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Sep 10, 2015

Spotlight on the Berkman Question Tool

A simple web tool spurs discussion and buy-in

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society has taken the best of online forums and crowdsourcing to offer a simple web tool for online or blended discussion. The Berkman Question…

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Sep 9, 2015

Welcome New Fellows: William Li and Mary Gray

By Summer 2015 Interns Achyuth Samudrala and Alyssa Smith

  Q&A with William Li, PhD student in computer science http://people.csail.mit.edu/wli/ @williampli by Achyuth Samudrala Can you tell us something about…

Sep 3, 2015

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: 2016 Annual Conference: Big Data, Health Law, and Bioethics

Abstracts due December 1, 2015

The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School is pleased to announce plans for its 2016 annual conference, entitled: “Big Data,…

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Jul 27, 2015

Project Spotlight: Internet Monitor

A new, customizable dashboard with real-time info about the Net coming soon

Internet Monitor’s mission is to collect and share data about how people all over the world access and use the Internet. This fall the project plans to release a new platform for…

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…