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Maine Impact Week

Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition

Lord Hall Gallery

All students enrolled in Department of Art courses are given the opportunity to submit their research/creative work to the Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition.  This exhibition is held in the Lord Hall Gallery, and on average, more than 300 works of art are submitted by the students.  Two faculty members and an outside visual art […]

*Campus Closed due to storm – IMRC Open House Tour CANCELLED*

IMRC 104 Stewart Commons, Orono, ME, United States

The IMRC Center is hosting an Open House as part of the University of Maine’s Impact Week. Take a tour of the University of Maine’s media and material labs and learn how you can get access to the facilities and services that the IMRC Center has to offer. Meet us for the tour in the […]

Free

Brass & Percussion Ensemble Concert

Minsky Recital Hall 2 Flagstaff Rd, Orono, ME, United States

Brass Ensemble & Percussion Ensemble in Concert Tuesday, April 9 7:30 pm Minsky Recital Hall This event is FREE and open to the public.

Jazz Band Concert

Minsky Recital Hall 2 Flagstaff Rd, Orono, ME, United States

Jazz Band Concert Thursday, April 11 7:30 pm Minsky Recital Hall Tickets are $9, or FREE with a student MaineCard.

$9

Accepted Student Day

The University of Maine invites accepted students starting in Fall 2019 to attend the Accepted Student Day on Friday, April 12, on-campus at the Collins Center for the Arts. This program provides opportunities for accepted students to get to speak with faculty representatives and current students, learn more about their academic program, and explore various […]

Habitat Earth Planetarium Program

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd., Orono, ME

Living networks connect and support life forms large and small—from colonies of tiny microbes and populations of massive whales to ever-expanding human societies. Discover what it means to live in today’s connected world in Habitat Earth. Through stunning visualizations of the natural world, dive below the ocean’s surface to explore the dynamic relationships found in […]

Event Series Opera Scenes Performance

Opera Scenes Performance

Minsky Recital Hall 2 Flagstaff Rd, Orono, ME, United States

Opera Workshop presents An evening of Opera Scenes Performances Friday, April 12 & Saturday, April 13 7:30 pm Minsky Recital Hall Both performances are FREE and open to the public.

Marine Research and Education Open House

Maine Impact Week is proud to include the Marine Research and Education Open House. This will take place at the University of Maine in Orono at multiple sites from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 13. This event is free, open to the public and appropriate for all ages! List of showcase events: […]

Free
Event Series Opera Scenes Performance

Opera Scenes Performance

Minsky Recital Hall 2 Flagstaff Rd, Orono, ME, United States

Opera Workshop presents An evening of Opera Scenes Performances Friday, April 12 & Saturday, April 13 7:30 pm Minsky Recital Hall Both performances are FREE and open to the public.

Faculty Mentor Appreciation Luncheon

University of Maine Orono, ME, United States

Please join us in honoring UMaine Faculty Mentors at the Faculty Mentor Appreciation Awards and Luncheon Wells Conference Center The buffet starts at 11:30 a.m. and the award ceremony begins at 12:15 p.m. Luncheon Program and Awards can be viewed at https://umaine.edu/impactweek/faculty-thank-you/. RSVP Please RSVP to the Mentor Awards and Luncheon by filling out this form.

Microfabrication Cleanroom Tours

ESRB ESRB, 98 Beddington Rd, Orono, ME, United States

Our Microfabrication Cleanroom is a 3500 ft2 class 1000 cleanroom that maintains dedicated instrumentation for micro- and nano-fabrication of microsensor technologies, and for atomic-scale materials synthesis research.  This is a state-of-the-art nanotechnology facility that is part of the Frontier Institute for Research in Sensor Technologies (FIRST) research center, and is located in the Engineering Science Research […]

Event Series Hackerspace Open House

Hackerspace Open House

Memorial Union Memorial Union, Orono, ME, United States

The Hackerspace provides free access to equipment and technology training to UMaine faculty and students.  We have 3D printing, robotics, and physical computing equipment.  About Hackerspace: The University of Maine envisions the Hackerspace as an environment in which students can access the latest technology in order to explore new ways of thinking. Working alone, in […]

Aging Farmers Needs and Ingenuity

Buchanan Alumni House Buchanan Alumni House, Orono, ME, United States

As a state with a large rural geography, farming is critical to Maine’s health, social, economic, and scientific development. Thus, the work of the University of Maine in fostering excellence in land and aqua-based agriculture is ongoing and central to both the land and sea grant missions of our institution. While significant research has been […]

Avoiding Gendered Letters of Recommendation Workshop

Estabrooke Hall Estabrooke Hall, Orono, ME, United States

Join us for a workshop that helps mitigate gender bias in writing letters of recommendation. Faculty write and read letters of recommendation for students, colleagues and potential hires. There is a substantial body of literature surrounding unconscious bias in letter writing. This workshop will focus on gender bias and how it presents within letters of […]

Disability: Beyond Accommodation Presentation

Buchanan Alumni House Buchanan Alumni House, Orono, ME, United States

In the past several decades, guided by accommodation and inclusion frameworks, numerous efforts have been made to improve opportunity and participation for disabled populations. However, implicit in both approaches is the reliance on “integration”, a school of thought in which those already privileged as members of non-disabled groups accommodate outsiders. In this seminar we present […]

Additive Manufacturing of Metals Presentation

Jenness Hall Jenness Hall, Orono, ME, United States

Additive Manufacturing (AM) is a rapidly growing disruptive technology valued at approximately $7.3 billion worldwide and growing at 21% in 2017. To date, AM has affected almost all market sectors, including automotive, aerospace, biomedical, dental, footwear, industrial, and tooling and fixtures. AM's widespread adoption is a consequence of reduced lead times, mass customization, part consolidation, […]

Visiting Ecological Artist Aviva Rahmani

Stewart Hall, Room 104 Steward Hall

The Intermedia Program welcomes ecological artist Aviva Rahmani to UMaine on Tuesday, April 14th at 7:00 pm. Aviva Rahmani began her career as a performance artist, founding and directing the American Ritual Theatre (1968-1971), performing throughout California. She graduated from California Institute of the Arts and received a PhD from Plymouth University, UK, Rahmani has […]

FIRST Director’s Presentation

ESRB ESRB, 98 Beddington Rd, Orono, ME, United States

A presentation by the Director of the Frontier Institute for Research in Sensor Technologies (FIRST) Dr. Sharmila M. Mukhopadhyay The Role of Sensor Technologies in Society and Future Directions of FIRST FIRST has an impressive array of instrumentation to synthesize and investigate materials properties at the atomic scale and up to macroscopic dimensions, as well […]

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