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Jul 10, 2015

Berkman Initiative Spotlights Lessons from Ebola outbreak

Global Access in Action (GAiA), an initiative of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard, is hosting a workshop today to explore lessons from the recent Ebola…

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Jul 7, 2015

Berkman Center Announces 2015-2016 Community

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University today announced the fellows, faculty associates, and affiliates who will formally join its community in the 2015…

Jul 2, 2015

John Palfrey on the importance of libraries in the digital information age

By Annie Pruitt

In an age of eBooks, Google, and Smartphones, many have questioned the importance of libraries. John Palfrey ’01, has penned a new book, which he calls “a love letter to libraries…

May 18, 2015

Berkman Buzz: May 18, 2015

Cybersecurity and the Torah, an anti-manifesto for the Internet, sleep and your screen, and more... in this week's Buzz.

May 11, 2015

Berkman Buzz: May 11, 2015

Telepresence robots, fiber networks, Facebook and polarization, and more... in this week's Buzz.

May 4, 2015

Berkman Buzz: May 4, 2015

Tim Berners-Lee, the Confrontation Clause, Rhinobird.tv, and more... in this week's Buzz. 

May 4, 2015

Tim Berners-Lee awarded the Gottlieb Duttweiler Prize 2015

On April 29, 2015, the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute honored Sir Tim Berners-Lee for his pioneering invention: the World Wide Web.  Berkman Executive Director Urs Gasser delivered…

Apr 21, 2015

Berkman Buzz: April 21, 2015

The failure of Internet.org, smarter machines at work, "security theater" and more... in this week's Buzz.

Apr 10, 2015

Berkman Community Newcomers: Mary-Catherine Lader

Meet Mary-Catherine Lader, Berkman affiliate investigating how digital platforms are changing work.

Apr 9, 2015

Berkman Buzz: April 9, 2015

Youth and digital media, Twitter in Turkey, Google's new robot patent, and more... in this week's Buzz.

Apr 1, 2015

Berkman Community Newcomers: Dorothea Kleine

Meet Dorothea Kleine, a Berkman faculty associate focusing on the use of information and communication technologies for development.

Mar 23, 2015

Berkman Buzz: March 23, 2015

Protests and social media, YikYak, military robots, and more... in this week's Buzz.

Mar 23, 2015

Berkman Community Newcomers: Siva Vaidhyanathan

Meet Siva Vaidhyanathan, Berkman faculty associate and Professor of Media Studies at UVA.

Mar 17, 2015

Berkman Buzz: March 17, 2015

Debating the "Right to be Forgotten," being "a woman in tech" at Berkman, Internet anonymity, and more... in this week's Buzz.

Mar 16, 2015

Berkman’s Digital Literacy Toolkit Among Winners of the Trust Challenge

The Berkman Center is one of thirteen winners to receive funding as part of the Digital Media and Learning Competition’s recent “Trust Challenge,” which aims to foster trust in…

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Mar 6, 2015

Applications open for Advanced Copyright Practice, a new HLS Executive Education course

Faculty co-director William Fisher, together with five faculty, will teach Advanced Copyright Practice on May 7-9, 2015. The application deadline is April 15.

Update, April 14, 2015: this course has been indefinitely postponed. This intensive three-day executive education course is designed for lawyers who would like to deepen their…

Mar 6, 2015

Your Guide to Berkman at SXSW

Headed to SXSW? Check out these events led by members the Berkman community!

Mar 5, 2015

Intelligence² Debate: Should the US Adopt "The Right to be Forgotten?"

featuring Berkman Co-founder Jonathan Zittrain

Berkman Co-founder Jonathan Zittrain and former Berkman fellow Andrew McLaughlin join public radio's Intelligence Squared US for a debate on the European Union's "Right to be…

Mar 4, 2015

Berkman Buzz: March 4 2015

Cybersecurity, saying goodbye to tech companies, games as assessments, identifying villains online and more... in this week's Buzz.

Feb 25, 2015

Berkman Buzz: February 25, 2015

Reflections on youth experiences with online news, tales of early encounters with the Internet, thoughts on China's "Cyberspace Spirit" and more... in this week's Buzz.