Rockland area school district ponders how to respond to artificial intelligence Loren Andrews is the Chair of the Rockland area school board which has been discussing the impact of AI  in area schools as reported in this article.  Loren has also been thinking about how to present issues of AI to our MSW students (he […]

Nancy Kelly and her wife, Kate DeHaven, winter in North Carolina and have run in discrimination based their marital status.  That is why they support the federal Equity Act currently being debated in the U.S. Senate.  Read more: Here’s the link: https://bangordailynews.com/2022/03/23/news/bangor/maines-lgbtq-snowbirds-support-equality-act-joam40zk0w/

The Alumni Association has just done a wonderful write up (with great photos and a fun interview) on Liz and Stephen’s Afari mobility device. Please see it here: https://www.umainealumni.com/science-technology/stephen-gilson-and-elizabeth-depoy-an-expansive-vision-of-mobility/

Dr. Len Kaye had an op-ed in the Bangor Daily News on person-centered long term care This is one of the current research initiatives at the Center on Aging: https://bangordailynews.com/2021/12/14/opinion/opinion-contributor/we-need-a-commitment-to-person-centered-long-term-care/

October 21, 2021 Sandra Butler, director of the School of Social Work at the University of Maine, discussed the issue of homelessness in Bangor with the Bangor Daily News. She says some people dislike seeing homeless people in public because they view their suffering as self-inflicted, unaware of how extrapersonal problems with  affordable housing, health […]

Dr. Lenard Kaye was featured in an op-ed in the Bangor Daily News yesterday regarding older adults during the pandemic: https://bangordailynews.com/2020/04/21/opinion/contributors/older-adults-are-facing-dual-public-health-emergencies/

The Palliative Players of Hospice Volunteers of Waldo County presented the improv theater production “End Stage”  on March 10, 2020 at the Buchanan Alumni House. Through unscripted role playing, the performers acted out possible end of life scenarios and conversations in families challenged by serious illness. The performances explored decisions and wishes that arise in […]

Dr. Sandy Butler was appointed by the Maine Speaker of the House to the Commission to Study Long-term Care Workforce Issues in the Summer 2019.  The Commission met five times during the fall of 2019 and submitted its report to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services in February 2020, including recommendations addressing […]

Drs. Elizabeth Armstrong and Sandra Butler are members of two separate research teams that have been selected for the Grand Challenge Pilot Initiative on rural health. Read more at:  https://umaine.edu/researchplan/university-of-maine-system-grand-challenge-pilot-initiative-launch/#projects

The University of Maine School of Social Work’s “Professional Opioid Workforce Response” (POWR) program addresses the state’s high rate of opioid overdose and shortage of trained mental health professionals. Over three years, POWR will increase the number of social workers entering the behavioral healthcare field, with a regional focus on central and northern Maine. The […]