Alan Davenport, director of Maynard F. Jordan Planetarium, spoke with the Bangor Daily News, WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) at a beam signing and raising at the future home of the Emera Astronomy Center, a $5.2 million observatory and planetarium being built on the University of Maine campus. More than 50 children from the […]
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University of Maine sociologist Amy Blackstone and several collaborators will announce a Childfree Man and Childfree Woman of the Year on Aug. 1, International Childfree Day. Winners will be selected for their accomplishments and contributions to others and to the acceptance of the childfree choice in society. “My hope is that International Childfree Day will […]
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University of Maine President Paul W. Ferguson has named Jeffrey E. Hecker as executive vice president for academic affairs and provost effective Sept. 1. Hecker is currently the dean of UMaine’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. He replaces Provost Susan Hunter, who was named vice chancellor for academic affairs for the University of Maine […]
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John Thompson, physics professor at the University of Maine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News about how sound travels for an article on noise complaints associated with the Waterfront Concerts in Bangor. Thompson said low-frequency waves are able to pass over and around buildings, trees and other objects, while higher frequency sounds are more likely […]
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‘Fiske Guide’ again names UMaine one of top higher education institutions in the United States, Canada, Ireland and Great Britain.
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Mark Brewer, political science professor at the University of Maine, was interviewed for an Associated Press article about Rick Bennett’s election as the new head of Maine’s Republican Party. Brewer said Bennett is well-respected, and party leaders hope he can unify the GOP and get the party running well. The San Francisco Chronicle, Portland Press […]
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Bill Kuykendall, senior lecturer in new media at the University of Maine, has published his first e-book which will be available for download on Apple’s iBookstore starting Aug. 1. The e-book, “Memories of a Mountaineer,” culminated from interviews with celebrated woodsman, soldier, carver and philosopher Sterling Spencer of Richwood, W.Va., about his life growing up […]
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The works of seven graduating master’s students in intermedia will be featured in the 10th Annual Without Borders Festival, Aug. 9–Sept. 27 in the University of Maine’s Lord Hall Gallery. The exhibit is sponsored by UMaine’s Intermedia MFA Program. A public reception is scheduled for Sept. 6, 5:30–7 p.m. For more information or to request […]
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A “From Where I Sit” column by UMaine professors Howard Segal and Deborah Rogers is featured in the July 11 edition of “Times Higher Ed” (London). Their opinion piece, “The best answer is still RTFM,” cites the relevance and importance of Henry Rosovsky’s “The University: An Owner’s Manual,” published in 1990. Rosovsky was a dean […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported Bangor-area middle school students have been learning about transportation and design as part of the sixth annual Maine Summer Transportation Institute at the University of Maine. Students have taken part in several hands-on experiments during the two-week camp.
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