John Thompson, chair of the University of Maine Department of Physics and Astronomy, was named a 2023 Fellow of the American Physical Society. Thompson was elected as a fellow “for performing seminal research on student use of mathematics in physics and the learning and teaching of thermal physics, for leading interdisciplinary collaborations and conferences, and […]
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The hosts of the film podcast “I Saw What You Did” will discuss horror movie classics adapted from Stephen King’s novels in a talk at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 19 at the Innovative Media Research and Commercialization (IMRC) Center. Millie De Chirico and Danielle Henderson will talk attendees through the films “Pet Sematary” and […]
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The University of Maine School of Performing Arts Division of Theatre and Dance is bringing one of the 21st century’s most acclaimed plays to the Hauck Auditorium. “Rabbit Hole,” by David Lindsay-Abaire, will be running from Oct 19-22, with performances at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 19, 20 and 21, and at 2 p.m. Oct. 21 […]
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The Associated Press, the Mirror, Spectrum News, the Bangor Daily News and WFVX (Channel 7) highlighted a partial solar eclipse viewing event hosted by the Versant Power Astronomy Center during Homecoming 2023 at the University of Maine. “As the moon passes between the Earth and the sun, it casts its shadow on our planet. In […]
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University of Maine political science professor Mark Brewer spoke to The Boston Globe about recent voting trends, particularly a growth in partisanship and a new law in Maine that allows independents to vote in state and presidential primaries. “The reality,” he said, “is most independents lean” toward one party or the other.
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CentralMaine.com promoted the University of Maine Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions’ upcoming talk, “’Productive Disagreement’ at the Lake: The Role of Deliberation in Lake Associations” at 3 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 16. Registration is required to attend remotely; to register and receive connection information, visit the event webpage.
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Students and their families, faculty, staff, alumni, members of the extended Black Bear community and the public can participate in the viewing of a partial solar eclipse starting at noon on Saturday, Oct. 14 (weather permitting) at the Clark Telescope on the grounds of the Versant Power Astronomy Center at the University of Maine. In […]
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The Portland Press Herald, the Bangor Daily News and News Center Maine reported on University of Maine computer scientist Torsten Hahmann spearheading the development of an interactive digital tool that will allow users to explore and analyze data on sites and sources of PFAS contamination throughout the U.S. The Sun Journal and CentralMaine.com shared the […]
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Tyrone Crisp, associate professor and co-chair of the University of Maine Department of Mathematics and Statistics, spoke with WABI-TV (Channel 5) about the probability of winning the Powerball jackpot. “The probability of a single person hitting the jackpot by getting the five white balls and the one red ball, it is 1 in 292,201,338,” Crisp […]
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WBUR interviewed Bonnie Newsom, University of Maine associate professor of anthropology, about the Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science (CBIKS) for a segment of the show “On Point.” The center, based at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, will conduct transdisciplinary, placed-based research projects that intertwine Native and Western knowledge systems in collaboration with Indigenous […]
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