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Welcome to the AC Fam, Joe Tomco!
The NMI would like to give a warm welcome to our newest Advisory Council Member, Joe Tomco! Joe is the Founder and CEO of GlobalDevs, a company specializing in building world-class global software teams. With over 10 years of experience in entrepreneurship, strategy, and finance, Joe has successfully led initiatives to hire over 1,000 software engineers across…
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Touring Through Time & Tech
Last month, the NMI took 15 students to South Downtown Atlanta for a site visit with our friends at Atlanta Tech Village (ATV) to learn about their ongoing development project reimagining 57 buildings across 16 acres in the historic core of downtown Atlanta. The vision is to create a downtown extension of ATV’s Buckhead hub, blending new…
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Thrive Takes Flight With The NMI
Before the Fall semester fired up, Isa Martinez, Megan Ward, and Chris Gerlach teamed up to give Thrive students a taste of all things New Media! Thrive is a signature Summer program designed to help incoming UGA first-years get a head start on college life with classes, community, and unique experiences — areas in which the New Media Institute shines. Megan…
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Analyzing LPS in Glucose Media
Awardee: Arwen DaleAward Year: 2026 The gram negative bacteria Achromobacter xylosoxidans is an opportunistic pathogen that utilized lipopolysaccharide (LPS) as an endotoxin. My previous project involved growing the 72 gene knockout mutants in different glucose concentrations to determine changes in the LPS by SDS-PAGE gel. I was responsible for two differing projects, the first prompted…
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Synthetic Proteins to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Awardee: Victor AlcorezaAward Year: 2026 The COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the most significant events of our time. Since it began, scientists around the world have worked hard to create vaccines and treatments to slow the spread and lessen its impact. The virus uses a “spike” protein on its surface to get into human…
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Welcome, Isabella Martinez (again)!
We’re thrilled to announce that our very own Isabella Martinez has joined the New Media Institute full-time as our Events Coordinator and TEDxUGA Curator! In this role, Isa leads the planning, communication, and execution of all the NMI’s signature productions, including TEDxUGA and NMIXpo. With a Master of Arts in Emerging Media, a Bachelor of Arts in…
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Sharing TEDx-pertise with UGA 3MT
The TEDxUGA curation team has once again partnered with the UGA Graduate School to support students participating in Three Minute Thesis (3MT), a global competition that challenges students to present their thesis or dissertation and its significance in three minutes or less. In August, TEDxUGA Curator Isa Martinez and TEDxUGA Licensee Megan Ward hosted an introductory training session for prospective 3MT…
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GOYM Heads to Dallas for Texas-Sized Inspiration
The NMI hit the road in August taking the Georgia on Your Mind podcast student team all the way to Dallas, Texas for Podcast Movement 2025—the world’s largest podcasting conference! For many of our students, this was their first time stepping into the podcasting space, and Podcast Movement proved to be the perfect crash course. They…
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NMIXpert: Justin Jung
Xpertise: Design | Advanced Web Dev Xpert Hours: R 12:45 – 2:45P Justin is a fourth-year student pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Entertainment and Media Studies with a Certificate in New Media and a Minor in Music. Justin has been with the NMI since 2023. With his experience in and around the University, Justin…