The University of Maine will open its 2016 Senior Art Exhibition, “MULTIFARIOUS: Artists in Flux,” with a reception from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9 at the Lord Hall Gallery. The show, which runs through Feb. 3, features 82 works of art, including paintings, drawings, etchings, silkscreens, woodcuts, sculpture, ceramics, digital paintings and photography. […]
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New research from the Maine-Syracuse Longitudinal Study (MSLS) confirms that persons who eat chocolate at least once a week have a lower prevalence of diabetes and are at lower risk for a diagnosis of diabetes four to five years later. The study also indicates that the relation between the frequency of chocolate consumption may be […]
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Miranda Roberts of Hermon, Maine spent five weeks last summer working in the office of a member of the Canadian Parliament. The only UMaine student to receive last year’s Canadian Parliamentary Internship, Roberts traveled to Ottawa with about 30 students from the University of Michigan-Dearborn, which partnered with UMaine for the program. From May 8 […]
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UMBC News reported on a recent online discussion forum moderated by Nathan Stormer, chair of the Communication and Journalism Department at the University of Maine. Experts from National Geographic, NPR and other national leaders in the arts, humanities and sciences connected by webcam last week to discuss 10 images for “How Science is Pictured in […]
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Darren Ranco, an associate professor of anthropology and director of Native American research at the University of Maine, took part in a panel discussion on indigenous lands and environmental justice, according to a Bowdoin news release. The Brunswick event provided historical context for and analysis of the protest against a proposed oil pipeline sited close […]
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Computer science students at the University of Maine will showcase original games they have created on Thursday, Dec. 8. Two video game exhibitions will be held in the Soderberg Center of Jenness Hall on the UMaine campus. The events are free and open to the public. From 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., 14 teams of […]
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Michael Socolow, a professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Quartz article about popular Orwellian euphemisms such as “post-truth” and “alt-right.” “The idea of post-truth is that it implies that truth is over,” Socolow said. “120 million Americans voted in this past election, and I’m not ready to […]
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Witness Ebenezer Scrooge’s transformation from a bitter, selfish man to a joyous, generous person in “A Christmas Carol” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8, at the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine. Since 1979, the Nebraska Theatre Caravan, the professional touring wing of the Omaha Community Playhouse, has been performing Charles […]
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Kat Johnson, education coordinator at the University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor, was a recent guest on WABI (Channel 5). She spoke about the museum’s Winter Art Factory set for 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3. The event, which will be held ahead of the Festival of Lights Parade, will […]
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WVII (Channel 7) aired a story last month about a University of Maine journalism class and its efforts to cover the November election. Nearly 30 students in Joshua Roiland’s Introduction to Journalism course set up a newsroom and covered local, state and national election stories. Roiland is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication […]
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