University of Maine professor of computer science and expert in cybersecurity, was interviewed for an article in the Portland Press Herald about the vulnerability of the nation’s cyber infrastructure. The article included comments from U.S. Congresswoman Susan Collins, a co-sponsor of a bill designed to strengthen the country’s defense against computer-borne attacks that threaten economic […]
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Several news organizations, including the Portland Press Herald, Bangor Daily News, Channel 5 (WABI) (http://www.wabi.tv/news/32134/update-name-of-new-hampshire-hiker-who-fell-off-trail-in-acadia-national-park-released), and Channel 2 (WLBZ) reported on the death Saturday of 22-year-old UMaine student Shirley Ladd, who died from injuries suffered in a fall in Acadia National Park earlier in the day. Ladd, a psychology major with a minor in business […]
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Jorg Imorger, the director of the Centre for Water Research at the University of Western Australia, will give a University of Maine Correll Presidential Lecture Series keynote address at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 3 in Wells Conference Center. The talk is free and open to the public. Imorger’s talk, “Building Resilience: Recognizing There is […]
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University of Maine senior Shirley Ladd from Barnstead, N.H., died July 28 from injuries she sustained earlier that day while hiking in Acadia National Park. She was 22. Ladd was a psychology major with a minor in business administration who worked in the New Balance Student Recreation Center on campus, most recently as a student […]
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A question-and-answer session with Jon Ippolito, UMaine associate professor of new media, that was done by the website Techno Arte News, was published on the website for Wired magazine. Ippolito discussed the complexities of the preservation of media art. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777
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The University of Maine Summer Music Festival is bringing together two summer traditions – baseball and musical theater – with the new musical comedy “Johnny Baseball,” which will open Friday, Aug. 3. “Johnny Baseball” will be shown at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 3, 4, 10, 11 and at 2 p.m. on Aug, 5 and 12 […]
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In her Pollways blog on the Bangor Daily News website, UMaine political science professor Amy Fried took issue with Gov. Paul LePage’s recent assertions that Maine school students are “looked down upon” nationally. Fried said the governor misrepresented the findings of a recent Harvard University study on how much progress the nation’s school students are […]
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University of Maine sociologist Steven Barkan discusses guns and violence in the United States in a blog, Criminology and Sociology, in which he argues that males commit more violent acts than women and, as a society, boys must be raised differently to reduce a propensity for violent behavior. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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Channel 2 (WLBZ) and Channel 5 (WABI) reported over the weekend on the fourth annual Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium being held this year in partnership with the University of Maine and in the Steam Plant parking lot, where members of the public can watch artists from around the world in action with grinders, chisels and […]
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University of Maine historian Katherine O’Flaherty and graduate student Rob Gee, who co-write the blog Stillwater Historians, are hosting on the blog this month History Carnival 111: Environmental History Edition, a monthly showcase of blog writing about history. The History Carnival is hosted each month at a different history blog to highlight a variety of […]
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