Michael Socolow, processor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine, spoke to The Wrap about MSNBC’s decision to replace recent segments of “Morning Joe” and pull its anchors from air to run a single breaking news feed after the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump. Socolow said that the decision “seemed jarring […]
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Heath Kennedy, a double major in tuba performance and music education at the University of Maine School of Performing Arts, placed second in a mock orchestra audition during the Northeast Regional Tuba & Euphonium Conference (NERTEC). Held May 24 at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, the prestigious competition recognized Kennedy’s eight years of commitment […]
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Julian Ober, a May 2024 graduate of the University of Maine who completed a bachelor’s with a double major in political science and women’s, gender and sexuality studies, wrote a feature story for the spring 2024 edition of Public Service Review from the Stennis Center for Public Service. Ober interviewed Ambureen Rana, a fellow graduate […]
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The University of Maine recognized 3,070 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the spring 2024 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s List, 2,064 are from Maine, 962 are from 40 other states and 44 are from 17 countries other than the U.S. To be eligible for the full-time Dean’s List, a student […]
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WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) highlighted the high school leadership program hosted by the University of Maine’s Cohen Institute for Leadership & Public Service. The week long program brought rising seniors from across the state to UMaine for an introductory course on the fundamentals of leadership, featuring talks from U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and […]
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The New York Times featured Justin Wolff, chair of the University of Maine Department of Art and professor of art history, in an obituary for a renowned collector, museum curator and scholar of American art, John Wilmerding. Wolff, who was a former student of Wilmerding, spoke toward how Wilmerding helped give American art an identity […]
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The Portland Press Herald and News Center Maine reported on the inaugural artificial intelligence conference hosted by the University of Maine and held at the University of Southern Maine in Portland on Friday, June 14. Leaders in business, government and academia participated in panel discussions aimed at helping the state’s businesses know how they can […]
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ABC News and News Center Maine interviewed Mark Brewer, professor and chair of the University of Maine’s Department of Political Sciences, on the election race for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Republican candidate will face a three-term incumbent Democrat in November. Brewer said gun control is a major factor […]
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The Midst interviewed Amy Blackstone, a professor of sociology at the University of Maine, on the 4B feminist movement in Korea. “4B is made up of women in Korea who started to get fed up with the pressure to fix what the nation saw as the problem of low fertility,” Blackstone said. She added that […]
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Maine Public featured Caroline Bicks, a professor of English at the University of Maine and Stephen E. King Chair in Literature, and Marcus Librizzi, a professor of English at the University of Maine at Machias, on a recent segment of “Maine Calling.” The episode explored the cultural history of Maine and the lasting impact of […]
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