The Bangor Daily News published an article on older nontraditional students at the University of Maine. The feature focused on Lynn Pollard of Otis, a 51-year-old working toward a degree in anthropology in her first foray into higher education; and Charlie Hildebrant, a 47-year-old who owns a small landscape construction business in Dover-Foxcroft and is […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on a lecture hosted by the Cohen Institute for Leadership & Public Service at the University of Maine. L. Sandy Maisel, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Government at Colby College, spoke about the 2016 presidential election two days after the New Hampshire primary. Maisel, an internationally recognized expert on […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension educators Lois Berg Stack, David Yarborough and Kathy Hopkins were quoted in the Ellsworth American article, “Plants well equipped to deal with wacky winter weather.” Some perennials in Maine have been flowering far earlier than they should, due to the warmer-than-average winter, according to the article. “It’s all about the […]
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Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, spoke with WVII (Channel 7) about the role of gender bias in politics. A Vanderbilt University study found that even those who expressed views of feminism and gender neutrality struggle to associate women with leadership, according to the report. Brewer said even when someone […]
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Castine Patriot reported on a recent talk at the Witherle Memorial Library in Castine by Michael Grillo, a University of Maine art historian and chairman of the Department of Art. To open the library’s Pulitzer Prize film series, Grillo spoke about several films that have been based on Pulitzer Prize-winning novels, including “This Is Our […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported the University of Maine will be one of 37 U.S. academic institutions to host emerging leaders from sub-Saharan Africa scheduled to visit the United States this summer under the Mandela Washington Fellowship. In mid-June, 25 people ages 25–35 will come to UMaine for a six-week academic and leadership institute meant […]
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The Hindu covered a talk by University of Maine philosophy professor Doug Allen at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. Allen, who also is the distinguished chairman in Gandhian philosophy at IIT Bombay, spoke about the significance of Mahatma Gandhi in India. Allen said the fundamental precepts of Gandhism are more relevant today when caste, […]
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The Sun Journal reported the town of Norway has been awarded a Project Canopy grant that will address the estimated 5,000 ash trees that are in jeopardy of being killed by the emerald ash borer. Norway’s tree warden said the grant will be used to develop an inventory to identify the number and location of […]
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The Lobster Institute at the University of Maine was cited in a Portland Press Herald article about a recent hearing on proposed lobster license changes. The changes aim to strike a balance between 5,800 current license holders and the nearly 300 on a long and unpredictable waiting list, according to the article. The report cited […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the latest Big Gig pitch-off and networking event that was held at Husson University in Bangor. The Big Gig is a network for innovators and entrepreneurs in the Orono, Old Town and Bangor areas that was started by a partnership between the University of Maine, Old Town, Orono and Husson […]
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