In a column in The Conversation, University of Maine associate professor of communications and journalism Michael Socolow noted that proliferation of subscription news distribution platforms such as Substack could sustain elite readership rather than democratizing information.
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Maura Philippone has been awarded a 2020 National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) Scholarship. The competitive merit-based scholarship is awarded to up to three undergraduate senior students nationwide who are active in NSSLHA and will begin their graduate studies in fall following graduation. Philippone graduated summa cum laude in May 2020 from the University […]
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The Bangor Daily News featured a guest column by Rob Glover, a University of Maine associate professor of political science and honors, and Karyn Sporer, an assistant professor of sociology, highlighting the need for drug policy reform and flexibility in treating addiction in Maine. The pair, who are part of the Scholars Strategy Network, highlighted […]
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Phys.org shared a University of Maine news release describing a study by Jim Roscoe, professor of anthropology, and Daniel Sandweiss, professor of anthropology and Quaternary and climate studies, that tested Roscoe’s Power Theory. Using a radiocarbon summed probability distribution (SPD) model, the team found that population size and density influenced political centralization in Peru from […]
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Early populations shifted from quasi-egalitarian hunter-gatherer societies to communities governed by a centralized authority in the middle to late Holocene, but how the transition occurred still puzzles anthropologists. A University of Maine-led group of researchers contend that population size and density served as crucial drivers. Anthropology professor Paul “Jim” Roscoe led the development of Power […]
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An anonymous donor has made a $100,000 gift to create the Wabanaki Student Development and Success Fund at the University of Maine Foundation. The fund will assist Native American students pursuing University of Maine degrees “so that they can graduate as tomorrow’s leaders of their communities.” John Bear Mitchell, Wabanaki Center outreach and student development […]
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Jon Ippolito, a professor of new media at the University of Maine, spoke with News Center Maine about ways to keep children safe while they are online. Children, Ippolito said, should use fake usernames, avoid sharing passwords and personal information, and think twice about allowing apps to use their contacts and the cameras in their […]
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The Bangor Daily News advanced a Zoom talk by Liam Riordan, a University of Maine professor of history, at 7 p.m. Dec. 3. “Does the American Revolution Look Different from the Penobscot River?” is presented by the Witherle Memorial Library of Castine and the Maine Humanities Council. More information and a registration link are online.
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The Washington Post quoted Michael Socolow, University of Maine media historian and director of the McGillicuddy Humanities Center, about how journalists can mitigate the spread of disinformation by featuring regular Americans in their reporting rather than politicians.
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Amy Blackstone, a University of Maine professor of sociology, was quoted in a Lifehacker story offering tips for reframing and answering questions about childlessness. Blackstone is the author of “Childfree by Choice: The Movement Redefining Family and Creating a New Age of Independence.”
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