Global Affairs Expert to Deliver Talk
Don Kraus, chief executive officer of Citizens for Global Solutions, will speak at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 13, in the Bangor Room of the University of Maine Memorial Union.
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Portland Radio Station to Interview Fried
UMaine political scientist Amy Fried will be interviewed at 8 a.m. Thursday on Portland radio station WMPG’s “Hukkin’ A Chainek” show hosted by Steve Hirshon. Fried will discuss her new book, “Pathways to Polling.” WMPG can be heard at 90.9 or 104.1 on the radio in southern Maine, or via streaming on the station website. […]
Read moreFried Column on Integrity of Law
Amy Fried’s biweekly Bangor Daily News column examines equal enforcement of the law in the wake of the recent controversy over college students voting in Maine. Fried argues that laws should not be enforced selectively, as she believes they were in this case. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
Read moreBaker Comments on Religion and Sports in Detroit Newspaper
A report in the Detroit Free Press on the mingling of sports and religion included comments from UMaine History Professor Emeritus William Baker, who has written a book entitled “Playing with God: Religion and Modern Sport.” Baker told the paper that baseball is affected by the general culture, which has been affected by the rise […]
Read moreMaine Folklife Center Launches Web Song, Story Sampler
The Maine Folklife Center at the University of Maine has launched an interactive website offering layers of written and recorded narratives, stories and songs, a sampling of the thousands of archived materials representing Maine culture, color and life.
Read moreLectures, Discussions Part of UMaine Canada Weeks 2011
The University of Maine Canadian-American Center is cosponsoring a series of lectures during its 12th annual celebration of Canada Weeks Oct. 13, Oct. 19 and Oct. 20.
Read moreDrawing On project highlighted
Prof. Laurie Hicks from the UMaine art department was interviewed for a Friday WABI television story about Drawing On, an exhibit that opens at UMaine’s Lord Hall on Friday Oct. 14. Part of the Maine Drawing Project, the exhibit features several artists drawing directly on the walls in the Lord Hall Gallery. WLBZ television also […]
Read moreMuseum to return artifact to Arizona tribes
Saturday’s Bangor Daily News features a story about a centuries-old ceramic pot that’s part of UMaine’s Hudson Museum collection. The pot, which contains the cremated remains of a member of the Hohokam people, has been in Maine since it was given as a gift to William C. Wells of Orono in 1937. He donated it […]
Read more2011 Maine Heritage Lecture Topic New England Environmental Movement
The 2011 Maine Heritage Lecture at the University of Maine Monday, Oct. 24, from 7-8:30 p.m., will feature UMaine McBride Professor of History Richard Judd discussing “Saving Second Nature: The Environmental Movement in New England” at the Wells Conference Center.
Read moreUMaine Chamber Jazz Ensemble Concert Nov. 1
Members of the University of Maine Chamber Jazz Ensemble will present their formal concert in Minsky Recital Hall in the Class of 1944 Hall Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m.
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