Endowed by Claude Dewing Graton, Class of 1900, the Graton Prize is awarded annually to the best essay responding to a current question in constitutional law. This year’s prize will award up to $4,000 to the best response to each of three questions: What are the constitutional issues facing the Department of Justice in deciding […]
Read more
The University of Maine will hold the 2023 International Dance Festival on Feb. 11 at the Collins Center for the Arts. The annual event will showcase traditional music, dance and costumes from around the world that are representative of the diverse student body at UMaine. The two shows, which are free and open to the […]
Read more
The Maine Press Association awarded scholarships to three Maine journalism students in January — two of them from the University of Maine. Recipients of 2023 scholarships are Grace Bradley of Orono, a UMaine senior and editor-in-chief of Maine Campus Media; Hope Carroll of Portland, a UMaine junior in the Honors College and opinion contributor to […]
Read more
The Portland Press Herald spoke to Mark Brewer, professor of political science at the University of Maine, about bipartisan proposals in the state legislature to cut income taxes in Maine. Brewer said the state’s strong fiscal health, coupled with bills from both parties aimed at lowering income taxes for the middle class, shows that lawmakers […]
Read more
The University of Maine’s Department of Art will host its 2023 Faculty Exhibition from Feb. 3–March 17. The exhibition includes art by faculty from UMaine’s Department of Art and Intermedia Programs, including N.B. Aldrich, Diana Baumbach, Susan Camp, Tim Conte, Sam Jones, Robert Pollien, Susan L. Smith, Matt Smolinsky and Giles Timms. A diverse range […]
Read more
Chanthu Millay’s art is raw and intimate: a technicolor self-portrait in painstaking detail, a metal sculpture comprised of pieces of her old prosthetic leg, a ceramic sculpture depicting the emotions she experienced as her family’s lone survivor of the violent Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. Millay’s art wasn’t always so personal. Her education at the […]
Read more
The University of Maine Office of Sponsored Research has been awarded $50,000 from Jane’s Trust Foundation for a project to develop adaptive resilience to climate change with Wabanaki communities, led by Darren Ranco, professor of anthropology and chair of Native American Programs at the University of Maine. Jane’s Trust Foundation is a family foundation dedicated […]
Read more
The Zenith Ensemble, a chamber music group that holds concerts throughout Northern New England, will perform at 3 p.m. Feb. 4 in the Minsky Recital Hall is in the Class of 1944 Hall. The event, hosted by the Collins Center for the Arts, will feature eight singers from the ensemble, including co-founder and co-artistic director […]
Read more
Joel Anderson, assistant professor of history, has just seen the release of his new book, “Reimagining Christendom: Writing Iceland’s Bishops into the Roman Church, 1200-1350.” The book, which takes a deep dive into an underexplored aspect of medieval Christianity, is published by the University of Pennsylvania Press. Read more at the College of Liberal Arts […]
Read more
Developing new wireless sensors for monitoring the functionality of nuclear power plant equipment is the goal of a new project within the University of Maine’s Frontier Institute for Research in Sensor Technologies (FIRST). The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission awarded $500,000 for creating and testing sensors that can withstand the high temperatures and harsh environments in […]
Read more