Sandra Caron is the recipient of the University of Maine Alumni Association’s 2019 Distinguished Maine Professor Award that recognizes the highest qualities of teaching, research and public service. The UMaine professor of family relations and human sexuality is a “triple threat,” says Timothy Reagan, dean of the College of Education and Human Development. In addition […]
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Award-winning filmmaker Vanessa McNeal will host a free public screening of her 2017 documentary “The Voiceless” at the University of Maine on Oct. 24 as part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The internationally recognized film highlights the intersection of culture, masculinity and social taboos in its exploration of the impact of sexual violence on […]
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The University of Maine will host a “Make Shift Coffee House” Oct. 23 where the community can gather to share food and music, and engage in an inclusive dialogue focused on the factors that influence votes. The event, titled “Why do You Vote the Way You do?,” will be held at 11 a.m. in North […]
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Traci Molloy, an artist and education activist, will give a public presentation at the University of Maine as part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The presentation, “Against My Will,” will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4 in Minsky Recital Hall. Molloy will speak about the creation of the exhibit and previous collaborations with […]
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Susan Gardner, director of the University of Maine’s Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program and Rising Tide Center, as well as a professor of higher education, was a recent guest on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio show. The show focused on how implicit bias manifests itself and what people can do to understand their own […]
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The Mount Desert Islander previewed an upcoming discussion by Margaret Cruikshank, author and faculty associate at the University of Maine Center on Aging. The discussion, centered on the role of literature in helping people through the aging process, will take place at the Jesup Memorial Library at 1:30 p.m. May 26. The Maine Center on […]
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The most recent issue of Chebacco, the annual magazine of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society, features the work of several University of Maine faculty members and alumni. Titled “Beholding the Past,” the issue features the work of Joseph Miller, Ph.D. candidate in Canadian/American history and assistant professor of military science; Rachel Snell, adjunct instructor […]
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Through a partnership between the Maine Department of Education and the University of Maine System, tuition is waived for all qualified high school students in Maine to cover up to 12 college credits per year. Starting May 14, the University of Maine will offer summer courses suitable for rising high school juniors and seniors. Early […]
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The University of Maine will celebrate Women’s History Month with a series of events throughout March. Scheduled events will include showings of films such as “Lady Bird” and “The Hunting Ground”; public talks by politicians and activists; a Stephen E. King Chair Lecture by Jim Smith on Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries; a panel discussion on feminism; […]
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A group of 40 University of Maine faculty and graduate students gathered at Raymond H. Fogler Library over winter break to attend a half-day conference dedicated to discussing emerging trends in scholarly communications. ScholComm 2018 attendees participated in workshops that introduced them to new tools in academic publishing and advanced methods for tracking the effect […]
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