28 Jul, 2026 Ancient Lore Meets Small-Town Politics: Why Fans Are Flocking to ‘Widow’s Bay’ UC Berkeley Professor and former BCNM Director Abigail De Kosnik explains why the new horror-comedy’s mix of genre play, dark humor, and original storytelling has resonated so widely. Read more
27 Jul, 2026 Announcing Our Spring 2026 Undergraduate Research Fellows 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 past semester's Fellows. Read more
23 Jul, 2026 Welcoming Hannah Zeavin as BCNM's New Director BCNM welcomes Hannah Zeavin as its next Director, succeeding Tom McEnaney after three years of expanded programming, faculty growth, and record revenue. Read more
23 Jul, 2026 Tom McEnaney Named the 2025–2028 craigslist Distinguished Chair in New Media We are thrilled to announce that Tom McEnaney has been named the 2025–2028 craigslist Distinguished Chair in New Media. Read more
22 Jul, 2026 Fall 2026 Worth Ryder Art Gallery Internship: Applications Now Open! The Worth Ryder Art Gallery is accepting applications for the Gallery Assistant Internship! Open to all UC Berkeley students, regardless of major. Priority application deadline: Sunday, August 2, 2026. Read more
29 Jun, 2026 BCNM Founder Ken Goldberg Featured in Berkeley Engineer Goldberg, a roboticist and UC Berkeley’s William S. Floyd Distinguished Professor of Engineering, discusses redefining robot manipulation with creativity and code. Read more
03 Jun, 2026 Launching the iMasons Global Digital Infrastructure Scholarship The iMasons Silicon Valley Chapter is proud to fund three Bay Area scholars undertaking the Global Digital Humanities certificate. Apply today to receive tuition funds and career support. Read more
12 May, 2026 Announcing BCNM's Spring 2026 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 premiere conferences in their field. We look forward to seeing the work of these students spread across the globe! Read more
12 May, 2026 Announcing Our Summer 2026 Research Award Recipients Congratulations to our 2026 Summer Research Award recipients from Music, Geography, Information Science, Spanish & Portuguese, Art Practice, German, Rhetoric, School of Information, Computer Science, and EECS. Read more
11 May, 2026 Announcing the 2026 AAPI Entertainment Career Fellow Congratulations to BCNM's 2026 AAPI Entertainment Career Fellow, Chloe Choi (Media Studies and Political Economy)! Read more
01 Sep, 2026 Special Events Coming in 2026-27: Disability & Media Studies We're excited to announce our thematic focus for the 2026-27 academic year: Disability & Media Studies. Read more
