A group of local writers – many with University of Maine connections – are set to come together to share some of their work with area audiences. Readingpalooza is scheduled to take place on Sunday, April 14 at Queen City Cinema Club in Bangor starting at noon. This free, all-ages event brings together a baker’s […]
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The University of Maine’s Department of Art’s Littlefield Gallery Sculptor-in-Residence Program has been bringing renowned and talented artists to Orono to engage with students since 2015, thanks to the passionate patronage of Kelly and Jane Littlefield, owners of the Winter Harbor art gallery after which the program is named. Mark Pettegrow, sculptor and UMaine alum, […]
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A CLAS alumna has recently published a new book offering a visual history of a very specific period in the history of the Queen City. Emily Stoddard Burnham, longtime reporter for the Bangor Daily News and graduate of the University of Maine’s English Department (Class of 2005), has written a book titled “Downtown, Up River: […]
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Ideas evolve and change. It’s the nature of learning – what we know today is more than we knew yesterday and less than we’ll know tomorrow. However, sometimes, we can look back on some of those past ideas and still learn something new. Robert Ballingall, assistant professor of political science at the University of Maine, […]
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Mal Leary, the veteran journalist known to many as the “Dean of the Maine State House press corps,” passed away on May 20. He was 75 years old. Leary carried strong connections to the University of Maine. He grew up in Veazie and attended UMaine in the 1970s, majoring in political science and laying the […]
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One of the University of Maine’s most distinguished and celebrated offerings marked a milestone this year. UMaine’s Congressional Internship program marked its 65th year with a gathering in Washington D.C. earlier this spring, bringing together the current cohort of interns with a selection of former participants whose involvement goes back through the decades, as well as […]
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A new book from a University of Maine faculty member takes a deep dive into an underexplored aspect of medieval Christianity. Joel Anderson, assistant professor of history, has just seen the release of his new book. Titled Reimagining Christendom: Writing Iceland’s Bishops into the Roman Church, 1200-1350, the book is published by the University of […]
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The transition to green technologies has been steadily ramping up in terms of scale all over the globe in recent years. What this means, however, is that the access to the minerals necessary for crafting the infrastructure for those green technologies has never been more important. As international tensions heighten in the face of geopolitical […]
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The University of Maine’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will present the 2022 Maine Heritage Lecture on October 13 at 3 p.m. The event takes place at the Bodwell Lounge at the Collins Center for the Arts, with a reception to follow at 4 p.m. at the CCA’s Hudson Museum. This year’s lecture is […]
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University of Maine professor Bridie McGreavy has won a prestigious honor in the field of environmental communications. Dr. McGreavy, Associate Professor of Environmental Communication in UMaine’s Department of Communication and Journalism, is the recipient of the J. Robert Cox Award in Environmental Communication & Civic Engagement for 2022 from the Environmental Communication Division of the […]
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