Justin Wolff, an associate professor of art history at the University of Maine, recently had an article published in Panorama, the peer-reviewed journal of the Association of Historians of American Art. The article, “Amateurism and American Visual Culture,” serves as an overview and introduction to a suite of five essays, which Wolff selected and edited, […]
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Professor of sociology Steven Barkan received the President’s Award at the annual conference of the Textbook and Academic Authors Association in June in Philadelphia.
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Heather Leslie, director of the University of Maine Darling Marine Center, presented her research in June at the 2nd Symposium on Functional Marine Biodiversity at the University of Oldenburg in Germany. Leslie was one of 16 invited speakers at the symposium organized by the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the university. The Libra […]
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Amy Blackstone will celebrate the June 11 release of her first book “Childfree by Choice: The Movement Redefining Family and Creating a New Age of Independence” at two Bangor events. The Briar Patch will host a Sip & Sign at COESPACE 5:30–6:30 p.m. Copies of the book will be available for signing. Then at 6:30 […]
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Tree Street Youth Center recognized Ruth Cyr with the 2019 Heartwood Award at the annual “I Am Tree” event held April 24 at Bates College. Cyr, a community education assistant with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), has been delivering nutrition education to youth for 23 years. The […]
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The University of Maine was well represented at the annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, April 11–14, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Emily Blackwood (M.S. student in the Climate Change Institute and IPh.D. student) chaired a session, “Advances in Heritage Preservation,” and presented a paper, “Reconstructing the Ostra Collecting Site Using Virtual Reality.” Kit […]
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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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