In a report about the historical impact of Penobscot performer Molly Nelson, also known as Molly Spotted Elk, the New York Times cited information from the Fogler Library at the University of Maine, and spoke to John Bear Mitchell, lecturer of Wabanaki studies at UMaine. “There’s a real difference in the voice, and there’s a […]
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Reuters spoke to Mark Brewer, professor of political science at the University of Maine, about whether Democrats will be able to secure votes from rural America through funding infrastructure. Brewer told Reuters that President Biden’s problems in Maine’s rural second district, which backed Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012 before embracing Donald Trump, are a […]
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In an article about using the Fibonacci sequence for garden planning, the Bangor Daily News spoke to Brandon Hanson, assistant professor of mathematics at University of Maine. “It has to do to some extent with how things replicate in nature. The patterns look nice so we use them as a frame of reference [and] that’s […]
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The Bangor Daily News shared that the University of Maine Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center and the Collins Center for the Arts will host a free public lecture with Grammy, Pulitzer Prize and MacArthur “Genius” grant winner Rhiannon Giddens and conversation with trumpet professor Jack Burt at 1 p.m. on Sept. 23 in the […]
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A new docu-series about Maine nature by Aislinn Sarnacki, a lecturer with the University of Maine Department of Communication and Journalism, is premiering Maine Public television at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14 Maine Public television. “Borealis” is a multimedia outdoors series that explores the state as Sarnacki and her colleagues, hike, bike, fish and surf. […]
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Faculty from the University of Maine Intermedia Programs are showcasing their latest work — a diverse array of analog and digital media demonstrating contemporary artistic practice — during their 2023 symposium at the Innovation Media and Innovative Media Research and Commercialization (IMRC) Center. The exhibition includes artwork from Sheridan Kelley Adams, Arturo Camacho, Bethany Engstrom […]
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Merrilee Schoen wants to use art to show that social change can be joyous. Through her project called the Joy Truck, which is a central part of her thesis for the master’s program in Intermedia Studies at the University of Maine, Schoen has been exploring what community joy means, and what individuals and artists can […]
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The Bangor Daily News, the Sun Journal, Centralmaine.com, WABI-TV (CBS 5 in Bangor) and WFVX-TV (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) featured University of Maine graduate student Vitaliia “Vita” Tomakhiv’s 37-minute documentary called “The Dimension of War: Those Who Hold the Independence of Ukraine,” in which she shares footage of her interviews with four members of […]
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The Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post cited the preface of a recent report by the American Political Science Association in which Mark Brewer, professor of political science at the University of Maine, asserts that “today’s Republican and Democratic Parties have evolved to a place where they emphasize difference, stoke fear and animosity, and […]
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In an article about road salt impacting Maine salamanders, The Maine Monitor cited a 2022 assessment of statewide road salt practices done by researchers at the University of Maine which shows that while the Maine Department of Transportation pre-wets its salt, most municipalities don’t, even though simply wetting the mixture before it’s applied dramatically reduces […]
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