BCNM faculty Alex Saum-Pascual presented Traceroute Poems, segundo viaje at cultr_ALH, a site-specific poetic performance linking fiber-optic networks and the Alhambra’s historic flows of light, water, and energy. bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

BCNM's Undergraduate Certificate in New Media introduces students to the changing new media landscape that is transforming the way we think in the fields of art, technology, the humanities, and social sciences. Fall 2025 applications are due November 1, 2025! bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

BCNM's Graduate Certificate in New Media provides Master's students with an ensuing competitive edge for some of the most desirable jobs in industry and academia. Fall 2025 applications are due November 1, 2025! bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

BCNM’s Designated Emphasis (D.E.) program is for selected UC Berkeley Ph.D. students from any Berkeley home department with research interests in new media. Fall 2025 applications are due November 1, 2025! bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

We’re proud to share this year’s collection of publications from the BCNM community, spanning July 2024 – June 2025. This round-up showcases the extraordinary breadth of research, creativity, and scholarship produced by our students, alumni, and faculty! bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

Alex Saum-Pasucal received a BCNM Faculty Seed Grant for exploring the material realities and environmental impact of digital infrastructures through an immersive, art-driven AI tour. bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

We are pleased to support our students sharing their work at the premiere conferences in their field. Zina Wang presented on the ceremonial destruction of epidemic-related personal data at the 2025 Modern Language Association Annual Convention in New Orleans. bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

We're so pleased to provide undergraduate research opportunities! Fizzah Kayani worked with Arianna Khmelniuk on a project examining how scent-related language in film reflects and reinforces power dynamics, ideologies, and binary oppositions. bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

We are pleased to support our students sharing their work at the premiere conferences in their field. Lee Crandall presented "Plotting Cryptoeconomic Imaginaries and Counterplotting the Network State" at the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting. bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

We are pleased to support our students sharing their work at the premiere conferences in their field. Yangyang Yang presented her paper on Mobile Augmented Reality Experience at the ACM CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

We are pleased to support our students sharing their work at the premiere conferences in their field. Connie Gu presented on Mobile Technology and Teens at the Association for Computing Machinery CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

BCNM's Spring 2025 Critical Making course culminated in an inspiring public showcase titled Fashioning Fashionables, challenging students to reimagine wearable technology. Art by Diana Bolanos, Christy Huang, Lydia Millhon, Hailey Pemberton, and Sasha Suggs. bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

The students of Nicole Starosielski's FILM 155 have been tackling digital infrastructure! Join the Internet Explorers to discover more about the digital infrastructure at the heart of our networked lives. bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

We're so pleased to provide undergraduate research opportunities! McKenzie Diep worked with Maria Pettis on Bottomlands: Mapping Black Cemeteries in the Mid-South, a project addressing pending erasures of place, memory, and sites of meaning. bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

We are proud to announce that BCMM students Tamara Jamil and Alexis Wood have been awarded the 2025 Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Scholarship! bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

We're so pleased to provide undergraduate research opportunities! Yuqi Tian worked with Yangyang Yang on a project exploring anthropocentric worldview's contribution to environmental degradation. bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

BCNM is excited to support more community engaged projects. Greg Niemeyer and Emma Fraser were awarded a grant of $5,000 a year for three years to fund their work with We the People of Detroit. bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

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 semester's Fellows. bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

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 premiere conferences in their field. We look forward to seeing the work of these students spread across the globe! bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

We're excited to welcome Karen Nakamura, Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology, to the Berkeley Center for New Media's Executive Committee! bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

BCNM student Lee Crandall is recognized for their groundbreaking work in the field of geography at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers! bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

BCNM alum Trevor Paglen sits down with writer and performer Gideon Jacobs to explore the evolving role of visual representation in the age of AI! bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

BCNM faculty members Asma Kazmi and Jill Miller speak at Unintended Outcomes: AI in the Artist’s Studio, a panel presented by Gray Area at the San Francisco Art Fair! bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

The Sustainable Internet Lab has received funding from the Student Initiated Projects Fund through the Big C Student Fee Referendum to launch a major Speaker Series: Building a Global, Equitable, and Just Internet Infrastructure in Fall 2025! bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

Congratulations to our 2024 Summer Research recipients from Ethnic Studies, Environmental Design, Geography, Information, Film and Media, Rhetoric, and Anthropology! bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

We are thrilled to welcome this Spring's cohort—an amazing group of interdisciplinary scholars from Film and Media, Information Science, Spanish and Portuguese, Environmental Design, Art Practice, Engineering, and Landscape Architecture! bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

Looking for new media courses at UC Berkeley? We've scoured the listings and assembled our Fall 2025 Recommended Courses for new media, including the popular Questioning New Media, Theory and Practice of Tangible User Interfaces, and more! bcnm.berkeley.edu/academics/63...

