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Calhoun receives one of NRCM’s 2020 Conservation Leadership Award

Aram Calhoun, a University of Maine professor of wetlands ecology, received a 2020 Conservation Leadership Award from the Natural Resources Council of Maine for her significant, long-lasting contributions to protecting the nature of Maine. Calhoun’s research focuses on vernal pool ecology and conservation, and wetland ecology. Learn more about the award on the council’s website. 

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Michaud contributes to book about theology, ecology and COVID-19

Derek Michaud, coordinator of the religious and Judaic studies programs at the University of Maine, contributed the essay, “The Multidimensional Unity of Life, Theology, Ecology, and COVID-19,” to the book “Pandemic, Ecology and Theology: Perspectives on COVID-19,” edited by Alexander J.B. Hamilton (Routledge, 2020). In the essay, the philosophy lecturer argues that efforts to address […]

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Neiman co-edits special issues of Romantic Textualities 

Elizabeth Neiman, an associate professor in English and the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program, co-edited a special issue of the journal Romantic Textualities: Literature and Print Culture, 1780–1840 with Tina Morin, head of English at the University of Limerick. The issue was dedicated to the popular London printing house Minerva, which brought an unprecedented […]

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Marrs teaches master class to Singapore music conservatory students

Stuart Marrs, a professor of percussion in the University of Maine Division of Music in the School of Performing Arts, delivered a remote master class on timpani to percussion studies students at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music in Singapore on Nov. 4. “This was, indeed, a master class given by a master!” said […]

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‘Archival Outlook’ publishes story on UMaine COVID-19 community archive

The September/October edition of “Archival Outlook” featured a story about the University of Maine COVID-19 Community Archive. The article was written by Matthew Revitt, Fogler Library Special Collections Librarian and University Archivist, and details the efforts to capture the experiences of the UMaine community as they navigate the COVID-19 Pandemic. “Archival Outlook” is published by […]

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McKillen gives lecture on Irish suffragist

Elizabeth McKillen, Adelaide and Alan Bird Professor of History, gave a Zoom lecture, “Transatlantic Subversive? Irish Nationalist and Suffragist Hanna Sheehy Skeffington’s American Lecture Tours, 1916–1923” on Oct. 1. The lecture was sponsored by the Bangor Celtic Crossroads Festival and the Bangor Public Library. Among the audience members were three surprise guests from Ireland, including […]

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Coffin to serve on GEBCO Sub-Committee on Undersea Feature Names

Mike Coffin will represent Australia on the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) Sub-Committee on Undersea Feature Names (SCUFN). As a member of the subcommittee, the University of Maine marine geoscientist and research professor in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences will help define the guidelines used to name undersea features and consider […]

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Rosenbaum co-edits book of essays

Judith Rosenbaum, associate professor and chair of the Department of Communication and Journalism, is co-editor of a new book of essays from Palgrave Macmillan. “Twitter, the Public Sphere, and the Chaos of Online Deliberation” provides a critical view of the nature and quality of political and civic communication on Twitter. Combining an overview of perspectives […]

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