University of Maine graduate student Jill Peto was included in the National Geographic series, “20 Under 30: The Next Generation of National Park Leaders.” The feature on Pelto, titled “This artist turns dull data into art — and a call to action,” focuses on her environmental artwork that convey climate change in North Cascades National […]
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Amy Fried, a political science professor at the University of Maine, spoke with the Sun Journal for an article about Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson ahead of his Aug. 26 visit to Lewiston. Political experts, including Fried, expect Johnson will attract votes away from Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump. Fried said some Maine […]
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A recent study by University of Maine researchers examines the history of the licensing system for commercial fisheries in the state and how it has changed fishermen’s access to marine resources. The findings suggest the evolution of the regulations threatens the resilience of the social-ecological system in Maine’s fisheries and highlight the paradox of the […]
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WABI (Channel 5) covered the presentations of students in the Maine EPSCoR High School Research Internship Program at the University of Maine. This is the 10th year of the program that aims to engage students in college-level STEM subjects, according to the article. “Every year the projects are different,” said Barbara Cole, a chemistry professor […]
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Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Pulitzer Prize winner and Harvard history professor, will deliver the lecture, “Patty’s Sampler and Phebe’s Quilt: Traces of Maine in the American West” at 12:45 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14, at the Collins Center for the Arts. Ulrich demonstrates how the diaries, letters and needlework of Patty Sessions and Phebe Woodruff suggest new […]
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University of Maine professors Marie Hayes and Craig Mason, along with Ph.D. student Jake Emerson, were quoted in a Bangor Daily News report about the increase of infant deaths in Maine. While the nation’s infant mortality rate is worse than many wealthy countries, it has improved since the 1990s. Meanwhile, Maine’s rate has fallen behind […]
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Research conducted by University of Maine sociology professor Amy Blackstone and UMaine graduate Mahala Stewart was cited in the Pacific Standard magazine article, “How the childfree decide.” Blackstone and Stewart’s recent article in The Family Journal, “There’s More Thinking to Decide: How the Childfree Decide Not to Parent,” engages the topic and extends the scholarly […]
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The Bangor Daily News advanced performances of “Transformer Tales: Stories of the Dawnland,” a compilation of traditional stories that have been part of the Penobscot Indian Nation’s oral tradition for centuries. Margo Lukens, a University of Maine English professor, collaborated with Carol Dana and other members of the Penobscot Nation to research and bring to […]
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Samuel Belknap, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Anthropology and the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, was featured in a four-part film series produced by the Island Institute. “A Climate of Change” highlights fishing communities threatened by the effects of a changing climate and what they are doing to adapt. The […]
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Michael Howard, a philosophy professor at the University of Maine, was interviewed by Inverse for the article, “Robots could make universal income a necessity.” Universal basic income — the concept that all citizens, regardless of their career, should have a guaranteed wage — dates back to the 16th century, but it’s never been successfully implemented, […]
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