USM Public Affairs

Read the October 30 Maine Sunday Telegram’s review of Elizabeth Searle’s “Girl Held in Home.” Searle teaches fiction in the University of Southern Maine’s Stonecoast MFA program.

A recent study, published by the New England Foundation for the Arts and co-written by Muskie Professor Charles Colgan, found that the arts, culture and nonprofits are economic drivers in New England. To learn more about the study, check out the October 31 Hartford Business Online.

Check out the October 30 Portland Press Herald to read what USM Director and Professor of Women and Gender Studies Wendy Chapkis has to say about the swingers’ club in Sanford.

USM Alumnus Morgan Cuthbert received the 2011 Milken Educator Award for outstanding service. Cuthbert, who teaches at Harrison Middle School, received a master’s degree in education from the University of Southern Maine. Read more about Cuthbert and the award in the October 25 Portland Press Herald.

Muskie Policy Associate Lori Kaley-Cutler had her article, “Panel Urges Energy Star Like Health Ratings on Front of Food Packages to help Hurried Shoppers,” printed in the October 20 Washington Post. (No link available.)

Check out Dean of the College of Management and Human Service Joseph McDonnell’s October Bangor Daily News column about “Rethinking Education to Move Maine Forward.”

Mark Rubin, Muskie research associate, is the author of the “Maine Crime Victimization Survey.” The survey was featured in the October 26 Bangor Daily News article, “What are the Biggest Factors in Crimes? Drugs, Lack of Parental Control, Study Says,” and on ABC Channel 7, Bangor nightly news.

USM’s community radio station, WMPG, has expanded its broadcasting reach with an addition of a new transmitter and antenna. Read the October 13 Portland Daily Sun article to learn more about the expansion.

Watch USM Clinical Director of Counseling Services Bob Small’s October 5 interview about USM’s new suicide prevention program, that appeared on Community Television Network Channel 5.

USM Professor of Economics and Women and Gender Studies Susan Feiner was quoted in the article “Ms. Goes Back to School” that appeared in the Fall 2011 issue of Ms. Magazine.