Twenty-five Mexican students have been enjoying a month-long exchange program at the University of Maine, reported WABI (Channel 5). The students, who are studying at UMaine’s Intensive English Institute, have attended a Black Bear hockey game and laced up skates and taken their own spin around the ice at Alfond Arena. “Exciting to be here. […]
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The Verge mentioned Jacquelyn Gill, a paleoecologist at the University of Maine, in the article, “Will Trump slash public funding for scientific research?” Academic institutions in the U.S. rely heavily on federal dollars for running their labs, buying equipment, processing samples, and training the next generation of scientists, according to the article. Researchers all over […]
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Mount Desert Islander reported Amy Fried, a political science professor at the University of Maine, will speak to the Hancock County Democratic Committee at the Moore Community Center in Ellsworth at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17. The program is free and open to the public, and the committee’s regular business meeting will follow, according to […]
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Robert Glover, an assistant professor of honors and political science at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News, titled “Here’s what Trump’s electoral ‘upset’ means for our major political parties.”
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The Lincoln County News reviewed a photography exhibit by Katie Coupland, a doctoral candidate in oceanography at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center. Coupland’s small collection of photographs are on exhibit at the Rising Tide Community Market in Damariscotta, according to the article. The show will run through Nov. 23, the article states.
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U.S. Sen. Angus King told WVII (Channel 7) that he hopes President-elect Donald Trump will be open minded on the subject of climate change. King spoke with the TV station prior to a talk he gave last Thursday on climate change at the University of Maine. Trump has called climate change a hoax. He also […]
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The University of Maine was included in the Bangor Daily News article, “Fearful of backlash against LGBT from Trump win, Unitarians find comfort in vigils, prayer.” The recent election of Donald Trump as president has local Unitarian Universalist church members praying that he won’t curtail the social and legal acceptance that gay and transgendered citizens […]
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Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, spoke with several news organizations following Election Day. On WVII (Channel 7), Brewer spoke about the shock people around the country are feeling after the presidential election. “Some are happy stunned and some are sad stunned, but people are stunned that we are here, […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported U.S. Sen. Angus King will deliver the Senator Margaret Chase Smith Public Affairs Lecture at the University of Maine’s Collins Center for the Arts at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 10. King’s address, “Maine and Climate Change: The View from Greenland,” is free and open to the public. King recently spent three days […]
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Maine Public Radio spoke with Amy Fried, a political science professor at the University of Maine, for a story on why Democrat Emily Cain lost her bid to represent Maine’s 2nd District in the U.S. House of Representatives. “Well whenever you lose it’s very easy to say that something should have been different and you […]
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