Spectrum News interviewed Mark Brewer, professor of political science at the University of Maine, about President Joe Biden visiting Auburn, Maine. Brewer said that the fact that Biden is coming to Maine at all is “a little bit of a head scratcher,” but noted that Auburn has a long history of organized labor and is […]
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The New York Times featured “Night of the Living Rez” by Morgan Talty, assistant professor of English at the University of Maine, in an article about “[reading] your way through Maine.”
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The Portland Press Herald interviewed Michael Socolow, professor in the University of Maine Department of Communication and Journalism, about the Portland Phoenix releasing its last issue. Socolow said that the loss of an alternative news source in Portland at this time — when Maine’s largest city is growing and residents need to be well-informed — […]
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Stephanie Tillotson, who previously received a bachelor’s degree in Spanish from the University of Maine, was awarded a $8,500 fellowship from Phi Kappa Phi — the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Tillotson, a former UMaine Honors College student of Cumberside, Maine, plans to pursue a Juris Doctor degree […]
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Mark Brewer, professor of political science at the University of Maine, spoke to the Portland Press Herald about a proposal in the Maine state legislature to ban foreign campaign spending. “I do think it will be one of the most expensive, if not the most expensive, referenda of all time in Maine,” Brewer said. Yahoo! […]
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Michael Socolow, professor in the University of Maine Department of Communication and Journalism, spoke to German public radio station Deutschlandfunk about the end of the sports pages in U.S. newspapers.
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“Night of the Living Rez” by Morgan Talty, assistant professor of English at the University of Maine, was included on a LitHub list of “New England Noir.”
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The Fiske Guide To Colleges 2024 named the University of Maine one of the “best and most interesting” four-year higher education institutions in America. The publication, authored by former New York Times education editor Edward Fiske and updated annually for 40 years, spotlights more than 300 of its top schools in the U.S., Canada, Great […]
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Maine Public featured Bonnie Newsom, assistant professor of archaeology at the University of Maine, as a panelist on a ‘Maine Calling’ segment about how archaeology can provide insights into Maine’s past, present and future, and how the field is changing to include Indigenous perspectives and voices.
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The University of Maine recognized 3,016 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the spring 2023 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s List, 2,002 are from Maine, 932 are from 44 other states and 82 are from 33 countries other than the U.S. To be eligible for the Full-time Dean’s List, a student […]
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