Helping one another in times of need is a cornerstone of quality human relationships, according to a University of Maine psychology researcher who has determined that humility trumps arrogance when it comes to offering assistance.
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Former University of Maine College of Education and Human Development faculty member Sydney Carroll Thomas has died at the age of 57. Thomas, who left UMaine in 2008, was an associate professor of counselor education and also taught in the Honors College. According to an obituary in the Bangor Daily News, Thomas joined the UMaine […]
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In his latest column in the Columbia Journalism Review, Justin Martin, a UMaine College of Liberal Arts and Sciences-Honors preceptor of journalism, argues that one of the upcoming U.S. presidential election debates, particularly the one that focuses on foreign policy, should be held outside the U.S. The gesture of holding a presidential debate abroad, Martin […]
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A UMaine professor has posted a YouTube video in which he asks pop singer Pink if she will perform a Christmas duet with him in order to raise funds for female mass rape victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Justin Martin, UMaine College of Liberal Arts and Sciences – Honors Preceptor of Journalism, will be interviewed Monday afternoon (3 p.m. eastern time) on Wisconsin radio station WLIP. In a discussion that will be available live online, Martin will discuss the state of the cable television industry in the U.S.
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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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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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