Sandra Caron, professor of family relations and sexuality at the University of Maine, is the 2023 inductee into the Maine Women’s Hall of Fame. The Maine Women’s Hall of Fame recognizes those whose achievements have had a significant statewide impact, significantly improved the lives of women in Maine, and contributed an enduring value for women. […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Phys.org, Canadian Biomass Magazine, Pulp and Paper Canada, Bioenergy Insight and Advanced Biofuels USA shared a University of Maine study that outlines how to recruit more women for careers in the forestry industry, particularly the bioenergy sector. The team found that attracting and retaining women in bioenergy and related-fields can be […]
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To recruit more women for careers in the forestry industry, particularly the bioenergy sector, University of Maine researchers have devised a road map. The team, led by Abigayl “Abby” Novak, a master’s student in forest resources at the BioEnergy Lab of the School of Forest Resources (SFR), found that attracting and retaining women in bioenergy […]
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Amy Blackstone, professor in sociology at the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine and author of Childfree by Choice, was interviewed by Refinery29 in an article about doctors refusing to provide women with endometriosis proper treatment if it might compromise their fertility. “What’s shocking to me about this is how many […]
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Sandra Caron, a professor of family relations and human sexuality at the University of Maine, and Penny Bishop, dean of the University of Maine’s College of Education and Human Development, were interviewed by the Portland Press Herald for an article about why many teachers in Maine are not incorporating LGBTQ education in the classroom despite […]
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Brad Pitman, assistant professor of sociology, wrote an op-ed for the Bangor Daily News examining the implementation of a law requiring police agencies to have homelessness crisis response protocols in Maine. Pitman writes that the new law may be well-intentioned, but might have the unintended consequence of increasing police surveillance of the growing number of […]
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Hail Champagne, a University of Maine rising senior from Lewiston, has been awarded the 2022–23 George J. Mitchell Peace Scholarship to study abroad at University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland. UMaine partnered with UCC to create the scholarship that honors the 1998 Northern Ireland peace accord brokered by then-Senator George Mitchell between Ireland and the […]
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Open Campus featured research by Leah Hakkola, assistant professor of higher education at the University of Maine, and Sarah Dyer, a doctoral student of higher education at UMaine and a diversity, equity and inclusion officer at Husson University, about implicit bias and hiring in higher education. Hakkola and Dyer found that faculty who chaired the […]
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Sandra Caron, a professor of family relations and human sexuality at the University of Maine, spoke with Adotas about the impacts of casual sex on friendship. “It may sound great in the beginning, but sex often complicates things in ways you don’t expect,” Caron said. “It’s almost like a plane. The plane has to move […]
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The Republican Journal highlighted the achievements of Stockton Springs resident Bonnie-Jean Brooks. The Maryann Hartman Awards are awarded annually by UMaine to honor Maine women’s achievements in the arts, politics, business, education and community service. Brooks founded Opportunity Housing Inc., now called OHI, in 1979, and has spent the past four decades consulting for public […]
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