Toronto’s Globe and Mail newspaper had a story about the correlation between online ratings of professors and official evaluations of professors’ teaching. The story noted research published in 2007 by Ted Coladarci and Irv Kornfield, who compared rating systems for UMaine professors and found a strong correlation between the two systems. Coladarci is a professor […]
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The University of Maine has been included on a list of “military friendly” colleges, universities and educational institutions that offer noteworthy services, opportunity and support for veterans of the United States military service.
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Faculty development and diversity specialist Joann Moody will visit UMaine on Tuesday Sept. 13 through Thursday Sept. 15. She will conduct a series of small group sessions involving College of Liberal Arts and Sciences chairs, directors and peer committees on Tuesday and Wednesday. On Thursday she will meet with people in similar roles in the […]
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Marybeth Allen of the UMaine Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders recently was named the Speech-Language Pathologist of the Year by the National Stuttering Association (NSA). The association recognized Allen during its annual meeting in Fort Worth, Texas for her outreach and organization efforts on a national level on behalf of youths who stutter.
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University of Maine Ph.D. candidate Aaron Putnam is a member of an international team of scientists who have produced a prediction of what climate records from Greenland might look like over the last 800,000 years and investigation into the possible causes of abrupt climate change.
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UMaine Cooperative Extension educator and apple specialist Renae Moran was interviewed for a Channel 2 (WLBZ) news report on the state of Maine’s apple crops. A Bangor Daily News article on apples also quoted Morin, who reported that this year’s crop is excellent. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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Education Commissioner Bowen at UMaine Monday Maine Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen is spending Monday Sept. 12 at UMaine, as part of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow Program. Bowen will meet with students, faculty members and staff members, in addition to President Paul Ferguson and Provost Susan Hunter.
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Norrine Daly, a faculty member in UMaine’s Department of Animal and Veterinary Science and the event coordinator at the J.F. Witter Teaching and Research Center, had an op-ed column in the Bangor Daily News. Daly advocated for voter support of the creation of racinos in Biddeford and Washington County, arguing a “yes” vote in the […]
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Saturday’s Bangor Daily News included a feature story about basket maker James Frey, a Passamaquoddy artist from Princeton whose work has received wide acclaim. His work will be on display at UMaine’s Hudson Museum beginning Sept. 24 as part of “Transcending Traditions: The Next Generation of Maine Indian Basketry.
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Jeff Thaler, a UMaine visiting professor of energy policy, law and ethics, was featured in a Maine Sunday Telegram story about TEDxDirigo, a daylong conference held in Portland. TED (technology, entertainment and design) conferences are held all around the world, with the goal of “creating positive change.” Fifteen people, including Thaler and UMaine Prof. Habib […]
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