For this year’s UMaine homecoming, the University Bookstore will host five UMaine alumni authors to meet members of the public and sign copies of their latest books on Friday, Oct. 14.
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The Bangor Daily News covered Wednesday’s celebration of Rudy Vallee Day, which honored the legendary actor and singer who popularized UMaine’s fight song, The Maine Stein Song. The coverage included a video of a group of UMaine students, including members of the All Maine Women, Senior Skulls, Sophomore Eagles and Sophomore Owls, who sang the […]
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The news that Steve Weinberger, UMaine assistant vice president of human resources, is leaving for a similar position on the Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education was noted in the Hartford Courant. Weinberger, who is from Connecticut, is joining former UMaine President Emeritus Robert Kennedy, who is currently president of the Board of Regents. […]
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The Village Soup website of noted a new effort by the UMaine-based Maine Folklife Center to offer access to written and recorded narratives, stories and songs that represent Maine culture. The Maine Song and Story Sampler website is the culmination of a year’s work by Folklife Center Director Pauleena MacDougall and history graduate student Josh […]
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U.S. Sen Olympia Snowe of Maine has written a letter that appeared on Fosters.com, the website of New Hampshire’s Foster’s Daily Democrat, in support of the announcement that the Blackstone Charitable Foundation is providing a $3 million grant to help support Maine business and innovation, including UMaine’s innovation engineering program. Snowe is a graduate of […]
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Portland musician and composer Eliott Cherry will bring his moving dramatic reading of “A Finished Heart” UMaine’s Black Box Theater in the Class of 1944 Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 19, from 5:30-7 p.m. The reading is 75 minutes, followed by facilitated discussion with the author. The event is free and open to the public.
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Chris Corro from the UMaine Alumni Association was a live Wednesday morning guest on WVOM’s George Hale/Ric Tyler Show, providing a detailed preview of UMaine’s Homecoming Weekend, scheduled for Friday-Sunday.
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Don Kraus, chief executive officer of Citizens for Global Solutions, will speak at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 13, in the Bangor Room of the University of Maine Memorial Union.
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UMaine political scientist Amy Fried will be interviewed at 8 a.m. Thursday on Portland radio station WMPG’s “Hukkin’ A Chainek” show hosted by Steve Hirshon. Fried will discuss her new book, “Pathways to Polling.” WMPG can be heard at 90.9 or 104.1 on the radio in southern Maine, or via streaming on the station website. […]
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Amy Fried’s biweekly Bangor Daily News column examines equal enforcement of the law in the wake of the recent controversy over college students voting in Maine. Fried argues that laws should not be enforced selectively, as she believes they were in this case. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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