Liberal Arts and Sciences

Student working in a chemistry lab

NSF grant funds STEM education project in chemistry

Scientists and science educators have emphasized the vital role that reasoning with analogies plays in innovation, making new discoveries and advancing science. Fostering college students’ use of analogical reasoning in constructing scientific arguments in chemistry laboratory work is the focus of a more than $278,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. Mitchell Bruce and Alice […]

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Artist to deliver Distinguished Honors Graduate Lecture Sept. 27

The Honors College at the University of Maine will present the TIAA-CREF 2016–2017 Distinguished Honors Graduate Lecture with artist Mark Pettegrow on Tuesday, Sept. 27. Pettegrow will present “Fairing the Edge: In Search of Eloquent Form,” at 3:30 p.m. in Neville Hall, Room 101. In addition, an exhibition featuring several of Pettegrow’s sculptures will be […]

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Socolow writes op-ed on LePage for Boston Globe

The Boston Globe published an opinion piece about Maine’s governor by Michael Socolow, an associate professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine. The piece is titled, “Paul LePage: Dickens, with a dash of King.”

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Reuters quotes Brewer in report on LePage, anger in politics

Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Reuters article, “Maine governor’s outburst tests limits of anger politics.” Republican Gov. Paul LePage recently sparked criticism after leaving an obscenity-laced voicemail message for a lawmaker who he believed had called him a racist, according to the article. Legislative leaders […]

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Sorg’s fatal drug overdose statistics cited in BDN story

A preliminary analysis by Marcella Sorg, a University of Maine medical and forensic anthropologist, was cited in a Bangor Daily News article about drug overdoses in the state. According to the Aug. 30 article, in the first six months of 2016, 189 people in Maine have died by drug overdose — an increase of 50 […]

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Arts and culture: Landscape as language

Read transcript For recently retired professor Michael Lewis, art is a way of feeling more deeply. For half a century, he has created an innovative body of art that has inspired generations, and been exhibited and acquired in prestigious collections. Lewis doesn’t just paint landscapes, says his colleague Laurie Hicks. He paints ideas. Thoughts. Possibilities. […]

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Volunteers help new students move into residence halls

UMaine welcomes its largest incoming class

The University of Maine is welcoming its largest incoming class — 2,300 students — with Maine Hello on Aug. 26, in preparation for the start of classes for the fall semester on Monday. Arriving on campus, members of the Class of 2020 and their families are being greeted by hundreds of UMaine community volunteers who […]

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