Justin Martin, UMaine College of Liberal Arts and Sciences – Honors Preceptor of Journalism, will be interviewed Monday afternoon (3 p.m. eastern time) on Wisconsin radio station WLIP. In a discussion that will be available live online, Martin will discuss the state of the cable television industry in the U.S.
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University of Maine sociologist Amy Blackstone was interviewed for a recent article on the MyHealthNewsDaily website about the how sexual harassment can hurt a woman’s health. Blackstone has researched various types of workplace harassment among men and women of multiple ages and demographics. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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The UMaine Orchestra and Oratorio Society will present an evening celebrating the bicentennial of Franz Liszt’s birth, Saturday, Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m. in Minsky Recital Hall, Class of 1944 Hall, featuring tenor Francis John Vogt and conductor Ludlow Hallman of the School of Performing Arts faculty. Liszt’s Psalm XIII and J.S. Bach’s Magnificat will […]
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Comments from UMaine professor of history Howard Segal are included online in the Nov. 19 edition of The Economist analyzing governments characterized as technocracies, or those led by engineers scientists and others with technological expertise. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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Justin Martin, College of Liberal Arts-Honors Preceptor of Journalism at UMaine, wrote a column published Wednesday on the Columbia Journalism Review Web site. In the column, Martin writes about newspaper policies with respect to correcting errors. Based largely on his experiences as a journalist and as a consumer who has pointed out mistakes, Martin suggests […]
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A new collaboration between the Library of Congress’s American Folklife Center and the University of Maine will preserve a unique archival collection that documents the history and traditions of Maine, other New England states and Canada’s Maritime Provinces. That collection, the entire holdings of the Northeast Archives of Folklore and History, is part of UMaine’s […]
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The “Answer Man” column in the Belleville News Democrat of Missouri included a mention of two books written by UMaine physics professor Neil Comins. The subject of the column, which seeks to answer readers’ questions, was the potential effects of an asteroid hitting the moon. The columnist suggested readers pick up Comins’ books “What If […]
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Jonathan Farley of the UMaine Computing and Information Science faculty was quoted in PE Magazine story,“Screen Play: Can engineering score by landing a bigger role in movies and on TV?” PE Magazine is produced by the National Society of Professional Engineers. The story looks at ways “an expanded pop culture presence for engineering can be […]
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UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer commented in a Maine Public Broadcasting Radio story about a bill on tap for next year’s Maine legislative session that would require voters to show identification at the polls. Brewer said policy-makers who support voter ID should be wary of the resounding defeat of the same-day voter registration law earlier […]
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Jon Ippolito of UMaine’s New Media faculty was interviewed for a Lewiston Sun Journal story about crowdsourcing — broad-based online fundraising solicitation — to support arts endeavors such as filmmaking. The story is based on the efforts of a Lisbon-based movie producer raise funds through a Web site called IndieGoGo.com.
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