A free bus ride from the University of Maine campus to Bangor will be offered to students Friday, Sept. 13 to attend the fall Downtown Bangor Arts Collaborative Art Walk. A Cyr Bus will be available to board in front of the Collins Center for the Arts on campus at 4:30 p.m. Students will arrive […]
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Howard Segal, a history professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting article that stated the University of Maine System paid former University of Southern Maine president Selma Botman $363,000 for a five-year plan for recruiting international students. The Forecaster, Portland Press Herald, Sun Journal and Bangor Daily […]
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University of Maine sociologist Amy Blackstone shares her expertise about childfree adults with Katie Couric on an upcoming broadcast of Katie. Blackstone says producers of the talk show are 99 percent sure the show will air Sept. 16. The associate professor and chair of UMaine’s sociology department says it was rewarding to discuss sociological research […]
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University of Maine sociologist Amy Blackstone shared her research findings for a piece that ran Sept. 6 on The Loop, which asked if feminism had become “uncool.” “Despite media proclamations of the death of feminism, many young women in fact support feminist goals, even if they don’t label themselves feminist,” the chair of the UMaine […]
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Amy Blackstone, chair of the University of Maine’s sociology department, was featured in a WABI (Channel 5) report on women with professional careers who are on the Central Maine Derby team. Blackstone called roller derby “cathartic” and said she thinks there are few opportunities for women who aren’t professional athletes to do this kind of […]
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The Maine Public Broadcasting Network spoke with Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, about the $150 million in borrowing that’s to go before Maine voters this fall. Brewer said voters tend to look at bond proposals skeptically and are more likely to pass the transportation and state armories upgrade bonds than […]
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Elizabeth Chalecki, a nonresident research fellow at the Stimson Center in Washington, D.C., will give a talk titled “Environmental Security: A Guide to the Issues,” at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11 in 140 Little Hall on the University of Maine campus. Chalecki’s book of the same name focuses on understanding the links between international security […]
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University of Maine sociologist Amy Blackstone was interviewed for an article posted Aug. 29 on the TODAY show website about what factors, other than price, are important to parents looking to buy a home. Blackstone says it’s not surprising that proximity to family was cited by just 33 percent of the more than 2,000 parents […]
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The Maine Public Broadcasting Network spoke with Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, for an article about racist comments reportedly said about President Barack Obama by Gov. Paul LePage and David Marsters, a Sabattus GOP candidate for selectman. Brewer said both incidents may have damaged the state’s image and put […]
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Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News about poll results showing U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud with an early lead in the 2014 gubernatorial race. Brewer said the lead was predictable because Michaud is the only candidate who has been actively campaigning recently. He also said the […]
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