In WABI’s (Channel 5) two-part series on parenthood, University of Maine sociologists Kim Huisman and Amy Blackstone discuss motherhood and childfree living. “In some cultures, motherhood is expected and if you’re not a mother then there is a stigma attached to you,” said Huisman, who teaches a course on the social construction of motherhood. Blackstone […]
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Rep. Mick Devin of Newcastle who is also a researcher and shellfish hatchery manager at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center was interviewed for a WLBZ (Channel 2) report titled “Crabs and climate change pose threat to Maine shellfish.” Researchers at the Darling Marine Center say climate change is putting more carbon in the […]
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The Times of London interviewed Len Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging and professor in the UMaine School of Social Work, for an article about healthy aging for men. Kaye and Edward H. Thompson Jr., a professor emeritus of sociology and former director of the women and gender studies program at […]
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Joe Miller, a University of Maine graduate student studying history, was featured in the March issue of Runner’s World magazine. In the article “Running Back from Hell,” Miller shared his experience about running to cope with PTSD after several deployments to Iraq with the Army. He said the simplicity of running helps him control anger […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Janet Waldron, University of Maine’s senior vice president for administration and finance, for the article “Report says University of Maine System facilities underused, aging and may need renovation.” A report from facilities consultant Sightlines found University of Maine System buildings are underused compared with similar public universities. Sightlines identified […]
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A proposed offshore wind pilot project by Maine Aqua Ventus, which includes the University of Maine and partner companies, was mentioned in a Portland Press Herald article about businesses working to launch offshore wind energy facilities urging Congress to renew tax credits that would help kick-start an industry that could bring jobs to Maine and […]
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To facilitate snow removal and sanding of resident lots during spring break, University of Maine Parking Services has issued a parking notice. From 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28 through 6 a.m. Sunday, March 16, vehicles must be parked in one of the following locations: Hilltop lot north end, closest to the woods Steam Plant resident […]
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University of Maine students in an advanced art education course are facilitating an art-making and fundraising project to aid the purchase of musical instruments for a Bangor organization that works with youth who are homeless or are at risk of becoming homeless. Students in Constant Albertson’s Topics in Art Education class are teaching teen Shaw […]
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The University of Maine Intermedia MFA program, New Media Department and Innovative Media Research and Commercialization (IMRC) Center have named New York-based artist Dan Mikesell the spring 2014 Researcher in Residence. Mikesell is a media artist and technologist who spent the past four years teaching new interfaces for musical expression, physical computing and emotional design […]
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A new Maine Space Grant from NASA will put three 12-inch-square, remote-control quadcopters in the air on the University of Maine campus and in open fields in the area beginning this spring. The $15,000, one-year grant awarded to UMaine professors Charles Hess and Sam Hess will involve undergraduate students. The goal of the grant is […]
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