The news that Steve Weinberger, UMaine assistant vice president of human resources, is leaving for a similar position on the Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education was noted in the Hartford Courant. Weinberger, who is from Connecticut, is joining former UMaine President Emeritus Robert Kennedy, who is currently president of the Board of Regents. […]
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The Village Soup website of noted a new effort by the UMaine-based Maine Folklife Center to offer access to written and recorded narratives, stories and songs that represent Maine culture. The Maine Song and Story Sampler website is the culmination of a year’s work by Folklife Center Director Pauleena MacDougall and history graduate student Josh […]
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U.S. Sen Olympia Snowe of Maine has written a letter that appeared on Fosters.com, the website of New Hampshire’s Foster’s Daily Democrat, in support of the announcement that the Blackstone Charitable Foundation is providing a $3 million grant to help support Maine business and innovation, including UMaine’s innovation engineering program. Snowe is a graduate of […]
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Chris Corro from the UMaine Alumni Association was a live Wednesday morning guest on WVOM’s George Hale/Ric Tyler Show, providing a detailed preview of UMaine’s Homecoming Weekend, scheduled for Friday-Sunday.
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Don Kraus, chief executive officer of Citizens for Global Solutions, will speak at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 13, in the Bangor Room of the University of Maine Memorial Union.
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UMaine political scientist Amy Fried will be interviewed at 8 a.m. Thursday on Portland radio station WMPG’s “Hukkin’ A Chainek” show hosted by Steve Hirshon. Fried will discuss her new book, “Pathways to Polling.” WMPG can be heard at 90.9 or 104.1 on the radio in southern Maine, or via streaming on the station website. […]
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Amy Fried’s biweekly Bangor Daily News column examines equal enforcement of the law in the wake of the recent controversy over college students voting in Maine. Fried argues that laws should not be enforced selectively, as she believes they were in this case. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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A report in the Detroit Free Press on the mingling of sports and religion included comments from UMaine History Professor Emeritus William Baker, who has written a book entitled “Playing with God: Religion and Modern Sport.” Baker told the paper that baseball is affected by the general culture, which has been affected by the rise […]
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UMaine’s 4-H Camp and Learning Center in Woodstock will share in a $692,736 federal grant to implement physical activity and nutrition programs for every student in Oxford County, according to a news story in the Lewiston Sun Journal. The grant includes funding for an experiential education coordinator who will be an employee of the 4-H […]
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The Portland Press Herald carried a report on plans for Rudy Vallee Day, the Westbrook native and legendary singer and actor who popularized UMaine’s fight song, “The Stein Song.” Students plan to gather at 3 p.m. Wednesday on the steps of Fogler Library to sing the song in honor of Vallee, who spend one semester […]
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