In late January, Tracey O’Connell, school counselor at Leonard Middle School in Old Town, started getting emails from her principal about an upcoming Zoom meeting that nobody was allowed to miss. She thought it was going to be a regular staff meeting, nothing terribly exciting.
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In a Bangor Daily News op-ed, Hugh Curran, an instructor in the Peace and Reconciliation Studies program, noted the many contributions of Bernard Lown to medicine, health equity and world peace.
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Maria Frankland, a lecturer of educational leadership in the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, talked with the Kennebec Journal about the impact of anxiety and stress on children who have had their school routines and relationships disrupted by the pandemic.
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Hugh Curran, Peace and Reconciliation Studies Program, and Timothy Reagan, School of Learning and Teaching, each contributed chapters — Tolerance and Nonviolent Practices; and Peace, Conflict, and War: The Role of Language and Languages, respectively — in a recently published online access book, “Paths to a Culture of Tolerance and Peace.”
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The University of Maine College of Education and Human Development recognized 457 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the fall 2020 semester. The list includes students from across Maine and 16 other states, as well as six countries other than the U.S. Due to the unusual and challenging circumstances faced this semester amid the […]
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Bangor Metro interviewed professor of family relations and human sexuality Sandra Caron about opportunities to talk to children about sex, noting that it’s not a “one-and-done” situation.
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The College of Education and Human Development’s online graduate programs once again rank among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report.
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Daniel Puhlman, an assistant professor of family studies at the University of Maine and licensed marriage and family therapist, will participate in a “Maine Calling” discussion about how parents can handle the additional stress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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University of Maine associate professor and director of the School of Educational Leadership, Higher Education and Human Development Julie DellaMattera talked to the Centralmaine.com for an article about a new childcare facility that opened in Augusta recently.
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The Portland Press Herald interviewed Karen Keim, director of the Maine Educational Opportunity Center and Maine Educational Talent Search at the University of Maine, about the economic impact of the pandemic on college students across the state.
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