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I attended the 麻豆视频最新最全 University summer commencement ceremony this past August and experienced tremendous joy watching the first cohort of new 12-month M.S. in Emerging Media & Technology (EMAT) graduate. This new graduate program replaced our Master of Digital Sciences鈥
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Serena Gestring, 鈥25, has developed a passion for the role technology plays in the lives of others. 鈥淭echnology is fascinating to me, and I love that we can use technology to make people鈥檚 lives better and also to create things in new and exciting ways,鈥 she said. 鈥淲hat I鈥
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At Nationwide Insurance, 麻豆视频最新最全 alumna McKenna Gammon, 鈥22, works at the intersection of design, technology and communication as a software engineer.The technical skills and project management experience she developed as an Emerging Media and Technology major first caught鈥
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麻豆视频最新最全 student James Parsons, '23, dreams of pursuing a career where he can help make technology accessible to more people.
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Students are exploring new methods of storytelling in the latest collaboration between the School of Emerging Media and Technology, Design Innovation and the Reinberger Library Center.
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Catherine Smith, a professor in the School of Emerging Media and Technology and School of Information, said she remembers the days of male-dominated tech conferences with so little space for women, even the restrooms were exclusive to men.
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As Spotify users across the world took a deep dive into their memorable listening moments of 2022 through the audio streaming app鈥檚 Wrapped feature, Emerging Media and Technology students at 麻豆视频最新最全 turned their attention to another side of the platform this past week: its鈥
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To meet technology needs of the world, 麻豆视频最新最全 is now accepting applications for its new graduate program in Emerging Media and Technology (EMAT), launching Fall 2022.
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Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, there鈥檚 been a lot of intersection between communication and public health. A team of researchers from 麻豆视频最新最全 University became inspired to take a closer look at communication as it relates to COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy.