BDN publishes op-ed by Nadelhaft
Jerome Nadelhaft, an emeritus professor of history at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “The long, dark history of violence against women.”
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Germany’s DW interviews Comins about potential space travel challenges
Germany’s international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) interviewed Neil Comins, a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Maine, about the potential challenges space settlers could encounter. Comins discussed his latest book, “The Traveler’s Guide to Space: For One-Way Settlers and Round-Trip Tourists.” “I do believe that space is the next frontier, and we […]
Read moreHollywood Reporter publishes Socolow column on O.J. Simpson
Michael Socolow, an associate professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine, wrote a guest column for the Hollywood Reporter titled, “It’s O.J. Simpson’s world; we’re just living in it.” CNN cited the column in the article, “O.J. Simpson hearing: A blast from media past.”
Read moreLord Hall Gallery to display work by two Port Clyde artists
This summer, the Lord Hall Gallery on the University of Maine campus will host exhibitions by two of Maine’s leading artists, both of whom live in Port Clyde. The Susan Groce and Antonia Small exhibits will be on display from July 24 through Sept. 22. A free public reception for the artists will be held […]
Read moreUMaine museum mentioned in BDN article on economic activity report
The University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor was included in a Bangor Daily News article about a recent study that found the city’s nonprofit art and cultural organizations in 2015 generated $10 million in economic activity and created hundreds of full-time jobs. The study, completed by the Washington D.C. lobbyist group Americans […]
Read morePsychology Ph.D. student receives two national awards
Hannah Lawrence, a fifth-year doctoral candidate in clinical psychology at the University of Maine, recently received two national awards. Lawrence, who is from Shaker Heights, Ohio, has been awarded the 2017 Graduate Student Research Grant from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT). ABCT awards one grant annually to a graduate student whose dissertation […]
Read moreHoward writes op-ed for BDN
The Bangor Daily News published an opinion piece about the Paris climate agreement by Michael Howard, a philosophy professor at the University of Maine. Howard is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the country to address public challenges and their policy implications. Members’ columns […]
Read moreGardner named director of Rising Tide Center and WGS Program
Professor of higher education Susan Gardner has been named director of the University of Maine Rising Tide Center for Gender Equity, and the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program. Her appointment, effective July 17, concludes a national search for a director of the center that is an outgrowth of UMaine’s ADVANCE Rising Tide Center and […]
Read moreMount Desert Islander advances storm surge talk by Huguenard, Rickard
Mount Desert Islander reported University of Maine professors Kim Huguenard and Laura Rickard will talk about estuaries and storm surge at the Somes-Meynell Wildlife Sanctuary in Mount Desert at 7 p.m. July 20. During “Sensing Storm Surge: A Citizen Science Approach to Measuring Storm Surge-Estuarine Interaction in Maine,” Huguenard, an assistant professor in ocean and […]
Read moreKaye to speak about caregivers of older adults at UMMA
Len Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging, will deliver a noontime talk July 20 at the UMaine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor. Kaye’s talk, “Caregivers of Older Adults: America’s Unsung Heroes,” is being held in conjunction with Jason Bard Yarmosky’s “Somewhere” exhibition. The exhibit features a series of paintings, drawings […]
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