Michael Socolow, a professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine, and Christine Ehrick, a historian at the University of Louisville and communications director of the Radio Preservation Task Force, co-wrote an opinion piece for The Washington Post, titled “Voices on the radio are a crucial part of life, but they’re being lost. […]
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The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) published an article written by Lisa Phelps, program administrator with University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Phelps wrote about the UMaine Cooperative Extension 4-H’s Follow a Researcher program. The program, now in its fourth year, uses technology and social media to connect K–12 classrooms with graduate students conducting […]
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The University of Maine’s Immersive Mathematics in Rendered Environments (IMRE) Laboratory was mentioned in a WABI (Channel 5) report about using virtual reality in rural Maine classrooms. Using a $10,000 grant from a software development company in Portland, East Grand School in Danforth recently installed two HTC Vive virtual reality systems with help from UMaine’s […]
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Centralmaine.com published a review of “Elegies and Valedictions,” a collection of poems by the late Burton Hatlen, a former University of Maine professor of English. The book was edited by his widow, UMaine English professor Virginia Nees-Hatlen and published by the National Poetry Foundation at UMaine.
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RT cited statistics from the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine in a report about a rare yellow lobster that was caught off the coast of Northern France. According to the Lobster Institute, there is only one yellow lobster in 30 million. In cases of blue lobsters, the number rises to one in two […]
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William Livingston, an associate professor of forest resources at the University of Maine, spoke with the Associated Press for a report about how drought conditions, recent rainfall and an unusual storm path in Maine may have contributed to the large numbers of trees that toppled during a recent storm that hit the Northeast. Several factors […]
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Kristin Vekasi, an assistant professor of political science and international affairs at the University of Maine, was a recent guest on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio show. The show focused on issues in North Korea, South Korea, China and Japan, leading up to President Trump’s upcoming trip to Asia. Vekasi, who specializes in Northeast Asia […]
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Amy Blackstone, a sociology professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in the CNNMoney article, “How Anita Hill forever changed the way we talk about sexual harassment.” In 1991, Anita Hill testified about sexual harassment she allegedly endured from Clarence Thomas, her former boss at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and then a Supreme […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on the Maine Compost School, an award-winning, internationally-acclaimed program that for the last 20 years has taught students from all over the latest cutting-edge compost technology. More than 1,000 students have graduated from the Maine Compost School, which is taught twice a year at Highmoor Farm in Monmouth, the University […]
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Vox published the opinion piece, “As a campaign manager faces charges, the Trump-Nixon parallel gets stronger,” by Amy Fried, a political science professor at the University of Maine.
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