Saturday’s Bangor Daily News included a column, ‘The humanities are vital for Maine today,” by UMaine professors Liam Riordan (history) and Michael Socolow (journalism). In the column, Riordan and Socolow provide perspectives on the value of the humanities, in the context of Digital Humanities Week at UMaine, which begins on Monday Sept. 26.
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A Saturday Bangor Daily News story featured former players Peter Metcalf and Jack Capuanao, along with former assistant coach Grant Standbrook, sharing their perspectives on former Black Bear hockey coach Shawn Walsh, who died ten years ago Saturday. Walsh coached the Black Bears from 1984 until his death from cancer.
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Justin Martin, UMaine College of Liberal Arts and Sciences-Honors College Preceptor of Journalism, wrote an opinion column, “Will Maine chart a new path for gay marriage?” for Saturday’s Portland Press Herald. Martin, who looks at the issue in terms of evolving public opinion and generational perspectives, notes that Mainers are likely to see a same-sex […]
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John Jemison of the UMaine Cooperative Extension faculty was one of several experts discussing climate change at a Common Ground Fair public policy discussion on Saturday in Unity. As reported in a Sunday Maine Today Media (Maine Sunday Telegram, Kennebec Journal, Central Maine Morning Sentinel) story, Jemison reported on his discussions with farmers about how […]
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Justin Martin, the UMaine College of Liberal Arts and Sciences-Honors College preceptor of journalism, has a column on the Inside Higher Ed website about how college life is more like real life than we believe. Martin argues students’ college years can be liberating and exciting, but students also experience “a myriad of deadlines, limited self-efficacy […]
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A Bangor Daily News story about the impacts of the recession on children and young adults included comments from UMaine economist George Criner. Responding to data released Thursday that shows more Mainers were living in poverty in 2010 than in any of the previous four years, Criner said entitlement programs help but are become unsustainable. […]
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Research being conducted by UMaine forensic anthropologist Marcella Sorg was mentioned in a Central Maine Morning Sentinel story about a 709-acre tract of land in rural Somerset County, Maine, that will be used as a place for disabled veterans to hunt and a variety of other uses, including Sorg’s research. Sorg, who works with the […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed recent UMaine civil engineering graduate Christi Holmes of Machias about her recent experiences as a through hiker on the Appalachian Trail, a 2,175-mile sojourn from March to August that she says helped reinforce her appreciation for life’s simpler things. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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The Bangor Daily News had an article about a visit to the UMaine campus by United Nations hunger expert Douglass Coutts, who spoke Wednesday at Buchanan Alumni House. John Rebar, UMaine Cooperative Extension director, announced the formation of a UMaine chapter of Universities Fighting World Hunger which will be organized by M. Susan Erich, a […]
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UMaine’s research into the area of integrated multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA) was noted in a Working Waterfront story co-written by Catherine Schmitt, the communications coordinator for the UMaine-based Maine Sea Grant. The story cited research into the relationship between mussels and salmon to influence each other’s health, which is currently being overseen by Ian Bricknell, director […]
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