Whether the subject is symphonies, galaxies, or dinosaurs, immersive audio and video offer a captivating platform for educating and engrossing audiences. The 2017 Digital Humanities Week features two pioneers of such platforms, who will demo their unique systems in UMaine’s new Emera Astronomy Center and M.F. Jordan Planetarium. Dutch planetarium producer Robin Sip will demonstrate […]
THAT Camp (Code and Gender) Monday, October 2 1:00-2:45pm IMRC 112 Despite a nationwide push to teach programming to a more diverse body of students in K-12 education, recent studies suggest women are most likely to drop out of computer science in college. Ruth Leopold’s Coders Collaborative(COCO) aims to increase the retention of women in […]
The New Analog: Listening and Reconnecting in a Digital World with Damon Krukowski Thursday, September 28 4:30pm Stewart Commons 104 Author and podcast host Damon Krukowski will be on campus this week for a series of events sponsored by the McGillicuddy Humanities Center in collaboration with English. On Thursday at 4:30 he’ll discuss The New […]
