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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Two new opinion columns by Justin Martin, UMaine College of Liberal Arts – Honors Preceptor of Journalism, have been published on major news Web sites in recent days. “Cable TV, going the way of newspapers,” on the Christian Science Monitor site, looks at trends related to cable subscriptions, which are steadily declining. In a Columbia […]
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The Christian Science Monitor features an opinion column, “For more innovation at colleges, push faculty to live near campus,” by Justin Martin, UMaine College of Liberal Arts and Science Preceptor in Journalism. In the column, Martin suggests that higher education institutions would benefit in several ways by offering financial incentives for faculty members to live […]
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The Columbia Journalism Review Campaign Desk segment features an Oct. 21 column by Justin Martin, UMaine College of Liberal Arts and Science Honors Preceptor in Journalism. In the column, “A Grand Year for Free Speech,” Martin analyzes 2011 worldwide news events as they relate to freedom of expression, writing that “the voices of the world’s […]
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ORONO, Maine – The estate of the late artist and former University of Maine designer and illustrator Arline Thomson is holding an art sale Friday and Saturday to benefit the UMaine Honors College.
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Justin Martin, UMaine College of Liberal Arts and Sciences-Honors College Preceptor of Journalism, wrote an opinion column, “Will Maine chart a new path for gay marriage?” for Saturday’s Portland Press Herald. Martin, who looks at the issue in terms of evolving public opinion and generational perspectives, notes that Mainers are likely to see a same-sex […]
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Justin Martin, the UMaine College of Liberal Arts and Sciences-Honors College preceptor of journalism, has a column on the Inside Higher Ed website about how college life is more like real life than we believe. Martin argues students’ college years can be liberating and exciting, but students also experience “a myriad of deadlines, limited self-efficacy […]
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The Weekly has a series of briefs about several upcoming UMaine projects and events, including a student poster session next Tuesday at John Bapst High School in Bangor to highlight local high school students’ research on mercury in watersheds. The students have been working with researcher Sarah Nelson of UMaine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center […]
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ORONO — An art auction and sale by the estate of late artist and former University of Maine designer and illustrator Arlene Thomson is being held Friday, May 20 and Saturday May 21 to benefit the UMaine Honors College.
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The University of Maine Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has announced winners of this year’s second annual Undergraduate Research & Academic Showcase held last week. Nine awards were made after consideration of more than 50 research projects presented as end-of-the year capstone exhibits or displays. The research represents disciplines from across campus.
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