Thirteen undergraduates have been named 2021 Outstanding Graduating Students at the University of Maine. Among them is Bailey West, the Outstanding Graduating Student in the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture, and in the Honors College, and the 2021 valedictorian. Her profile story is online. Short biographies of the other UMaine Outstanding Graduating Students […]
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Caroline Strolic of Phoenix, Arizona is the Outstanding Graduating Student in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. She is an honors student majoring in art history with a minor in history. A member of the women’s swimming and diving team, Strolic has been team captain for the past two years, and a member of […]
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The University of Maine Office of Sustainability has announced a slate of virtual and in-person activities for Earth Week, April 18–24, offered in collaboration with a broad array of campus partners, including the Green Campus Initiative, Spire, Divest UMS, the UMaine Green Team, the Maine Bound Adventure Center, the Maine Outing Club, the Horticulture Club, […]
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Justice-oriented commitments within sustainability science have the potential to promote decolonization of academic institutions and support tribal sovereignty, according to a study led by University of Maine researchers. Co-authors from UMaine and Wabanaki Tribal Nations came together to talk about their experiences connecting justice commitments and sustainability science projects. Through dialogue, they identified the need […]
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The New Yorker published a feature story highlighting historical efforts to record the Penobscot language and describing current preservation initiatives that includes interviews with several University of Maine faculty. Darren Ranco, a UMaine associate professor of anthropology and director of Native American Programs, noted that early efforts to record the Penobscot language were focused on […]
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Jon Ippolito, a University of Maine professor of new media, spoke with WIRED for a story about networked creativity that builds on digital art shared on virtual platforms such as TikTok.
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Forbes spoke with Nicholas Giudice, a University of Maine professor of spatial computing and co-founder of UMaine’s Virtual Environments and Multimodal Interaction Laboratory (VEMI Lab), about the autonomous vehicle app currently under development by the lab’s autonomous vehicle research group.
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The Portland Press Herald spoke with Jon Ippolito, a University of Maine professor of new media, and Arturo Camacho, a UMaine doctoral student, about the growing market for high-end digital art which is driven by the sale of non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
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The Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center at the University of Maine has announced the Spring 2021 faculty awards. The Center’s mission includes demonstrating the immediacy and applicability of humanities studies, and it supports programs and projects fostering intellectual curiosity, critical reflection and creative innovation. Susan Camp, adjunct associate professor of art, received funding for ”Duet,” a collaborative […]
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The Sun Journal reported on an April 8 talk in which U.S. Rep. Jared Golden and Mark Brewer, a professor of political science at the University of Maine, discussed the roots and sustainability of the unique political culture of Maine’s 2nd Congressional District. “The civic culture in Maine is very healthy,” Brewer said. The discussion […]
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