WVII (Channel 7) reported the Emera Astronomy Center at the University of Maine will host a free lunar eclipse viewing Jan. 20 and 21, and quoted Shawn Laatsch, director of the center, in the report. The eclipse will begin at 9:36 p.m. Jan. 20 and last until 2:48 a.m. the following day. The complete totality […]
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The Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series Committee is accepting grant applications from the University of Maine community. Grants support up to 50 percent of expenses associated with cultural events that enhance the artistic, cultural and intellectual life of UMaine. The CA/DLS committee accepts applications four times a year. The next application deadline is Jan. 28 for […]
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Applications are being accepted for the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center Undergraduate Fellows program at the University of Maine. The program offers junior and senior humanities students the support needed to concentrate on coursework, develop research and creative projects, work collaboratively with others, participate in interdisciplinary humanities programs, and gain professional skills. Fellows attend, […]
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The University of Maine Department of Art is accepting applications for the after-school ArtWorks! Program. The program for students in grades K–8 provides opportunities to explore art through hands-on experiences with a variety of visual media, as well as the history of art and viewing of artistic works. The five-week spring ArtWorks! sessions will be […]
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Kristin Vekasi, an assistant professor of political science and international affairs at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Bangor Daily News editorial, “Taking away foreign aid won’t stop immigration.” A key goal of foreign aid is to improve economic conditions in the countries that receive that aid, according to Vekasi. “It defies logic […]
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Turner Publishing reported Adam Fortier-Brown has been selected as the first recipient of a new internship program for undergraduate students offered by the William S. Cohen Institute for Leadership & Public Service at the University of Maine. The internship will be with The Cohen Group in Washington, D.C. The Cohen Group was formed by former […]
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Elizabeth Theriault, a third-year journalism and political science student at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “Proposed campus sexual misconduct rules fail victims.” Theriault is the communications intern for the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the country to address […]
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The Sun Journal highlighted Nimesha Ranasinghe in a story that imagines a New Year’s Eve of drinking with no calories or hangover and eating broccoli and tasting chicken wings. Ranasinghe, a University of Maine assistant professor in the School of Computing and Information Science, created a vocktail glass with an electronic module on the rim, […]
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Phys.org, an internet news portal that carries science developments, ran a University of Maine media release about glacial deposits on Mercury. James Fastook, a UMaine professor of computer science and a Climate Change Institute researcher, studied the accumulation and flow of ice on Mercury, and how glacial deposits on the smallest planet in the solar […]
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Public News Service reported that Penobscot Nation member Carol Dana and University of Maine English professor Margo Lukens have created a bilingual book to preserve the Penobscot language that will be published in 2019. “They Remember Me Still” includes 13 tales about Penobscot cultural hero Gluskape that Newell Lyon told to Frank Speck, who wrote […]
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