BCNM is thrilled to welcome Aaron Fai ("fay") / 費頌倫 as our new Associate Director! Fai will serve as BCNM's chief administrative officer, providing critical leadership and continuity for the Center.
https://bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-research/6548/welcoming-aaron-fai-to-bcnm

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.
https://bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-research/6544/alex-saum-pascual-brings-digital-poetry-to-the-alhambra

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!
https://bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-research/6539/apply-now-undergraduate-certificate-in-new-media-at-bcnm

BCNM's Graduate Certificate in New Media provides Master's students with an introduction to the different facets of new media research and an ensuing competitive edge for some of the most desirable jobs in industry and academia. Fall 2025 applications are due November 1, 2025!
https://bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-research/6538/apply-now-graduate-certificate-in-new-media-at-bcnm

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!
https://bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-research/6537/apply-now-designated-emphasis-in-new-media-at-bcnm

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!
https://bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-research/6522/bcnm-2024-2025-publications

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.
https://bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-research/6515/seed-grant-reports-alex-saum-pascual-on-ai-critical-infrastructures

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.
https://bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-research/6395/conference-grant-reports-zina-wang-at-mla-2025

We're so pleased to provide undergraduate research opportunities! This past semester, Fizzah Kayani worked with Arianna Khmelniuk on Olfactory Narratives in Cinema, a project examining how scent-related language in film reflects and reinforces power dynamics, ideologies, and binary oppositions—particularly around gender, race, and global culture.
https://bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-research/6392/undergraduate-research-reports-fizzah-kayani-on-olfactory-narratives-in-cinema

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 (AAG) Annual Meeting in Detroit, Michigan.
https://bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-research/6391/conference-grant-reports-lee-crandall-at-aag-2025