The Ellsworth American reported soprano Karen Pendleton, who teaches in the University of Maine’s School of Performing Arts, and tenor and pianist Colin Graebert, a UMaine student, will perform a free concert in celebration of Valentine’s Day. The program of love songs is the second show in a series of free noontime concerts presented by […]
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The Maine Edge advanced two new exhibitions on display at the University of Maine’s Lord Hall Gallery from Feb. 6 to March 13. “Featured Faculty/2015” will show new work by Department of Art faculty that will include photography, painting, ceramics, glass and mixed media installations. “Illusions and Reality: The Photographs of Alan Stubbs” is a […]
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Jonathan Rubin, a professor of resource economics and policy at the University of Maine, was a recent guest on the Maine Public Broadcasting Network’s “Maine Calling” radio show. Rubin and other guests spoke about electric rates in Maine, including how rates are determined and why they fluctuate.
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Per Garder, professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Maine, talked about the impact of the recent deluge of snow on the economy in the Sun Journal piece “Businesses mixed on too much snow.” “People have gotten the expectation nowadays it should be possible to drive like summertime, all the time, everywhere. […]
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Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for an article about Gov. Paul LePage’s proposed budget and planned State of the State address. LePage is expected to outline his tax reform and budget proposals during the address and then take his message around the state […]
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The Weekly published a University of Maine news release about research on teaching methods by Michelle Smith, an assistant professor in the School of Biology and Ecology. Aleszu Bajak penned “Lectures Aren’t Just Boring, They’re Ineffective, Too, Study Finds,” for ScienceInsider about the research that Smith and others conducted with lead author Scott Freeman of […]
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Sylvia Most, a high school teacher in Windham, spoke with the Maine Public Broadcasting Network about her current Maine Policy Review commentary, “Creative Pathways Through High School: A Response to John Dorrer, ‘Do We Have the Workforce Skills for Maine’s Innovation Economy?’” Dorrer’s piece appeared in an earlier edition of the Maine Policy Review. Most […]
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Times Higher Education recently published a review by Deborah Rogers, an English professor at the University of Maine. Rogers wrote about “Loving Literature: A Cultural History,” by Deidre Shauna Lynch.
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Kenneth Palmer, a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Maine, spoke with the Maine Public Broadcasting Network for the report “Why is Maine so politically independent?” Maine has more unenrolled voters than it does voters registered with either of the major parties, and it is also one of the most reliably “purple” […]
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Robert Milardo, a professor of family relations at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Bangor Daily News article, “Despite recent decline, Maine’s divorce rate is still among highest in U.S. Why?” Milardo said the majority of divorces occur by the seventh year of marriage because around year five to seven, the romance starts […]
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