The Portland Press Herald spoke with Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, for an article on Independent Eliot Cutler formally announcing he will run for governor in 2014. Brewer spoke about the public’s undecided view of Cutler, saying it’s possible the public doesn’t have a strong view or fully formed […]
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The Weekly previewed the University of Maine Museum of Art’s three new fall exhibitions. The exhibits — Sachiko Akiyama: “On Finding Home;” Susan Burnstine and Lynn Saville: “From the Shadows;” and Gregory Kalliche: “GPOY” — open Friday, Oct. 4 and run through Jan. 4 at the Bangor museum.
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A Portland Press Herald article about the University of Maine System’s three-year-old effort to scrutinize and possibly eliminate any degree program with fewer than five graduates a year included information about UMaine programs. Officials at UMaine are looking at ways to collaborate with other departments or campuses to offer programs, and plans to fold majors […]
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Steven Barkan, a sociologist at the University of Maine, was interviewed for a Marketplace article about the abuse of generous store return policies. The article focused on “wardrobing,” when someone buys a product, uses it once and then returns it. Barkan said it’s possible people might see others get away with these returns from posts […]
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An entry in the Bangor Daily News blog “State & Capitol: Maine politics from the BDN State House Bureau” previews an eight-week lecture series called “Politics Then and Now, in Maine and the Nation” that will take place at the University of Southern Maine’s Muskie School of Public Service and Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Amy […]
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Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, spoke with the Maine Public Broadcasting Network about Independent Eliot Cutler’s short book that outlines his vision for Maine if he is elected governor. Brewer said voters may read a more than 100-page political manifesto if they’re trying to make an informed decision on […]
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The Maine Folklife Center’s Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) Oral History Project, which includes 50 interviews with people associated with the start of MOFGA and the group’s Common Ground Country Fair, was mentioned in two more entries of the Portland Press Herald blog “The Root: Dispatches from Maine’s food sources,” following “PART ONE […]
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The University of Maine Department of Mathematics and Statistics will host number theorists from New England, Québec and beyond to present and discuss their research during the 2013 Maine-Québec Number Theory Conference Oct. 5–6. Approximately 60 participants are expected to attend the event’s 38 scheduled lectures in Neville Hall on campus. Barry Mazur, a Harvard […]
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The latest entry in the Portland Press Herald blog “The Root: Dispatches from Maine’s food sources,” included a reference and link to the Maine Folklife Center’s Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) Oral History Project. The collection includes 50 interviews with people associated with the start of MOFGA and the group’s Common Ground Country Fair.
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The Bangor Daily News published an opinion piece by Amy Blackstone, a sociology professor at the University of Maine, titled “Setting the record straight on 6 myths about childless adults.”
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