The Kennebec Journal reported on the Maine Municipal Association’s annual convention in Augusta. During one session, front-line responders spoke about what they see daily related to the state’s opioid crisis and what they hope can be done. In 2016, 376 drug-induced deaths were reported statewide, according to the Expanded Maine Drug Death Report for 2016, […]
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The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release about a Lord Hall Gallery exhibition of stone sculptures created by eight Maine artists. “Carved Stone: Maine Artists” features artists who were selected in response to the aesthetic and creative quality of their work, as well as a means of demonstrating the traditions, processes and […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on the fourth annual March Against Domestic Violence held at the University of Maine. The march was sponsored by MBS Corps, which partnered with UMaine Athletics, Student Life, Partners for Peace and other organizations. “It’s a bigger issue than people realize,” Marcus Harding, vice president of MBS Corps, said about domestic […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported 21 construction engineering technology students at the University of Maine are helping Habitat for Humanity renovate a home in Old Town. The students, who began planning last semester, are currently in the demolition process getting rid of structural flaws, WVII reported. “We have some bowed ceilings, bowed roof; we have to […]
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Marine Ecosystems and Management (MEAM) interviewed Joshua Stoll, an assistant research professor of marine policy at the University of Maine, as one of 17 social and interdisciplinary researchers working on innovative ways to improve ocean conservation and management. Stoll’s research focuses on different fisheries and their adaptability and resilience in the face of rapid change […]
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Sun Journal covered a Buckfield Board of Selectmen meeting where it was announced that University of Maine students will assist with the town’s Shedd Hollow Road bridge replacement project over Darnit Brook. The UMaine Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering chose the project as part of its capstone program, according to the article. The students […]
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Jeffrey C. Hall, who was a member of the University of Maine community from 2004 to 2012 as an adjunct professor and a Libra Professor of Neurogenetics, spoke with the Bangor Daily News, Maine Public, WABI (Channel 5) and WLBZ (Channel 2) about being one of three scientists to win the 2017 Nobel Prize in […]
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Maine Public reported the University of Maine was awarded a $300,000 National Science Foundation grant to help get more Native American college students to study STEM subjects. The grant will help establish a program to bring traditional knowledge and learning methods into higher education, according to the report. “One of the key elements of student […]
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The Associated Press, NPR, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Science, The Washington Post, Time, Inside Higher Ed and New York Post reported Jeffrey C. Hall, who has ties to the University of Maine, was one of three scientists to win the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael […]
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Elizabeth Allan, a professor of higher education at the University of Maine, was interviewed by Chicago Tribune for the article, “Putting an end to hazing takes more than written policies, experts say.” Written policies that strictly ban hazing at schools do little to prevent hazing unless paired with meaningful action to create a culture of […]
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