Liberal Arts and Sciences

Brewer Comments in GOP Convention Coverage

An Associated Press article in the Bangor Daily News and a Maine Public Broadcasting Network report included comments from University of Maine political scientist Mark Brewer about the possible effects on Maine’s Republican Senate candidates that the weekend’s GOP convention had when activists for presidential candidates Ron Paul and Mitt Romney took center stage. Maine […]

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Ippolito Interviewed about Vibrating Tattoo Technology

Jon Ippolito, a member of the UMaine new media faculty, was interviewed for a recent Channel 7 (WVII) news report on a patent Nokia has obtained for a vibrating tattoo to silently alert cell phone users to phone calls or messages. Ippolito discusses the desire for many people today to remain connected to communications technologies […]

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Historian Interviewed for Article About UMaine System Hiring

UMaine historian Howard Segal was quoted in an article in the Bangor Daily News about certain hiring practices of the University of Maine System. The article probed the hiring of seven upper-level UMaine System employees, including Elaine Clark, former UMaine executive director for facilities and real estate. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756

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Sci-Tech Posts Addicted Newborns Article with Hayes Comments

The Sci-Tech.com website posted a USA Today article about an increase in opiate-addicted infants born to addicted mothers, and the potential consequences. The article included comments from University of Maine psychology professor Marie Hayes, a research authority in that field. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756

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Martin Column on Foreign News Bureaus

In a Columbia Journalism Review column, Justin Martin, a UMaine College of Liberal Arts and Sciences-Honors College preceptor of journalism, writes that news organizations often overstate the size of their foreign bureaus. Martin believes the use of the word bureau to describe a single correspondent in a particular city is meant to trick audiences into […]

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UMaine Researcher in Neonatal Addiction Articles

University of Maine professor of psychology Marie Hayes, an expert in perinatal and neonatal drug addition and infant withdrawal, was interviewed for several extensive articles on the increasing number of opiate-addicted infants born to addicted mothers.

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News Site Reports on Class of 2012 Salutatorian

Seacoastonline.com in southern Maine carried an article about UMaine music major Kayla Peard of York, Maine, who will graduate May 5 as salutatorian of her class. A member of the UMaine Honors College, Peard has a 4.0 GPA. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756

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Newspaper Advances Symposium Workshop

The Bangor Daily News advanced Saturday’s Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium teachers’ workshop, which was held at UMaine in the Donald P. Corbett building and also in the UMaine art department’s sculpture workshop. Daniel Lux, a faculty member in the UMaine Department of Earth Sciences, was also noted as being scheduled to give a talk on […]

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Brewer Comments in MPBN Summers Profile

University of Maine political science faculty member Mark Brewer was interviewed by Maine Public Broadcasting Network for a perspective report and profile of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Charlie Summers. Brewer says Summers, who currently is Maine’s Secretary of State, may garner support from Republicans who like his stance on voter registration and alleged voter fraud. […]

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