Liberal Arts and Sciences

Fried Blog Discusses Maine Insurance Dilemma

In her Bangor Daily News blog “Pollways,” University of Maine Professor of Political Science Amy Fried discusses the Affordable Care Act and Gov. Paul LePage’s objections to it, and the potential consequences of legislative inaction for Maine residents.

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Segal Blog Discusses Education Consultants

In his Bangor Daily news blog “Education: Future Imperfect,” University of Maine Professor of History Howard Segal discusses the apparent proliferation of educational consultants hired by institutions of higher education.

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New Exhibits Opening at Lord Hall

The University of Maine Department of Art is inviting the public to a free artists’ reception from 5:30–7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 8 at the Lord Hall Gallery to mark the opening of two new exhibits that include works by Maine artists. “Surface Tension: Prints by Scott Minzy” features work by Minzy of Pittston, Maine. “Print […]

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UMaine Student in National Geographic Live Chat

From an archaeological excavation site on the Peruvian coast, University of Maine interdisciplinary Ph.D. candidate Ana Mauricio participated in a Jan. 13 live chat with primatologist Jane Goodall and underwater explorer and discoverer of the Titanic Robert Ballard, among other explorers from seven continents, organized by the National Geographic Society to celebrate its 125th anniversary. […]

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Barkan, Cohn Co-Author Article on Organizational Membership

University of Maine Professors of Sociology Steve Barkan and Steve Cohn recently published an entry on member recruitment in The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements. In the entry, Barkan and Cohn discuss the importance of social movements as a basis for participation in democracies, which have achieved major political, social and cultural changes. […]

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Art History Professor Wolff Wins New Book Award

The Chicago Center for Literature and Photography on Jan. 7 named University of Maine Associate Professor of Art History Justin Wolff’s book Thomas Hart Benton: A Life one of the “Best of the Best” in its Year in Books issue. Reviewer Jason Pettus called the book a well-done biography that offers an appropriate examination of […]

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News Media Cover UMaine Career Fair

Channel 5 (WABI) interviewed University of Maine Career Center Director Patty Counihan, students and exhibitors at the annual UMaine Career Fair Jan. 30 at the New Balance Student Recreation Center. Channel 7 (WVII) also covered the event, which was attended by an estimated 1,000 UMaine students.

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Fall 2012 Deans List

Recently the University of Maine recognized 2,035 students for achieving Deans List honors in the Fall 2012 semester. Of the students who made the Deans List, 1,696 are from Maine, 277 are from out of state, and 62 are from foreign countries. Listed below are students who received Deans List honors for the 2012 Fall […]

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Fried Blog Discusses State Budget Cuts, Bangor

University of Maine Professor of Political Science Amy Fried, in her Bangor Daily News blog Pollways, discusses the resurgence of culture, arts and educational quality in Bangor and says severe budget cuts proposed by the LePage administration in Augusta threaten to undermine the city’s success.

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UMaine Faculty Member Wins Best Play Award

The play “One Blue Tarp” written by Travis Baker, a University of Maine Department of English adjunct faculty member, has received the Best Play from the State of Maine award in the 2013 Clauder New England Playwright Competition, hosted by the Portland Stage Company. He’ll receive the award at a May 18 reception in Portland. […]

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