Defense policy adviser and author Michael Pillsbury, an authority on China, will discuss “A China Policy for the United States” at 4 p.m., Feb. 4 in 107 D.P. Corbett Business Building. The free public talk is presented by the University of Maine School of Policy and International Affairs. Pillsbury, author of China Debates the Future […]
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The Bangor Daily News carried a report on the absence this year of the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast, normally organized by the Greater Bangor Area NAACP and held at the University of Maine. A spokesperson for the organization said planners became occupied with other activities, including November elections, and were unable to find […]
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The political ramifications and consequences of a world mired in debt is the subject of a free public discussion at 2:10 p.m., Monday, Jan. 28 at the University of Maine by John Mahon, the John M. Murphy Chair of International Business Policy and Strategy and professor of management in the Maine Business School at UMaine. […]
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Channels 2 (WLBZ) and 7 (WVII) interviewed University of Maine economist Todd Gabe about his new study showing that spending associated with Bangor Waterfront Concerts have infused more than $30 million into the local economy in the last three years, in addition to other benefits.
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The University of Maine Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism, Multicultural Student Affairs, V.E.T.S. and the Department of Athletics will host a Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service from noon–3:30 p.m., Monday, Jan. 21 at the Old Town/Orono YMCA. Students in grades 3–6 from all communities are invited to attend the free event. Children […]
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University of Maine Museum of Art (UMMA) Director and Curator George Kinghorn has been named a juror for the 43rd annual Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, March 2–3 at the Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park in Tampa, Fla. Artists participating in the prestigious festival will compete for $74,500 in cash awards, including the $15,000 […]
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The University of Maine seismometer charted the 2.5-magnitude earthquake off Boothbay Harbor on Jan. 14. Alice Kelley, a faculty member in the UMaine School of Earth and Climate Sciences, has prepared a seismometer graphic displaying the occurrence, and is available at 207.581.2056 to discuss the event. The seismometer, obtained in 2009 and connected to the […]
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Channel 5 (WABI) aired an interview with University of Maine Maynard F. Jordan Planetarium Director Alan Davenport for a report on the planetarium’s February shows, which include one focusing on black holes in space.
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