Liam Riordan, a professor of history at the University of Maine, was a recent guest on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio show. The topic of the show was the story of Maine’s path to statehood, and is part of the show’s yearlong series related to Maine’s bicentennial.
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Seacoast Online reported Lila Harakles, a sophomore University of Maine political science and philosophy student, has been awarded a spring internship in the Washington, D.C. office of Sen. Susan Collins. After graduation, the Kennebunk native plans to attend law school before pursuing a career in public service, the article states.
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In Lisa Miller and Luisa Deprez’s column in the Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal about Maine turning 200 years old, University of Maine assistant professor of anthropology Bonnie Newsom, a citizen of Penobscot Indian Nation, said, “People have been living here for at least 11,000 years … living along the Penobscot River for at least […]
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Pallavi Prasad cited Judith Rosenbaum’s research about spoilers in her column in The Swaddle. Prasad included a quote from Rosenbaum’s interview with Vox “that a lot of people’s reactions to spoilers depend on the circumstances. It’s not one-size-fits-all. We’ve published several papers that point to personality traits as a factor, for instance, or even the […]
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Mainebiz and WABI (Channel 5) reported Old Town-based James W. Sewall Co. has donated more than 3,000 rolls of film containing about 1 million aerial images to the Raymond H. Fogler Library at the University of Maine. The collection contains original aerial photography of Maine and New England captured by Sewall over a span of […]
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Maddy Jackson’s Saturday morning routine as a young girl included Cap’n Crunch and “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends.” “As an only child, I had lots of imaginary friends,” says the University of Maine senior from Hermon, Maine. “It’s such a silly cartoon. But it inspired my imagination and creativity. It sticks with me.” Elizabeth “Liz” […]
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Raymond H. Fogler Library at the University of Maine has received a donation of over 3,000 rolls of film containing about 1 million aerial images from the James W. Sewall Co. in Old Town, Maine. The collection contains original aerial photography of Maine and New England captured by Sewall over the span of 65 years. […]
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The Conversation published an opinion piece by Michael Socolow, an associate professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine. The piece is titled “Think presidential debates are dull? Thank 1950s TV game shows.” The Alton Telegraph, MarketWatch and Salon also published the piece.
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Caroline Bicks, a professor of English at the University of Maine, co-wrote a humor column for McSweeney’s with Michelle Ephraim, an associate professor in humanities at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The column was titled “I am Lady Macbeth, and your Facebook post about your kid’s early acceptance to Harvard really pisses me off.”
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The Emera Astronomy Center at the University of Maine is offering free guided meditation sessions in the M.F. Jordan Planetarium to help students and faculty de-stress during finals week. Participants can experience an amazing sunset as they travel from the Grand Canyon to the North Pole, then relax under a night sky filled with stars […]
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