University of Maine Professor of History Howard Segal presented the annual James Brown Lecture to a general audience at the Center Theatre in Dover-Foxcroft Jan. 23 on “FDR and TVA: Promise and Disappointment.” The talk was cosponsored by the Thompson Free Library, Center Theatre and the Foxcroft Academy Social Studies Department.
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The University of Maine Intermedia MFA program has announced the presenters for its Spring 2013 Visiting Artist Series, Jan. 17–April 30 in Lord Hall. They include artist, writer and teacher Iain Kerr; artist Ilana Boltvinik; photographer and videographer Miranda Clark; interdisciplinary artists Hasan Elahi and Erin Manning; co-authors Patsy Baudoin, John Bell and Nick Montfort; […]
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University of Maine Professor of Political Science Amy Fried was interviewed for a Channel 7 (WVII) report Jan. 22 about a new political poll in Maine that indicates Republican Gov. Paul LePage could win a three-way election challenge next year, but would not do as well in a two-way race.
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The Portland Press Herald interviewed George Kinghorn, University of Maine Museum of Art director and curator, and Steven Evans, UMaine associate professor of English and coordinator of the university’s New Writing Series, for an article about Kinghorn’s friend Richard Blanco, the inaugural poet from Bethel, Maine.
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University of Maine Associate Professor of Political Science Mark Brewer was interviewed for a Channel 5 (WABI) story on federal gun-control policy changes proposed by President Obama, which Brewer says most likely will face tough challenges in Congress. Brewer also discussed the subject as a call-in guest on the Todd Veinotte Show on the St. […]
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Channel 5 (WABI) aired an interview with University of Maine Maynard F. Jordan Planetarium Director Alan Davenport for a report on the planetarium’s February shows, which include one focusing on black holes in space.
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In her Bangor Daily News blog, Pollways, University of Maine political science professor Amy Fried discussed the Obama administration’s opposition to an expensive “Death Star” proposal, and noted that the United States spent in 2011 more on national defense spending than the next 13 nations combined.
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In a recent Bangor Daily News blog, Education: Future Imperfect, University of Maine professor of history Howard Segal discussed compensation for presidents of colleges and universities and some of the responsibilities of top leadership positions.
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As many as 1,000 University of Maine students and more than 103 businesses, firms and organizations are preparing for the 2013 Career Fair from 10 a.m.–3 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 30 at the New Balance Student Recreation Center. Coordinated this year by the UMaine Career Center and the School of Forest Resources, the annual event connects […]
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Channel 5 (WABI) covered the recent talk at the University of Maine Hudson Museum by Angela Thompson, an East Carolina University professor of Latin American history, about the ancient Mayan calendar and her belief that the world would survive a doomsday scenario predicted by some to occur when the calendar ended Dec. 21.
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