Maine Public quoted Darren Ranco, an associate professor of anthropology and chair of Native American Programs at the University of Maine, in a report on the movement to redesign exhibits around Native culture. The report focused on efforts by the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor to begin “museum decolonization,” or changing the way in which […]
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The Portland Press Herald published a poem written by Jennifer Moxley, a professor of English at the University of Maine. “7:54 AM” appeared as part of “Deep Water: Maine Poems,” a series edited and introduced by Portland poet Gibson Fay-LeBlanc and produced in collaboration with the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance. Moxley’s poem tracks the […]
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The Boston Globe published an opinion piece by Michael Socolow, an associate professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine. The piece is titled, “What Elizabeth Warren can learn from George Foreman.”
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The Journal Tribune reported Biddeford artist Roland Salazar Rose is teaming up with the Emera Astronomy Center at the University of Maine to present a public show based on his series of 11 “Solar Flare” paintings. The show, “Solar Flares and Salazar — An Art/Science Collaboration,” includes five evening programs in November where the paintings […]
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Members of the University of Maine community are welcome to attend a retirement celebration for Tonya Corriveau, an administrative assistant in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean’s Office. The celebration will be held 10–11 a.m. Nov. 2 in Wells Conference Center. Light refreshments will be served and brief remarks will be made at […]
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Susan Gardner, director of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program and Rising Tide Center at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Science article, “When you’re the only woman: The challenges for female Ph.D. students in male-dominated cohorts.” Gardner has interviewed Ph.D. students about their experiences in graduate school, the article states. Students […]
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How did volcanic eruptions impact the flow of the Nile River and affect social unrest in Ancient Egypt? Joseph Manning, the Simpson Professor of Classics and History at Yale University, will explain in a free, public lecture at 7 p.m. Oct. 30, in 100 D.P. Corbett Business Building. Manning observed that explosive volcanic eruptions resulted […]
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The Maine Edge reviewed the University of Maine School of Performing Arts’ production of “Animal Farm.” Student director Alan Liam Estes leads a cast of eight UMaine students in the production. Despite only having less than a month to prepare, “the players put on an impressive performance,” the review states. The first mainstage theatre production […]
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Ngo Vinh Long, a professor of Asian history at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Nikkei Asian Review article, “Vietnam party chief Trong formally named president.” Vietnamese lawmakers elected Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong as president, making him the first leader to hold both titles since the nation’s founder, Ho Chi Minh, […]
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Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, spoke with Maine Public for a report about independent U.S. Sen. Angus King seeking re-election this year. According to King, his opponents are helping his campaign as they come at him from both sides. “I am being criticized by one of my opponents for […]
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