Liberal Arts and Sciences

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Nick Poulin: Achieving more at UMaine

Nick Poulin from Augusta, Maine is one of the 2021–22 James S. Stevens Outstanding Junior Award recipients. He is a marketing and new media double major, and will be a senior in the fall. Poulin works for ASAP on campus, and is a marketing intern for both the Maine Business School and the United Way […]

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Vekasi quoted in media about China’s rare earth elements

Kristin Vekasi, associate professor in the School of Policy and International Affairs at the University of Maine, was quoted by Tech Target, National Cyber Security News Today and Business Telegraph explaining that China remains a leader in mining of the raw materials, rare earth elements, used for semiconductors.

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52 college students begin 12-week Maine government internships 

Fifty-two undergraduate and graduate college students have started working in state, municipal and county offices through the 2022 Maine Government Summer Internship Program.  The Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine administers the program that provides full-time, 12-week work experience to students who are Maine residents and scholars attending Maine colleges.  Thirty-seven […]

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Vekasi testifies before U.S.-China Economic and Security Commission

Kristin Vekasi, associate professor at the Department of Political Science and School of Policy and International Affairs at the University of Maine, testified in front of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Commission on her research about rare earth policies on June 9, 2022. A copy of her testimony can be found online.  Vekasi testified that […]

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Lynn Dwelley: Preparing for a future in counseling 

Lynn Dwelley from Lincoln, Maine is a double major in psychology with a concentration in abnormal/social psychology, and in sociology, and a minor in mental health and rehabilitation. Dwelley has received the Maine Top Scholar award and is a James S. Stevens Outstanding Junior. Last year, Dwelley was a research assistant in the Peer Relations […]

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Dublin Inquirer cites Reagan book in article about controversial Ryanair quiz

The Dublin Inquirer cited a book by Timothy Reagan, professor of foreign language education at the University of Maine, in a report about South African citizens being refused passage without a visa on the airline Ryanair because they are not able to complete a quiz in Afrikaans. Reagan’s 2019 book “Linguistic Legitimacy and Social Justice” […]

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Emily Dunlap: The UMaine music education experience

Emily Dunlap from Old Town, Maine is a rising fourth-year music education major with an instrumental concentration. She is also in the Honors College. Dunlap has received the Thomas E. Lynch Honors Fellowship, been recognized as a James S. Stevens Outstanding Junior and is an alumni member of the 2021 Macy’s Great American Alumni Marching […]

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NPR highlights Lukens’ book in list of books from every state

In an article listing the quintessential books from every state, NPR highlighted “‘Still They Remember Me’: Penobscot Transformer Tales, Volume 1” co-authored by Margo Lukens, University of Maine professor of English. The collection features 13 traditional Penobscot tales presented in the Penobscot language alongside their English translations, originally told by storyteller Newell Lyon to anthropologist […]

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Maine Monitor interviews Isenhour about accounting greenhouse gas emissions

Cynthia Isenhour, associate professor of anthropology and climate change at the University of Maine, was interviewed by the Maine Monitor about emissions that are often overlooked in accounting greenhouse gasses. Isenhour explained that oversights in emissions accounting can lead to an unjust form of “global burden shifting.” She said that it’s essential to understand “not […]

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