Curtis named to Penobscot Marine Museum board
Greg Curtis, head of Special Collections at Fogler Library, has been appointed to the Penobscot Marine Museum board of trustees.
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Sandweiss named president-elect of the Society for American Archaeology
Daniel Sandweiss, a University of Maine professor in the Anthropology Department and the Climate Change Institute, and the 2022 Distinguished Maine Professor, has been named president-elect of the Society for American Archaeology. He will serve as president-elect for one year before serving a two-year term as SAA president. Sandweiss is an internationally recognized archaeologist whose […]
Read moreIppolito co-authors chapter in ‘Art, Museums & Digital Cultures: Rethinking Change’
University of Maine professor of new media Jon Ippolito co-authored the chapter “Used to Be Different, Now It’s the Same? The Post-Pandemic Makeover of Museums” in the book “Art, Museums & Digital Cultures: Rethinking Change.” More information can be found on the webpage for the book.
Read moreDumas elected to MOFGA board
UMaine food science innovation coordinator Rob Dumas has been elected to the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association board of directors. As the food science innovation coordinator and facility manager for the School of Food and Agriculture, Dumas is responsible for leveraging the resources of the university system to support economic growth in Maine’s food […]
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Mette launches podcast about cases in educational leadership
Associate professor of educational leadership Ian Mette is adding a title to his CV: podcast host.
Read moreReeve to spend spring semester on a Fulbright in Mexico
Hydrogeologist Andrew Reeve, a University of Maine professor of Earth sciences, will spend the spring 2022 semester as a Fulbright-Garcia-Robles Scholar in Mexico. Reeve will collaborate with Flor Arcega Cabrera at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Sisal, whose research focuses on geochemistry and environmental pollution. Reeve will assist with an ongoing project studying […]
Read moreKreutz to serve as UArctic chair
Karl Kreutz, director of the University of Maine School of Earth and Climate Sciences and professor in the Climate Change Institute, has been selected as the University of the Arctic Chair in Arctic Ice, Climate and Environmental History. University of the Arctic (UArctic) is a network of universities, colleges, research institutes and other organizations concerned […]
Read moreBook co-authored by Mette receives Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Title Award
Ian Mette, associate professor of educational leadership at the University of Maine, and Carl Glickman, professor emeritus at the University of Georgia’s Mary Frances Early College of Education, received a 2021 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Title Award from the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). The award recognizes their book, “The Essential Renewal of […]
Read moreNASPA awards honor Allan, Caron-produced video
A short video written and produced by professor of family relations and human sexuality Sandra Caron received the Outstanding Peer Education Program Award at the 2021 NASPA General Assembly. NASPA, or the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, is the professional association for Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. The video, “A Recipe for Disaster: […]
Read moreBeyond Crisis Schooling project receives 2021 NREA Best Research Award
Associate professor of educational leadership Catharine Biddle and lecturer in educational leadership Maria Frankland received the National Rural Education Association’s 2021 Best Research Award for the Beyond Crisis Schooling project. Since COVID-19 caused schools across the country to go remote in spring 2020, Biddle and Frankland have led the project, in which they examine how […]
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