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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Contact: George Markowsky, 581-3940 On Saturday, Oct. 23, the UMaine Computer Science Department sent two teams to a preliminary competition at Western New England College in Springfield, Mass. The first team, with members Sean Edwards, Avner Maiberg and Emma Strubell, finished second in the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Programming Competition and qualified to compete […]
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Mark Brewer from the UMaine political science faculty provided analysis for three weekend stories about Maine political issues. An Associated Press report looked at information about early voting among Maine Democrats and Maine Republicans. He was also quoted in a Bangor Daily News report about the races for seats in the Maine Senate, and in […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Prolific and acclaimed writer David Madden will spend the day at the University of Maine on Monday, Nov. 1. Louisiana State University’s Robert Penn Warren Professor of Creative Writing, emeritus, Madden will visit with UMaine English students and faculty members to share his insights and expertise on […]
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The Portland Press Herald story about poll numbers in Maine’s gubernatorial race included comments from Kenneth Palmer, UMaine political science professor emeritus. Palmer said with Republican candidate Paul LePage’s numbers steady, election watchers are waiting to see if either Democrat Libby Mitchell or Independent Eliot Cutler will make a move in the polls.
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UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer is quoted in an Associated Press story about absentee balloting in the Maine governor’s race. Brewer told the AP based on the numbers of returned absentee ballots so far, Republicans are holding their own against Democrats.
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The 25th Annual Maryann Hartman Awards to Maine women of achievement will be presented from 5-7 p.m., Oct. 27 at the Buchanan Alumni House. This year’s winners are Candace Austin, Shenna Bellows and Francine Stark. Young Women’s Social Justice Award Winners are Daniella Runyambo and Heather Sawyer. The event, sponsored by UMaine’s Women’s Studies Program, […]
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What is your occupation? I am a fitness professional and founder of Lacey Stone Fitness LLC, which combines personal training, nutrition coaching, cardio coaching, and life coaching. I am also a personal trainer and fitness class instructor at Equinox fitness clubs in the New York City area. Earlier this month I had my debut as […]
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The Associated Press quoted UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer about the exposure of imperfections of the candidates for high political positions, and the potential impact on voters. Brewer said close elections will generate more opposition research.
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Join Phillip Silver of the UMaine Music Department faculty for his annual Thwarted Voices concert, a performance of music by Holocaust-era composers silenced by Nazis, on Saturday, Oct. 23 at 7:30 p.m. at Minsky Recital Hall. Students free, others $7. The Collins Center for the Arts box office (581-1755) has additional information.
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