The William S. Cohen Institute for Leadership & Public Service at the University of Maine will offer a new internship program for undergraduate students beginning in spring 2019. The internship will be with The Cohen Group in Washington, D.C. The Cohen Group was formed by former Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen to help enterprises […]
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The Maine Edge interviewed Nimesha Ranasinghe, an assistant professor in the School of Computing and Information Science at the University of Maine, for an article about his Virtual Cocktail invention. “I’m not creating technology, I’m creating experiences,” said Ranasinghe, whose research focuses on multisensory interactive media, augmented reality and human-computer interaction. The Virtual Cocktail, or […]
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The Ellsworth American spoke with Caroline Bicks, a professor of English and the current Stephen E. King Chair in Literature at the University of Maine, about a book she co-wrote with Michelle Ephraim, an associate professor in humanities at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The book, “Shakespeare, Not Stirred: Cocktails for Your Everyday Dramas,” was published in […]
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The Bangor Daily News published an opinion piece by Michael Howard, a professor of philosophy at the University of Maine, titled, “We have two years to avoid climate disaster. A carbon fee and dividend will help.” Howard is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across […]
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University of Maine assistant professor of psychology Fayeza Ahmed has been named the first associate director of the Maine Syracuse Longitudinal Study (MSLS) that focuses on hypertension, cardiovascular risk factors and aging as predictors of cognitive functioning. Fayeza Ahmed will be the primary go-to person for UMaine students and faculty interested in examining the data, […]
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Bridie McGreavy was honored for co-editing a book that addresses significant questions about the relationship between communication and the environment, and has potential to influence research in the field. The University of Maine assistant professor of environmental communication received the National Communication Association’s Tarla Rai Peterson Book Award in Environmental Communication in November in Salt […]
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A survey indicated that faculty who were harassed at an unspecified public university told friends, family and colleagues about their experiences far more frequently than they did campus human resources officials. The faculty members — who were aware of the university’s harassment policies — said they were dissatisfied with how their complaints were handled when […]
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The Penobscot Times reported the University of Maine has opened its 2018 Senior Art Exhibition, “Collective Ground,” at Lord Hall Gallery. The show, which runs through Feb. 2, features more than 70 works of art, including paintings, drawings, prints, digital paintings/prints and sculptures. The nine studio art majors displaying work produced all aspects of the […]
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The Bangor Daily News published an opinion piece by Kenneth Hillas, an adjunct professor of global politics and U.S. foreign policy at the University of Maine School of Policy and International Affairs. The piece is titled, “No president is perfect on foreign policy, but George H. W. Bush earned high marks.”
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Several University of Maine faculty members and graduate students are representing UMaine at COP24, the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in Katowice, Poland. They are engaging with world leaders who are negotiating global climate change policies. Follow their reports from the conference on their blog, which includes […]
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