Jordan LaBouff, an associate professor of psychology and honors at the University of Maine, and Charlotte Warren co-wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled “What Maine can do to reduce police violence.” LaBouff is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the […]
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For generations, majestic American chestnut trees flourished and provided food and wood for people from Maine to Florida. These 100-foot “redwoods of the East” were called perfect trees. They grew fast and produced nutritious chestnuts for people and animals. And their straight-grained and rot-resistant wood was ideal for building houses and barns and crafting furniture. […]
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Tom Adams, a secondary education major with a concentration in social studies education, has been awarded the George J. Mitchell Peace Scholarship to study abroad in Ireland during the spring 2021 semester as part of the student exchange program. Adams, who plays guitar, plans to use the semester at University College Cork to pursue his […]
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University of Maine students Nolan Altvater, Hailey Cedor, Nola Prevost and Katherine Reardon have been named the fall 2020–spring 2021 Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center (MHC) undergraduate fellows. Fellows receive $4,000 a semester for two consecutive semesters while they work on their chosen humanities projects and serve as humanities ambassadors to peers, the campus […]
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Two University of Maine faculty members have been named interim deans on campus for the coming fiscal year. Mario Teisl will serve as interim dean for the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture, and Stephanie Welcomer will serve as interim dean for the Honors College. Teisl is a professor in the School of Economics. […]
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The Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel published a University of Maine news release announcing student Caleigh Charlebois has been awarded a Barry Goldwater Scholarship for demonstrating exceptional promise of becoming a next-generation research leader in engineering, mathematics or natural sciences. To be selected for this award, students need to demonstrate breadth and depth of research […]
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Two University of Maine graduate students have been awarded the Boren Fellowship and one undergraduate student is an alternate for the Boren Scholarship. The Boren Awards fund the intensive study of language and culture abroad by U.S. undergraduate or graduate students who plan a career in public service. The $24,000 fellowship funds 37 to 52 […]
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The University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias will hold Class of 2020 Recognition Ceremonies to honor the success and achievements of graduates. In-person ceremonies for both universities are tentatively planned for the fall, and will be determined based on health and safety guidance from the federal and state Centers for Disease Control […]
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The Honors College at the University of Maine will host an online recognition event at 4:30 p.m. Friday, May 8 for the 2020 John M. Rezendes Annual Ethics Essay Competition. The competition invites undergraduate students to submit an 8- to 10-page essay that focuses on ethics, broadly construed. This year’s theme was “ethics and food […]
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Editor’s Note: Story updated May 1, 2020 Ten undergraduates have been named 2020 Outstanding Graduating Students at the University of Maine. Among them is Grace Smith, the Outstanding Graduating Student in the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture, and the 2020 salutatorian. The other Outstanding Graduating Students include brothers Abram and Gabriel Karam from […]
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