LORI KALEY, Muskie manager of public health programs, recently had her article, “It Was the Play Place, Not the Food,” published on the Guiding Stars website. Kaley is a member of the Guiding Stars Scientific Advisory Panel.
MARK LAPPING, Muskie distinguished professor of public policy and management and Muskie executive director, and Muskie graduate students D. Robin Beck, Nikkilee Carleton, Hedda Steinhoff and Daniel Wallace, had their research article, “Maine’s Food System: An Overview and Assessment,” recently published in the Winter/Spring 2011 Special Food Issue of the Maine Policy Review.
LIN LISBERGER, lecturer of art, had her work, “Knots and Strings,” on exhibit at 3fish Gallery during the month of July.
JULIEN MURPHY, professor of philosophy, gave a lecture on “The Second Sex in Algeria: Simone de Beauvior’s Defense of Djamila Boupacha” at USM on April 14.
CHARLES NORCHI, visiting professor of law, presented “Piracy and Public Order of the Oceans” at the Piracy and Maritime Security seminar hosted by the Hong Kong Centre for Maritime and Transportation Law.
DAVID OWEN, associate professor of law, presented a draft article on the use of the public trust doctrine in environmental law at “The Public Trust Doctrine: Thirty Years Later” conference on March 4 at the University of California (Davis) School of Law. Owen co-chaired the Maine Water Conference on March 16, where he also chaired a panel on urbanizing watersheds.
MAUREEN PERRY, reference and instruction librarian at Lewiston-Auburn College, had her article, “Resources for Your Rhymes: Sites for Slam/Spoken Word/Performance Poetry,” published in the March 2011 issue of College & Research Libraries News (Vol. 72, No. 3, pp. 143-146).
JAN PIRIBECK, chair and associate professor of art, is presenting a dual exhibit of her work, “(EN)CODED LANDSCAPES: Walking Through Timespace,” in Talsi, Latvia and Portland, Maine. The exhibit opened at the Talsi Regional Museum on August 24. On September 25, it was moved to Mayo Street Arts in Portland and will remain there until October 26.
MARTIN ROGOFF, professor of law, has been awarded the degree of Doctor Honoris Causa (Honorary Doctorate) from the Universite du Maine in Le Mans, France. The degree will be awarded in the fall of 2011 in recognition of the work Rogoff has done with the Universite du Maine.
SARAH SCHINDLER, associate professor of law, had her policy article, “Encouraging Private Investment in Energy Efficiency,” published through the Center for Energy Efficiency and Environmental Law at the University of Connecticut. The article is available online. Schindler presented her draft article, “The Future of Abandoned Big Box Stores: Legal Solutions to the Legacies of Poor Planning Decisions,” on March 4 at the Association for Law, Property, and Society annual meeting at Georgetown University School of Law in Washington D.C.
