Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was cited in an Associated Press report on Sen. Angus King’s comments during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in Washington. A day before former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony, King captured attention for a barb aimed at Michael Rogers, the director of the National […]
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The annual conference of the U.S. Chapter of the International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS) will be held June 12–16 at the University of Maine. The theme of this year’s meeting is emergency management, homeland security and computing. Throughout the five-day event, sponsored by the UMaine Cybersecurity Lab and the University of Maine System, U.S. and […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported Shakespeare scholar Caroline Bicks has been named to fill the University of Maine’s new Stephen E. King Chair in Literature. Bicks will leave her job at Boston College, where she has been an English professor since 2002, to take on the new UMaine post in September. Bicks grew up in […]
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A Shakespeare scholar whose public talks focus on the Bard in popular culture has been selected to hold the inaugural Stephen E. King Chair in Literature at the University of Maine. Caroline Bicks is an associate professor of English at Boston College, where she has been teaching since 2002. She will leave Boston College to […]
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Psychology professor Rebecca MacAulay and music education professor Philip Edelman have partnered on an innovative cognitive research project that teaches older adults to read and play music. The Maine Understanding Sensory Integration and Cognition (MUSIC) Project recently wrapped up pilot programs with two groups of older adults in Brewer. Participants in the project, many of whom had […]
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Kenneth Palmer, a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Portland Press Herald article, “Sen. Collins says Indiana’s plan to expand Medicaid could be a model for Maine.” Medicaid expansion is working in states like Indiana, where the Obama administration approved waivers that permit the program to be […]
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Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was interviewed by the Associated Press for a report about the Maine governor’s race. Six people have announced plans to run, but there are several high-profile politicians, including Republican Sen. Susan Collins, who could shake up the race, the AP reported. A Collins candidacy […]
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece “More guns won’t make our universities and colleges any safer,” by Steven Barkan and alumnus Michael Rocque. Barkan is a sociology professor at the University of Maine and author of “Criminology: A Sociological Understanding.” Rocque is an assistant professor of sociology at Bates College. They are both […]
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The University of Maine will host the third annual conference of the U.S. chapter of The International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS) June 12–16. This year, presentations and interactive sessions offered by U.S. and international experts will focus on “Emergency Management, Homeland Security, and Computing.” The five-day event also will provide networking opportunities for attendees and […]
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Amy Blackstone, a sociology professor at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Huffington Post titled, “Recognizing childfree families on International Family Day.” Blackstone conducts research on the decision not to become a parent. She and her husband maintain the blog, “We’re {not} having a baby! childfree adventures in a child-centric world.”
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