Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the news

Sarah Glatter

Sarah Glatter: Focused on a future in STEM 

Sarah Glatter always knew she would attend the University of Maine like her older brother and sister. While she hails most recently from Houlton, Glatter says she grew up “all over Maine.” She remembers visiting her brother on campus when he was studying chemical engineering. Her sister completed her degree in food science and human […]

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Media promote Ranco’s decolonizing higher education talk

Centralmaine.com, The Daily Bulldog and the Sun Journal advanced a discussion facilitated by Darren Ranco, an associate professor of anthropology and chair of Native American Studies at the University of Maine, at 11:45 a.m. on Oct. 15 at the University of Maine at Farmington. “Decolonizing the University Through Placed-Based Agreements with Tribal Nations,” is intended […]

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Mitchell Center window-building workshop advanced in BDN

The Bangor Daily News promoted a community workshop demonstrating construction of low-cost window inserts from Sept. 30–Oct. 4 at the University of Maine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions. The workshop, a collaboration with the non-profit Window Dressers and the Penobscot Nation Housing Department, is part of the Addressing Energy Justice Through Community […]

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Media advance Pawling talk about history, sustainability

The Bangor Daily News, Centralmaine.com and the Sun Journal promoted a talk by Micah Pawling, a University of Maine associate professor of history and Native American studies, at 3 p.m. Oct. 4. “Why We Need History to Create a Sustainable World: Views from Wabanaki History” will be offered live in Room 107 Norman Smith Hall at UMaine, and also […]

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WABI talks with Smith, Hoeger about kneeling art project

WABI (Channel 5) talked with Susan Smith, the director of the intermedia master of arts programs at the University of Maine, and Katarina Hoeger, a UMaine student, about “The Kneeling Art Photography Project.” Smith said the photography exhibit, which is on display at the Innovative Media Research Commercialization Center at UMaine through Sept. 30, speaks […]

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Visiting Artist Series launches Sept. 7 with photography exhibit, discussion

The University of Maine’s Intermedia Program Visiting Artist Series will kick off with images from “The Kneeling Art Photography Project,” a statewide exploration of social justice through photography and community action. Eleven photographers from across the state have captured images of Mainers working to secure justice at the local, national and international levels. The images and […]

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LaCroix cited in Press Herald story about increase in hate crimes in Maine

Roland LaCroix, chief of the University of Maine police and president of the Maine Chiefs of Police Association, talked with the Portland Press Herald about the increase in hate crimes in Maine in 2020. LaCroix did not attribute the increase in crimes against Asian and Black people to the pandemic or social justice protests in […]

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Press Herald op-ed cites Dana’s 2019 report about diversity at UMaine

A Portland Press Herald column advocating for inclusive pedagogies and describing the role of higher education in advancing women of color cited a 2019 report by Robert Dana, the University of Maine vice president of student life and inclusive excellence. The report, which was updated in 2020, indicated that 76% of UMaine faculty and staff […]

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Ellsworth American interviews Buchanan about multicultural education

The Ellsworth American interviewed Rebecca Buchanan, an assistant professor of curriculum, assessment and instruction at University of Maine, about how she teaches multicultural education for a story about critical race theory. She said future teachers who take her multicultural education think about how cultural identities “relate to power across class, sexual identity and race” and […]

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Media highlight Maine AgrAbility presentation for veterans

Morning Ag Clips, the Sun Journal and Centralmaine.com shared a University of Maine Cooperative Extension news release highlighting a five-session virtual conference for veterans in agriculture scheduled for 1–2:30 p.m. July 27 and Aug. 3, 7, 10 and 24. “Veterans Harvest: A Virtual Conference for Veterans in Agriculture” will feature Maine AgrAbility veteran outreach coordinator Anne Devin on Aug. 10 with […]

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