His Excellency Jamal Al-Suwaidi, a member of the royal family and director general of the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) in Abu Dhabi, was the fourth inductee in the University of Maine Graduate School’s George Davis Chase Society. Al-Suwaidi is a member of the UMaine School of Policy and International Affairs (SPIA) […]
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University of Maine political scientist Mark Brewer was interviewed for a Maine Public Broadcasting story about Gov. Paul LePage’s opposition to a Democratic Party “tracker” hired to film him at meetings and public events, and said that the practice has become more common by all political parties and campaigns. Contact: George Manlove, 207.581.3756
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National Geographic has posted a blog about the recent discovery by graduate student Noah Oppenheim and his adviser Richard Wahle, a UMaine School of Marine Sciences research associate professor, that lobsters will cannibalize one another in the wild. The blog was submitted by Rhian Waller, a UMaine School of Marine Sciences research assistant professor and […]
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A Bangor Daily News article about the debate over whether the world will end Dec. 21, 2012, as some infer from the ancient Mayan calendar, included comments from UMaine Maynard F. Jordan Planetarium Director Alan Davenport, who is presenting “2012: Prophecies of the Maya” at 7 p.m., Friday nights through Dec. 14. Several people who […]
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The University Bookstore at UMaine invites the campus community to a holiday party, 8 a.m.–6 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 12. Highlights of the day include a 99-cent book sale, 50-percent off on select UMaine apparel and gift items, a 3:30–4 p.m. performance of the Renaissance Singers, games, giveaways, door prizes, free snacks and drinks, a UMaine […]
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The Bangor Foreign Policy Forum is presenting “Mexico, the Maya, and the End of Time?” a free public talk by speaker Angela Thompson, assistant professor of history at East Carolina University, at 2:45 p.m., Monday, Dec. 17 in the Bodwell Lounge of the Collins Center for the Arts. Thompson, who once taught at UMaine, will […]
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News organizations, including CBSSports.com, the California Modesto Bee and the Bangor Daily News cited University of Maine police reports on Kansas City Chiefs linebacker and former UMaine student-athlete Jovan Belcher in continued reporting on the apparent murder-suicide of Belcher and his girlfriend Kasandra Perkins in Missouri. Contact: George Manlove, 207.581.3756
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Andrew Plant, University of Maine Cooperative Extension assistant professor and educator for agriculture, was interviewed for a story in the Bangor Daily News about the continuance of a federally funded project undertaken by the University of Maine at Fort Kent, University of Maine at Presque Isle, UMaine Cooperative Extension and local farmers in Aroostook County […]
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The Bangor Daily News carried a Reuters news service article about lobster cannibalism discovered and filmed by UMaine School of Marine Sciences graduate student Noah Oppenheim, who discussed his findings at the recent conference, “The American Lobster in a Changing Ecosystem: A U.S.-Canada Science Symposium,” hosted in Portland by Maine Sea Grant at the University […]
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The University of Maine German Club — Deutscher Verein — will hold its annual “Weihnachtsmarkt,” or Christmas market, this year from 12–3:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 15 at the University of Maine Museum of Art, 40 Harlow St., Bangor. Holiday cookies, stollen holiday bread and traditional holiday decoration demonstrations will be available. A little cafe will […]
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