A UC Berkeley campus memorial to honor Peter Lyman, former University Librarian and Professor in the Information School, will take place between 5 and 7 pm on Tuesday, September 11, at the Morrison Room in Doe Library.

Peter Lyman died of brain cancer, peacefully and at home, on July 2. Those wanting to honor his memory are invited to contribute to the newly established Peter Lyman Graduate Fellowship in New Media; checks addressed to the UC Berkeley Foundation can be sent to the UC Center for New Media, 390 Wurster Hall, # 1066, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.

We are pleased to announce that the Digital Youth project is currently featured on the Macarthur Spotlight Blog . Project members will be blogging about our research projects and preliminary findings throughout the month of August.

Members of the Digital Youth project will be presenting their work May 26th, 27th and 28th at the International Communication Association International Communication Association conference in San Francisco. Digital Youth member sessions include:

Kids as Cultural Producers: Ethnographic Investigations of Kids’ Informal Learning Through Engagement With Popular Culture
Kids as Cultural Producers: Ethnographic Investigations of Kids and Digital Media in Urban California Schools
The Rise of Remix Culture: Identity, Power and Imagination

Postdoctoral Scholar CJ Pascoe will be giving a talk entitled "Dude, You're a Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in Adolescence" at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 at 5:15pm. The event also marks the launch of her new book with University of California Press, Dude, You're a Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in School.

The podcast from the "Dude, That's My Space" session at the SfAA meetings in Tampa Bay, Florida is now online! Speakers include Lisa Tripp, Heather Horst, Sarita Yardi and Patricia Lange. Lisa Tripp and Heather Horst focused on the prevalence and use of media in home environments. Lisa's presentation was entitled "Negotiating ‘Old’ and ‘New’ Media in the Home: Stories from Working-Class, Latino Immigrant Families in Los Angeles" and Heather's paper was entitled "Office Space: Kids and Home-work in Silicon Valley". Sarita Yardi and Patricia Lange's presentations attended to current and future technological practices. Sarita's presentation was entitled "The Evolution of the Turtle: Designing Social Networks for New Learning Communities" and Patricia's paper was "Commenting on Comments: Investigating Responses to Antagonism on YouTube".

To listen to the audio file of the session click here.