Joseph Black, a University of Maine master’s student in interdisciplinary studies, attended the Green Summit hosted by Humanitarian Affairs Asia at the UN Conference Centre in Bangkok, Thailand, Dec. 13–16. Black had the opportunity to meet people who work with the UN, and also clean a river in Bangkok and plant mangroves. A Green Summit […]
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Jon Ippolito, professor of new media at the University of Maine, gave a talk on the relevance of Cyberpunk science fiction in contemporary digital art for the exhibition “Futures Past” that opened on Oct. 27, 2022, at Arebyte Gallery in London. A video of the lecture is available online.
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More than 430 people gathered in Portland Nov. 13–16 for the 27th National Science Foundation (NSF) EPSCoR National Conference (NSF Award # 2038037) hosted by the University of Maine and the Maine EPSCoR Office. All 28 NSF EPSCoR jurisdictions were present at the event, including representatives from Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Understanding […]
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Lily Brickman, a graduate student of food science and human nutrition at the University of Maine and a former Gerontological Workforce Enhancement Program graduate assistant, served as a student consultant to the Global Forum of Innovation in Health Professional Education convened by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. The forum, which took place […]
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A University of Maine-led delegation of students and faculty joined the 8th Forest Congress in North America from Oct. 17-20 in Minneapolis, Minn. Forest Congresses date to 1882, and are called when critical issues arise for forests and the people who steward them. Past meetings led to groundbreaking change, including the establishment of the U.S. […]
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The Government Publishing Office (GPO) recognized the University of Maine’s Raymond H. Fogler Library for adding materials to their Preservation Stewards collection. GPO established Preservation Stewards to support continued public access to U.S. Government documents in print format. Fogler Library will add material from STEM-related Congressional committees, as well as historic and present-day collections of […]
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Jennifer Moxley, professor of English at the University of Maine, will conduct a reading at the 2022 Florida Writers Festival at the University of Florida on Nov. 5, 2022.
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University of Maine associate professor of educational leadership Catharine Biddle was honored with two awards at last week’s National Forum to Advance Rural Education, hosted by the National Rural Education Association in Green Bay, WI. Biddle and colleagues Sara Hartman of Ohio University; J. Kessa Roberts of Southern Methodist University; Sarah Schmitt-Wilson of Montana State […]
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Robert Klose, professor in the University of Maine Honors College, has published a memoir about adopting a Ukrainian orphan as a single man called “Adopting Anton — A Single Man Seeks a Son in Ukraine.”
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Susan Myrden, associate professor of marketing at the Maine Business School, has been invited to the Let’s Talk About Service (LTAS) workshop at Hasselt University in Belgium in December. While this won’t be the first time she’s attended LTAS, her participation will include a different role: academic coach. Founded in 2012, LTAS was created for […]
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