BCNM alum Edgar Fabián Frías has launched a new podcast, Your Art Is A Spell, dedicated to art as a magical, transformative practice. Art by Edgar Fabián Frías. bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

We're excited to welcome Danika Cooper, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning, to the Berkeley Center for New Media's Executive Committee! bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

BCNM faculty members Asma Kazmi and Jill Miller have unveiled “Carbonivore,” a new immersive installation at Gray Area Gallery, running from April 22 to July 20, 2025. Art by Asma Kazmi and Jill Miller. bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

In her feature on UC Berkeley News, professor Nicole Starosielski breaks down why undersea fiber optic cables matter far more than you might think. bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

Join us for an online information session about our summer workshop, Building Worlds: Writing and Drawing for Digital Storytelling! To register and learn more, visit our website, newmedia.academy. 📅 Monday, April 14 ⏰ 12:00 – 1:00 PM PST 📍 Zoom (register online)

BCNM is excited to announce Eda Er (Ph.D. candidate in Music Composition) and Meg Everett (Ph.D. candidate in the Learning Sciences and Human Development) have been awarded this year’s 2025 Peter Lyman Fellowship! bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

We’re excited to share a testimonial from Minh Anh Van, the inaugural recipient of the AAPI Careers in Entertainment Creative Fellowship, who reflects on how this opportunity shaped her path and helped her take the next step in her career. bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

The AAPI Careers in Entertainment Creative Fellowship supports students who have already secured a summer internship in entertainment by providing mentorship from industry leaders and a $1,500 stipend. Here are key resources to help navigate the internship search. bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

We are thrilled to announce our recommended New Media courses for Summer 2025! This year, we're introducing courses in sound design, feminist media, and computer graphics animation. bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

Our AAPI Careers in Entertainment Creative Fellowship supports aspiring AAPI creatives with mentorship from industry leaders and a $1,500 summer stipend. Applications are due April 7! bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

We are excited to announce our recommended New Media courses for Summer 2025! bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

We would like to give a big thank you for your support during this year’s Big Give! 🌟 With your support, we are working to raise the visibility of Game Studies and the legacy of Berkeley’s gaming pioneers! #BCNMBigGive #CalBigGive

The Big Give is officially on! 🐻🌟Help give students opportunities to collaborate, innovate, and prepare for diverse careers through interdisciplinary courses, cutting-edge technology, and mentorship from top experts in industry. Please visit the link in our bio to donate! #BCNMBigGive #CalBigGive

We're thrilled to present ‘Building Worlds: Writing and Drawing for Digital Storytelling,’ an all-level beginner workshop that will spark your creativity by exploring creative writing and art practices! 📅 June 3 – July 10 📍 Tuesdays & Thursdays | 5:30 PM PST 🔗 newmedia.academy

📣 Cal’s Big Give kicks off tomorrow at 9pm! With your support, we can champion the transformational power of play and make Berkeley the place where games happen. To be a part of this exciting effort, please consider donating at the link in our bio! #BCNMBigGive #CalBigGive

Two new videos feature UC Berkeley students who are not only making an impact in the digital infrastructure space but will also be involved in the BCNM’s Certificate in Global Digital Infrastructure, the first undergraduate program of its kind! bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

Missed our Open House for the first-ever Global Digital Infrastructures Certificate? No worries! The recorded session with captions is now available on YouTube! bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

Announcing the first-ever Certificate in Global Digital Infrastructure! This cutting-edge program is a collaboration between UC Berkeley, the Suboptic Foundation, iMasons, and DCD>Academy. We invite you to join us at our Open House on February 20th at 10am PST. Learn more: bcnm.berkeley.edu

Join us on March 13 to celebrate the Big Give! BCNM is fundraising to train the next generation of games scholars and creative digital producers through a Game Studies program. Let’s make Berkeley the place where games happen. Please consider donating at the link in our bio! #BCNMBigGive #CalBigGive

We are pleased to support our students sharing their work at the premiere conferences in their field. Jaclyn Zhou presented on Diversity Scoring at the Modern Language Association convention in New Orleans! bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

On the Design Matters podcast, BCNM faculty member Ken Goldberg and his partner Tiffany Shlain delve into their artistic collaboration, creative processes, and work-life balance! bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...

We're hiring! Seeking all Digital Infrastructures experts to help us with an exciting (first in the world!) program soon to be announced! More information here: bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc... And don't forget to apply here: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04745

Jacob Gaboury received a BCNM Faculty Seed Grant for exploring the historical and contemporary usage of computer screenshots! bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-researc...