Bloomberg interviewed Michael J. Socolow, professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine who previously worked as an information manager for broadcast stations during the Olympics, on the potential shift in sports coverage at this year’s Summer Olympics. He highlighted how the integration of social media influencers by NBC could set a precedent […]
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During an interview with NPR, Michael Socolow, a media historian and professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine, warned against drawing parallels between the events of 1968 and this year’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago. He stressed the risk of misapplying historical comparisons and highlighted the vast technological and societal differences between […]
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Maine Public interviewed Richard Corey, director of the VEMI Lab at the University of Maine, for a segment of its radio show “Maine Calling” on automotive news. He discussed autonomous vehicles and his team’s research into technology that can make them more accessible for seniors and people with visual impairments.
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Maine’s public universities, including the University of Maine and its regional campus, the University of Maine at Machias, will guarantee admission to graduates of the state’s community colleges starting this fall. Under the terms of a new, historic Transfer ME agreement signed Wednesday, July 31, by Maine Community College System (MCCS) President David Daigler and […]
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A University of Maine student is bringing together two of his passions — military history and theater — in a Shakespearean fashion this summer. For his directorial debut, history major and theater minor Patrick “Patty” Morris is directing an outdoor production of William Shakespeare’s “Henry V” with the Bangor-based Ten Bucks Theatre. The show, which […]
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University of Maine sociology professor Amy Blackstone spoke with USA Today, Scripps News and the Bangor Daily News about a growing movement of adults forgoing parenthood, as well as her own personal experience with deciding to be child-free. “I really wanted to understand what was wrong with me. Why do I not have this maternal […]
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Gov. Janet Mills honored Marcella Sorg, a forensic anthropologist and a University of Maine research professor at the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, with the Governor’s Award during the sixth annual Governor’s Opioid Response Summit on Thursday, July 25. Sorg was recognized for her “extraordinary contributions in the fight against substance use disorder,” according to […]
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Darren Ranco, anthropology professor and chair of Native American Programs at the University of Maine, was featured in a USA Today article about the Sacred Defense National Parks and Monuments Initiative, an new effort from the Lakota People’s Law Project to compensate tribes connected to the various national parks and monuments. Ranco said Native Americans […]
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Nikita Saini, a Ph.D. student with the University of Maine Department of Physics and Astronomy, spoke with WFVX (Channel 7) about the upcoming Capricornid and Aquariid meteor showers, which will peak around July 30th and in mid-August, respectively. “You’ll have to be out on a very clear night sky, and just kind of lay down, […]
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Emerald ash borer — or “EAB,” as it is known by those who study it — is an invasive insect that will decimate ash tree populations in Maine, as it has done in so many other places across the country. It’s not a matter of if, but when. At the University of Maine, that inevitability […]
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