Liberal Arts and Sciences

AP interviews Brewer about ‘Right to food’ question

The Associated Press interviewed University of Maine political science professor Mark Brewer about Question 3 on the Nov. 2 election referendum ballot. The question asks voters “Do you favor amending the Constitution of Maine to declare that all individuals have a natural, inherent and unalienable right to grow, raise, harvest, produce and consume the food […]

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Maine Drug Data Hub cited in Piscataquis Observer

The Piscataquis Observer cited information from the Maine Drug Data Hub — a tool created through a partnership between the Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future, the Office of the Attorney General, the University of Maine and several state agencies — in an article about the Recovery Cafe offered by Central Hall Commons. […]

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New Webster Park sculpture from UMaine faculty highlighted in BDN

The Bangor Daily News reported on a new sculpture for Webster Park in Orono developed by University of Maine faculty, one staff member and a recent graduate to get more people interested in math. SunRule, according to the BDN, “is interactive and allows users to visualize multiplication and division using the rays of the sun.” […]

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Spectrum News reports on Maine timber industry impact report

Spectrum News reported on a report from the Margaret Chase Policy Center at the University of Maine about the impact of Maine’s forest products industry. According to the report, as cited in the Spectrum news story, the industry yielded “more than $8 billion in economic impacts and nearly 32,000 associated jobs in 2019.” The state […]

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Maine Edge reviews ‘Anon(ymous)’

The Maine Edge reviewed “Anon(ymous)” a multinational, multimedia production from the University of Maine School of Performing Arts in partnership with Presidency College in Kolkata, India. Tickets for the shows tonight, Friday, Saturday and Sunday are available for purchase online.

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Nikkei Asia interviews Long about China, Vietnam ‘vaccine diplomacy’

Ngo Vinh Long, a professor of Asian history with the University of Maine, spoke to Nikkei Asia about China donating 5.7 million doses of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam. “With its vaccine diplomacy, Beijing has been trying to exert its soft power in the face of widespread reactions to [the Chinese] administration’s wolf warrior […]

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BDN reports on passing of Owen Smith

The Bangor Daily News reported on the passing of Owen Smith, who led the creation of the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in intermedia at the University of Maine and founded the Innovative Media Research and Commercialization (IMRC) Center.

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Haedicke’s op-ed about Question 3 published in BDN

The Bangor Daily News published an op-ed from Michael Haedicke, a University of Maine associate professor of sociology and faculty fellow with the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, about Question 3 on the Nov. 2 election referendum ballot. Haedicke is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, […]

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BDN highlights new materials research led by Yu

The Bangor Daily News highlighted an effort led by Liping Yu, an assistant professor of physics at the University of Maine, to design a new class of materials capable of improving solar cells, lasers and other optoelectronic devices that convert light into energy. Robert Lad, a professor of physics at UMaine, and Feng Yan, an […]

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