The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release announcing UMaine’s Department of Art is accepting applications for the fall 2015 session of after-school art classes for area children in grades K–8. The ArtWorks! program provides children an opportunity to explore the world of art through hands-on experiences with a variety of visual media, […]
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British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (BSECS) recently published a review by Deborah Rogers, an English professor at the University of Maine. Rogers wrote about “Warriors and Mothers: Epic Mbembe Art,” an exhibit currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
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For the fourth consecutive year, the University of Maine 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 grants to serve as teaching assistants in Mandarin and […]
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The 2016 U.S. News & World Report Best College rankings again lists the University of Maine among the top national universities for their academic quality. UMaine’s ranking of 168 out of 199 in the national university category is up five points from last year. Also cited in the 2016 U.S. News rankings is the Maine […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Jessica Miller, a philosophy professor at the University of Maine, for the article, “Warning: This education might trigger trauma. Are we coddling college students?” A trigger warning or content advisory informs readers who have experienced trauma that content in an article or book may cause them to re-experience that trauma, […]
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The Maine Edge advanced the 2015 Hispanic Heritage Month Lecture Series to be hosted by the University of Maine and CHISPA Centro Hispano throughout September and October. All lectures will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays starting Sept. 17 at UMaine’s Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium, 165 Barrows Hall. The events are free and open […]
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The University of Maine’s History Department will host several public lectures as part of its fall 2015 Symposium Series. The series kicks off at 3:15 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21 when UMaine history professor Anne Kelly Knowles delivers the talk, “Telling the Spatial Story of the Holocaust: Finding Humanity in Social Science,” in the Fernald APPE […]
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University of Maine student Samantha Morse wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled “Poliquin’s vote may make it harder for Mainers to afford college.” Morse grew up in Peru, Maine, and is a graduate of Dirigo High School. She is a third-year political science major at the University of Maine and communications […]
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University of Maine student Adam Fortier-Brown wrote an opinion piece published by Centralmaine.com titled, “Boys State started teen on the road to an internship at the State House.” Fortier-Brown of Randolph is a first-year student at the University of Maine where he is studying economics and political science.
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A free training workshop for college women who are interested in sharpening their leadership skills and learning more about political campaigns will be held Saturday, Sept. 26 at Wells Conference Center on the University of Maine campus. Elect Her — Campus Women Win participants will learn the basics of running a successful student government campaign, […]
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