UMaine News

Jeff Hecker, dean of UMaine’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, responded in a Bangor Daily News letter to the editor to an op-ed column by UMaine historian Jay Bregman that appeared in the Monday BDN about the elimination of the Latin major. In his letter, Hecker said Latin instruction will still be available to […]

The Bangor Daily News covered Monday’s talk featuring Sherief Farouk, a UMaine graduate student in the computer science department who is half Egyptian and a graduate of the Arabian Academy of Science and Technology in Cairo. Farouk discussed the recent civil uprising there that resulted in the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak. Farouk discussed the […]

UMaine historian Jay Bregman wrote an op-ed column that appeared in the Bangor Daily News about the proposed elimination of the Latin major at UMaine. Bregman argues that without a Latin majors, classics offerings at UMaine and in the UMaine System will suffer.

Comments from Mark Brewer of the UMaine political science faculty are included in an Associated Press story about the influence of the Maine Legislature’s Moderate Caucus, a group of at least 45 lawmakers that Brewer predicts will become “a key player” in legislative decisions.

UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer was a guest on Maine Public Broadcasting Network’s Maine Watch television and radio programs. Brewer and other guests discussed the implications of Gov. Paul LePage’s new budget proposal, which was announced this week.

Mark Brewer of the UMaine political science faculty and frequent Maine political analyst, is scheduled to join reporters Mal Leary and A.J. Higgins as guests on Maine Public Broadcasting Network’s television show “Maine Watch” with host Jennifer Rooks this evening at 8 p.m. They’ll be discussing Gov. LePage’s state budget proposal, announced today.