The Kennebec Journal reported the Gannett House Project First Amendment Museum in Augusta recently received a $7,430 grant from the Maine Humanities Council. The funds will support the development of a travel-ready exhibit that will introduce visitors to the origins, evolution and contemporary issues around the five freedoms of the First Amendment, according to the […]
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The Associated Press, Bangor Daily News, WABI (Channel 5), WLBZ (Channel 2) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on the University of Maine’s 215th Commencement held May 13 in Harold Alfond Sports Arena. For the second consecutive year, UMaine graduated one of the largest classes in its history — more than 1,900 students. Commencement speakers Heather […]
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The Associated Press reported more than 250 middle and high school students are expected to participate in two science competitions involving wind at the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center on May 19. For the Kleinschmidt Windstorm Challenge, high school students will design and build a scale-model floating wind turbine platform and deliver […]
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The New York Times cited Marcella Sorg, an anthropologist and research professor with the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine, in an article about two bodies found in Central Park waters. Almost every year, the break in weather at the beginning of spring brings dead bodies to the surface of New […]
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The Sun Journal published an article about Auburn native and University of Maine alumnus Kenneth Hodgkins. Hodgkins, a leader in developing and maintaining peaceful international use of outer space, was one of two honorary degree recipients during UMaine’s 215th Commencement. Hodgkins grew up farming sheep on Dillingham Hill in Auburn and now lives in Alexandria, […]
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Kathy Hopkins, a maple syrup expert with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was quoted in the Bangor Daily News article, “Maine’s richest source of maple sugar faces uncertain future.” Big Six is the largest U.S. sugarbush, comprising 340,000 taps and a quarter of Maine’s syrup production, according to the article. Big Six is expected […]
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The Sun Journal interviewed Tori Lee Jackson, an associate professor of agriculture and natural resources with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for an article about a nearly 500-acre, 227-year-old farm that is for sale. The Packard-Littlefield Farm, which covers parts of Lisbon, Sabattus and Lewiston, is on the market for $2.7 million, according to […]
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Miami Herald published a news release advancing the third annual conference of the U.S. Chapter of The International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS). The conference will be held at the University of Maine June 12–16. The 2017 meeting of global emergency and disaster management professionals will focus on cybersecurity, emergency management and computing, according to the […]
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Todd Gabe, an economics professor at the University of Maine, was mentioned in the CityLab article, “Mapping the diversity of the creative class,” by Richard Florida, co-founder and editor at large of CityLab and a senior editor at The Atlantic. Florida, who previously covered the black and white racial divide in the creative class, turned […]
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Amy Blackstone, a sociology professor at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Huffington Post titled, “There is no maternal instinct.” Blackstone conducts research on the decision not to become parents. She and her husband maintain the blog, “We’re {not} having a baby! childfree adventures in a child-centric world.” Blackstone also was […]
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