Abstract submissions for the 2018 University of Maine Student Symposium on April 17 are now being accepted. The UMaine Student Symposium, a campuswide celebration of achievement in student research and creative activity, will be held at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor from 10 a.m.–5 p.m. The event, which is free and open to the […]
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The Republican Journal reported Kathleen Ellis, who teaches English and in the Honors College at the University of Maine, will lead a poetry workshop at the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland. The Flexing Your Muscles workshop will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday, March 12–16, according to the article. Workshop participants […]
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Sharon Tisher, a lecturer in the University of Maine’s School of Economics and Honors College; and Harold Borns, professor emeritus of the Climate Change Institute and the School of Earth and Climate Sciences at UMaine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “Climate change under Trump: A perfect storm.” Tisher is a […]
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Editor’s note: story updated Feb. 6, 2018. The University of Maine recognized 2,229 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the fall 2017 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s List, 1,609 are from Maine, 559 are from 32 other states and 61 are from 27 countries other than the U.S. Listed below are […]
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Hometown: Oxford, Maine I’m fascinated by the increasing complexity of the stock market and the power concentrated in the hands of corporate owners. I’m a senior studying financial economics; my Honors thesis is on the difference in performance between passively and actively owned companies. I love being co-president of UMaine’s student-run investment club (SPIFFY) and […]
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University of Maine student J. William Somes wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “Climate change is burning a hole in our pocketbooks.” Somes is studying economics and political science and also is a student in the Honors College.
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece, “Valuing diversity in Maine’s classrooms,” by Jordan LaBouff, an associate professor of psychology and honors at the University of Maine. LaBouff is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the country to address public challenges and their […]
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For his first year of college, Liam Reading of Bangor, Maine attended a school outside northern New England. He soon realized he preferred his home state and discovered he had access to even more resources at the University of Maine. Now Reading is pursuing a major in studio art and minor in art history at […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported researchers at the University of Maine and Ready Seafood Co. of Portland are working to examine what influences shell growth in Maine lobsters to see if they can speed up the shell-hardening process in recently molted crustaceans. In Maine, the summer catch is mostly soft-shell lobsters, or shedders, which sell […]
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Fourteen University of Maine Honors College students, along with faculty and staff, are traveling to Atlanta, Georgia this week for the annual National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) Conference Nov. 8–12. Faculty and students will be giving 10 presentations on various topics related to Honors education, including social justice and human rights, intersectionality, activism and classroom […]
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