“No plan b,” a cross-genre collaboration of movement, light, projection and sound, will premiere at Fort Knox and Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory in Prospect on Aug. 24. The innovative production’s mix of art and technology has been under development for more than a year and was made possible by a research residency at the […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the crowd of eclipse viewers at the University of Maine Emera Astronomy Center to view the eclipse. The 2017 eclipse was the first coast to coast solar eclipse in 99 years, and while Maine wasn’t in the direct path of the moon’s shadow, hundreds gathered at the Emera Astronomy Center […]
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The Bangor Daily News carried a release about Kevin Birch, a member of the music faculty at the University of Maine, being the featured organist at the 2017 Summer Organ Concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 27, at The First Church in Belfast, United Church of Christ. Birch also is organist and director of music at St. John’s Catholic Church in […]
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Jordan LaBouff, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Bangor Daily News article about Native American-themed sports mascots. LaBouff has studied the impact of such mascots with recent UMaine graduate Andrew Tomer, a member of Penobscot Nation. “I think this is really a challenging issue because I 100 percent understand and […]
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The Portland Press Herald published the opinion piece “Let the Stars and Bars stay forever furled in favor of the flag of the free,” by Michael Socolow, an associate professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine.
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Amy Fried, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was a recent guest on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio show. The show focused on voting rights and the debate over voter fraud.
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Charles Scontras, a historian and research associate at the University of Maine’s Bureau of Labor Education, spoke with Maine Public for the report, “State employees union could drop ‘fair share’ fees in exchange for 6 percent raise.” Gov. Paul LePage has been a critic of organized labor, and has long tried to pass legislation to […]
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Nominations for the 2017–18 Maryann Hartman Award and the Maryann Hartman Young Women’s Social Justice Award will be accepted through Nov. 15, with a public celebration planned for March 28, 2018 at the University of Maine. Following a hiatus in 2017, the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program has partnered with UMaine’s Rising Tide Center […]
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The Bangor Daily News cited Charles Scontras, a historian and research associate at the University of Maine’s Bureau of Labor Education, in the article, “LePage’s pay raise offer sways biggest state union to accept ‘right to work’ contract language.” In exchange for a 6 percent pay increase over the next two years, negotiators for the […]
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The American Folk Festival on the Bangor Waterfront announced the University of Maine’s Pride of Maine Black Bear Marching Band will kick off this year’s event, which runs Aug. 25–27. UMaine’s marching band, composed of 116 musicians and directed by Christopher White, will lead a parade through the grounds starting at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. […]
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