Pentagon leaders appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee in late September to review the U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban’s takeover of the country. As the Taliban gains control over the country amidst ongoing instability, it has become clear that the road to peace seems more difficult than ever before. “I think […]
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Mark Brewer, a politics professor with the University of Maine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News 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 […]
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The University of Maine community joins students, alumni, faculty and staff of the university’s art and intermedia programs in mourning the passing of professor Owen Smith. Smith passed away Oct. 14 at the age of 63. Smith joined the Department of Art faculty in 1991. In his 30-year UMaine career, he inspired countless undergraduate and […]
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The University of Maine community and the theatre community are mourning the loss of UMaine associate professor emerita of theatre Marcia Joy Douglas, who passed away Oct.11 after a short illness. She was 75. Douglas, born in California and raised in Colorado, was a theatre educator for over 40 years at universities in the Midwest and […]
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In collaboration with performers from Kolkata, India, the University of Maine School of Performing Arts Division of Theatre and Dance presents “Anon(ymous)” by Naomi Iizuka, debuting at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15 in the Cyrus Pavilion Theatre. The multimedia production, which will run for the next two weeks, is directed by UMaine Libra assistant professor […]
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WQCB (Q106.5 in Brewer) included the University of Maine in a report titled “25 Actual Locations of Stephen King’s Maine.” The report noted that King graduated from UMaine in 1970 with a bachelor’s degree in English. It also highlighted the The Stephen E. King Chair in Literature, which aims to advance excellence in the creation, […]
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A University of Maine-led research team, in collaboration with the University of Alabama, will design a new class of materials capable of improving solar cells, lasers and other optoelectronic devices that convert light into energy with a $525,000 collaborative research award from the National Science Foundation. Liping Yu, an assistant professor of physics at the […]
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Numerous medical professionals, biologists and other experts have been combating COVID-19 and the havoc it has wrought since the pandemic began. Physicists have also joined the fray, including one from the University of Maine. By inventing a new microscope, Sam Hess, a professor of physics at UMaine, can obtain new insight into the structure of […]
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Jonathan Rubin will participate in an upcoming session of “Policy Matters,” a series of policy conversations hosted by the Portland Press Herald, about how the state is addressing climate change online at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13. Rubin, director of the University of Maine Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center and a professor of resources economics […]
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The Maine Business School (MBS) Corps will host its eighth annual March Against Domestic Violence at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15, beginning in front of Fogler Library on the University of Maine campus. Scheduled speakers include Karyn Sporer, sociology professor who specializes in family violence and victimization; Robert Dana, vice president for student life and […]
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