Grad Student Part of Winning Team in National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Competition_188体育app_188体育在线-平台官网

Keith Testa
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 11:45 -0400

In the moments after winning a nationwide competition requiring the delivery of a persuasive argument using clear, concise and coherent language, the victorious team’s group chat was humorously devoid of any such polished communication. Autumn Bedell ’25G was the lone UNH representative on the winning team at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s (NGA) inaugural MAJIC Challenge this spring, outdueling teams of student analysts from around the country. Word of their victory came as something of a surprise to the team members, who responded by briefly abandoning precise phrasing in the exchange between them all. “We were in total shock. There weren’t many words – just a stream of all-caps texts and disbelief,” says Bedell, a student in the national security intelligence analysis M.S...