Tyrone Crisp, associate professor and co-chair of the University of Maine Department of Mathematics and Statistics, spoke with WABI-TV (Channel 5) about the probability of winning the Powerball jackpot. “The probability of a single person hitting the jackpot by getting the five white balls and the one red ball, it is 1 in 292,201,338,” Crisp […]
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WBUR interviewed Bonnie Newsom, University of Maine associate professor of anthropology, about the Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science (CBIKS) for a segment of the show “On Point.” The center, based at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, will conduct transdisciplinary, placed-based research projects that intertwine Native and Western knowledge systems in collaboration with Indigenous […]
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The Portland Press Herald interviewed Mark Brewer, University of Maine professor of political science, about campaign spending on a referendum question regarding whether to replace the two largest utility companies in Maine, Central Maine Power and Versant Power, with a publicly-owned utility. According to the publication, the owners of Central Maine Power and Versant Power […]
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Lord Hall Gallery will present Aldrich, Norton & Ross — a Concert of Experimental and Electronic Music at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12. Aldrich, Norton & Ross is a trio of Maine-based musicians featuring N.B. Aldrich, also a faculty member with the University of Maine Department of Art, who plays sound recordings; Steve Norton, who […]
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The emergence of toxic per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, in water supplies, farms and the environment is a growing problem nationwide. Despite many researchers and government agencies investigating these “forever chemicals,” there is no tool for combining all of their findings and providing a more comprehensive view of the problem. University of Maine computer […]
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In a story about Tucker’s House, a sober house for women located in Bridgton, Maine, News Center Maine shared overdose data from the University of Maine Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center. According to a recent report from the center, there have been more than 5,800 overdoses from January to July, nearly an 8% drop compared […]
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Micha Pawling, associate professor of Native American studies and history at the University of Maine, spoke with The Maine Monitor about the possible reintroduction of language honoring the state’s historical obligations to tribal nations in print versions of the constitution. According to the report, Pawling “said he recognizes the importance of making Maine’s constitution available […]
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The University of Maine College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will present the 2023 Maine Heritage Lecture at 3 p.m. on Oct. 12 in the Bodwell Area at the Collins Center for the Arts, with a reception to follow at the Hudson Museum. This year’s lecture, titled “50 Years of Advocacy in Maine: Exploring the […]
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The New England News Collaborative interviewed Shawn Laatsch, director of the Versant Power Astronomy Center at the University of Maine, for a story titled “Northern New Englanders hope for clear skies and tourism ahead of 2024 total eclipse.” “I always tell folks the difference between seeing a partial solar eclipse and a total is like […]
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Maine Public featured John Bear Mitchell, University of Maine lecturer of Wabanaki studies and outreach and student development coordinator for the Wabanaki Center, on a recent segment of “Maine Calling” about Indigenous art and storytelling.
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