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Travlr
Travlr provides a new and innovative way to travel by combining traditional word-of-mouth recommendations with today’s dominant world of social media sharing. Inspired by a desire to simplify traveling, Travlr combines the best aspects of travel websites (custom recommendations, user feedback, and location images) with social media sharing (image posting and explore features). The result…
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Two One Way
In an era of effortless convenience and connectivity, it’s easy to forget about those who are left out of that first world bubble of reality. Getting what we want, not even what we need, at our fingertips is arguably problematically easy, and with this kind of excess in one direction, there must be an equal…
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UGA Desegregation
History can be made to seem farther away than it really is, particularly the history of racial discrimination against African Americans in the United States. Disheartening events such as the University of Georgia ruling against two African American students attending the school because of the color of their skin could seem like an archaic notion.…
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ACC KIOSK
The ACC Transit kiosk team is working alongside UGA alumni and Athens-Clarke County marketing coordinator, Rachel Hopkins, to help improve upon the current kiosk application. Rachel and the group are working together to ensure that the kiosks are both informational and easy to use. The goal is to create kiosks that both provide helpful and…
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UGA for Apple Watch
UGA buses stop at hundreds of places around Athens, and getting on the right one at the right time can cause some unnecessary stress. Luckily for UGA students, the UGA mobile app provides easy access to information regarding where bus stops are located on campus as well as live data on where each bus is.…
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Athens Little Free Pantry
Every day there 25,413 people living in Athens-Clarke county that wake up in the morning not knowing if there will be enough food for the day. Will they have to skip breakfast and lunch? Will they have the opportunity to eat today? Help the local Athens non-profit, Athens Little Free Pantry, in their mission to…
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Athens Public Art
Calling all Athenians, tourists, and UGA Students: Are your parents coming up to visit for a weekend? Are you looking for a new outside activity? Do you need a cute date idea? Look no further! The Downtown Athens Art Guide will provide you with a day of free fun that will allow you to learn…
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One Fifty One, Inc.
One Fifty One, Inc. is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization headquartered in Douglas, Ga that works to relieve poverty in rural Georgia communities. In its current operations, the organization hosts summer camps at local churches. Each summer, campers assist local families in unsafe living conditions by providing critical structural repairs to homes at no cost to…
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Historical Clothing and Textiles Collection
The HCTC is an educational resource that provides unique learning experiences for students at UGA. Not only is it used for classroom demonstration, it helps teach students about museum practices, and serves as a research tool. From the digitalized metadata, to the physical garments, there is so much history to be learned through the clothing…
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GymDogs Experience
The Georgia gymnastics team is one of the most storied NCAA Gymnastics programs in history, winning 10 national championships. But since winning five consecutive titles from 2005-2009, the GymDogs have struggled to return to the heights reached in the previous decades. Alongside that, Georgia is struggling to find intuitive ways to connect with recruits amid…