Four creative guests will take part in this semester’s University of Maine Intermedia MFA Program’s Visiting Artist Lecture Series. Painter Dudley Zopp will lecture at 7 p.m. Oct. 29 at the Innovative Media Research and Commercialization Center (IMRC). His installations constructed with builder’s paper, paintings and found materials transport viewers through geological and cultural history. […]
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Amy Blackstone, an associate professor of sociology at the University of Maine, was interviewed for the Dame Magazine article “Ticking clock: What’s true (and false) about female fertility?” Blackstone said the most common myth regarding the biological clock is that women’s desire to have children is instinctual. She said the main force behind the desire […]
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A Portland Press Herald editorial titled “The humanities still teach marketable skills,” cited the importance of the University of Maine Humanities Initiative, a new effort by UMaine to reach out to schools, businesses and cultural institutions to make the case for an education based in the humanities. The editorial stated the initiative and a new […]
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WLBZ (Channel 2), Bangor Daily News and WVII (Channel 7) were among the news organizations to report on the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s visit to UMaine. Howard Segal, a UMaine history professor, spoke about the politics surrounding Kennedy’s visit and last major foreign policy speech, while Carol Nichols, a graphic designer for […]
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The Bangor Daily News advanced the Maine International Conference on the Arts hosted by the Maine Arts Commission at the Collins Center for the Arts Oct. 24–26. The conference will include tours of the University of Maine’s Hudson Museum and new media facilities.
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UMaine researcher strives for effective innovative STEM initiatives
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William S. Cohen Lecture to feature former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming
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Elias studies connections between renal function, arterial stiffness, dementia
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The University of Maine’s Alan Stormann, assistant director for security, parking and transportation, and Howard Segal, a history professor, spoke with WABI (Channel 5) about President John F. Kennedy’s visit to UMaine in 1963. Stormann, who attended the speech, spoke about what he remembers from that day 50 years ago, while Segal spoke about the […]
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The Free Press previewed two events to be held at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast in October. The 10th annual Ecopeace Sustainability Training and International Affiliations (ESTIA) conference titled “Reclaiming the Water Commons: Water Ethics & Nature Rights in Maine” will be held Oct. 25. Paul K. Chappell, an author and peace […]
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