Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in Portland Press Herald and Fosters.com articles on the coming Maine caucuses. Both state parties are reporting strong interest among voters in their respective caucuses, which are being held this weekend and will follow dramatically different models, according to the Press Herald. […]
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The annual spring tour of the 66-member University Singers from the University of Maine will include performances at high schools, churches and a community college in four states, March 7–12. Free public concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. at the following locations: March 7, Winnisquam Regional High School, Tilton, New Hampshire; March 8, James and Betty […]
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The Maine Public Broadcasting Network reported the Historical Atlas of Maine has received the 2016 American Association of Geographers Globe Book Award for Public Understanding of Geography. The atlas, the result of a 15-year scholarly project led by University of Maine researchers, offers a new geographical and historical interpretation of Maine, from the end of […]
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David Sturm, an instructional laboratory and lecture demonstration specialist at the University of Maine, visited WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) to give engineering physics demonstrations and talk about the 2016 Engineering EXPO that will take place Saturday, Feb. 27 in the New Balance Field House on campus. From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., […]
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The Maine Edge and Bangor Daily News published reviews of the University of Maine School of Performing Arts production of the award-winning Broadway hit “Urinetown, The Musical.” The satirical comedy by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis is the story of a bureaucracy run amok when a water shortage after a 20-year drought results in a […]
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Editor’s note: Story updated Feb. 25. The Historical Atlas of Maine has received the 2016 American Association of Geographers Globe Book Award for Public Understanding of Geography. The atlas, the result of a 15-year scholarly project led by University of Maine researchers, offers a new geographical and historical interpretation of Maine, from the end of […]
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A team of researchers led by Merrill “Pete” Elias of the Department of Psychology at the University of Maine published commentary in the Feb. 13 online issue of the journal EBioMedicine citing the importance of a new population-based study on the vision impairment and eye diseases in persons with chronic kidney disease (Wong et all., […]
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Several media outlets, including The Washington Post, New York Post, The Telegraph and Tech Times reported on a new study by researchers at the University of South Australia, University of Maine and Luxembourg Institute of Health that found chocolate intake is associated with better cognitive function. Merrill “Pete” Elias, a UMaine professor of psychology and […]
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Michael Socolow, an associate professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine, was a recent guest on NPR’s “Only a Game.” In the report, “Nazis pioneered broadcasting… and made Jesse Owens a star,” Socolow said today’s sports broadcasters owe a nod to an otherwise dark chapter in world history. “Global sports broadcasting, as […]
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Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was a guest on WERU’s “Democracy Forum” hosted by Ann Luther of the League of Women Voters of Maine. The program’s topic was “Political Equality: The Founding Vision, the Modern Reality.”
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