The Bangor Daily News reported University of Maine students Maire Gardner and Abbie Allen, along with Portland artist Mike Lewis, painted pianos for the Queen City Piano Project. The project was organized by local arts nonprofit Launchpad, and was part of ARTober, a monthlong celebration of the arts in Bangor, according to the article. The […]
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The Times of India reported Doug Allen, a philosophy professor at the University of Maine, will attend an international summit on peace and harmony in Varanasi, India. The summit is organized by the Banaras Hindu University and will be held Dec. 18–20, according to the article. Narendra Modi, the prime minister of India, may also […]
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The London-based Times Higher Education published a review by University of Maine history professor Howard Segal on Ann Larabee’s “The Wrong Hands: Popular Weapons Manuals and Their Historic Challenges to a Democratic Society.”
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The Maine Edge reported the University of Maine Museum of Art (UMMA) in downtown Bangor will host Drop & Shop from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 28. The event allows parents to drop their children off at the museum while they do some holiday shopping on Small Business Saturday. Children aged 8–12 will […]
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Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Portland Press Herald article, “Without a majority vote, Lewiston’s mayoral race goes to a runoff.” Mayor Robert Macdonald and challenger Ben Chin will face each other in a runoff election Dec. 8 after finishing at the top of the field […]
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WABI (Channel 5) spoke with Michael Munson of Hudson for a report about his decision to finish college almost three decades after attending the University of Maine for classes the first time. In 1981, Munson’s university studies were interrupted due to family obligations, so he entered the workforce. He became employed as a mechanical trades […]
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The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release announcing the UMaine Humanities Center and several area sponsors will present a performance and audience discussion on the effects of war Nov. 12. Outside the Wire, a social impact company, will perform “Theater of War” at the Bangor Opera House at 131 Main Street from […]
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The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has announced the recipients of the Academic Year Research and Creative Activities Fellowships for 2015–16. The fellowships were developed to enhance and increase undergraduate student involvement in faculty-supervised research. Each fellowship provides a $1,000 award for the student to help cover costs of their project. The […]
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The Daily Bulldog reported Reuben Dendinger, a master’s of arts candidate at the University of Maine, and Bethany Wicks, a creative writing student at the University of Maine at Farmington, were chosen as the co-winners of the 2015 Henry Braun Memorial Poetry Prize. The $1,000 prize, to be split between Wicks and Dendinger, was established […]
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Amy Blackstone, a sociology professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in the HealthAim article, “Taylor Swift countersues radio personality: The trauma of sexual harassment.” The singer recently filed a countersuit against a radio host who allegedly touched her inappropriately during a meet-and-greet in 2013, according to the article. Sexual harassment has the same […]
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