The Bangor Daily News featured the new exhibitions now on view at the University of Maine Museum of Art in Bangor. The exhibits include fiber and ceramic art that “shun categorization and raise questions about societal value of functional craft,” according to the BDN, and an exhibit of “provocative and mysterious” photography. Contact: Jessica Bloch, […]
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Maine Public Broadcasting Network radio interviewed UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer about Maine Gov. Paul LePage’s recent struggles to get through his legislative agenda. Brewer said LePage’s style seems to not permit him to compromise, and added that GOP lawmakers in Maine are hoping to avoid being seen as rubber stamps for the governor’s agenda. […]
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UMaine art historian Justin Wolff’s book “Thomas Hart Benton: A Life,” about the Missouri artist Benton, was reviewed in the Kansas City Star, with an accompanying interview with Wolff. The review called the book an “energetic and revelatory biography.” Wolff was also interviewed about the book by Kansas City National Public Radio station KCUR, which […]
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The Maine Sea Grant College Program at the University of Maine has announced the recipients of the latest two-year research funding awards from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Sea Grant Office. More than $600,000 will support nine research projects in the Northeast.
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Effective April 4, the University of Maine has suspended the Sigma Nu fraternity for five years for continued violations of the UMaine student conduct code.
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Comments from Len Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging, were included in an article on lifestyles and longevity in the April 2012 issue of USA Today Magazine. Kaye says a sense of optimism and well-being can lead to positive long-term health effects. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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University of Maine marine sciences professor emeritus James McCleave, a leading research authority on eels, was interviewed Wednesday for a Channel 7 (WVII) news report about elvers, the tiny eels harvested in Maine coastal waters, largely for sale to Asian markets where prices have exceeded $2,000 per pound recently. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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In a Bangor Daily News story about a sculpture that is slated to be moved from its current location in downtown Bangor to a location on the Bangor waterfront, University of Maine Museum of Art Director George Kinghorn was noted as being at a meeting during which the move was discussed. Kinghorn, who is the […]
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Several media outlets covered Wednesday’s announcement that UMaine has suspended the Sigma Nu fraternity for five years after an investigation found the fraternity had violated the university student conduct code. The Bangor Daily News interviewed Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Robert Dana, who said there are high expectations for UMaine students […]
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More than a dozen experts from universities, government and business from both sides of the U.S.-Canada border will be at the University of Maine April 23-24 for a conference on increasing the region’s bilateral trade, including an update on an east-west highway proposal in Maine. The two-day conference, “Cross-Border Economic Integration in the Northeast: Current […]
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