Tag: Tech
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Leaves are Falling and SLAM is Calling
For the first time since 2019, SLAM is returning to the feel-good, face-to-face format you know and love. The big day will be here before you can blink, tweet, or conduct a quick UX test. While our virtual SLAMs were the stuff of legends—featuring themes, campy costume changes, and Zoom backgrounds galore—it’s time to come together once…
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Innovation Continues at the Institute
At the New Media Institute, we believe in the power of connecting students to industry clients to ideate, pioneer, and market feasible, real-world solutions. This marriage of academic endeavor with professional exposure is the core of the NMI experience. Thanks to the UGA Innovation District, more organizations are engaging with our students to sponsor cutting-edge innovation, entrepreneurship, and experiential…
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Launching Soon: 404, Studio Not Found
A collaboration between the NMI and the Terry College of Business Entrepreneurship Program brings new sounds and new tech to the NMI’s corner of campus. Housed in the recently renovated 404 nook, Studio Not Found will feature a permanent broadcast-quality setup and be supplemented by a portable toolkit for on-site recordings. Aimed at supporting the entire podcast process, students will have…
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Spring 2021 SLAM Arcade
The New Media Institute celebrated the end of Spring semester with a WIN at SLAM Arcade! During this virtual showcase, New Media Certificate and Emerging Media Masters Capstone students debuted 22 innovative projects, ranging in scope from real-world solutions for clients to innovative explorations in technology. For all of those who tuned in, thank you for supporting our…
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Stay or Leave
The J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development at the University of Georgia has collaborated with the Georgia Commission on Family Violence to create an online virtual simulation to replace in-person domestic violence mediation training for lawyers, conflict mediators and anyone who can benefit from learning more about domestic violence. The simulation guides users through an…
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Juxtapose
Simply navigating to many local news websites prompts a barrage of pop-up ads, autoplaying videos and an unorganized assortment of content. While local news is incredibly important for informing communities, many outlets do not have an optimal digital presence due to a lack of resources as the media landscape continues to shift. Local newsrooms have…
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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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Food Access Athens
Applying for SNAP benefits is a difficult and often inconvenient process for most low-income Americans. Applicants not only must provide a wealth of documentation upfront, but must face a number of obstacles to enrollment and recertification. This inefficiency is one of many reasons behind a systemic underutilization of SNAP and WIC programs in Athens-Clarke County.…
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Georgia Grasslands Initiative
Once Georgia was filled with beautiful and flourishing grasslands. They provided homes and habitats for so many different species that depended on them for survival. Now, due to invasive species and other harmful subjects, the once vast grasslands that had stretched across the entire top half of the state have been diminished to 13 small…
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Georgia Gullah Geechee Marketplace
The Gullah Geechee is an African-American community descended from enslaved peoples who continue to reside along the Southeast coastline of the continental United States. This coastline community has a rich and intricate culture that has been passed down through many generations and has endured many hardships. Their communities house an abundance of knowledge relevant to…