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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Excerpts from “Until the War is Over,” an opera created by University of Maine music professor Beth Wiemann and English professor Jennifer Moxley, will be performed during the School of Performing Arts’ 17th annual Women Composers concert 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28 in Minsky Recital Hall in Class of 1944 Hall. The concert will also […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on the National History Day Teacher Institute held at the University of Maine. The free professional development program for grade 6-12 teachers provided participants with resources and information to support their students in creating entries for the National History Day (NHD) statewide contest at the University of Maine in the spring. […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on a trip to Fort Knox by a dozen foreign exchange students in the University of Maine’s Intensive English Institute (IEI). Instructors said the purpose of the trip was for students to take in some Maine culture, learn more English and have fun.
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The Free Press previewed the Nov. 7 William S. Cohen Lecture at the University of Maine. “The State of Our Nation: Hardball vs. Civility” will be the focus of the talk featuring former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming, co-chair of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. Former Secretary of Defense William Cohen […]
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Michael Socolow, an associate professor in the Communication and Journalism Department at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Reuters column by Jack Shafer about the future of ESPN. Socolow said the brand discipline of ESPN is incredible and any ESPN product on the Internet or TV is instantly identifiable.
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The Associated Press spoke with Mark Brewer, an associated professor of political science at the University of Maine, for an article about the kickoff of Shenna Bellows’ U.S. Senate campaign. Brewer said the former executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine will have her work cut out for her by challenging popular […]
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