The weekly Village Soup newspaper has on its website a story about a new art exhibited curated by Laurie Hicks, a UMaine art professor and curator of the Lord Hall Gallery on campus, for River Arts, a gallery in Damariscotta. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Anthropology major Siobhan McCue of Camden has received honorable mention in the undergraduate category of the 2011 Association for Women in Mathematics Essay Contest. McCue wrote an essay about UMaine mathematics instructor Jennifer Tyne titled, “For the Love of Math.” McCue took MAT 101 – The Nature and Language of Mathematics in the Fall 2010 […]
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UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer was quoted in a Bangor Daily News story about Maine Gov. Paul LePage’s use of recalls to make comments or changes on bills after they pass. LePage has been recalling bills at a higher rate than his predecessor, according to the story. Brewer said the lack of push-back by the […]
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Comments from UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer were included a Maine Public Radio report about a story in the Chronicle of Higher Education, which found Maine was ranked second-to-last in percentage of state legislators with at least a bachelor’s degree. Brewer said a strong tradition of civic duty pulls in people from all kinds of […]
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The Somali Narrative Project, a successful oral history collection collaborative among four University of Maine faculty members with residents of the Lewiston-Auburn area Somali population, has resulted in the publication of a new book about the experiences of the newly arrived residents in their own words.
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The Maine Folklife Center at the University of Maine has received a Maine Humanities Council grant to develop an audio and slide presentation on the history and culture of the now-closed Stinson seafood cannery in Prospect Harbor.
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Comments from Richard Powell of the UMaine political science faculty were included in a Friday Maine Public Radio story about a Chinese daily newspaper’s recent opinion column criticizing a plan to bring 60 Chinese students to Millinocket’s Stearns High School next fall. Powell, who was in China last year as a Fulbright Fellow, notes that […]
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The Bangor Daily News published a letter to the editor written by UMaine political scientist Amy Fried, about the recent vote by the Maine House to do away with same-day voter registration. Fried wrote in her letter that taking away the ability to register to vote on Election Day is an example of a limitation […]
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Dr. Marcella Sorg, a UMaine anthropologist who also serves as the state forensic anthropologist, was interviewed for a Bangor Daily News story about a skull that was found in a gravel pit off Route 1 in Hancock. Sorg, who examined the skull, told the BDN she believes it likely came from an old cemetery, and […]
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UMaine School of Performing Arts’ second annual Summer Music Theatre Festival was advanced in the Bangor Daily News. The festival starts June 17 with performances of “The Bat,” followed by “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” in August. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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