Liberal Arts and Sciences

The Hindu covers Allen’s talk on Gandhi at university in India

The Hindu covered a talk by University of Maine philosophy professor Doug Allen at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. Allen, who also is the distinguished chairman in Gandhian philosophy at IIT Bombay, spoke about the significance of Mahatma Gandhi in India. Allen said the fundamental precepts of Gandhism are more relevant today when caste, […]

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2016 Maine Government Summer Internship Program accepting applications

The Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine is accepting applications for the 2016 Maine Government Summer Internship Program. The 12-week program provides full-time, paid, summer work experiences in state or local/county agencies. For many years, the program has offered talented college students an opportunity to participate in and contribute to Maine […]

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Personalized instruction and course guides available for faculty

Librarians at Fogler Library teach a range of research sessions that support educational goals across disciplines, and they often provide supplementary assistance by creating online course guides. These course guides help link students to articles, databases and other resources relevant to their research. Course guides librarians have created for faculty this semester include BUA 325: […]

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Katie Keaton: For theatre major, all the world’s a stage

Sunday is not a day of rest for Katherine (Katie) Keaton. From 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., the theatre major at the University of Maine rehearses dances for various projects and clubs. “My friends know I’m not free on Sundays,” says the Caribou native who concentrates in scenic design and minors in dance and business […]

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Riess receives maritime research award

Warren Riess is the recipient of the 2015 John Gardner Maritime Research Award from the Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, Connecticut. Riess, a research associate professor of history, anthropology and marine sciences, is based at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole. Riess earned the award for making a significant contribution to the […]

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Blackstone leads Digital Commons downloads

“Gender Roles and Society,” a 2003 encyclopedia entry by University of Maine sociology professor Amy Blackstone, is the most downloaded, full-text article currently available in DigitalCommons@UMaine. “It is tremendously gratifying to know that my work has reached such a large audience. I’m stunned,” Blackstone says of the article’s nearly 20,300 downloads. Although the Digital Commons […]

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Brewer speaks with WVII about what influences voters

WVII (Channel 7) interviewed Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, for a segment about the factors that sway voters. “Theories of voting behaviors is one of the most researched questions of political science,” Brewer said. “It is also one of the most difficult to answer.” He cited studies conducted at […]

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Applications being accepted for after-school art program, Maine Edge reports

The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release announcing the University of Maine Department of Art is accepting applications for the after-school ArtWorks! Program. As it has for more than 30 years, UMaine’s Art Education Program will offer the program for students in grades K–8. ArtWorks! provides children an opportunity to explore the […]

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‘Urinetown: The Musical’ to be performed at UMaine Feb. 19–28

Orono, Maine — More than 60 artists will take to the stage in the University of Maine School of Performing Arts production of the award-winning Broadway hit “Urinetown, The Musical,” Feb. 19–28. in Hauck Auditorium. The satirical comedy by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis is the story of a bureaucracy run amok when a water […]

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