Liberal Arts and Sciences

Teacher, Writer Phippen to Deliver Maine Heritage Lecture

Contact: Kristin Sobolik, 581-3583; Jane Dare, 581-1954 ORONO — The Third Annual Maine Heritage Lecture on Oct. 25 will feature noted Maine writer, editor and English teacher Sanford “Sandy” Phippen presenting “Stories of Laughter and Tears.” Phippen, former host of the MPBN program “A Good Read” and a member of the Fogler Library Friends Advisory […]

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Guest Artist Recital to Feature Beethoven Sonatas

Acclaimed pianist Paul Orgel will present an evening of Beethoven sonatas Saturday, Oct. 16 at 7:30 p.m. in Minsky Recital Hall, Class of 1944 Hall. An international performer and classical recording artist on the music faculty at the University of Vermont, Orgel will conduct a master class for music students during the day. Tickets for […]

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Women’s Studies Lecture Series Schedule Online

The Fall 2010 Women in the Curriculum and Women’s Studies Program lunchtime lecture series schedule is available online in a PDF. The series continues Wednesday, Oct. 20, from 12:15-1:30 p.m. in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union with a talk, “Emily Dickenson and the Civil War,” by Ben Friedlander, associate professor of English. The […]

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Campaign Could be Most Expensive, Brewer says

UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer tells Maine Today Media (Portland Press Herald, Kennebec Journal, Central Maine Morning Sentinel) that the 2010 Maine gubernatorial campaign may be shaping up to be the most expensive in Maine history.

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Ford’s Stories To Be Read At Aarhus Gallery

The midcoast newspaper Village Soup has an article about a lecture series a Aarhus Gallery in Belfast that will include a reading of the works of UMaine professor emerita Elaine Ford. A creative writing and literature professor, Ford is the author of five novels and a collection of short stories, “The American Wife,” for which […]

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Fried in 1st District Race Update

Comments from Amy Fried of the UMaine political science faculty were included in a Monday Bangor Daily News story about polling related to the Maine 1st District Congressional race between incumbent Chellie Pingree and GOP challenger Dean Scontras.

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2nd District Congressional Race Analysis

Comments from UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer are featured in an Associated Press story about the race for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District seat.  Republican Jason Levesque is challenging incumbent Democrat Michael Michaud for that seat.  Brewer also commented in a Saturday Portland Press Herald story based on Levesque’s criticism of Michaud following Friday’s release of […]

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Brewer in Story on New Poll

An Oct. 10 Kennebec Journal story on a new statewide election poll included comments from Mark Brewer of the UMaine political science faculty.  The poll was commissioned by Pine Tree Politics, a Maine political news website.

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Advance Grant Establishes UMaine Center to Support Female Faculty

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — A  five-year, $3.3 million National Science Foundation ADVANCE grant will fund a new University of Maine initiative to affect institutional change by improving the status of female faculty in the sciences, technology, engineering, mathematics and the social-behavioral sciences. The grant will establish the Rising Tide Center, which […]

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