University of Maine Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies program is hosting queer romance author Cat Sebastian on Tuesday, March 26 during UMaine’s Pride Week for a Q&A session from 12:30-1:30 p.m. and a writing workshop from 5-6:45 p.m. Both events will be held in room 208 of Neville Hall. Tea, coffee and cookies will be […]
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Two distinctions honoring women in Maine will be presented together for the first time at the University of Maine: the Maryann Hartman Awards and inductions into the Maine Women’s Hall of Fame (MWHoF). During a pivotal time for both recognitions, the Office of the Provost, with the support of the BPW/Maine Futurama Foundation, streamlined them […]
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Bangor Daily News promoted the traveling art exhibit “Focus on Abortion: Americans Share Their Stories,” displayed at the Wilson Center for Spiritual Exploration and Multifaith Dialogue through Feb. 23. The exhibit, created by photographer Roslyn Banish, features a series of 19 portraits and stories from people who received abortions, partners and health care professionals who […]
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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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