so thankful to everyone who tuned in for our events this past semester. Keep reading for a round-up of our events and speakers! Read more
16 Dec, 2020 danah boyd on Why the US Govt Needs a VP of Engineering Not a CTO danah boyd recently wrote an article on Linkedin titled "The US Federal Government Needs a VP of Engineering, not a CTO." Read more
15 Dec, 2020 Abigail De Kosnik on the Platinum Age of Piracy Abigail De Kosnik recently wrote an article for Wired titled "2021 Will Launch the Platinum Age of Piracy." Read more
01 Dec, 2020 Xiaowei Wang interviewed by Severance author Ling Ma in Wired Xiaowei Wang recently spoke with Ling Ma on their book Blockchain Chicken Farm for Wired. Read more
24 Feb, 2020 Jane McGonigal on Entering the Lottery Jane McGonigal writes on the benefits of entering the lottery for Wired. Read more
24 Dec, 2019 Trevor Paglen’s ImageNet Roulette ALum Trevor Paglen and Kate Crawford created ImageNet Roulette, a new art piece that has stirred controversy and accolades across the globe. 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
02 Nov, 2019 BCNM Around the Web November 2019 More in the media from faculty Ken Goldberg, Alex Saum, Claudia von Vacano and Jacob Gaboury; and alumni Trevor Paglen, Bo Ruberg, Alenda Chang and Jen Schradie. Read more
09 Jul, 2019 HTNM 2018-2019 In Review Check out the highlights and videos from this incredible program, featuring Molly Steenson and Safiya Noble! Read more
04 Jul, 2019 Jen Schradie's The Revolution that Wasn't in Wired Jen Schradie's The Revolution That Wasn't is featured in Wired's "14 Must-Read Books of the Summer." Read more
18 Dec, 2018 Abigail De Kosnik in Wired on Unofficial Recordings Abigail De Kosnik was mentioned in Wired's article about how unofficial recordings have flowered in the 21st century. 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
16 Jul, 2018 Help Ken Goldberg's Dex-Net Improve! Wired magazine shares how we can enhance robots' ability to grasp through submitting object designs to Ken Goldberg's Dex-Net. 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
06 Mar, 2018 Goldberg and da Vinci Robot in Wired Ken Goldberg and the da Vinci robot's surgical potential was featured in Wired. Read more
06 Feb, 2018 Ken Goldberg on Robot Renaissance in Wired Goldberg was quoted in "Your Online Shopping Habit is Fueling a Robotics Renaissance" in Wired. 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
05 Dec, 2017 Ken Goldberg Quoted on Kuri and Home Robotics in Wired BCNM's Ken Goldberg was quoted in Wired on robotic help in the home. Read more
05 Dec, 2017 Trevor Paglen and Art in the Age of Mass Surveillance in The Guardian BCNM alum and artist Trevor Paglen and his art were featured on an article on art in the age of mass surveillance in The Guardian. Read more
28 Nov, 2017 ATC Video Now Online: Frank Foer Couldn't make it out to the Arts Technology Culture colloquium with Frank Foer and Nicholas Thompson back in September? The video of their dialogue about big tech is now online! Read more
08 Nov, 2017 Ken Goldberg on RoBhat Labs in Daily Cal Ken Goldberg is quoted in a Daily Cal article about RoBhat Labs and their latest Google Chrome extension release, Botcheck.me. Read more
22 Oct, 2017 Revisited: Frank Foer, "World Without Mind" Revisiting Frank Foer's ATC speaker event about his new book, World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech. Read more
02 Aug, 2017 Ken Goldberg at Autodesk Design Night Goldberg's research project on cloud-connected robots discussed at the Autodesk Gallery in downtown SF! Read more
18 Jul, 2017 Koci Hernandez Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure Richard Koci Hernandez adds yet another distinguished title to his name: Associate Professor of the Graduate School of Journalism, with tenure! 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
28 Apr, 2017 Ohmni TeleRobot Harnesses 20 Year-Old Research from Eric Paulos Research from Eric Paulos’ 20 year-old PRoP research group is still creating products! Read more
01 Aug, 2016 Bonnie Ruberg and 'Doing it for free' Alumna Bonnie Ruberg had her article 'Doing it for free: digital labour and the fantasy of amateur online pornography' published in a special issue Read more
03 Nov, 2015 Revisited: Network Surveillance, Workshop with Julian Oliver In collaboration with the School of Information on October 30th Read more
01 Jul, 2015 Aclima Out of Stealth Aclima designs and deploys environmental sensor networks. Read more
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
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