WLBZ (Channel 2) and the Associated Press reported on the unveiling of a 9/11 sculpture outside the Cumberland County Jail in Portland. Sheriff Kevin Joyce was given a 100-pound piece of steel from one of the twin towers, according to the WLBZ report. Gregory Ondo, an assistant professor of art at the University of Maine, […]
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Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Bangor Daily News article that examines how early endorsements could affect the race to replace Maine Gov. Paul LePage. Endorsements announced more than a year before the election could have an impact for candidates trying to gain traction in parts […]
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Robert Glover, an associate professor of honors and political science at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled “Congress must fix Trump’s terrible mistake on DACA.” Glover also is the co-leader of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the country […]
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The fact and fantasy of face transplant surgery will be the focus of the 16th annual Geddes W. Simpson Lecture at the University of Maine on Sept. 14. Sharrona Pearl, an assistant professor in the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, will speak on “Face Transplant Surgery and the Meaning of Identity: […]
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Amy Fried, a political science professor at the University of Maine, spoke with Modern Healthcare for the article, “Maine residents hope ballot box will do what legislators couldn’t: Expand Medicaid to more low-income adults.” A coalition of Democratic and moderate Republican state lawmakers passed bills five times that would have had Maine apply for federal […]
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Penobscot John Bear Mitchell, a lecturer in Wabanaki studies at the University of Maine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News about Orono considering to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The town would join a growing number of locales, such as Bangor and Belfast, that are shifting the focus away from Christopher Columbus, according […]
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Members of the University of Maine community are welcome to attend the dedication of the Emera Astronomy Center’s new Clark Observatory at 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 15. The historic Alvin Clark eight-inch refractor, originally installed in 1900, has been relocated to the grounds of the Emera Astronomy Center in a new roll-off roof facility. The […]
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In a study of self-identified mothers of violent children with mental illness to better understand their experience when seeking help, researchers from the University of Maine and Niagara University identified three barriers that make it difficult to find effective assistance: denial of the mental illness and the severity of violence by treatment providers, extended family, […]
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Katie Doyle was raised by a family of engineers who encouraged her to tinker and ask questions. “My grandfather gave me my first electronics kit when I was 5, and I made every project in the book,” she says. “Engineering was always kind of on my radar as being something I would enjoy.” Doyle’s family […]
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Rebecca Schwartz-Mette, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Maine, was mentioned in the U.S. News & World Report article, “Why teen girls are at such a high risk for depression.” The risk for developing depression grows at adolescence for both girls and boys, but that risk increases much more sharply at adolescence […]
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