The Kaohsiung American School (KAS) String Orchestra will perform at the University of Maine on March 30. The 7:30 p.m. performance in Minsky Recital Hall also will feature the University of Maine Orchestra. Pieces to be performed include “Flight of The Bumblebee” by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, “Marche Slav” by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, “Russian Sailor’s Dance” by Reinhold […]
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Investigative journalism in a “post-truth” age will be the focus of a lecture by the editor of the Boston Globe Spotlight Team on April 20 at the University of Maine. Patricia Wen, who leads the nation’s oldest continuously operating newspaper investigative unit, will speak on “Getting It Right: Investigative Journalism in a ‘Post-Truth’ Age” as […]
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The New York Times published an opinion piece by Michael Socolow, an associate professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine. The piece is titled, “How to prevent smart people from spreading dumb ideas.”
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Nancy MacLean, the distinguished William H. Chafe Professor of History and Public Policy at Duke University, will deliver the annual Howard B. Schonberger Peace and Social Justice Lecture at the University of Maine on March 29. MacLean’s lecture, “The Origins of Today’s Billionaire-Funded Radical Right and the Crisis of Democracy,” will begin at 5:30 p.m. […]
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The University of Maine Concert Band will hold its inaugural “Concert for a Cause” on March 29 at the Collins Center for the Arts. The band, directed by Philip Edelman, will headline an evening of music, fundraising and storytelling beginning at 7 p.m. Edelman says the idea for the concert came from his students who […]
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Maine singer-songwriter David Mallett will be the second featured guest of the Framing Maine conversation series at the University of Maine on April 7. “Framing Maine Two: An Evening of Song and Story with David Mallett,” will take place at 7 p.m. in Minsky Recital Hall, Class of 1944 Hall. Mallett is a Maine native […]
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An expert on connecting cutting-edge environmental science with public policy will speak at the University of Maine’s second annual Libby Lecture in Natural Resource Policy on Tuesday, April 10. Noelle Eckley Selin, an associate professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Institute for Data, Systems and Society and the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary […]
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Enzo Traverso, the Susan and Barton Winokur Professor in the Humanities at Cornell University, will speak March 29 at the University of Maine. Traverso’s talk, “Burdens of the Past: The Age of Left-Wing Melancholia,” will begin at 4 p.m. in the Allen and Sally Fernald APPE space at the IMRC Center in Stewart Commons. Refreshments […]
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Barbara Kates, a community organizer for Maine-Wabanaki REACH, will speak March 27 at the University of Maine. Kates’ presentation, “Truth, Healing and Change in the Land of the Dawn,” will be held 4–6 p.m. in the Coe Room of the Memorial Union. The discussion will include how to work toward change in the relationship between […]
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Hometown: Brewer, Maine She studies music education and performance. I love music, I always have. I think being in bands helped me to be able to talk with people after I was homeschooled. I want to pass that passion and encouragement to others and watch them grow as people. I like to go out with […]
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