University of Maine anthropologist Dan Sandweiss was interviewed by ScienceNews for an article on a recently published theory about early mummification in South America’s Chinchorro culture. Sandweiss, who is also dean and assistant provost for graduate studies, said the theory that the Chinchorro people began mummifying their dead some 7,000 years ago in northern Chile […]
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University of Maine political science professor Mark Brewer was interviewed by a reporter for The Hill, a news service that covers politics, for an analytical report comparing and contrasting presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s running mate, Paul Ryan, a Republican Congressman from Wisconsin, with Vice President Joe Biden. Brewer suggested the fact that both men are […]
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Jonathan Farley, associate professor of computing and information science at the University of Maine, is mentioned in a new book co-authored by reporter Corey Hutchins, South Carolina Journalist of the Year, which was noted and featured Aug. 3 on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show. “The Accidental Candidate: The Rise and Fall of Alvin Greene,” a 2012 […]
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An opinion column on Turkey’s economic develop efforts, by UMaine political science professor James Warhola and Egemen Bezci, an independent political analyst in Istanbul, Turkey, was published by Asia Times Online. The authors discuss Turkey’s reliance on the Istanbul Forum for Economic Cooperation Between Turkey, Afghanistan and Pakistan as a platform for advocating increased integration […]
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The writer of an article on the New York-based BroadwayWorld.com website interviewed University of Maine Intermedia Master of Fine Arts student Kate Dawson for a feature on a novel art exhibit, Art Outta the Box, opening Aug. 10 in downtown Bangor. The exhibit is being created by a dozen artists from the Penobscot Theatre Company, […]
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The Concord (N.H.) Monitor newspaper published the obituary for University of Maine psychology major Shirley Ladd, 22, of Barnstead, N.H., who died as a result of a fall on a mountainous hiking trail in Acadia National Park July 28. Ladd, who was minoring in business, worked at UMaine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center as a […]
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An article in the Bangor Daily News on Gov. Paul LePage’s proclivity for making brash statements about his perception of the quality of education in Maine included comments from University of Maine political scientists Mark Brewer and Amy Fried, who said it is unusual for chief executives to make negative — as opposed to positive […]
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Channel 5 (WABI) and the Maine Public Broadcasting Network aired feature reports on the Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium being held through August at the University of Maine. Sculptors from Maine and around the world gather for the symposium, being held this year in partnership with UMaine. A news release has additional details. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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University of Maine professor of history Howard Segal was a guest on The Pulse morning radio talk show Aug. 6, discussing the 67th anniversary of American forces dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, to end World War II. Segal offered perspectives (about 2 hours, 5 minutes into the program) on the legacy of […]
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University of Maine physics and astronomy professor Neil Comins, author of many books on space, space travel, planets and the universe, was a guest on The Pulse morning radio talk show, and discussed (60 minutes into the show) the importance of the nation’s space program and the successful early Monday landing of NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity. […]
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