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TEDxUGA 2019: Amplify
A few weeks ago, TEDxUGA turned up the volume on UGA’s most powerful stories, research, and passions. Nine brave faculty, student, and alumni presenters along with the indie-rock band, Walden, took the stage to amplify their ideas and transform the status quo. As always, the evening featured a wide array of ideas. With each presenter…
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A Successful Evening of Ideas Worth Spreading
Last week, the TEDxUGA stage came to life as eight presenters shared their ideas worth spreading and the indie-rock band Family And Friends ended the night with a bang. While the talks explored a variety of ideas, each one revealed how the remarkable can happen when unexpected connections occur. And for the first time ever,…
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TEDxUGA Student Idea Showcase
Earlier this month, the TEDxUGA Student Council hosted the 6th annual Student Idea Showcase. In this TED-like experience, nine students took the stage at the Fine Arts Theater to share their ideas worth spreading with 675 members of the UGA student body. They delivered talks on a wide range of ideas including gender, emergency preparedness,…
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Another SLAM Success: Spring 2017
On a balmy Saturday afternoon here in Athens, NMI friends, family and alum came together to participate in the Spring 2017 SLAM! After months of hard work on 15 different projects, our students were eager to show off the creative ways they used emerging technologies to tackle their clients’ needs. We saw city walking tours…
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Elder Ventures Showcase
This semester, the New Media Institute received a generous grant from the Verizon Foundation to work on projects dealing with Elder Media development in NMIX 2020: Introduction to New Media. Our students’ rose to the challenge and 18 projects, focusing on Elder Technology Initiatives, were presented to peers, UGA faculty and staff, and elder members of…