Jon Ippolito, a University of Maine professor of new media, spoke with Artnews about the auction of five non-fungible tokens (NFTs) of art originally created by Andy Warhol using an Amiga 1000 computer.
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The Associated Press spoke with Mark Brewer, a University of Maine professor of political science, about Paul LePage’s announcement that he will run for governor of Maine in 2022. The Middletown Press, U.S. News and World Report, SF Gate and WHEC (Channel 10 in Rochester, New York) shared the AP story.
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The University of Maine recognized 3,670 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the spring 2021 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s List, 2,392 are from Maine, 1,195 are from 39 other states and 83 are from 35 countries other than the U.S. Due to the unusual and challenging circumstances faced this semester […]
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Amy Fried, a University of Maine professor of political science, talked with Morning Consult about public opinion regarding the Jan. 6 riot in Washington. The Independent Journal Review shared the Morning Consult story.
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The Bangor Daily News shared a University of Maine news release highlighting an analysis by Jonathan Borkum, an associate adjunct professor, which characterizes migraines as a protective response to oxidant and energy imbalances in the brain.
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The Portland Press Herald cited a report authored by Marcella Sorg, a University of Maine research professor, which provides drug-related death statistics for Maine in reporting that overdose deaths held steady in Portland in 2020 while increasing by 33% statewide. The Forecaster shared the Press Herald story.
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Stephen Miller, professor and chair of the Department of History, is the editor of “Queen Victoria’s Wars: British Military Campaigns, 1857-1902,” available now from Cambridge University Press. The collection, to which Miller also contributed a chapter, is a new history of Britain’s imperial wars during the nineteenth century. Including chapters on wars fought in the […]
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Smithsonian Magazine spoke with Dan Sandweiss, a geoarchaeologist and professor of anthropology at the University of Maine, about the phytoliths in a remote Peruvian region which show that indigenous people sustainably managed forest biodiversity for millennia.
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Individuals who experience migraines are prone to a brain energy deficit between attacks, whether through increased demand or inadequate energy production according to a new analysis which finds that an energy impairment may cause brain oxidative stress, triggering a migraine as a protective response. This analysis sheds light on why migraines occur and helps explain […]
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The Bangor Daily News talked with Brie Berry, Cindy Isenhour and Jen Bonnet for a story about the thriving reuse culture in Maine. Berry is a Ph.D. student in anthropology and environmental policy at the University of Maine; Isenhour is an associate professor of anthropology, and Bonnet is a social sciences librarian.
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