The University of Maine Department of Art will host the Art & Creative Ecologies Series of talks, panels and workshops during the 2022–23 academic year. Funded by a University of Maine Arts Initiative Seed Grant, the series features presentations, panels and workshops by visiting scholars and artists addressing the ways that contemporary art and creative […]
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In an article about why many polling places are at churches, Mental Floss quoted an article written Jordan LaBouff, associate professor of psychology at the University of Maine, in which he observed that people tend to take social cues from stereotypes about the space they’re occupying, a phenomenon known as the priming effect. LaBouff conducted […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot, Republican Journal and Maine Art Scene shared that Morgan Talty, assistant professor of English at the University of Maine, will give a free public talk and book signing for his debut collection of stories “Night of the Living Rez” at Left Bank Books in Belfast on Sept. 7, at 6 p.m.
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Mainebiz and the Bangor Daily News featured graduate students from the University of Maine Intermedia Programs creating art from nanocellulose generated at the Process Development Center on campus.
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The Bangor Daily News, Sun Journal and CentralMaine.com highlighted an effort led by Anne Knowles, a University of Maine professor and graduate coordinator in the History Department, to create a digital platform for students and educators to trace the geographies of the Holocaust and connect victimsʼ stories to the places where they happened.
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The Bangor Daily News reported that University of Maine alumnus Geoffrey Wingard has been named Maine’s 2022 State History Teacher of the Year. Wingard, who teaches at Bangor High School, earned a bachelor’s degree in anthropology and a master’s degree in history from UMaine. The Maine Department of Education also highlighted Wingard’s accolade.
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Borderless and Beyond shared that the University of Maine Native American Programs and UMaine Cooperative Extension have hired Tony Sutton as an assistant professor of Native American food systems. Sutton’s position will focus on Native American food systems and sovereignty, building on established relationships with tribes and grants and programs developed in Native American programs.
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The University of Maine Native American Programs and UMaine Extension have hired Tony Sutton as assistant professor of Native American Food Systems. Sutton’s position will focus on Native American food systems and sovereignty, building on relationships established with the Tribes and grants and programs developed in Native American Programs. Sutton moved to Maine from Oregon […]
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Morgan Talty, author of “Night of the Living Rez” who will serve as an assistant professor at the University of Maine this fall, wrote an essay for the Guardian about regretting not having a traditional Indigenous hair style, the long braid, when his mother died last year.
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Face masks have been an indelible part of the COVID-19 pandemic. Examining how, where and of what face masks were made can provide insight to how the personal protective equipment impacted — or was impacted by — the society around it. A study published by new faculty Matthew and Natalia Magnani in the Department of […]
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