UF Digital Worlds Institute

A leader in combining digital arts, storytelling, computer science, and interactive technologies. 🖥🎮🎥🐊

[UF Digital Worlds Institute @UFDigitalWorlds]

Highlights from Convergence 2022 Student Showcase. Let’s do it all again next year! 💻🎮🎥🕹🎓

#UFgrad #Gatorgrad #DWgrad #Classof2022 @uflorida @ufcota @UFTheHub

[Onye Ozuzu @DeanOnyeOzuzu]

Had a wonderful time celebrating two of our college units' founding directors, James Oliverio (@UFDigitalWorlds) and Jill Sonke (@UFCAM) as they step into new roles at @UFCOTA. Thrilled to have 2 @UF COTA Deans Emeriti, Donald McGlothlin and Lucinda Lavelli, join us at the party!

[UF Digital Worlds Institute @UFDigitalWorlds]

📢DW is hiring a marketing and communications student assistant!
👉Create and produce materials for newsletters, website, and social media
👉Develop innovative ways to grow audiences and engagement
👉Create informative and entertaining content
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https://t.co/g4OpSHJWeP

[UF College of the Arts @UFCOTA]

Congrats @UFDigitalWorlds team (Barmpoutis, Guo, Said) who won Best Paper Award (2nd place) at @IEEEorg 13th Integrated STEM Education Conference! #UFResearch

📄: Developing Mini VR Game Engines as an Engaging Learning Method for Digital Arts & Sciences https://t.co/tkpxTYvVDU

[Blockchain Lab @ UF @BCLabUF]

Attention students! We are hosting an NFT Contest! Enter for a chance to win a VR Headset! Top 3 finalists get Meta Quest 2 Headset 🏆🎉, and Best of Early Submissions will be showcased at Hodler Gallery 🖼️ in Wynwood. Join us for out NFT Workshop & Party on March 21 6-9 PM.

[UF College of the Arts @UFCOTA]

On #WorldWaterDay, we're revisiting this @ArchDigest feature story that includes info about the pop-up "climate lounges" organized by @UFDigitalWorlds professor, Amelia Winger-Bearskin (@ameliawb) as part of her Talk To Me About Water project. #ufcota

https://t.co/ffcLcq9gKn

[UF Digital Worlds Institute @UFDigitalWorlds]

@CMILab_UFCOM @UF_IC3 Congratulations to Wenbin! We’ll miss you at DW!

[UF Digital Worlds Institute @UFDigitalWorlds]

We're hiring!

The UF Blockchain Lab at the Digital Worlds Institute is looking for an OPS Blockchain Lab Manager to assist with managing all research related efforts at the lab, creating educational content, and organizing large projects.

Apply Today: https://t.co/FHzHqdDBL3

[Blockchain Lab @ UF @BCLabUF]

We are taking over @EthereumDenver today ⚡️🐊💗🚀🚀🚀

All gators from #Miami and #Florida ready to #BUIDL the future of #Web3 !

#UF #UFBloclchainLab #Gogators #ETHDenver2023

[Onye Ozuzu @DeanOnyeOzuzu]

UF Provost Joe Glover recently announced his intention to step back in July, 2023. He leaves a remarkable legacy & exciting path forward for @UF and the Arts in FL. Here, @UFCOTA Dean Emeritus, Lucinda Lavelli, and I reflect on his impact on our College:

https://t.co/URs2RFQrsu

[UF Information Technology @UF_InfoTech]

See into the future with AI: Come to Tech Fair this Wednesday and participate in an AI art generator contest! Use prompts to create the future of UF for a chance to win a Roku 4K Streaming Stick. https://t.co/0Ry1cjKV8U

@UFDigitalWorlds
@UFDCPDean

[UF Digital Worlds Institute @UFDigitalWorlds]

Thank you to all those who stood up and hollered for the Digital Worlds Institute this Gator Nation Giving Day. With your support, the institute exceeded its giving goal! These funds will go directly to supporting the various student-run organizations here at the institute. 🐊

[UF Digital Worlds Institute @UFDigitalWorlds]

Gator Nation Giving Day is here! Help Digital Worlds top the leaderboards by giving a gift! Funds raised help student-run organizations like the BADAS Mentorship Program, BADAS Society, and more provide opportunities for professional growth. To give, visit https://t.co/N4Liji4y7C

[UF Digital Worlds Institute @UFDigitalWorlds]

Save the date! Gator Nation Giving Day is on Feb. 16.🐊 Gifts to DW support student organizations like BADAS Society, the BADAS Mentorship Program, and others that provide opportunities for students to develop their professional goals. Learn more: https://t.co/N4Liji55Xa

[UF Digital Worlds Institute @UFDigitalWorlds]

Join us tonight at 5:15 PM in the PICT for a conversation with Ben Noel, Executive Director of FIEA at UCF, one of the country's premiere graduate game design programs!

RSVP: https://t.co/Payq4pYQrL

[UF Digital Worlds Institute @UFDigitalWorlds]

Classes are back in session as DW students gear up for a successful spring semester. 👾🐊

[UF Digital Worlds Institute @UFDigitalWorlds]

Happy to help build this new future with #AIatUF!

[FLORIDA @UF]

From partnering with @IBM and @NVIDIA to developing a K-12 AI education program, we're using #AIatUF to build the #AI university of the future — addressing society's most pressing challenges and moving the world forward.

[Onye Ozuzu @DeanOnyeOzuzu]

Congrats to @mitpress "Collective Wisdom: Co-Creating Media for Equity and Justice" co-authors, including @ameliawb from @UFDigitalWorlds, on a successful book launch at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam as @idfa @DocLab Recommended Book of 2022!

[UF Digital Worlds Institute @UFDigitalWorlds]

For National First-Gen Day, DAS student Marzani Kirkland shared her experience being a first-generation college student and talked about how @UFDigitalWorlds has opened her eyes to endless career possibilities. https://t.co/88jPFYuR2n

[SMU Guildhall @smuguildhall]

Elizabeth Stringer, our Director of Academics, spoke last week at @ufdigitalworlds to share her decades-long veteran knowledge about the video games industry and to give advice to students looking to pursue a career in games. 🎮 Thank you @ufdigitalworlds for hosting us! #gamedev

[UF College of the Arts @UFCOTA]

Learn how @UFDigitalWorlds researchers use #AI motion analysis to benefit body movement professionals ranging from dancers to clinicians in this story by Ryan Helterhoff. #AIatUF

Also features: @UF #Blockchain Lab & Climate Justice Lab with @ameliawb!

https://t.co/Ryl2S7oI8m