Category: 2022 News

This spring, TEDxUGA will celebrate its 10th year of delivering extraordinary events that bring UGA’s leading thinkers and doers to the stage to share their passions, stories, inspiration, and ideas worth spreading with the Athens community and beyond. Months of ideating, interviewing, and planning are already underway and we’re excited to officially announce the 2023…

We love any opportunity to show off our technowledgeable students and their accomplishments, especially when their achievements showcase their extensive skillset and expertise! Ryan Fernandez, Emerging Media Masters student and owner of Alpha Design Studio, collaborated with Dr. Jewon Lyu, Dr. Hyunjoo Lee, and Ph.D. Candidate Ziyou Jiang, from the College of Family and Consumer…

Welcome to the tenth annual Hunger Bowl, the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia’s competitive food drive that aims to address hunger and combat food insecurity. This year, the New Media Institute and Ted Lasso are helping lead the charge in the College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Faculty, staff, and students are coming together to…

Announcing NMIXpo The SLAM experience that you know and love is becoming bigger and better! YES, you’ll still see unbelievable projects. YES, you’ll will get to network with your favorite students and friends. AND YES, it will still be an incredible weekend of connecting, exploring, showcasing, reminiscing, and looking toward the future. Announcing the elevated…

Hunker Down for Home Depot Starting in Spring 2021, the NMI officially dedicated Fridays to fostering student and industry collaboration. Through this initiative, the NMI is actively promoting the professional growth of students. From networking lunches to internship interviews to industry conferences to site tours, Professional Fridays offer opportunities for students to learn and grow.…

UGA’s Center for Teaching and Learning and Office of Online Learning hosted a meeting of the Learning Technology Consortium, a collaboration among universities with common interests and challenges in learning and teaching with technology. This group brings together representatives from ten schools, all engaged with learning technology on their campuses. During the three-day meeting, UGA…

UGA’s Innovation District is currently hosting a Bootcamp for Creatives. Over the course of seven sessions the cohort explores the basics of commercialization and targeted skill-building, and receives one-on-one support from experienced coaches. Each session is dedicated to a specific topic, and the NMI took the spotlight for a panel focused on branding and marketing.…

Each year, high-achieving UGA athletes are inducted into the L.E.A.D. Academy. L.E.A.D. equips UGA’s most promising student-athletes with leadership development resources necessary to compete for top conference and national awards and postgraduate scholarships. The 2022 L.E.A.D. Academy features 71 athletes all navigating the early days of the NCAA’s NIL (Name, Image, Likeness) changes. As they…

John Weatherford spoke at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication’s Lunch and Learn series along with a panel of other frightening faculty. “Busy Work or Deep Learning? A Lightning Round with Active Learning Experts,” was dedicated to the application of active learning in college classrooms—something we’re pretty passionate about around here! Each panelist…

The New Media Institute is thrilled to announce the launch of Spark: an initiative established in partnership with Mike and Nancy Scarbrough. With a generous endowment from the Scarbrough family, Spark students have the opportunity to travel the state, strengthen awareness, increase visibility, build relationships, and capture innovative content all centered around UGA’s commitment to…