Tag: Team
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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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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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That’s a Wrap on Spring 2025 NMIXpo!
We wrapped up the Spring semester with a tech-tastic NMIXpo that included an Advisory Council meeting, SLAM, Emerge, graduation party, awards brunch, and so much more. And before we settle into Summer semester, we would like to give one more round of applause to all of our New Media and Emerging Media students who debuted…
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CARE
There will be 190,000 Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) cases by 2025, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health. As these numbers rise, the need for access to education, diagnosis, and support grows, especially in rural communities where these resources are scarce. The Cognitive Aging Research and Education (CARE) Center at the University…
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Lenkai Wellness
Imagine your body as a river. Ideally, the water in a river should flow freely so it can properly nurture all aspects of its ecosystem. The energy in your body functions similarly – it needs to be free-flowing so you can have a balanced well-being. When our bodies undergo stress, blockages of energy develop. These…
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Normies
Normaltown Brewing Company opened its doors in February 2020 as the fifth brewery in Athens, Georgia–a city known for college football, a love of beer, and a bustling restaurant scene. In this environment, Normaltown faces the challenge of defining its identity while competing with established local favorites. Normaltown must offer something unique–a convenient location, a…
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RxReality
Our project aims to enhance critical care pharmacy education by developing a desktop virtual reality (dVR) simulation that improves students’ clinical decision-making skills in a realistic, low-risk environment. This project addresses a common challenge in critical care pharmacy education: the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical application. Traditional teaching methods often struggle to provide students…