Liberal Arts and Sciences

Fried Set for Maine Watch Appearance on MPBN

Amy Fried of the UMaine political science faculty will be a guest on the next edition of Maine Public Broadcasting’s “Maine Watch” television program.  The subject will be the Maine gubernatorial race, with a focus on polling information and television commercials.  The program airs Thursday Oct. 7 at 8 p.m., Friday Oct. 8 at 8:30 […]

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Same-Sex Marriage and Legislative Races

Comments from UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer were included in a Maine Public Radio story reporting that same-sex marriage is an issue in some Maine legislative races.  Organizations opposed to such marriages are targeting certain incumbent legislators who voted for a Maine initiative that was ultimately defeated by the electorate last November.

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October: Dark Nights, Strange Lights & a Comet

Contact: Alan Davenport, 581-1341 The sun sets early and scenery turns sinister and dangerous, plummeting into the deep ocean to investigate the “Origins of Life” as Jordan Planetarium visitors will discover the first two Fridays this month. The deepest recesses of the universe are dark, too, but ways to view it are explored in “Touching […]

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Brewer Comments in Candidate Profiles

Mark Brewer of the UMaine political science faculty was quoted in a Maine Public Radio report looking at the independent gubernatorial candidacy of Kevin Scott, a business owner who lives in the Oxford County town of Andover.  Brewer also commented in the MPBN profile of Republican nominee Paul LePage, who currently serves as Waterville’s mayor.

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Archaeology Lecture Previewed

Wednesday’s Bangor Daily News includes a brief preview of a Thursday Oct. 14 UMaine lecture, “Faking Ancient Mesoamerican Art,” by Karen Olsen Brhuns, director of the Cihuatan-Las Marias Archaeological Project for the Fundacion Nacional de Arqueologia in El Salvador. The talk, part of UMaine’s observance of Maine Archaeology Month, is scheduled for the Bodwell Area […]

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“The Real 2012 Disaster,” a Discussion Oct. 7

Contact: George Markowsky, 581-3940 In spite of a spate of nonsensical movies and articles about how the world is going to end in 2012, George Markowsky, professor and chair, Department of Computer Science, Homeland Security Lab at UMaine, will discuss a potentially unpleasant event on the horizon for 2012. He’ll discuss it Thursday, Oct. 7 […]

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UMaine Researcher Advances Understanding of Structural Change in Cancer Cells

Contact: Andre Khalil, (207) 581-3911; George Manlove (207) 581-3756 ORONO, Maine — A method developed by a University of Maine mathematician to get a much more detailed look at cellular morphology has the potential to aid in early cancer detection. Andre Khalil, a UMaine assistant professor of mathematics and cooperating assistant professor of physics, has […]

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Writing Series’ Evans Poetry Review in The Nation

A review by English Department faculty member Steve Evans, coordinator of the New Writing Series at UMaine, of three works of contemporary poetry appears in the Oct. 18 online edition of The Nation. The piece is part of the publication’s “Shelf Life” series, a monthly column by various writers that discuss three books on a […]

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Maine Archaeology Month Lecture to Focus on Fake Artifacts

Contact: Gretchen Faulkner, (207) 581-1904 ORONO — The Hudson Museum will host a free, public lecture by Karen Olsen Bruhns, one of the leading authorities on Pre-Columbian fake artifacts from Mesoamerica and the South American Andes, Thursday, Oct. 14 at 7 p.m. Bruhns is director of the Cihuatan/Las Marias Archaeological Project for the Fundacion Nacional […]

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Organ Tour

Kevin Birch, a faculty member in UMaine’s School of Performing Arts, is quoted extensively in a Bangor Daily News story about a benefit event for the 1860 E.E. & G. Hook organ located in St. John’s Catholic Church in Bangor.

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