Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, spoke with WVII (Channel 7) for a report about fake news. “I think what’s really going on here, more often than not, is an attempt to try and discredit opposing points of view in the attempt to accomplish what you want to get accomplished,” […]
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For second-year University of Maine student Nina Mahaleris from Augusta, Maine, UMaine was close to home and provided generous financial aid. Best of all, after the first semester, she also found all the learning and engagement opportunities she desired in the UMaine student experience. “It definitely surprised me,” says Mahaleris, a double major in journalism […]
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Micah Pawling, an assistant professor of history and Native American studies at the University of Maine, is one of eight humanities scholars nationwide to be awarded a 2017 Public Engagement Fellowship from the Whiting Foundation. The eight were selected from more than 80 scholars nominated from over 50 institutions. The fellowship supports scholars as they […]
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The Bangor Daily News advanced the third Maine Science Festival set for March 16–19 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. Linda Silka, a senior fellow at the University of Maine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, has been a board member and volunteer for the festival since it began. “It’s so important […]
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During spring break, the University Singers will embark on a four-stop tour, March 13–17, before returning to the University of Maine for two concerts at Minsky Recital Hall March 25–26. The annual spring tour will include free concerts at the First Baptist Church of Bar Harbor, 7 p.m. Monday, March 13; Gray-New Gloucester High School […]
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Andy Mauery, associate professor of art, has work in the exhibition, “T’ART,” sponsored by Sweet ‘Art at the Bones and Pearl Gallery, London, U.K., March 7–9. Celebrating International Women’s Day, T’ART brings together a range of visual artists, whose work explores themes of feminine identity. Each artist tackles the theme in an idiosyncratic way, examining […]
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Kathleen Ellis, an adjunct assistant professor in the University of Maine’s Honors College, will teach a poetry workshop in March at the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, The Courier-Gazette reported. Ellis, who also is a lecturer in UMaine’s English department, is an award-winning author of five collections of poetry. Her most recent work is “Narrow […]
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The Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series Committee is accepting grant applications from the University of Maine community. Grants support up to 50 percent of expenses associated with cultural events that enhance the artistic, cultural and intellectual life of UMaine. The next application deadline is March 27. Proposals must be submitted online using the CA/DLS Grant Application […]
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News organizations around the world, including the Bangor Daily News, reported on NASA’s recent announcement that it has discovered a solar system containing seven rocky, Earth-sized planets 39 light years away. The bodies orbit an ultracool dwarf star, according to NASA. Shawn Laatsch, director of the Emera Maine Astronomy Center and Jordan Planetarium, spoke with […]
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The Maine Edge published a review of the University of Maine School of Performing Arts production of “The Pajama Game.” Dawn McAndrews, producing artistic director of the Theater at Monmouth, is guest directing the UMaine production of the musical, written by George Abbott and Richard Bissell, with music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry […]
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