Category: 2020 News
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Collaborating Across Campus
John Weatherford is well-known for his techspertise around the NMI, but recently he’s had a few opportunities to collaborate and innovate elsewhere on campus. First up, John joined forces with other UGA faculty to compete for a national new media spotlight. Comprised of Grady College Dean Charles Davis, the Institute of Artificial Intelligence‘s Ping Ma, and Mr. Weatherford…
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Major Matcher Making Moves
Each New Media Capstone project applies innovative tech, design, and development to solve a real-world problem. After the semester wraps up, some of these solutions get a chance to shine and tackle that problem IRL. That was the case with Major Matcher, an interactive quiz designed to help students “find their fit” at UGA. The quiz…
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Putting the “New” in New Media
Over the last several years, residential development guru, Emuel Aldridge, has spent many hours mastering the art of iOS app development for NMIX 4310/6310: Rich Media Production. While “rich media” has evolved quite a bit over the years, Apple’s most recent Swift iteration drastically changed the game for iOS app development. Last year at WWDC, Apple…
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New Year, New Faculty
Just when you thought the halls of the NMI couldn’t contain any more tech wizardry, we added another code champion to our ranks. Our newest faculty addition, Kyla Sterling, will help the NMI tackle new initiatives and certificate operations in 2020 and beyond. Kyla began her NMI journey in 2018 as an Emerging Media Masters…