The University of Maine Intermedia MFA program is presenting “The Variable Museum,” a thesis work created by Master of Fine Arts student John Bell as part of “Without Borders VIII: Breaking Ground,” currently on display in the Lord Hall Gallery on campus. Exhibition times are Monday through Thursday from 10-11a.m. and 3-4 p.m. until Without […]
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Stephen Marks, UMaine professor emeritus of sociology, is one of the experts quoted in a Portland Press Herald story reporting that only six states have more same-sex couples than Maine, according to 2010 U.S. Census Data. The story notes that there are a number of reasons, and Marks points out that “word circulates about which […]
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Prof. Tom Hess of the UMaine physics faculty was interviewed for a Maine Today Media (Portland Press Herald, Kennebec Journal, Central Maine Morning Sentinel) story about research into the link between arsenic in water and the intellectual development of children. Columbia University researchers are leading the study, looking at locations in southern and central Maine.
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Joshua Komusin, a computer science major and math minor from South Berwick, Maine, recently attended Apple Inc.’s five-day annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. Komusin was one of 150 college students out of thousands of applicants to win $2,000 scholarships to attend the conference. He was selected based on his application, which included his […]
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University of Maine President Paul Ferguson will lead off the first in a series of interdisciplinary research workshops of the 2011-2012 academic year on Friday, Sept. 9 from 12-1:30 p.m. in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union.
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A Bangor Daily News genealogy column included a note that Jack Battick, a UMaine associate professor emeritus in history, and his wife Nancy Klimavicz Battick have authored a publication of interest to local genealogists. “Vital Records of Dover-Foxcroft” is a three-volume set of records from the town of Dover-Foxcroft in Piscataquis County. Contact: Jessica Bloch, […]
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Prof. Mark Brewer of the UMaine political science faculty was interviewed for a Bangor Daily News story about the potential political implications of Portland having an elected mayor. Residents of Maine’s largest city will vote in November to elect a person to that post. Brewer says the new mayor will have a significant voice in […]
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Mark Brewer of the UMaine political science faculty was quoted in a Sunday Central Maine Morning Sentinel story previewing Waterville’s upcoming mayoral election. Republican Governor Paul LePage served as Waterville’s most recent mayor, resigning just before his January gubernatorial inauguration.
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Prof. Mark Brewer from the UMaine Dept. of Political Science is quoted in a Wednesday Bangor Daily News story about the potential political implications of Congressional redistricting in Maine. The Maine Legislature is scheduled to convene on Sept. 27 to consider a plan to be presented by a bipartisan redistricting commission.
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A Saturday Bangor Daily News report provided details about recent and ongoing construction projects at UMaine. Elaine Clark, UMaine’s executive director of facilities, real estate and planning described the $70 million worth of construction during the current year, along with the ways in which the university has leveraged five percent of that total to bring […]
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