By Preston Banas '24 This summer the Emergent Media Center (EMC) collaborated on a design challenge project with Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC) // GEAR UP  (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programming) and GUIDE (Giving Undergraduates Information and Direction in their Education). VSAC // GEAR UP aims to increase high school graduation and post-secondary enrollment rates across the state of Vermont.  An EMC Design Challenge Team cen… Read More

By Preston Banas ‘24 In the Fall of 2020, the University of Vermont (UVM) Larner College of Medicine was awarded the Opioid Education Challenge Grant from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) to address challenges that medical residents and faculty face while managing patient pain with opioids. The Emergent Media Center (EMC) partnered with UVM to develop a prototype of an online learning module that introduces medical residents to a patient case study in which they must m… Read More

Written By: Gillianne Ross ‘22 & Preston Banas ‘24 The Emergent Media Center’s (EMC) faculty fellowship program is in its third semester of operation. The fellowship was developed out of feedback from professors wanting to make space for project based learning for their students outside of the classroom. In turn, the fellowship offers opportunities for students to integrate experiential learning into their academic careers. Both faculty and students benefit by bridging course… Read More

by Gillianne Ross '22 With the remainder of the Spring semester in front of us, the Emergent Media Center (EMC) wants to give an overview regarding our latest projects and an update for those continuing from past semesters. Roughly a year into remote work, the EMC team has adapted and redefined our community structure to enable us to actively collaborate and work within a virtual format. We have eight teams working at the EMC this semester. The following are highlights from a few of them.&nb… Read More

Written by: Carly Freeman '20 I am the Graphic Designer and Installation Artist here at the Emergent Media Center (EMC). I’ve created a lot of fun projects throughout my year at the EMC, but the one that represents the spirit of the EMC most is the Flower Mobile Sculpture. This project has been a great representation of the Emergent Media Center because of the iterative process we use to innovate with.  The project began in the Fall of 2019 with an idea that transferred into a sk… Read More

Written by: Gillianne Ross ‘22 It has been a busy summer here at the Emergent Media Center (EMC). While our summer group worked remotely this session, the twenty students who participated in select projects continued to put forth equal effort and enthusiasm for their work. Projects and design challenge teams for this summer session took part in creating a virtual fish tank community, Tank It Easy, for Champlain College, while another proposed ways to share information and news in a post Covi… Read More

Written by: Gillianne Ross '22 Even in these unordinary times people continue to innovate ways to enhance our future and positively impact the lives of those both near and far. The Emergent Media Center (EMC) recently conducted a brainstorming session in collaboration with UVM professor Dr. Leon Wells to uncover the potential of creating a tool that would measure implicit bias as it relates to the identification of scientists. While traditionally held in person over one afternoon, this brain… Read More