In a story about Maine experiencing a record number of Lyme Disease cases in 2023, News Center Maine interviewed Griffin Dill, an integrated pest management specialist and director of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab, about the territorial expansion of ticks in the state. “Deer ticks are expanding their range farther and farther […]
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The Bangor Daily News and Maine Public featured Judith Josiah-Martin’s keynote speech, “If not now, when?” during the 2024 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Celebration, organized by the Greater Bangor Area Branch NAACP and Fogler Library. WSHU Public Radio shared the Maine Public report.
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The Journal of Global Mobility and Emerald Publishing promoted work done by UMaine Assistant Professor William Obenauer on gender harassment experiences of expatriates in the workplace. Workplace gender harassment has become more prevalent throughout the country and expatriates have not been immune to this problem.
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The Bismarck Tribune interviewed University of Maine Professor of Anthropology and Chair of Native American Programs Darren Ranco on road signs in New England now including Indigenous translations. “We have a moment where there is a search for some reconciliation and justice around Indigenous issues. The signs represent that, but by no means is that […]
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The University of Maine Foundation has received a partial distribution of $15.5 million from a UMaine alum to create two new senior faculty roles that will bolster engineering and mathematics instruction and research at their alma mater. The estate gift from this donor, who chose to remain anonymous, is the largest single gift from an […]
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Interesting Engineering featured a study from University of Maine and Penn State researchers which found that molecules exhibit non-reciprocal interactions.
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The Boston Globe interviewed Mark Brewer, professor and chair of the University of Maine Political Science Department, for an article titled “Maine Republicans criticize ruling on Trump ballot eligibility, legal experts expect court battle.” Brewer said it’s “certainly possible” that Bellows’ decision could set a precedent for her successors, regardless of their political party, to […]
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Researchers from the University of Maine and Penn State discovered that molecules experience non-reciprocal interactions without external forces. Fundamental forces such as gravity and electromagnetism are reciprocal, where two objects are attracted to each other or are repelled by each other. In our everyday experience, however, interactions don’t seem to follow this reciprocal law. For […]
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The Bangor Daily News published a column from Hope Carroll, fourth-year communications undergraduate student in the Honors College at the University of Maine, titled “Wabanaki studies should be taught at all Maine schools.” Carroll submitted the piece at the invitation of the Maine chapter of the Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the […]
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The New York Times interviewed Mark Brewer, professor and chair of the University of Maine Department of Political Science, for an article titled “Maine’s Secretary of State to Decide Whether Trump Can Stay on Ballot.” According to Brewer, little attention had been paid to the complaints against former President Donald Trump’s inclusion on primary ballots […]
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