The Maine Public Broadcasting Network and AK 24syv, a Denmark radio program, interviewed Michael Socolow, an associate professor in the Communication and Journalism Department at the University of Maine, about the overblown reports of panic following Orson Welles’ 1938 radio broadcast of “War of the Worlds.” Socolow spoke about the reported mass hysteria and disputes […]
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The Republican Journal reported on the 10th annual Ecopeace Sustainability Training and International Affiliations (ESTIA) conference that was held at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. Ninety people attended the event titled “Reclaiming the Water Commons: Water Ethics & Nature Rights in Maine.”
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University of Maine faculty will present at the annual meeting of the Eastern States Archaeological Federation (ESAF)/Maine Archaeological Society Oct. 31-Nov. 3 in South Portland. Approximately 400 archaeologists, scholars and historians from every state on the Eastern Seaboard are expected to attend. Raymond Pelletier, associate director of the Canadian-American Center at UMaine, will serve on […]
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Michael Socolow, an associate professor in the Communication and Journalism Department at the University of Maine, was interviewed by several news organizations about the overblown reports of mass hysteria following Orson Welles’ 1938 radio broadcast of “War of the Worlds.” Socolow says media coverage claiming mass panic was created by newspapers in an attempt to […]
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Harvey Kail, coordinator of the University of Maine English Department’s Writing Center, and student tutors Lindsey Hutchins and Anthony Elkins will attend the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing in Tampa, Fla. Nov. 1–3. Kail is expected to be the respondent for a panel — “Props for Harvey Kail” — dedicated to his work […]
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Michael Socolow, an associate professor in the Communication and Journalism Department at the University of Maine, co-wrote an article published by Slate about the overblown reports of mass hysteria following Orson Welles’ 1938 radio broadcast of “War of the Worlds.” Oct. 30 marks the 75th anniversary of the broadcast. Socolow wrote the article with Jeff […]
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The Bangor Daily News published an opinion piece by Robert Glover, a University of Maine College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Honors preceptor of political science. The article is titled “Redemption song: Why progress on immigration reform could restore America’s faith in Congress.”
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A University of Maine forensic team led by UMaine forensic anthropologist Marci Sorg was mentioned in the Miami Herald article “Grenada: 30 years after the U.S. invasion, wounds remain.” Thirty years after the executions, the whereabouts of the bodies of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and his cabinet members are still unknown. The international forensic team […]
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Pauleena MacDougall, director of the Maine Folklife Center at the University of Maine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for the article “Bigfoot in Maine? 10-foot-tall ‘wild man’ was killed in 1886, newspapers reported.” The article states reports of a 10-foot-tall “wild man” with hair growing all over his face and body were first published […]
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The Maine Press Association held its annual banquet Saturday, Oct 26. in Bar Harbor. Amy Fried, a political science professor at the University of Maine, won second place in the News Blogger category for her Bangor Daily News blog “Pollways.” Michael Shepherd, who graduated from UMaine in 2012 and served as editor-in-chief of the Maine […]
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