A pledge from University of Maine alumna Karen Boudreau and her husband, Thomas Jensen, M.D. will rename North Stevens Hall on campus in honor of the former Brewer, Maine resident and now San Diego-based attorney. Karen L. Boudreau, Esq. Hall will be dedicated on July 14. Expected to participate in the ceremony are UMaine President […]
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Brian Pitman, professor of sociology at UMaine, wrote a column for centralmaine.com which critically analyzes “The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.” Pitman examines key parts of the bill and their connections to a history of racism. He is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the […]
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Editor’s note: Story updated July 7. The Division of Music in the University of Maine School of Performing Arts is celebrating its 50th annual Maine Summer Youth Music Camp this July, returning to its traditional in-person, residential experience after two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. The camp, led by Christopher White, UMaine director of bands, […]
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The University of Maine recognized 2,951 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the spring 2022 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s List, 1,938 are from Maine, 955 are from 41 other states and 58 are from 30 countries other than the U.S. To be eligible for the Full-time Dean’s List, a student […]
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Anastasia Lipp from New Gloucester, Maine has been awarded the prestigious Lunder Summer Internship in Studio Art at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Lipp is a rising senior at UMaine and is working toward a bachelor’s degree in studio art with a minor in psychology. During Lipp’s first year of college, she was […]
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An Associated Press story about criticism that Sen. Susan Collins received in the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade quoted Amy Fried, professor of political science at the University of Maine. The Washington Post and other national outlets shared the AP story.
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Mark Brewer, a University of Maine professor of political science, spoke with the Bangor Daily News about the decline in Maine voters who are not enrolled with a major political party. A growing number of people registering with political parties reflects national polarization, Brewer says. “Twenty years ago, Maine politics was very different than American […]
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Daniel Soucier, a research associate at the University of Maine Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, spoke with the Bangor Daily News about the growing number of overdoses happening in Bangor in recent years. Soucier, who collects data about Maine’s opioid crisis, said trends involving the international drug supply and social isolation resulting from the COVID-19 […]
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Getting pilot certification and flying a plane may not be the first things that come to mind when you think of college experiences. But for Vinh-Nhan Ngo, of Bangor, Maine, these have always been his goals. As a first-year student, Nhan became a member of the UMaine Flying Club and as a sophomore, obtained his […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke to Mary Freeman, assistant professor of New England history at the University of Maine, about a racist sign at the Harry E. Reed Insurance Agency in Millinocket on Juneteenth. Freeman said the relation of eating collard greens and fried chicken on Juneteenth draws on stereotypes that have been present in […]
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