In a story about hazing on college campuses, the website TakePart cited a national study, led by UMaine researchers Elizabeth Allan and Mary Madden. Allan and Madden found 55 percent of students who join fraternities, sororities, sports teams, student clubs and other groups experience hazing during their initiation. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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The UMaine Orchestra and Oratorio Society will present an evening celebrating the bicentennial of Franz Liszt’s birth, Saturday, Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m. in Minsky Recital Hall, Class of 1944 Hall, featuring tenor Francis John Vogt and conductor Ludlow Hallman of the School of Performing Arts faculty. Liszt’s Psalm XIII and J.S. Bach’s Magnificat will […]
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The College of Education and Human Development, in collaboration with the University Bookstore and the Old Town-Orono Kiwanis Club, has begun accepting books for its annual children’s holiday book drive, now in its 34th year.
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Sarah (Sally) Mackenzie, associate professor of educational leadership in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Maine, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant at the Vietnam National University (VNU) in Hanoi for spring 2012.
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Comments from UMaine professor of history Howard Segal are included online in the Nov. 19 edition of The Economist analyzing governments characterized as technocracies, or those led by engineers scientists and others with technological expertise. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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Several news outlets covered the news Wednesday that a collection of Maine folklore and history amassed by late UMaine professor Edward “Sandy” Ives had been given over to the Library of Congress, which will invest $650,000 to digitize the collection. A Maine Public Broadcasting Network report included comments from Pauleena MacDougall, the director of the […]
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To: Members of the UMaine Community From: Janet Waldron, vice president for administration and finance Officials at the Orono-Veazie Water district, which supplies the UMaine campus, have let us know about a non-emergency issue related to that water supply. Standard testing protocols revealed that the district’s water exceeded acceptable levels of Total Trihalomethanes during the […]
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UMaine student Lindsey Miller is the host of this week’s edition of “Deans List,” a television show that airs on MTVU, that network’s university-oriented channel. A crew visited UMaine in October to film the program, which includes information about UMaine’s sustainability efforts. The program features ten music videos, chosen by Miller, that reflect sustainability concerns. […]
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The UMaine Museum of Art will participate in the Downtown Bangor Art Walk and Food Drive Friday, Nov. 18 from 5-9 p.m. Maps to participating artist studios, galleries and downtown merchants will be available at the UMaine museum, lon Harlow St. in Bangor. Visitors are asked to drop of a non-perishable food item at any […]
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Justin Martin, College of Liberal Arts-Honors Preceptor of Journalism at UMaine, wrote a column published Wednesday on the Columbia Journalism Review Web site. In the column, Martin writes about newspaper policies with respect to correcting errors. Based largely on his experiences as a journalist and as a consumer who has pointed out mistakes, Martin suggests […]
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