The Maine Edge carried a University of Maine news release announcing that for the fourth consecutive year, UMaine is hosting two Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants, one in Mandarin Chinese and the other in Arabic. Ming-Tso Chien of Taiwan and Yahya Mahmoud Elsayed of Egypt have been awarded Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Program […]
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The Bangor Daily News and Mount Desert Islander published a news release advancing a concert in Southwest Harbor by The Silver Duo, chamber musicians and University of Maine music professors Noreen and Phillip Silver. Acadia Family Center will present the concert at the home of Dr. Dick Dimond at 2:30 pm Saturday, Oct. 3. Seating […]
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The Virtual Environment and Multimodal Interaction (VEMI) Laboratory at the University of Maine will hold its third annual open house from 4–6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7. The lab, located in Carnegie Hall, is part of the spatial informatics program in the School of Computing and Information Science and houses Maine’s only research facility that combines […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported the University of Maine Museum of Art will host a screen printing workshop from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10 at the museum in downtown Bangor. Screen printing has been used by a variety of artists including Andy Warhol, according to the report. Kat Johnson, the museum’s education coordinator, […]
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The Maine Edge carried a University of Maine news release announcing the UMaine History Department’s fall 2015 Symposium Series. The public lecture series kicked off Sept. 21 when UMaine history professor Anne Kelly Knowles delivered the talk, “Telling the Spatial Story of the Holocaust: Finding Humanity in Social Science.” On Friday, Oct. 16, Edward Baptist, […]
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Amy Blackstone, a sociology professor at the University of Maine, was a recent guest on WERU Community Radio’s “Maine Currents” program. The show focused on the decision not to have children. Blackstone researches childfree-by-choice adults and the stigma that surrounds them. She also maintains a blog with her husband titled, “we’re {not} having a baby! […]
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Seacoastonline reported seven students from Traip Academy in Kittery attended the weeklong Stormwater Research Institute at the University of Maine over the summer. The students learned about the importance of stormwater drainage and how it can affect other bodies of water, according to the article. “I live close to the water, and it’s interesting to […]
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Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, spoke with the Maine Public Broadcasting Network for the report, “LePage not naming board members, vows to bypass legislature through citizen initiatives.” Gov. Paul LePage said he has decided not to nominate any candidates to fill empty positions on state boards and commissions, citing […]
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Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Maine Public Broadcasting Network report, “Can Democrats unseat Bruce Poliquin?” While the 2nd District congressional election is more than a year away, Democrats are continuing their assault on Republican Congressman Bruce Poliquin’s voting record, according to the report. Since Poliquin […]
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Amy Fried, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Dispatch Times article, “Democrats interrupt party chair to demand more presidential debates.” According to Fried, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign rallies have become a strong draw, and his liberal views play to the Democratic Party’s base, the article states.
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