This series includes various examples of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic by University of Maine faculty, staff, and students in the areas of teaching, learning, and research. Includes emails, essays, articles, screenshots of webpages, videos, course material, and photographs. The content was collected and curated by the University Archivist starting in March 2020.
Submissions from 2022
Strategies for Supporting Student Learning Needs during the COVID Pandemic in Maine and Other States, Patricia L. Lech, Jane C. Fairman, Mella R. McCormick, and Maddie P. Buxton
Strategies for Supporting Teachers’ Instructional and Mental Health Needs during the COVID Pandemic in Maine and Other States, Janet C. Fairman, Patricia L. Lech, Mella R. McCormick, and Maddie P. Buxton
Submissions from 2021
COVID-19 Affects Coping Strategies and Food Access for Maine Adults, Tara Whiton, Kathryn Yerxa, and Rachel E. Schattman
COVID-19_Maine Campus_The Lasting Effects of COVID-19: College Students Stuggle with Returning to In-Person Education, Sydney Jackson
COVID-19_Maine Campus_COVID’s still here. Why isn’t our strategy?, Emma Vannorsdall
Food Insecurity and Use of Food-Assistance Programs and Food Pantries of Maine Adults as a Result of COVID-19, Rachel E. Schattman and Kathryn Yerxa
Shopping, Eating, and Dietary Behaviors of Maine Adults as a Result of COVID-19: A Focus on Older Adults, Rachel E. Schattman and Kathryn Yerxa
Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on amphibian road mortality, Gregory LeClair, Matthew H. Chatfield, Zachary Wood, Jeffrey Parmelee, and Cheryle A. Frederick
Middle Grades Teacher Practices during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Penny A. Bishop
Join us for a Welcome Back to Campus Celebration Email, University of Maine Provost Office
Faculty Senate - Position on Vaccination Requirement for those on Campus, University of Maine Provost Office, University of Maine Faculty Senate, and William Dee Nichols
College of Education & Human Development _Re-opening Schools in the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for Leaders from the 2020-2021 School Year, Catharine Biddle and Maria Frankland
Mechanistic understanding of innate and adaptive immune responses in SARS-CoV-2 infection, Mumtaz Y. Balkhi
Greater belief in science predicts mask-wearing behavior during COVID-19, Morgan D. Stosic, Shelby Helwig, and Mollie A. Ruben
The Stories We’ll Tell Tomorrow: University of Maine Humanities Scholars and the Covid-19 Pandemic Video, Michael Socolow, Janet Mills, Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Kreg T. Ettenger, Kathryn Swacha, and Kathryn Olmstead
Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate _UMSpaceSafe Update, University of Maine Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School
A comparison of prospective space-time scan statistics and spatiotemporal event sequence based clustering for COVID-19 surveillance, Fuyu Xu and Kate Beard
Academic Affairs Fall Planning Update, John C. Volin
Teaching News Literacy During a Pandemic: Adapting to the Virtual Learning Environment, R. Alan Berry, Jennifer L. Bonnet, and Judith E. Rosenbaum
Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate_Research Continuity Update Email, University of Maine Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School
The Coping with COVID Project Webinar Video, Kathryn Swacha
Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School_ Research Continuity Travel Update Email, University of Maine Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate Schoolres
COVID-19 and Visual Disability: Can’t Look and Now Don’t Touch, John-Ross Rizzo, Mahya Beheshti, Yi Fang, Steven Flanagan, and Nicholas A. Giudice
Connectivity, Reproduction Number, and Mobility Interact to Determine Communities’ Epidemiological Superspreader Potential in a Metapopulation Network, Brandon Lieberthal and Allison M. Gardner
How Students with IEP’s and their Teachers are Faring in Maine Schools during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Patricia Leech and Amy Johnson
Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School_ Important Human Subjects Research Update Email, University of Maine Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School
Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School_UMSpaceSafe Reminder for Research and Scholarship Email, University of Maine Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School
COVID-19_Maine Campus_Letter to the Editor, Sean McGuire
COVID-19 and the Maine Food System sponsored by the Maine Farmer Resource Network Video, Jason Lilley, Jonathan Malacarne, and Tori Jackson
COVID-19_School of Economics_Malacarne and colleagues address the impacts of COVID- 19 on Maine's food system, University of Maine School of Economics
COVID-19_UMS COVID-19 Scientific Advisory Board_Library Presentation, Melissa Maginnis
COVID-19_UM Resources in Support of Teaching in Spring 2021 Webpages, University of Maine Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning
Submissions from 2020
Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate_Research Continuity Update Email, University of Maine Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School
Alumni Association_Students Adapt to Changes Amid COVID Safety Precautions, University of Maine Alumni Association
New Media_New Media seniors win seven university research awards, University of Maine New Media
School of Performing Arts_Opera Workshop Fall 2020 Virtual Performance Video, University of Maine School of Performing Arts and Isaac Bray
Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate_Research Continuity Update Email, Kody Varahramyan
Undergraduate and Graduate Students Option To Convert Fall 2020 Classes From Graded To Pass/Fail, Or To Withdraw From Classes Without Academic Penalty Email, John C. C. Volin
Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate _UMSpaceSafe Update Email, University of Maine Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School
Ensuring a Post-COVID Economic Agenda Tackles Global Biodiversity Loss, Pamela McElwee, Esther Turnout, Mireille Chiroleu-Assouline, Jennifer Clapp, Cindy Isenhour, Tim Jackson, Eszter Kelemen, Daniel C. Miller, Graciela Rusch, Joachim H. Spangenberg, Anthony Waldron, Rupert J. Baumgartner, Brent Bleys, Michael W. Howard, Eric Mungatana, Hien Ngo, Irene Ring, and Rui Santos
Coping with COVID Project Webpages, Kathryn Swacha
COVID-19_Jack Pine Project Webpage, University of Maine
University of Maine Research_UMSpaceSafe Webpages, University of Maine Research
The Impact of a Six‐Year Climate Anomaly on the “Spanish Flu” Pandemic and WWI, Alexander F. More, Christopher P. Loveluck, Heather Clifford, Michael J. Handley, Andrei V. Kurbatov, Michael McCormick, and Paul A. Mayewski
Climate Change Institute_Dr. Nirav Shah Speaks to Earth Changing Climate Video, University of Maine Climate Change Institute
Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate _UMSpaceSafe Go-Live Email, University of Maine Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School
Impacts of COVID-19 on Maine’s Hospitality Sector, Todd Gabe and Andrew Crawley
Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate _UMSpaceSafe Announcement Email, University of Maine Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School
Important Classroom and Teaching Information Email, University of Maine Provost Office
Phase One and Phase Two On-Campus COVID-19 Testing Email, University of Maine Provost Office