Comments from Prof. Dan Sandweiss of the UMaine anthropology faculty are included in a Science Magazine story about new findings — reported this week in Science — about the earliest settlement of the Americas. Lead author Michael Waters of Texas A&M University writes about a discovery in Texas that “tells us once and for all […]
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Television station WCSH has a report about a theater with the subject of sexual assault awareness that is being performed Friday and Saturday at UMaine. UMaine graduate student Molly Schenck wrote and choreographed the performance, which is called “It’s Just Not That Simple,” and was interviewed for the TV report.
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UMaine political science major Caleb Rosser was interviewed in a Bangor Daily News story about the first anniversary of the Affordable Health Care Act. Rosser said he has benefited from the health care overhaul because when he gained four more years of coverage despite turning 22 last fall and aging out of his parents’ insurance […]
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Contact: George Markowsky, (207) 581-3941; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — A team of University of Maine computer students recently received a $3,000 contract from the Jackson Laboratory to write an educational computer program for middle and high school students. The contract was awarded by Jackson Lab’s Center for Genome Dynamics, directed by Gary Churchill, […]
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Contact: Joe Carr Note: an obituary appears in the Monday March 21 Bangor Daily News. It is online here. ORONO — Alaric Faulkner, a distinguished historical archaeologist who served 30 years on the University of Maine anthropology faculty, died on March 18 at the age of 66. Faulkner, who retired in 2008 and was granted […]
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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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