Md. Ikramul Hasan, a master’s student in the School of Forest Resources, is the recipient of a 2021 Younger Chemist Leadership Development Award from the American Chemical Society (ACS) The award will enable Hasan to attend a leadership development workshop at the ACS’s Annual Leaders’ Conference. The Society grants 15 of the awards nationwide each year. […]
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The Division of Biopsychosocial Criminology of the American Society of Criminology awarded Steve Barkan, a University of Maine professor emeritus of sociology, and alumnus Michael Rocque, associate professor of sociology at Bates College, the 2020 Outstanding Contribution Award for their article titled “Socioeconomic Status and Racism as Fundamental Causes of Street Criminality,” which was published […]
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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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Edward Grew, research professor in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences at the University of Maine, has assisted an international team with obtaining approval for two new nanominerals from a mine in Tibet. In 2018, Grew was invited to join the research team led by Fahui Xiong and including Xiangzhen Xu, Paul T. Robinson, […]
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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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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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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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It’s about that time again. The anniversary of the classic radio broadcast of the Orson Welles drama “War of the Worlds.” Halloween eve 1938, 23-year-old Welles took to the airwaves for an hour to describe a martian invasion in such detail that it caused nationwide hysteria. That was according to newspaper headlines the next day. […]
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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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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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