Read the December 11 South Portland Sentry to learn more about a public celebration of former Congressman and Judge Frank Coffin’s life that will take place January 2 in USM’s Abromson Community Education Center.
Muskie Professor Charles Colgan provided commentary in a December 2 Maine Public Radio story about how tax incentives aim to boost home sales in Maine.
Read an article in this month’s Maine Humanities Council online newsletter about a daylong MHC event about Cuba that Chair and Associate Professor of History David Carey Jr. participated in.
JESSICA ANTHONY, lecturer in English, had her novel, “The Convalescent,” published by McSweeney’s Books in July 2009. “The Convalescent” received a starred review from Publisher’s Weekly, is a Barnes and Noble “Discover Great New Writers” selection, and an Editor’s Choice for the San Francisco Chronicle. It is available for viewing on Amazon.com.
REBEKAH BICKFORD, graduate student and graduate assistant, College of Education and Human Development, is representing USM’s Psy.D. in School Psychology program on the Board of the Maine Psychological Association. Bickford was appointed by Maine’s First Lady Karen Baldacci, co-chair of Maine Children’s Growth Council, to the Working Group to Study the Connections Between Higher Education and Early Childhood Education.
RACHEL BROWN-CHIDSEY, associate professor of human resource development, was invited to present “Implementing RTI: Principles, Practices, and Reports from Real Life” at the International Dyslexia Association on November 13 in Orlando, Fla.
SUSAN F. FEINER, professor of economics and women and gender studies, presented a plenary address, “The Dialectics of Representation,” at the opening session of the International New Marxian Times Conference on November 6.
VALERIE A. HART, associate professor nursing, was invited to consult with nursing staff at Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway on November 4 and 18 on conducting “Difficult Patient Conversations,” which was based on her 2009 textbook, “Patient Provider Communications: Caring to Listen.”
DEBORAH LOUGHLIN, administrative assistant I/outreach, Art Department, has an online exhibit, sponsored by the Joiner Center for War and Social Consequence at the University of Massachusetts.
TIM O’DELL, artist faculty, School of Music, had his album of jazz compositions, “Dreams of Pangaea,” released in May 2009 (Southport Records: Chicago, Ill.). This project was partially funded by a grant from the Maine Arts Commission. Jazz Times magazine reviewed the album in its October issue. On August 3, O’Dell performed original jazz with bassist Tatsu Aoki in Chicago. He also performed original music on November 1 in a quartet with musicians Matt Langley and Luther Gray in Dover, N.H.
