UMaine Community Collecting Food, Clothing, Cash, Books to Help Less Fortunate
UMaine students and employees step up to help others in need this holiday season.
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Pacific Cod as Paleothermometers
Prehistoric ear stones of Pacific cod reveal fluctuations in ocean temperatures during the Little Ice Age.
Read moreFried Blog Discusses U.S. Elections, Montenegro Perspectives
University of Maine professor of political science Amy Fried discussed in her Bangor Daily News blog Pollways her recent trip to Montenegro as a guest consultant invited by the United States Embassy there to explain the American electoral system during recent presidential elections. Contact: George Manlove, 207.581.3756
Read moreUMaine Student Reflects on Lebanon Visit in Column
In an opinion column in the Bangor Daily News, University of Maine economics and political science major Justin Lynch of Sarasota, N.Y. commented on the Israel-Hamas conflict and current cease-fire. In spite of the aggression by military factions, Lynch, who discussed his own recent visit to Lebanon, said the people in the streets he spoke […]
Read moreGalician Studies Group Founded at UMaine Wins International Award
The International Galician Studies Association, founded by professor of Spanish Kathleen March in 1985 at the University of Maine, has been awarded the Premio Nacional da Cultura Galega (National Prize for Galician Culture) from the Galician government, A Xunta. The Galician studies association seeks to increase awareness of Galician language and culture worldwide, and has […]
Read moreSegal Op-Ed Discusses Significance of Morrill Land-Grant Act
An opinion piece in The Times Higher Education magazine by University of Maine professor of history Howard Segal discusses the importance of the 1862 Morrill Land-Grant Act signed by President Abraham Lincoln, which created of a system of public colleges in the United States. Segal asserts that although it was widely considered that land-grant colleges […]
Read moreCoastal Paper Notes Mideast Talk by UMaine’s Singleton
The Penobscot Bay Pilot newspaper has published an advance about a free public talk, “Running on Empty: U.S. Policy in the Middle East,” at 8:15 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 27 at the Belfast Public Library by UMaine Libra Professor in International Relations Seth Singleton. Contact: George Manlove, 207.581.3756
Read moreUMaine Symphonic Band Concert Includes Novel Electric Guitar Solo
A University of Maine Symphonic Band concert at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 6 at the Collins Center for the Arts will feature an electric guitar solo, an atypical mix of instrumentation. The addition of electric guitar to a wind and percussion ensemble is a result of collaboration by UMaine senior music education major and electric […]
Read moreSegal ‘Edutopia’ Blog in BDN
In his inaugural Bangor Daily News blog, University of Maine professor of history Howard Segal discusses well-intentioned initiatives to improve education in the United States through the introduction of high-tech hardware and software. Citing filmmaker George Lucas’s Edutopia Foundation and former Maine Gov. Angus King’s school laptop initiative, Segal said that pre-existing cultural values, traditional […]
Read moreUMaine Author Kris Sproul Book Signing Nov. 14
The University Bookstore will host a book signing from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, with UMaine student and author Kris Sproul Devine autographing copies of her first novel, “Beaten, Blinded by Love.” Devine, writing as Kris Sproul, is a native of Cherryfield, Maine, and a journalism major at UMaine. University Bookstore will […]
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