Contact: Doug Allen, 581-3860 Political science professor James Warhola, an expert on religion and politics in Russia and Eurasia, will deliver a talk, “The Next Major War? Peace and War in the Caucasus Mountain Region,” Thursday, Nov. 4, from 12:30-1:45 p.m. in the Bangor Lounge in the Memorial Union. The public is invited to the […]
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Contact: Jim Settele, 581-1835 ORONO – The presidents of the University of Maine and Dickinson College, a top liberal arts college in Pennsylvania, have signed an articulation agreement to formalize academic collaboration in areas of mutual strength and interest. The new arrangement will facilitate priority admission of Dickinson students into the UMaine Master of Arts […]
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Comments form Mark Brewer of the UMaine political science faculty were included in a Saturday Maine Today Media (Portland Press Herald, Kennebec Journal, Central Maine Morning Sentinel) story about new polls assessing the Maine gubernatorial race.
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Comments from Mark Brewer of the UMaine political science faculty were included in a Friday story Associated Press story about issues surrounding political contributions to Maine Democrats by financier Donald Sussman.
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A School of Performing Arts concert Saturday, Oct. 30 at 7:30 p.m. in Minsky Recital Hall, Class of 1944 Hall, by more than 50 University of Maine Orchestra students will feature the great classics “Die Fledermaus Ouverture” by Johann Strauss, Beethoven’s “Leonore Overture No. 2,” Schubert’s (unfinished) “Symphonie in H” and Mussorgsky’s “A Night on […]
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An Express News online story previews a Nov. 19 University of Alberta program featuring Prof. Neil Comins from the UMaine Dept. of Physics and Astronomy. Fr. José Funes, director of the Vatican Observatory, will join Comins for a panel discussion, “Astrobiology: Are We Alone in the Universe?” The session is part of that university’s Festival […]
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Contact: Craig Lodis, (207) 907-989 ORONO — The third annual Stanley Sue Lecture Series presented by the UMaine Clinical Psychology Diversity Committee is presenting Rhonda Boyd, assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, who will discuss “Preventative Interventions: The impact of depression in African-American mothers on their children.” The event, from 2-3:30 […]
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Five Maine women who have been named recipients of the Maryann Hartman Award, including UMaine first-year student Danielle Runyambo, will be honored Wednesday night in an awards ceremony at the Buchanan Alumni House, according to the Bangor Daily News. The awards are named for the late Maryann Hartman, who was a teacher and scholar in […]
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A post by UMaine political science professor Mark Brewer appears on thehill.com’s Congress blog. In the post, Brewer comments on the “entertainment factor” associated with this year’s elections. He also predicts that Republicans will gain majority control of the U.S. House of Representatives but will come up short of taking the U.S. Senate.
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UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer commented in a Maine Public Radio news report about independent gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler’s assertions that his major party opponents are distorting his record through negative campaign tactics.
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