Researchers have made a significant advance in the synthesis of high-energy mechanically interlocked polymers (MIP) used in exotic materials, according to a new study in the prestigious journal Science. University of Maine professor R. Dean Astumian, a theorist in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, is a corresponding author of the study, along with Sir […]
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Bloomberg Businessweek interviewed Steven Barkan, professor of sociology and interim chair of the department at the University of Maine, for the article “Police Reform Means Better Cops to Some, Fewer Cops to Others.” Federal and state officials have proposed various reforms to tackle widespread police brutality and systemic racism in the wake of the death […]
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Jack Shafer cited University of Maine media historian Michael Socolow in a Politico opinion piece titled “Tom Cotton Did Us a Favor by Exposing a Bad Law with a Bad Op-Ed.” Sen. Cotton had penned a New York Times op-ed titled “Send in the Troops” in response to protests against racism and police brutality. Readers […]
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The world needs help. And University of Maine researchers from diverse disciplines collaborate to address the complex needs of society. Stakeholders are key, too. When they’re involved from the start, they help develop effective, insightful solutions. In this episode of “The Maine Question,” host Ron Lisnet talks with David Hart and Linda Silka from the […]
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The Bangor Daily News published Michael Socolow’s opinion piece “Caught in the Crossfire: Journalism’s ‘Objectivity’ Problem in Times of Civil Unrest” that was first a guest blog on Ralph E. Hanson’s Living in a Media World site dedicated to current news on journalism and mass communication issues. “Every attack on a working journalist is an […]
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USA Today interviewed Amy Fried, professor of political science, about the impacts of President Donald Trump’s impeachment, the coronavirus pandemic, unemployment and George Floyd’s death on 2020 Senate elections.
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As sea-level rise, extreme weather events and storm surge become more frequent and severe along the Maine coast, people who live there will move inland. Globally, weather-related hazards accounted for more than 230 million displacements from 2008 to 2018, according to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center. In 2018 alone, 1.2 million people in the United […]
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News Center Maine and other area television stations covered a community gathering May 31 to protest the death of George Floyd and racism in the U.S. The event was held at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King Memorial Plaza at the University of Maine. Floyd died in police custody May 25 […]
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News Center Maine reported on Andrew Crawley and six University of Maine graduate students helping state officials estimate the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. Crawley, an assistant professor of regional economic development with the UMaine School of Economics, and his students have been working with the State Economist’s Office to develop forecasts for how […]
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Steven Barkan, professor and chair, Department of Sociology, has published a new edition of his textbook,”Social Problems: Continuity and Change,” with extensive material on the COVID-19 pandemic.
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