Alyssa Simonds, graduate student in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, was featured on WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) and in the Bangor Daily News for her ambitious goal to swim 31 lakes in the 31 days of August as part of a fundraiser for LifeLight of Maine. Simonds has already swam 100 lakes […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that Bethany Rozzi, a junior majoring in journalism at the University of Maine, has been named the Richard K. Warren & Susan A. Warren Journalism Scholarship recipient for the 2021-22 academic year.
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Marcella Sorg, research professor at the University of Maine Department of Anthropology, Climate Change Institute and Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, was a VIP caller on the Maine Public radio show “Maine Calling,” discussing the rise of fentanyl use and drug overdoses, and what’s being done to stem the epidemic.
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John Ippolito, professor of new media, spoke to the Observer about famed art auction house Christie’s launching a venture fund to improve technology in the arts despite a downturn in NFTs. Ippolito told the Observer that he believes once the hype surrounding cryptocurrency is no longer profitable, the incentive for money to flow into the […]
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UMaine graduate student Fran Woodworth of Rockport, Maine has been awarded the prestigious Boren Fellowship to study Portuguese in Salvador, Brazil. The Institute of International Education (IIE), on behalf of the National Security Education Program (NSEP), grants Boren Fellowships to graduate students in order to fund their research and language study proposals in world regions […]
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Amy Fried, professor of political science at the University of Maine, was interviewed by FiveThirtyEight about what has happened historically when Americans do not trust their political institutions. “Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, there are all of these upheavals — Watergate, the Vietnam War, riots, assassinations,” she said. Politicians have since amplified Americans’ doubts by […]
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The Bangor Daily News and Medical Xpress reported on research from the University of Maine that shows some college-age women who were bullied in middle or high school are able to find positive gains and growth, as they feel pride at overcoming being bullied and moving forward with their lives as young adults. The study […]
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News Center Maine reported on a U.S. Department of Transportation grant awarded to Eastern Maine Development Corporation for planning studies aimed at identifying transportation issues and possible solutions in Penobscot and Piscataquis counties. The first step of the project is partnering with researchers at the University of Maine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center to conduct […]
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A pledge from University of Maine alumna Karen Boudreau and her husband, Thomas Jensen, M.D. will rename North Stevens Hall on campus in honor of the former Brewer, Maine resident and now San Diego-based attorney. Karen L. Boudreau, Esq. Hall will be dedicated on July 14. Expected to participate in the ceremony are UMaine President […]
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Brian Pitman, professor of sociology at UMaine, wrote a column for centralmaine.com which critically analyzes “The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.” Pitman examines key parts of the bill and their connections to a history of racism. He is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the […]
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