The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece “Immigrants help make America great,” by Steven Barkan, a sociology professor at the University of Maine and author of “Criminology: A Sociological Understanding.” Barkan also is a member of the Maine Regional Network, part of the Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the country to […]
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Rethinking the Canadian-American borderlands in the context of the 1918 Migratory Bird Conservation Act will be the focus of a lecture by guest speaker Matthew Hatvany on Oct. 1 at the University of Maine. Part of the 2018–19 CanAm Lecture Series and the History Department’s Symposium Series, “A Borderless Continent: Rethinking the Canadian-American Borderlands from […]
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WABI (Channel 5) covered the 10th anniversary celebration of the University of Maine’s Virtual Environment and Multimodal Interaction Laboratory (VEMI Lab) at Buchanan Alumni House on Sept. 21. The lab hosted the VEMI 10 Conference to highlight successes of VEMI alumni, the report states. The conference involved presentations, discussions and a barbecue lunch. VEMI is […]
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Michael Howard, a professor of philosophy at the University of Maine, was quoted in a September 2018 USA Today magazine article about the disproportionate share of wealth in the United States. Today, 10 percent of Americans possess 76 percent of the nation’s wealth; the top one percent owns 40 percent; and, according to a 2017 […]
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“Requiem,” an installation by University of Maine intermedia graduate student Steve Norton, was mentioned in Intelligent Arts’ Around Us online magazine. The installation is based exclusively on the sounds of extinct animals, according to the article. Speakers are placed in an empty and preferably darkened space. Accompanying booklets contextualize the experience for listeners by listing […]
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The Honors College at the University of Maine will present the TIAA 2018–19 Distinguished Honors Graduate Lecture with Isaac Record ’03 on Sept. 25. Record, an assistant professor of practice at Michigan State University’s Lyman Briggs College, will discuss “Life, the University and Everything: My Romp Across Disciplines in Pursuit of Answers,” at 3:30 p.m. […]
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Americans will celebrate National Voter Registration Day Sept. 25 with a 50-state effort to register voters before Election Day this November. As part of the effort, the University of Maine will host two events to engage the campus community and register voters. Members of the UMaine Voter Activation Team and UMaine UVote will host a […]
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The University of Maine will hold Family and Friends Weekend Friday through Sunday, Sept. 21–23. Many events will be held on campus throughout the weekend, including planetarium shows at the Emera Astronomy Center, a lobster bake sponsored by the University Credit Union, the Black Bear Attack adventure race, Maine Bound Adventure Center’s Paddle Fest, an […]
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Lord Hall Gallery at the University of Maine will host a closing event Friday, Sept. 21 for two current exhibitions that speak to historical and contemporary human concerns. Members of the public are invited to attend an artists’ reception and gallery talk 5:30–7 p.m. in Lord Hall Gallery for “devolve,” installations by Andy Mauery, and […]
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The success and growth of the Virtual Environment and Multimodal Interaction Laboratory (VEMI Lab) over the past 10 years has been possible thanks to the hard work and dedication of its students. To celebrate a decade of VEMI, the lab is hosting the VEMI 10 Conference at Buchanan Alumni House from 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Friday, […]
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