At the University of Maine, 26 faculty members have received tenure and/or promotion this spring. This annual announcement is an important opportunity to recognize faculty members’ outstanding achievements and contributions in teaching, scholarship and research, and community engagement, says UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy. “We congratulate them for their leadership, innovation, and focus on putting students […]
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The University of Maine System Rural Health and Well-being Grand Challenge Initiative’s Injury Prevention Collaborative recently held a seed grant competition for UMS researchers. The program is coordinated by Marcella Sorg and Jamie Wren at the University of Maine Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, with assistance from UMaine’s Office of Research Development. The UMS Injury […]
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News Center Maine reported on the February 2021 drug overdose report compiled by Marcella Sorg, a University of Maine forensic anthropologist who also serves Maine’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The report was issued by both the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and Office of the Attorney General.
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The Bangor Daily News, Centralmaine.com and The Irregular advanced a workshop hosted by the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine about restoring Penobscot language use and how traditional stories can provide vital knowledge to help meet today’s challenges 3–4 p.m. on Monday, April 5. Register for the workshop.
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East Asia Forum published an op-ed from Kristan Vekasi, an associate professor of political science and policy and international affairs, titled “Will China weaponise its rare earth edge?”
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The last few years have been especially busy for Mark Brewer. The University of Maine political science professor is a respected go-to source for reporters seeking context about political events and the political climate. That’s in addition to his research about partisanship, public opinion, public policy, and interactions between religion and politics, and his popular […]
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The Associated Press, the Mount Desert Islander, The Irregular and the Penobscot Bay Pilot reported on a campaign initiated by Susan Smith, director of the Intermedia Master of Fine Arts program at the University of Maine, to encourage the public to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and to support equitable distribution of vaccines across the population. The Times Union, U.S. News […]
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The Bangor Daily News talked with Brie Berry, a University of Maine Ph.D. student, and Cindy Isenhour, an associate professor of anthropology and faculty fellow at UMaine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, about the increasing volume of unusable items donated to thrift shops in Maine and burgeoning disposal costs.
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Amy Fried, chair of the University of Maine Political Science Department, spoke to the Sun Journal for an article titled “Jared Golden bucks fellow Democrats while fighting the system.” “We do have this whole Maine tradition of liking people who seem to be independent-minded, but there are limits to that,” Fried said. “We’re in a more polarized, […]
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The University of Maine Alumni Association and the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGS) program will honor three distinguished Maine women with Maryann Hartman Awards at a 5 p.m. ceremony on March 25. The virtual event will celebrate 2020 recipients Sharon Barker, retired director of the University of Maine’s Women’s Resource Center, Penobscot Nation Ambassador […]
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