Anne Miller, a doctoral student at the University of Maine who has been an English teacher, library/media specialist and literacy specialist, was a recent guest on the Maine Public Broadcasting Network’s “Maine Calling” radio show. The show focused on Lois Lowry’s “The Giver” as part of the Maine Calling Book Club.
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on a University of Maine 4-H Science Saturday workshop at UMaine’s Climate Change Institute. About a dozen children in grades six through eight helped design a canister to keep ice core samples gleaned from the Peruvian Andes frozen and intact for research. “Kids were eager to give me a recommendation on […]
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Roy Ulrickson III, a graduate student in his final year of the University of Maine’s Master of Social Work program, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled “Equal opportunity: Why the state should pick up 100% of school costs.” Ulrickson of Dexter has worked in education since 2006.
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A field biologist, science writer, river restorer and senior producer will share their experiences at a science storytelling project 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20, at One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., in Portland. Skylar Bayer and Ari Daniel are co-producers of the event for The Story Collider, which creates live shows and podcasts in which […]
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David Neivandt, associate vice president for research and graduate studies and director of the Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering at the University of Maine, was cited in a MaineToday Media story about the state lagging behind in hiring foreign technology workers. The story reported that, despite a shortage of technically skilled professionals in […]
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The Free Press reported the University of Maine School of Social Work is adding a three-year online option for its master’s in social work program starting September 2015. Online courses will be taught by the school’s regular MSW faculty and field practicums may be completed at qualifying organizations geographically convenient to students, the article states. […]
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Several Bangor Metro entrepreneurial award recipients are graduates of the University of Maine. Abe and Heather Furth, who graduated in 2004, own Verve, Woodman’s Grill and The Orono Brewing Co. “Brewery tourism is growing, and we hope that our brewery will help bring more people to Orono. We think this will help Orono become the […]
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The Iberdrola USA Foundation, along with Fundación Iberdrola, is accepting scholarship applications for master’s studies in energy and/or the environment at the University of Maine and University of Rochester for the 2015–2016 academic year, according to a press release. The Iberdrola Scholarship Program is open to graduate students who plan to pursue studies in renewable […]
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During his Friday appearance on the WZON Pulse Morning Show, Jim Settele, director of the University of Maine School of Policy and International Affairs, talked about media coverage of incidents of black males killed by law enforcement officials in Ferguson, Missouri and Staten Island, New York. Settele also spoke about a conference he is attending […]
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The University of Maine’s graduate wildlife conservation program and undergraduate wildlife ecology program were mentioned in the Online Schools Center article, “30 degrees that will get you dirty.” The report states both programs revolve around animals and their natural habitats, many in Maine, and could lead to a variety of field-based jobs such as wildlife […]
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