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One Theme, Infinite Interpretations. Exploring Perspective Through Photo Sharing., Avery Gosselin Apr 2023

One Theme, Infinite Interpretations. Exploring Perspective Through Photo Sharing., Avery Gosselin

Honors College

In this creative Honors Thesis project, I have developed an initial, beta version, of an application that celebrates diverse perspectives through photo sharing within an interactive mobile interface. This application, titled NüLens and developed using the React Native framework, takes the form of a participatory digital art project, where members of the public have captured and submitted photos that (in their eyes) represent a predefined theme (in this initial release, the theme of nature). These photos were then aggregated into a mosaic of all other user-submitted photos relating to that theme, along with options to filter and sort the images …


President Statement Regarding Racist Messages, June 4, 2020, Joan Ferrini-Mundy Jun 2020

President Statement Regarding Racist Messages, June 4, 2020, Joan Ferrini-Mundy

General University of Maine Publications

Message from Joan Ferrini-Mundy, University of Maine President to the University of Maine community regarding the racist social media posts of a prospective incoming student.


Fogler Library Covid-19 Misinformation Challenge Post, Jen Bonnet, Senta Sellers May 2020

Fogler Library Covid-19 Misinformation Challenge Post, Jen Bonnet, Senta Sellers

Raymond H. Fogler Library

Social media post promoting Fogler Library's COVID-19 Misinformation Challenge, aimed at helping participants discern fact from fiction in popular media. At the time of the content's submission to the University of Maine COVID-19 Community Archive, approximately 483 people had signed up from across the United States, and even from international locations.


Fogler Library Covid-19 Misinformation Challenge Libguide & Emails, Jen Bonnet, Senta Sellers May 2020

Fogler Library Covid-19 Misinformation Challenge Libguide & Emails, Jen Bonnet, Senta Sellers

Raymond H. Fogler Library

LibGuide for Fogler Library's COVID-19 Misinformation Challenge, aimed at helping participants discern fact from fiction in popular media. Also, includes the daily email challenges sent to participants.


An Examination Of Pervasive Language Around Sexual Harassment Through The Lens Of Anita Hill, Christine Blasey Ford, And #Metoo, Elizabeth Theriault May 2020

An Examination Of Pervasive Language Around Sexual Harassment Through The Lens Of Anita Hill, Christine Blasey Ford, And #Metoo, Elizabeth Theriault

Honors College

This thesis explores the hypothesis that the #MeToo Movement and Twitter have contributed to the changes in language used by individuals to describe sexual harassment and the survivors that come forward with their stories. To do so, this thesis identified common themes derived from language used in New York Times articles published during the Hill and Thomas hearings of 1991, as well as Tweets published between the dates surrounded the Blasey Ford and Kavanaugh hearings, September 25, 2018 and September 29, 2018, to create a comparable platform for language used in similar settings 27 years apart. It contains a literature …


Uma Covid-19 Remote Resources_Students_Student Life Online Activities & Programs Webpage, University Of Maine At Augusta Apr 2020

Uma Covid-19 Remote Resources_Students_Student Life Online Activities & Programs Webpage, University Of Maine At Augusta

University of Maine at Augusta

Screenshot of the University of Maine at Augusta's Remote Resources webpage with COVID-19 related resources for students regarding online activities and programs.


Leigh Gilmore Talks At Umaine About The #Metoo Movement, Kendra Caruso Nov 2018

Leigh Gilmore Talks At Umaine About The #Metoo Movement, Kendra Caruso

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Leigh Gilmore, a distinguished visiting professor of women’s and gender studies at Wellesley College, was the first speaker of this year’s Stephen E. King Lecture Series. Gilmore spoke about topics related to the #MeToo movement and its origins.


#Meto Panel Discussion Raises Awareness Of The Social Media Movement, Bria Lamonica Dec 2017

#Meto Panel Discussion Raises Awareness Of The Social Media Movement, Bria Lamonica

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

On Nov. 29, a panel discussion was held around the ongoing social media hashtag #MeToo. The discussion took place in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union and included five panelists offering different perspectives, finishing with a question-and-answer session. The discussion was sponsored by the UMaine's Women's. Gender, and Sexuality Program (WGS) the Rising Tide Center, and the Feminist Collective.


University Of Maine Social Media Policy, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications Jan 2014

University Of Maine Social Media Policy, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

General University of Maine Publications

Screenshot of the University of Maine's Social Media Policy.