WLBZ (Channel 2) reported on the Portland Public Library’s exhibit of William Shakespeare’s First Folio. The University of Maine Humanities Center and Department of English co-sponsored a bus trip to Portland to tour collections at the Osher Map Library, as well as attend a public lecture and view Shakespeare’s First Folio. “I think anything that […]
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The Sun Journal reported bands from Leavitt, Edward Little and Lewiston high schools will perform a free concert with the University of Maine Symphonic Band at 7 p.m. Friday, April 8, at the Leavitt Area High School. The show is part of the UMaine Symphonic Band’s performance tour through southern Maine that includes 10 free […]
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The University of Maine will host several public programs centered around a free performance of a play that offers historical and contemporary insight into the plight of women in Iran. “The Poets and the Assassin” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 7 in Minsky Recital Hall on campus. The play portrays struggles Iranian […]
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The Boston Globe published an opinion piece by Michael Socolow, an associate professor in the Department of Communication and Journalism at the University of Maine, titled “Trump is trapped in the moment.”
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Samuel Belknap, a Ph.D. student in the Adaptation to Abrupt Climate Change NSF IGERT Fellowship program pursuing a degree in anthropology and environmental policy at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Hakai Magazine article, “A warming threat to Maine’s lobsters.” In 2012, lobstermen started showing up at Belknap’s family dock in Bristol with […]
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The Maine Edge advanced scheduled public star shows in April at the University of Maine’s Emera Astronomy Center. Star shows are held throughout the month at 7 p.m. Fridays and 2 p.m. Sundays. On Fridays, viewers can see “To Space and Back.” On Sunday afternoons, younger viewers can experience “In My Backyard.” Admission to all […]
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Members of the University of Maine community and general public are invited to join a bus trip to Portland to tour collections at the Osher Map Library, as well as attend a public lecture and view William Shakespeare’s First Folio at the Portland Public Library. The UMaine Humanities Center (UMHC) and Department of English are […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on a presentation by Kathleen Kingsbury, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and deputy managing editor of The Boston Globe. The 2015 award winner for editorial writing spoke at the Bangor Public Library as part of Pulitzer Week. To celebrate 100 years of the Pulitzer Prizes, the University of Maine’s Department of […]
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Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, spoke with WABI (Channel 5) about the presidential race ahead of the April 5 primary in Wisconsin. Brewer said he thinks the Democrats are closer to having a nominee and “at this point Hillary Clinton seems to, if not have the nomination locked up, […]
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University of Maine student Jaymi Thibault wrote an article for the Bangor Daily News titled “Bangor wants to know how to communicate with you. Here’s your chance to spill.” Thibault is an undergraduate political science student and member of the Honors College. This year, Thibault will be conducting research in collaboration with the city of […]
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