Sociology majors Jonah Paris and Jessica Sweeney have been accepted in national competition to the Honors Program of the American Sociological Association, which takes place at the ASA annual conference, held this year in New York City in August. Honors Program students present their work to their peers, attend several sessions, and hear from graduate […]
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Skylar Bayer reminisces about her friendship with scallop diver Andy Mays at a Story Collider event with the theme “Bonds.” Bayer, who earned her Ph.D. at the University of Maine, is a marine biologist, producer for The Story Collider, storyteller and science communicator. She and Mays appeared in The Colbert Report’s hysterical 2013 feature titled […]
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Kimberly Miner, a research assistant professor at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, will speak at the Geological Society of Washington meeting April 24 in Washington, D.C. Her talk is titled “The secret legacy of glaciers: Assessing the risk of legacy pollution in glacial meltwater.”
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Amy Fried, a professor and chair of the Political Science Department at the University of Maine, has been appointed to the Maine Permanent Commission on the Status of Women for a two-year term. The commission is a government-appointed group dedicated to improving opportunities for women and girls, and advises the governor and members of the […]
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Brian McGill, a professor of biological science at the University of Maine, was named a lifetime honorary fellow of the Ecological Society of America. The society established its fellowship program in 2012 with the goal of honoring its members and supporting their competitiveness and advancement to leadership positions in the society, at their institutions, and […]
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University of Maine graduate students whose research focuses on climate change effects and adaptation in agriculture, forestry and aquaculture attended a workshop at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute in Portland, Maine on March 19, capping a yearlong project offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Northeast Climate Hub network. The project, Northeast Graduate Student […]
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John Bear Mitchell presented “Notes From Home: A Penobscot Journey Through Maine History” on March 15 at Colby College. Mitchell, a citizen of Penobscot Nation from Indian Island, is a lecturer of Wabanaki studies and multicultural studies at the University of Maine and coordinator of the University of Maine System Office Native American Waiver and […]
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A presentation on the roots of statehood in advance of Maine’s bicentennial in 2020 by Liam Riordan, a professor of history at the University of Maine, will air on Harpswell TV at 7 p.m. March 15. Riordan gave the talk, “Bicentennial Beginnings: Setting the Stage for Statehood,” Feb. 8 in Brunswick. The broadcast also is […]
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Daniel Sandweiss, professor of anthropology and climate studies, served as Society for American Archaeology board liaison to the SAA Task Force on Guidelines for Promotion and Tenure for Archaeologists in Diverse Academic Roles. A news release about the guidelines is online.
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Paul Mayewski, Distinguished Maine Professor in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences and director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, was a speaker in a panel discussion at the National Geographic Explorers Festival in London 2019 on Feb. 12. The panel focused on high mountain research in the face of […]
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