Twenty-one University of Maine faculty have received tenure and/or promotion. The faculty members were nominated by UMaine President Susan J. Hunter based on a peer and administrative review of their successful teaching, research and public service, and approved by the University of Maine System Board of Trustees. “UMaine’s world-class faculty are at the heart of […]
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The Associated Press spoke with Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, for a report about the costs of lawsuits involving Gov. Paul LePage. Lawsuits in which LePage hired outside legal representation have cost the state at least $110,000 since last fall, raising the total expenditures to at least half a […]
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Charles C. Mann describes the amazing Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan with running water and clean streets, as well as Mexican societies cultivating maize and American Indians shaping the world in which they lived. All before Christopher Columbus landed in the Americas. The science journalist and best-selling author will deliver a free, public lecture at 7 […]
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The Kennebec Journal ran a University of Maine media release announcing junior Taylor Michele Houdlette was awarded the George J. Mitchell Peace Scholarship. The junior English major from Dresden will study abroad in Ireland during the 2018 fall semester as part of the student exchange program. The competitive merit-based scholarship honors the 1998 Northern Ireland […]
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The Bangor Daily News cited Neil Comins, a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Maine, in the editorial, “Stephen Hawking’s sage advice on life, love and black holes.” Hawking, a theoretical physicist, died March 14 at the age of 76. Hawking’s unexpected findings about black holes intrigued people outside the scientific community, […]
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The Maine Edge published an interview with Kate Dickerson, director of the Maine Science Festival, ahead of the fourth annual event that will be held throughout downtown Bangor and Orono March 15–18. The University of Maine is one of the major event sponsors. Several members of the UMaine community will lead workshops and participate in […]
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MastersinCommunications.com published an interview with Nathan Stormer, chair of the Department of Communication and Journalism at the University of Maine. Stormer spoke about UMaine’s master of arts in communication and mass communication program.
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Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for the article, “After 25 years of term limits, Maine still has plenty of career politicians.” Brewer said he has long opposed term limits because they rob the Legislature of institutional knowledge. “I can’t for the life of […]
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The Maine Press Association, in collaboration with the University of Maine, recently awarded 2017–2018 Maine Press Association Scholarships to two UMaine undergraduate students. This year’s recipients are Kathryn Caulfield of Naples, Maine and Aliya Uteovoa of Astana, Kazakhstan. Both are senior journalism majors who work for The Maine Campus, the school’s independent student newspaper. Uteovoa […]
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Taylor Michele Houdlette, a third-year English major at the University of Maine, has been awarded the George J. Mitchell Peace Scholarship and will study abroad in Ireland during the fall 2018 semester as part of the student exchange program. The competitive merit-based scholarship is made possible by an agreement between Maine and Ireland for a […]
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