Amy Blackstone, a sociology professor at the University of Maine, co-wrote an article for BUST Magazine titled, “The outrage against childfree women is real — and needs to stop.” Blackstone wrote the article with documentary filmmaker Therese Shechter. Blackstone, who does not have children, conducts research on the decision not to become parents. She and […]
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The University of Maine Department of Art will present the 2017 Juried Student Art Exhibition that features work by current studio art, art history and art education students. The exhibition will be on display from April 7 to May 5 in Lord Hall Gallery. The venue provides the opportunity for undergraduate students at all levels […]
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Editor’s note: Story updated April 20. Allyson Eslin of Bangor has been named the valedictorian and Joshua Patnaude of Sanford the salutatorian at the University of Maine for 2017. Between them, the two top students will receive a total of four degrees at UMaine’s 215th Commencement in Harold Alfond Sports Arena May 13. Eslin, who […]
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“Picturing America: The Golden Age of Pictorial Maps,” the latest book by University of Maine geographer Stephen Hornsby was featured in the National Geographic article, “Geography isn’t sacred in the playful world of pictorial maps.” Pictorial maps thrived in the United States from the 1920s to the ’60s, according to Hornsby, director of the Canadian-American […]
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The Weekly reported on the 28th annual Maine Women’s Hall of Fame celebration held in March at the University of Maine at Augusta. Ann Schonberger, a former mathematics professor and director of what was then called the Women’s Studies Program at the University of Maine, was honored during the event. Schonberger also is a faculty […]
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Amy Blackstone, a sociology professor at the University of Maine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article about why some Maine residents choose not to have children. Blackstone, who does not have children, has been interviewing other adults who have decided not to become parents and is working on a book about her […]
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“Space Travel in the Near Future,” a physics colloquium by University of Maine professor Neil Comins, author of the new book, “The Traveler’s Guide to Space: For One-Way Settlers and Round-Trip Tourists,” will be held at 3:15 p.m. March 31 in 140 Bennett Hall. More about the Department of Physics and Astronomy Colloquia Series is […]
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Jon Ippolito, a new media professor at the University of Maine, was a recent guest on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio program. The show focused on the value and pitfalls of today’s social media.
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Robert Glover, an assistant professor of honors and political science at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled “Trump wants a huge giveaway for the private prison industry.” Glover also 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 Ph.D. student Brie Berry’s interest in sustainability was sparked during the two years she spent in a rural area of the West African Republic of Mali as a Peace Corps volunteer. “I joined the Peace Corps to experience what it was like to live in another place with a very different culture,” […]
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