Maine Public featured Rob Glover, University of Maine associate professor of political science and associate professor of honors, as a panelist on the Friday, April 19, segment of “Maine Calling.” The show traced the philosophical roots of “social contracts” and examined how people today view their obligation toward other human beings.
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Susan Smith, associate research professor in art at the University of Maine, will be featured in the Local Color Gallery in Belfast. The Penobscot Bay Pilot highlighted Smith, also graduate coordinator of Intermedia Programs at UMaine, as one of three artists who will have work featured year-round in the gallery starting Tuesday, April 23. A […]
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The Windham Eagle featured the visit from John Bear Mitchell, a University of Maine Wabanaki Studies lecturer and outreach/student development coordinator, to Raymond Elementary School, where he spoke to students from kindergarten to third grade about Indigenous history and culture. Through interactive music and storytelling, Mitchell offered insights into Maine’s Indigenous heritage and addressed concerns […]
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The Versant Power Astronomy Center at the University of Maine is accepting used eclipse glasses to give to others for future events, particularly to children who live outside of the U.S. and may lack access to these resources. The drop off for undamaged glasses is located inside the center, which is open from 9 a.m.-4 […]
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The Mount Desert Islander promoted an event happening Tuesday, April 30 at the Wendell Gilley Museum with University of Maine professor of English Jennifer Moxley, who will discuss her book titled “For the Good of All, Do Not Destroy the Birds.” The event will be live-cast online, with an in-person reception at 6 p.m. and […]
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Several local writers who are also University of Maine faculty and alumni will showcase their work during Readingpalooza at noon on Sunday, April 14 at Queen City Cinema Club in Bangor. Victoria Hood, a UMaine graduate and adjunct instructor in the Department of English, organized the event. Other presenters include Hollie Adams, UMaine assistant professor […]
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Astronomer and University of Maine physics professor Neil F. Comins delivered multiple talks about the total solar eclipse and common misconceptions in astronomy on April 7 and 8 in New Hampshire. On April 7, Comins gave two talks to guests at the Omni Mount Washington Resort, which welcomed 132 attendees. On April 8, he spoke […]
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Michael Socolow, University of Maine professor of communication and journalism, spoke with CNN and The Washington Post about the wide-ranging impact of the O.J. Simpson trial on television programming in the U.S. According to Socolow, the surge in TV viewership from the trial persuaded Rupert Murdoch to launch Fox News, as well as a surge […]
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National Parks Traveler featured a new effort by the National Park Service to protect Wabanaki archaeological sites in Acadia National Park from climate change that involves collaboration with several Wabanki partners, University of Maine Ph.D. students and Bonnie Newsom, associate professor of anthropology.
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Political science and biology student Michael Delorge of Biddeford, Maine and mechanical engineering major Lydia Gilmore of Bangor, Maine are the 2024 University of Maine valedictorians. UMaine’s salutatorian is Katelyn Amero of Mapleton, Maine, who is double majoring in biochemistry and microbiology. The three will graduate May 4 during the university’s 222nd commencement ceremonies. “Michael, […]
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