We Are Our Brains: Professor Pierson’s New Publication
David Pierson, professor of Communication and Media Studies, has published a chapter “‘We Are Our Brains’: Disembodied Brain Films in 1950s Cold War America” … Read More
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Susan Rottmann
posted in: Campus updates, Social and Behavioral Sciences
Susan is an anthropologist who has been a part-time lecturer at the University of Southern Maine since 2017 and is now joining as a … Read More
New Report Offers First-of-Its-Kind Statewide Analysis of Maine’s Protection from Abuse Orders
posted in: Campus updates, Catherine Cutler Institute, Research
A new report, Assessing Protection from Abuse Orders in Maine, by the University of Southern Maine’s Maine Statistical Analysis Center (SAC) at the Catherine … Read More
USM Students Conquer the CyberAuto Challenge
Detroit, MI – Our university proudly supported a delegation of talented students and one dedicated faculty member, with all trip expenses funded by the … Read More
USM Remembers Dorothy “Suzi” Osher
posted in: Campus updates, Osher School Of Music, USM Foundation
A visionary philanthropist, devoted friend of the arts, and beloved member of the USM community The University of Southern Maine mourns the passing of … Read More
Linda Woodard awarded Lifetime Achievement Award from Maine Environmental Education Association
Linda Woodward, Lifetime Achievement Award Linda has dedicated 35 years to Maine Audubon where she served as Director of the Scarborough Marsh Audubon Center … Read More
Professor David Oliver Kasdan Joins USM Faculty for Fall 2025 as first Avangrid/David Flanagan Endowed Professor of Public Policy.
The Muskie School of Public Service is pleased to welcome Professor David Oliver Kasdan, a dynamic and collaborative scholar specializing in behavioral economics, disaster … Read More
USM Graduate Students Represent AIIR Lab
The AIIR Lab (Artificial Intelligence and Information Retrieval Lab) at the University of Southern Maine (USM)recently participated in the 12th Competition on Legal Information Extraction and Entailment (COLIEE-2025), … Read More
Muskie Faculty Research Sheds Light on “Ambulance Deserts” Across the U.S.
Dr. Yvonne Jonk, Professor of Public Health at the Muskie School of Public Service andDirector of the Maine Rural Health Research Center, is bringing … Read More
Professor Shedletsky Publishes in International Journal of Transformative Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Professor of Communication Lenny Shedletsky has published his work Pedagogy of Dialogic Communication: Becoming Aware of Our Unconscious Beliefs in The International Journal of … Read More