A New York Times opinion piece written by John Hechinger, a senior editor at Bloomberg News, cited a 2008 University of Maine study on hazing. The study, which was conducted by researchers Elizabeth Allan and Mary Madden, found that three-quarters of fraternity members report they have been hazed, including being forced to drink into unconsciousness, […]
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The public is invited to an Education Research Forum sponsored by the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development on Friday, Sept. 29. The forum will be held 3–4:30 p.m. in the Bodwell Lounge at the Collins Center for the Arts. It will feature presentations on research projects funded by one-time seed grants […]
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Gordon Donaldson, professor emeritus of education at the University of Maine, spoke with Maine Public for the report, “10 years later, Maine schools still wrestle with district consolidation.” Ten years ago, Maine Gov. John Baldacci signed a law changing the structure of education across the state, forcing districts to consolidate with schools in nearby towns […]
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Author, educator and activist Z Nicolazzo will speak Sept. 19 at the University of Maine. The free public lecture, “Honor Our Dead and Fight Like Hell for the Living,” will take place at 5 p.m. in Minsky Recital Hall. Nicolazzo is an assistant professor in the Adult and Higher Education Program, and a faculty associate […]
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The Tufts Daily, the student newspaper of Tufts University, reported the school has joined a Hazing Prevention Consortium under the organization StopHazing. Elizabeth Allan, a professor of higher education at the University of Maine, is president of StopHazing and has conducted national studies on hazing. According to Kevin Kraft, Tufts’ director of community standards, joining […]
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Susan Gardner, director of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program and the Rising Tide Center at the University of Maine; and Samantha Saucier, an undergraduate student and co-director of the Women’s Resource Center at UMaine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “Misogynist banners normalize campus rape culture. There’s nothing funny […]
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Researchers with the University of Maine’s Immersive Mathematics in Rendered Environments lab showcased on WVII (Channel 7) HandWaver, a virtual reality software they developed. The gesture-based program was developed by students and recent graduates to let learners use their hands to explore mathematical objects in virtual 3-D space. The goal of the program is to […]
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NBC4 Los Angeles included research from a 2008 University of Maine study in a report about a woman’s vow to change college culture 12 years after her son died in a fraternity hazing ritual in Chico, California. “Hazing in View: College Students at Risk,” conducted by researchers Elizabeth Allan and Mary Madden, found that 55 […]
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Students in the University of Maine’s Upward Bound Math Science (UBMS) program will present their summer research/explorations at the annual UBMS STEM Symposium 5–9 p.m. Monday, July 31. The event will be held in the atrium of the D.P. Corbett Business Building and will follow the style of a professional poster conference. Students will present […]
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Deborah Rooks-Ellis, director of the Maine Autism Institute for Education and Research (MAIER) at the University of Maine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article about the largest research project to be conducted on autism. The Simons Foundation Powering Autism Research for Knowledge (SPARK) study aims to enroll 50,000 people with autism and […]
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