UMaine in the News

Doctoral student named Visiting History Scholar, Mount Desert Islander reports

Mount Desert Islander reported Brittany Goetting, a University of Maine doctoral student and teaching assistant, is the Mount Desert Island Historical Society Visiting History Scholar for 2018. Each year, the society invites a student to conduct original research into the histories of MDI, according to the article. Goetting’s research examines the evolution of Protestantism in […]

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Gizmodo quotes Gill in article on new NSF sexual harassment reporting policy

Jacquelyn Gill, an assistant professor of terrestrial paleoecology at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Gizmodo article, “Scientists react to new ruling requiring NSF-funded institutions to report sexual harassment.” The National Science Foundation will require the institutions it funds to report findings of sexual or any other kind of harassment involving a principal […]

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WVII covers UMaine Career Fair

WVII (Channel 7) reported on the University of Maine Career Center’s annual UMaine Career Fair. Despite the snowy weather, more than 158 companies and organizations with job opportunities were on hand to talk with students, according to the report. Many of the employers also were looking for summer interns who could end up being hired […]

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UMaine mentioned in BDN report on challenges facing Maine’s schools

The University of Maine was mentioned in the Bangor Daily News analysis, “4 lessons from a look at the pressing challenges facing Maine’s schools.” One of the lessons, “Cultivate strong school leaders,” gave an example of the Bangor School Department’s Bangor Educational Leadership Academy. The academy, which began in fall 2016, allows participating staff members […]

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Kersbergen quoted in BDN article on farm animal abuse during winter

  Rick Kersbergen, a sustainable dairy and forage systems expert with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for the article, “Farm animal abuse and neglect starkly visible in the winter, says animal advocate.” Kersbergen said nutrition, or the lack thereof, is what he finds to be the biggest problem […]

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Scheele speaks with BDN about current state of UMaine radio station

Kenda Scheele, assistant vice president for Student Life at the University of Maine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article about the current state of WMEB 91.9 FM, UMaine’s student-run radio station. WMEB’s terrestrial signal has been off the air since a fire at the transmitter site in January. However, the station continues […]

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Ellis to lead poetry workshop in Rockland, Republican Journal reports

The Republican Journal reported Kathleen Ellis, who teaches English and in the Honors College at the University of Maine, will lead a poetry workshop at the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland. The Flexing Your Muscles workshop will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday, March 12–16, according to the article. Workshop participants […]

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Hillas writes BDN op-ed on Nunes memo

Kenneth Hillas, a retired U.S. diplomat and adjunct professor in the School of Policy and International Affairs at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “The Nunes memo has serious consequences for national security.” Hillas currently is teaching a course on the U.S. intelligence community and national security.

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