Grad student, environmental journal founder featured in Press Herald
The Portland Press Herald published a feature article on University of Maine graduate student Kaitlyn Abrams as part of its “Meet” series. Abrams, who is pursuing a master’s degree in English, is the founder and editor-in-chief of “Spire,” a new online journal of conservation and sustainability based at UMaine. The student-produced journal seeks to promote awareness-raising dialogue to unite Maine communities to effect positive environmental change. One core concept of creating the journal was inclusivity, encompassing people from all departments at the university and beyond, according to the article. “We definitely stressed that it should be interdisciplinary,” Abrams said. “Because one of the challenges we discussed was, ‘How do we get people involved? How do we get them thinking they have a stake in sustainability?’” The first issue features submissions from many departments, including biology and ecology, graphic design, photography, nursing, and forest resources, the article states.