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Maine Impact Week Events 2023


Week At-a-Glance
Calendar View

Highlighted Events

2023 Research Impact Challenge graphic
Research Impact ChallengeRecurring Online Event
Co-Translation: Making the Invisible Visible Exhibition with April 10-12 dates
Co-Translation: Making the Invisible Visible ExhibitionIMRC Center (5-7 pm, opening reception)
Image of Four people putting together a large puzzle.
Faculty Mentor Awards LuncheonWells Commons (12-1:30 pm)
Image of television screens with April 10 date
Channeling America: CBS, NBC and the Creation of the Network AgeDunn Hall, Room 401 (12-12:50 pm)
Image of Maine sunset with April 10 date
Talk – Rural Maine Feels the Heat107 Norman Smith Hall and Online (3-4 pm)
Image including various spices, peppers, vegetables, oils, and cooking supplies. Includes April 11 date.
Cooking for Crowds WebinarOnline (9-12 pm)
Image of older adults practicing yoga stretches with April 11 date.
Older Adult Health and Wellness FairBuchanan Alumni House (1-4 pm)
Image of hands planting a seedling with April 11 date
Maine 4-H Agricultural Ambassador ProgramOnline (3:30-5 pm)
Image of city skyline with water droplet photograph
Portland Gateway Open HousePortland Gateway (4:30-6:30 PM)
Group of people holding hands with April 12 date
The Experiences of Precariously Housed and Unhoused IndividualsBoudreau Hall 235 (4:30-5:30 pm)
Image of deep sea with April 13 date
The Blue Commons: Combating Rentier Capitalism In The SeaOnline (12:30-2 pm)
The Foster Center for Innovation Awards logo with April 13 date.
The Foster Center Innovation AwardsFoster Center for Innovation (5:30 - 7:30 pm)
Image of College of Education building at University of Maine.
UMaine College of Education and Human Development Career FairWells Conference Center (1-3 pm)
Image of food waste. April 14 date.
2023 Maine Food Waste Solutions SummitOnline (10-12 pm)
UMSS event photograph featuring poster presenters.
UMaine Student Symposium 2023Collins Center for the Arts (9-3 pm)
Aerial view
Center ToursUMaine Research Facilities
Magic globe a story of the Seasons with April 16 date
Magic Globe: A Story of the Seasons Planetarium ProgramVersant Power Astronomy Center (2-3 pm)
The beatles a day at the planetarium with April 16 date
The Beatles: A Day in the PlanetariumVersant Power Astronomy Center (4-5:30 pm)