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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Moxley Poem Featured on National Poetry Website
Poetry Daily, an online anthology of poetry published by The Daily Poet Association, published a poem, “Lullaby,” by Jennifer Moxley, a member of the UMaine English Department faculty, who was the daily featured poet Thursday, Sept. 30. Moxley also was the guest judge for a $10,000 poetry prize awarded by Lake Forest College in September. […]
Read morePolling Analysis Story Includes Brewer Comments
Mark Brewer of the UMaine political science faculty was featured in a Maine Public Radio analaysis of methodologies used by pollsters assessing the Maine gubernatorial race.
Read moreSocolow in Story on MaineWatchdog Reporting
Comments from Michael Socolow of the UMaine journalism faculty are included in a Maine Today Media story (Portland Press Herald, Kennebec Journal, Central Maine Morning Sentinel) about the online reporting of organizations like MaineWatchdog.org, which first reported recent news about issues related to U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree’s travel on private jets. The site is part […]
Read moreNew Art Faculty Exhibit Opening Oct. 8 at Lord Hall Galleries
Contact: Laurie Hicks, 581-3247 ORONO — A new exhibit by selected members of the University of Maine’s Art Department faculty opens Oct. 8 at the Lord Hall Galleries, with an opening reception planned Friday, Oct. 15 from 5:30-7 p.m. Titled “FACULTY / SELECTED / 2010,” the exhibit features new work by Constant Albertson, Susan Camp, […]
Read moreFaculty Member, Student in Camden Film Festival New Media Event
Contact: Owen Smith, 581-4389 ORONO — Intermedia MFA Director Owen Smith and third-year MFA intermedia graduate student Bethany Engstrom are participating in the exhibition and gallery talk PANOPTIC, being held in conjunction with the Camden International Film Festival this weekend. The Camden International Film Festival, in partnership with Asymmetrick Arts, Binaural Nodar and the Maine […]
Read moreU.S., Canadian Grad Students Merging for Annual Weekend Conference
Contact: Rob Gee, 603-370-0982, Robert.gee@umit.maine.edu ORONO — The 12th annual UM/UNB Conference being held this year at the University of Maine will assemble history graduate students from United States and Canada for three days of discussions about teaching, the academic job market, pedagogy and scholarly presentations. The annual event, hosted in alternate years by graduate […]
Read moreBrewer in Newsweek Report on Maine Senate Races
Comments from Mark Brewer of the UMaine political science faculty are included in a Newsweek report about Maine’s moderate Republican U.S. Senators and challenges they might face from a conservative GOP electorate.
Read moreSpeech-Language-Hearing Association at UMaine Oct. 7-9
Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The Maine Speech-Language-Hearing Association (MSHLA) will bring its 2010 fall conference to the University of Maine Thursday Oct. 7-Saturday Oct. 9. The conference is scheduled for UMaine’s Wells Conference Center. UMaine’s Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders will host the sessions, in conjunction with MSLHA. MSLHA works […]
Read moreUMaine to Award First Annual Millay Poetry Prize
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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