This summer, the Maine EPSCoR High School Research Internship Program celebrates its 10th year of engaging high school students in collegiate-level STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) opportunities. Students, who are currently engaged in research in their respective fields of interest, will present posters on their findings 2–4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17, at the Mitchell […]
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The Boston Globe published an opinion piece by Michael Socolow, an associate professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine, titled “Broadcast the Olympics live. History demands it.” Socolow’s book, “Six Minutes in Berlin: Broadcast Spectacle and Rowing Gold at the Nazi Olympics” will be published this fall. Daily Mail cited Socolow’s Boston […]
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For the past year, Professor of English Margo Lukens has collaborated with Carol Dana and other members of the Penobscot Nation to research and bring to the stage turn-of-the-century Wabanaki stories. Those stories have been compiled into a script for dramatic performance including poems, music and Penobscot language, presented by Penobscot Theatre Company, Aug. 11–14. […]
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Amy Blackstone, a sociology professor at the University of Maine, spoke with USA Today for the article, “Trump harassment remarks called ‘victim blaming.’” Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was criticized for saying his daughter Ivanka would “find another career or find another company” if harassed. In a 2012 study, Blackstone and two colleagues found women […]
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Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, spoke with the Sun Journal for an article about Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s upcoming rally in Portland. So far, Gov. Paul LePage is the only “big-name Maine Republican” that has announced plans to attend, according to the article. U.S. Sen. Susan Collins said […]
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Dan Sandweiss, a professor of anthropology and quaternary and climate studies at the University of Maine, was elected Vice President for Chapter Development of the Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society. Sandweiss, who also is director of UMaine’s School of Policy and International Affairs, was elected to the position on July 30 at the 2016 […]
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The annual Chamber Music Institute at the University of Maine will feature three public concerts Aug. 6–7 — a performance by New York Philharmonic violinist Jin Suk Yu, and two student performances. Yu, the former concertmaster of the Juilliard Orchestra, will perform with classical pianist Maxim Pakhamov and the Chamber Music Institute Orchestra. Tickets for […]
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VillageSoup reported Kathleen Ellis, who teaches poetry and creative writing at the University of Maine, will participate in a Summer Poetry Reading at 6 p.m. Aug. 8 at Rockland Public Library. Rockland Poet Laureate Joanna Hynd will host the reading that will feature Ellis, Dave Morrison and Claire Milliken, according to the article. The event […]
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Liam Riordan, a University of Maine history professor, will deliver the 2016 Deborah Pulliam Memorial Lecture at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine. Riordan’s talk, “The Promise and the Need: Humanities in the 21st Century,” will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4 in the 1954 Lecture Hall of the Harold Alfond Student Center. Riordan, […]
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Tony Brinkley, a professor of English and faculty associate at the University of Maine Franco-American Centre, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for the article, “African immigrants drive French-speaking renaissance in Maine.” According to the article, Maine is experiencing a small, but growing, French language revival among lifelong residents trying to preserve their French heritage […]
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