From an archaeological excavation site on the Peruvian coast, University of Maine interdisciplinary Ph.D. candidate Ana Mauricio participated in a Jan. 13 live chat with primatologist Jane Goodall and underwater explorer and discoverer of the Titanic Robert Ballard, among other explorers from seven continents, organized by the National Geographic Society to celebrate its 125th anniversary. […]
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University of Maine Professors of Sociology Steve Barkan and Steve Cohn recently published an entry on member recruitment in The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements. In the entry, Barkan and Cohn discuss the importance of social movements as a basis for participation in democracies, which have achieved major political, social and cultural changes. […]
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Financial aid increased to recognize achievement, need.
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Research explores how to empower sustainability stakeholders today and in the future.
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UMaine student-athletes place highest in America East Fall Academic Honor Roll.
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A Maine Public Broadcasting Network report on declining honeybee populations across the country included comments from Frank Drummond, University of Maine Professor of Insect Ecology and Entomology in the School of Biology and Ecology and a UMaine Cooperative Extension professor and bee specialist.
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University of Maine Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition Mary Ellen Camire was interviewed by Prairie Public Radio in North Dakota about a range of food topics, including nutrition, the health benefits of chocolate, food allergies, food safety and smart grocery shopping for healthy food products. Camire is a member of the national Institute […]
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The Chicago Center for Literature and Photography on Jan. 7 named University of Maine Associate Professor of Art History Justin Wolff’s book Thomas Hart Benton: A Life one of the “Best of the Best” in its Year in Books issue. Reviewer Jason Pettus called the book a well-done biography that offers an appropriate examination of […]
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