Prof. Amy Fried of the UMaine political science faculty is a contributor to Politico’s online issues discussion forum, “the Arena.” One of the “strategists, scholars and authors” invited by Politico to weigh in on timely issues, Fried has commented in the past few days on the Wisconsin public employee situation and on the GOP presidential […]
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Nature Magazine included comments from UMaine archaeologist Daniel Sandweiss in an article detailing the remains of ancient hunts on islands off the coast of California more than 10,000 years ago. Some researchers believe these finds are an indication the first Americans may have migrated south along the coast rather than through inland Canada, but an […]
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A Thursday Bangor Daily News story reports on a Wednesday UMaine announcement of a $10,000 AT&T grant to support a UMaine-based program. Regional Vice President Owen Smith announced the grant to help fund Maine NEW Leadership, a six-day summer leadership, networking, politics and public service program for Maine college women. The story includes comments from […]
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Contact: Phillip Silver at (207) 581-1783 (phillip.silver@maine.edu) Like many Jewish composers of his time, Leone Sinigaglia’s voice was silenced by the Nazis in World War II. This month, a CD of his chamber music is being released worldwide as the result of research by University of Maine professor Phillip Silver. “Chamber Music of Leone Sinigaglia” […]
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Contact: Pauleena MacDougall (pauleena.macdougall@umit.maine.edu) DOWNEAST IRISH REVUE SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 11 ORONO — The Maine Folklife Center at the University of Maine will present a Downeast Irish Revue on Friday March 11. Featuring the Press Gang from Portland, the show is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Penobscot Theater in Bangor. It will feature Irish […]
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Prof. Steve Barkan of the UMaine sociology faculty is quoted in the Campus Technology online story, “Can Tech Transcend the Textbook?” The report examines the increasing use of e-books in the college classroom. Barkan is quoted toward the end of the story, sharing his perspectives on the potential advantages to students who have access to […]
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Andy DeRoche, who earned a master’s degree at UMaine and is now a history professor at Front Range Community College, was the subject of a profile in the Longmont Times-Call newspaper in Colorado. DeRoche was recently named the college’s Faculty of the Year and is working on his third book, which will be about the […]
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UMaine international affairs student Maja Bedak was one of three people featured in a Portland Press Herald story about how the recent uprisings in Egypt affected college students and faculty who happened to be studying or researching in that country. Bedak, who lives in Portland, was halfway through her junior year abroad in a yearlong […]
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Prof. Jack Burt from the UMaine School of Performing Arts will present a trumpet recital on Tuesday Feb. 22 at 7:30 p.m. in Minsky Recital Hall. The performance will feature music by Albinoni, Leonhard Paul (Mnozil Brass), in addition to the premiere of Music Division Chair, Beth Wiemann’s original piece for trumpet, cello and piano, […]
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The website allgov.com has a profile of Pamela White, who was recently appointed to the position of U.S. ambassador to Gambia. White is a Lewiston native, according to the profile, who graduated from UMaine in 1971 with a degree in journalism. She began her public service career with the Peace Corps teaching English in Cameroon […]
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