Generations of University of Maine art students benefited from the inspiration of legendary art professor Vincent Hartgen, a UMaine faculty member for virtually the entire second half of the 20th century. Through a partnership involving UMaine and alums Kelly and Jane Littlefield of Winter Harbor, that legacy will extend to students of the future. The […]
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The University of Maine’s Intermedia Master of Fine Arts is presenting “Without Borders VIII: Breaking Ground” Aug. 12-Sept. 16 in the Lord Hall gallery on campus.
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Warren Riess of the UMaine history and marine science faculty has been elected president of the North American Society for Oceanic History. The organization’s new vice president, Joshua Smith from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy faculty, received a Ph.D. in history from UMaine in 2003. In addition, the organization recognized UMaine graduate Michael Tuttle with […]
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A UMaine student was mentioned as taking part in an art exhibition for KahBang, a festival of film, music and art happening this week in Bangor. Jeffrey Prymowicz of Hampden, a fifth-year double major in studio art and new media, was one of eight studio artists chosen out of 50 submissions to display at the […]
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Several local media outlets reported that a filmmaker is holding auditions on the UMaine campus for a film to be shot next January. The Bangor Daily News had a story and noted the auditions will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5, at Lord Hall. Bangor television station WABI had reported […]
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UMaine political scientist Amy Fried has a column in the Bangor Daily News about voter turnout and the recent national wave of restrictions on same-day voter registration. Fried’s column was her first as a regular contributor to the BDN’s editorial pages, where she will alternate weeks with Matthew Gagnon, a former staffer for Sen. Susan […]
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An independent New York production company is holding a casting call Friday, Aug. 5 at UMaine’s Lord Hall for area actors aged 15-19 for a film, “Bluebird,” being made in northern Maine this winter. Leading roles will be available for some of the students selected for the cast, according to Vacationland Films. Bluebird is described […]
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UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer was interviewed for a Bangor Daily News story about a bipartisan commission that is beginning the process of redistricting Maine. Brewer told the BDN the state is dealing with a relatively small imbalance of 4,300 voters, but the process is messy whenever politics is involved. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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The work of a UMaine psychologist was noted on the website International Business Times in a story about the accuracy issues of survey-taking. A study done by Michele Alexander (a UMaine faculty member who was killed in a car accident in 2003) and a fellow researcher at Ohio State was cited as having found women […]
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UMaine fine arts graduate student Ryan Guerrero was the subject of a report on Bangor television station WLBZ. Guerrero has created panels of graffiti art as his master’s thesis, and plans to donate the panels to whoever wants to display them. WABI also had a story about Guerrero, who wants to show that graffiti can […]
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