Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout was interviewed by the Bangor Daily News in advance of her visit to UMaine next week. Strout, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 2009 for her fictional work, “Olive Kitteridge,” will be on campus March 22-24 to speak to writing classes and give a public reading of the book at […]
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Contact: Naomi Jacobs, (207) 581-3823 ORONO — The College Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Maine is hosting Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction writer Elizabeth Strout and her husband, former Maine Attorney General Jim Tierney, March 22-24 to visit classes, meet with students and deliver a public reading. Strout is the author of three successful […]
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University of Maine historian Elizabeth McKillen has an opinion in the Bangor Daily News in which she defends public-sector unions and gave a history of the unions and the first civil-service laws.
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Contact: Dennis Cox, (dkcox@maine.edu), Jack Burt, (207) 581-1773 (jburt@maine.edu) ORONO — Back from a five-day, four-state New England tour, the University of Maine’s University Singers are preparing for several concerts in Maine — March 15 at Merrill Auditorium in Portland, and March 19-20 in Orono. At Merrill Auditorium, the Singers, with about 80 members, will […]
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Comments from UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer were included in a Bangor Daily News story about remarks made by author Stephen King in Florida last week. Speaking at a rally, King criticized Republican governors including Maine’s Paul LePage, for their stance on unions. Brewer told the BDN King’s comments should have minimal impact because many […]
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Former Maine Attorney General James Tierney will lead a public forum examining the outcomes and implications of the 2010 election cycle, Thursday March 24 at 12 noon in Memorial Union’s Totman Room. Tierney, a UMaine graduate who also ran for governor, serves as director of the National State Attorneys General Program at Columbia University Law […]
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An opinion column assessing the history of contentiousness and volatility between Russia and Turkey, coauthored by James Warhola, professor of politics at UMaine, and former UMaine student Egemen Bezci, now a graduate student studying at the Department of International Relations, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, appeared in the March 10 edition of e-International Relations. “The Wolf, […]
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Saturday’s Bangor Daily News included a story about the life of retired UMaine history professor C. Stewart Doty, who died on March 4 at the age of 82. Doty, who was a UMaine professor for 31 years, was instrumental in organizing the university’s faculty union in 1978. The author of seven books, he received UMaine’s […]
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Saturday’s Bangor Daily News included a guest column by Michael Lang of the UMaine history faculty. Titled “Understanding the cause for the anger over money,” the column provides Lang’s observations related to the current discussion of issues including those related to public employees in Wisconsin.
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Prof. Richard Powell of the UMaine political science faculty is quoted in Bill Nemitz’ Maine Sunday Telegram column about Congressional internships. The column compares the experiences of current UMaine junior Joe Marro with those of 1982 intern Don Willard, who is a friend of Marro’s mother. Willard was also a UMaine student when he worked […]
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