As part of a collaboration with the Bangor Land Trust, the Maine Humanities Council and the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center, art education students at the University of Maine are helping to improve food security for humans and wildlife in Maine by producing outreach materials for a project that is introducing native berry, nut, […]
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Radio-Canada reported on the first Young Franco-Americans summit, which Franco-American Programs at the University of Maine hosted Oct. 16.
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The Bangor Daily News published an op-ed about citizen-initiated lawmaking through ballot questions from Robert Glover, a University of Maine associate professor of political science. Glover serves as the co-director of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the country to address public challenges and their policy implications.
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The Associated Press interviewed Mark Brewer, a professor and chair of the University of Maine Political Science Department, about the record-breaking campaign spending toward Question 1 on the Nov. 2 election referendum ballot involving the New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC), also known as the CMP Corridor. “In Maine, we’ve never had anything remotely like […]
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The Sun Journal, Centralmaine.com and The Irregular advanced an upcoming roundtable discussion about rematriation and Indigenous land concepts in the Land Back movement hosted by the University of Maine Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions. Learn more about the talk, which will be held from 3–4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 8 over Zoom and […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a roundtable discussion on rematriation and Indigenous land concepts in the Land Back movement from 3–4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 8. Panelists, which will include Darren Ranco, Mali Obomsawin and Sherri Mitchell, will discuss the roles that rematriation, Indigenous women […]
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A UMaine computer scientist has been awarded a grant by Google to better understand how software developers deduce and implement privacy requirements when designing mobile phone applications. Sepideh Ghanavati, assistant professor in the School of Computing and Information Science, is the recipient of a $70,000 Google Privacy-Related Faculty Research Award for a project titled “Evaluating […]
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The University of Maine Arts Initiative (UMAI) brings together faculty, administrators, staff and students committed to the principle that the arts play an integral role in public research institutions. The primary purpose of the new initiative is to increase resources and support for the arts, reinforce their significance, and enhance visibility on campus and beyond […]
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The Portland Press Herald interviewed Mark Brewer, professor and chair of the University of Maine Political Science Department, about the decline in absentee voting from last year to this year. According to the Press Herald, “just over 53,000 of the state’s more than 1.3 million registered voters have so far returned their absentee ballots,” despite […]
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Since its first recorded sighting by European explorers in the 1600s, scientists and historians have believed that Europeans were the first people to ever set foot on the Falkland Islands. Findings from a new University of Maine-led study, however, suggests otherwise; that human activity on the islands predates European arrival by centuries. Kit Hamley, National […]
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