Six University of Maine students will put their computer hacking skills to the test this weekend at the second Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition at Rochester Institute of Technology. The UMaine students, most of whom are computer science majors, will compete against students from nine other universities. By racing each other to hack into computer networks, […]
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The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release about “Constellations,” a joint production of the School of Performing Arts and Emera Astronomy Center. UMaine’s Jordan Planetarium will be the setting for the play by British playwright Nick Payne that opens Nov. 15. Marcia Joy Douglas, an associate professor of theatre, will direct the […]
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The Washington Post carried an Associated Press report on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s push to win the vote in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District. In the story, the AP spoke with University of Maine political science professor Mark Brewer about Trump’s appeal in the largely rural district. “When you take the economic, geographic, community-type profile, […]
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Marie Olesen Urbanski Whittaker, a former University of Maine professor, feminist and liberal activist, passed away Oct. 24. She was 94. Whittaker was an English professor at UMaine for more than 20 years where her scholarship focused on the contributions of Margaret Fuller, a 19th century feminist and visionary, according to Whittaker’s obituary. Glamour.com recently […]
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The University of Maine is addressing the state’s shortage of foreign language teachers and the resulting lack of language instruction for young learners in an after-school program at the Franco-American Center. Launched last fall, K–5 students in the Bangor-Orono-Old Town receive two hours of French-language instruction, twice a week, for a $50 fee. The program […]
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The University of Maine’s Jordan Planetarium will be the setting for “Constellations,” a play by British playwright Nick Payne that opens Nov. 15 as part of the School of Performing Arts season. Associate Professor of Theater Marcia Joy Douglas will direct the production that features a cast of two. UMaine’s Innovative Media Research and Commercialization […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on the death of University of Maine archaeologist and associate professor Brian Robinson. Robinson, who was 63, died at his home in Orono last week after a long illness. Robinson held joint appointments in the Department of Anthropology and the Climate Change Institute. “In Maine archaeology, Brian was a leader […]
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The Economist cited Mark Brewer, a University of Maine political science professor, in a story on what America can learn about a possible Donald Trump presidency from the tenure of Maine Gov. Paul LePage.
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University of Maine archaeologist and associate professor Brian Robinson died Oct. 27 at his home in Orono after a long illness. He was 63. Robinson held joint appointments in the Department of Anthropology and the Climate Change Institute. Prior to joining the UMaine community in 1989 as an assistant research professor, Robinson worked at the […]
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Maine Public Radio spoke with Jane Smith, chairwoman of the University of Maine’s Modern Languages and Classics Department, for a story on the challenge of retaining the already limited supply of foreign language teachers in Maine’s public schools. Smith told the network about two of her students, both French speakers from Africa, who taught at […]
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