UMaine News

Douglas Gardner, professor of forest operations, bioproducts, and bioenergy, has received the Distinguished Educator Award from the Society of Wood Science and Technology (SWST). The award recognizes faculty members and instructors at a university for sustainable performance of excellence in teaching, or to recognize faculty, staff, or industry personnel for outstanding extension, engagement, and economic […]

University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator Kathryn Hopkins will be inducted into the Maple Hall of Fame at the International Maple Museum Centre in Croghan, New York. She will join 91 other inductees who are industry leaders and have “inestimably contributed their time, talent and leadership to the North American maple syrup industry.”

Pianist Phillip Silver, a professor of music in the University of Maine School of Performing Arts, will be one of 18 performers taking the Carnegie Hall stage in New York for “Hours of Freedom: The Story of the Terezín Composer,” Nov. 12. Proceeds from the benefit concert will support the care of the last generation […]

Professor of higher education Elizabeth Allan will be the keynote speaker at the Parents Anti-Hazing Retreat at John F. Kennedy University in Pleasant Hill, California, Oct. 26–27. Allan will discuss her research on the prevalence of hazing on college campuses, as well as her efforts to identify research-based prevention practices.

Dennis Cox, professor emeritus of music, has received the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by Marquis Who’s Who. The award recognizes Cox’s years of professional achievement and leadership in his field. Cox taught at UMaine from 1978–2014. More information about the award and a news release are online. 

University of Maine literacy professors Richard Kent and Ken Martin have a new book, “The Golfer’s Workbook,” published as part of the National Writing Project’s Athletes Writing series. Kent and Martin are both former directors of the Maine Writing Project, which is a site of the National Writing Project. A longer release on the book […]

University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator Kathy Savoie was honored at the National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences’ 2018 annual session Sept. 24–27 in San Antonio, Texas. Savoie received the Distinguished Service Award, the highest award presented by the group, for making a significant impact on revitalizing the art and science of food […]

A journal article co-written by Amy Blackstone, a sociology professor at the University of Maine, was included in the American Sociological Association’s list of top 50 journal downloads in 2017. “Sexual Harassment, Workplace Authority, and the Paradox of Power” by Blackstone, Heather McLaughlin and Christopher Uggen ranked fourth on the list with 6,773 downloads. The […]

Ivan Fernandez, a University of Maine professor of soil science and forest resources and cooperating professor in the Climate Change Institute, will participate in a panel discussion titled “Losing Winter: Climate Change in Ski Country and What We Can Do About It.” The panel, sponsored by the Citizens’ Climate Lobby, will be held at 3 […]

Jon Doty, who earned an Ed.D. in educational leadership from the University of Maine in May 2018, was given the annual Arthur Blumberg/Edward Pajak Award by the Council of Professors of Instructional Supervision (COPIS). The scholarship provides funds for doctoral students to travel and present at COPIS events. Doty will present his research titled “Teacher […]