WABI (Channel 5) and Centralmaine.com picked up a University of Maine news release highlighting activities planned for UMaine’s most unique Homecoming ever. The celebration, which historically attracts nearly 10,000 visitors and alumni, will feature a variety of social events, programs, sports and entertainment — live and prerecorded — because of the COVID-19 pandemic-related health and safety […]
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News Center Maine reported on fourth-grade teacher Cindy Soule, a University of Maine alumna, being named 2021 Maine Teacher of the Year. A lifelong Maine resident, Soule has a bachelor’s degree in social work from the University of Maine (‘92) as well as a master’s degree in special education from the University of Southern Maine. […]
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Cindy Soule, a fourth-grade teacher at Portland’s Gerald E. Talbot Community School, is the 2021 Maine Teacher of the Year. A lifelong Maine resident, Soule has a bachelor’s degree in social work from the University of Maine (‘92) as well as a master’s degree in special education from the University of Southern Maine. An announcement […]
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Alumni and friends of the University of Maine will gather online Oct. 16–18 for what organizers describe as “the most unique Homecoming in UMaine’s history.” As in the past, UMaine’s annual Homecoming — an event which normally attracts more than 10,000 visitors to Orono each October — will feature a variety of social events, programs, […]
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Award-winning journalist Rebecca Traister will discuss women, anger and political change in a lecture hosted by the University of Maine. The free, public talk “Good and Mad: Rebecca Traister on Women, Anger, and Political Change,” will be held 5–6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, via Zoom. Traister is a leading voice on gender, society and politics. […]
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Integrating local norms and fishermen’s knowledge into fisheries regulations helps increase trust in fisheries management institutions and can make it easier for co-management to work. That was a discovery of University of Maine researchers Kara Pellowe and Heather Leslie, who looked at the interplay between formal and informal institutions and the implications for the co-management […]
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Race scholar Shontay Delalue, vice president of institutional equity and diversity at Brown University and University of Maine alum (’00, ’03G), will facilitate a workshop and offer a public presentation on Monday, Sept. 21 for the University of Maine community. BLACK@UMaine is an online workshop that will provide current students with an opportunity to share […]
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The Penobscot Times talked with Janine di Giovanni ’83, recipient of the 2020 Bernard Lown ’42 Alumni Humanitarian Award, for her award-winning journalism. For nearly 30 years, di Giovanni has written about conflicts on four continents. Her focus on war crimes, human rights abuses, and the plight of refugees has given voice to the voiceless. […]
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Mason Crocker graduated from Gorham High School in 2012. While he had an affinity for academics, particularly science and especially biology, his sights were not set on college while in high school. It was only with strong encouragement from his English teacher and guidance counselor that his application to the University of Maine was completed. […]
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The National Science Foundation awarded Dominic Winski $137,419 to reconstruct 1,500 years of summer climate and wildfire history in Alaska, western Canada and Siberia using an ice core from Denali National Park. Studies that combine past records of summer climate and wildfire are critically needed, says Winski. “Right now, the climate and landscape are changing. […]
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