Liberal Arts and Sciences

UMaine Student Capstone Art Show Dec. 3-Jan. 20

Contact: Barbara Denaro, (barbara.denaro@umit.maine.edu) ORONO — Two dozen UMaine art students are exhibiting 80 works of art for the 2010 Capstone Senior Exhibit Dec. 3 through Jan. 20 at the Lord Hall Galleries. The show, titled “You Are Here,” includes paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, mixed media, ceramics and photography. The work represents what the students […]

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Brewer Comments in Blog Post on Snowe

Comments from Mark Brewer of the UMaine political science faculty are included in a blog post on the National Journal website.  The post examines issues related to moderate Republican U.S. Senators, such as Maine’s Olympia Snowe, and whether they might face challenges from the right.

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Fried Quoted In Look At Growth Of Political Blogs In Maine

UMaine political scientist Amy Fried was quoted in a Maine Media column on downeast.com about the growth of political blogs in Maine. Fried said openly partisan political blogs are a return to the time when newspapers were openly partisan, which many were until the early 20th century.

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Socolow Paper Referenced in Slate Column

Slate columnist Jack Shafer uses research by UMaine journalism professor to counter opinions offered by former ABC journalist Ted Koppel in a Sunday Washington Post column on the current state of television journalism.  In that piece, Koppel writes that network news divisions were “loss leader(s) that permitted NBC, CBS and ABC to justify the enormous […]

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UMaine Grad Appointed to Ambassador Post

President Obama has appointed 1971 UMaine graduate Pamela White ambassador to The Ghana.  White is an Auburn native who earned a UMaine journalism degree before embarking on a career in public service that began with work as a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon.  She joined the U.S. Agency for International Development in 1978, serving in […]

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Brewer Comments on Relevance of Political Parties

Mark Brewer of the UMaine political science faculty provided comment for a Maine Sunday Telegram story about the impact and relevance of political parties in Maine politics.  The story is based in part on post-election comments from Eliot Cutler, the independent candidate who lost Maine’s gubernatorial election by about one percent of the vote.

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Collegiate Chorale, Chamber Choir Concert Saturday

Contact: Collins Center for the Arts box office, 581-1755 The University of Maine’s Collegiate Chorale and Chamber Choir will perform a diverse program of choral work dating from the 16th century through the 20th century on Saturday, November 13 from 7:30-9:30 p.m. at Minsky Recital Hall, Class of 1944 Hall. Admission is $7; admittance is […]

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UMaine Professor Comments on Senate Race

Jonathan Farley of the UMaine computer science faculty co-authored an opinion column published by The State, a South Carolina newspaper. In that column and a similar essay that The Guardian newspaper in Great Britain asked him to write, Farley criticizes the Democratic party establishment for its failure to support the South Carolina Senate candidacy of […]

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