Contact: Steve Evans, (207) 581-3818 ORONO — Poet and former UMaine graduate student Rachel Perry will receive the University of Maine-based National Poetry Foundation’s first annual Millay Prize for Poetry at a ceremony and reading Thursday, Sept. 30 at 7:30 p.m. in Soderberg Auditorium in Jenness Hall. Internationally acclaimed poet and essayist Ann Lauterbach, who […]
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Comments from UMaine political scientist Amy Fried are included in a Monday Kennebec Journal story looking at the potential political impact of issues related to U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, who represents Maine’s 1st District. Recent news stories have reported questions about the propriety of Pingree flying on a private jet owned by her fiancee, Donald […]
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Mark Brewer of the UMaine political science faculty was quoted in a Portland Press Herald story looking at the history and impact of voting by Mainers who identify themselves as having Franco heritage.
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Comments from UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer are included in a seacoastonline.com report analyzing the lead that GOP gubernatorial candidate Paul LePage has established in pre-election polls.
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Contact: George Markowsky, 581-3940 ORONO — George Markowsky, professor and chair of the Department of Computer Science, recently was awarded an honorary doctoral degree from The Research Council of Ternopil National Economic University in the Ukraine for his work during a recent sabbatical there. He helped the university win a NATO grant enabling the installation […]
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Comments from Amy Fried of the UMaine political science faculty are included in a Friday Bangor Daily News story about the growing popularity of absentee voting among the Maine electorate. Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap estimates that Maine absentee voting could reach 30 percent for the November election.
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The Bangor Daily News features a UMaine blacksmith workshop, taught by guest artisan Robert Adams and under the leadership of UMaine associate adjunct professor of sculpture Greg Ondo. Students are working this year on a new $740 forge purchased with stimulus money allotted to the sculpture department. Student Garrett White told the BDN the presence […]
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UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer is the lead resource in a Tuesday Lewiston Sun Journal story about a new poll that shows Maine 2nd District incumbent Michael Michaud with a 20-point lead over GOP challenger Jason Levesque.
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Kathleen Ellis of the UMaine English and Honors College faculty and Nancy Ogle of the UMaine music faculty will discuss “Ripple Effect: The Influence of Women Poets on 20th Century Composters” on Tuesday Sept. 21, 12:15 p.m. in Memorial Union’s Bangor Room. The talk is part of the UMaine Women’s Studies and Women in the […]
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Several UMaine researchers will take part in a conference about the rise and fall of Maine’s sardine industry, according to Village Soup. Pauleena MacDougall of the UMaine-based Maine Folklife Center, and Bill Kuykendall of UMaine’s New Media Center will participate in the Oct. 22-23 conference.
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