Music, Poetry, Science and Engineering Highlight Student Research and Creative Achievement Week
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ORONO, Maine — From the stage to the laboratory, University of Maine students are learning by challenging themselves, laying the foundations for future careers. They will show off their achievements during the annual UMaine Student Research and Creative Achievement Week April 10-17.
Each year, more than 3,000 students participate in research projects at UMaine, according to Deirdre Mageean, associate vice-president for research and dean of the graduate school. “By participating in research, these students learn valuable skills, such as the ability to analyze data, find solutions to problems, and clearly communicate their findings.
“The goal of Student Research and Creative Achievement Week is to promote understanding and communication about research among disciplines and to the public. It promotes a positive environment for university research and scholarship,” she adds.
Leading off the program will be the Maine Masque theater production, Six Characters in Search of an Author at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 10 in Hauck Auditorium followed by the Collegiate Chorale Concert at 7:30 p.m. in the Minsky Recital Hall.
Graduate and undergraduate research will take center stage on Monday. The Graduate Student Research Exposition and the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture will begin in the Buchanan Alumni House, and seniors in the Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders will describe their work through poster presentations in Dunn Hall.
At 4:30 p.m. in room 100, Donald P. Corbett Business Building, Judge George Z. Singal, UMaine graduate from the class of 1967, will give a keynote presentation, “Wandering through the Garden of Eden: How Do I Get out of Here?” He is currently Chief Judge for the U.S First District. His talk will be preceded by a reception at 4 p.m. in the D.P. Corbett atrium.
Research presentations continue on April 12 with a graduate student awards ceremony at 4 p.m. in the Buchanan Alumni House. At 3:30 p.m., Michael Alpert of the University of Maine Press will give a presentation in Fogler Library on the Principles of Book Design.
A tour of the Advanced Engineered Wood Composite Center, a Phi Kappa Phi student initiation ceremony and a readers’ theater will be held on April 13.
On April 14, students in the College of Business, Public Policy and Health will present posters about their research in the D.P. Corbett Atrium from 3 to 6 p.m. Charlie Slavin, dean of the Honors College, will give a presentation at 3 p.m. as part of the Phi Kappa Phi student initiation ceremony in the Buchanan Alumni House. Events will turn to poetry and music with a 4:30 p.m. poetry reading by Michael Palmer in the Soderberg Center, Jenness Hall, and a presentation by visiting physicist and composer Brian Holmes on the acoustics of horn playing at 7:30 p.m. in the Minsky Recital Hall.
Honors students will give presentations about their thesis projects from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, April 15 in the Thompson Honors Center. That afternoon, graduate students in civil and environmental engineering will give presentations about their research in 310 Boardman Hall, 2:30 to 6 p.m.
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will hold its undergraduate research conference on Saturday, April 16 in the Mahogany Room, Wells Conference Center, starting at 9 a.m. The Collegiate Chorale Concert will be held at 7:30 that evening in the Minsky Recital Hall.
Finishing the week will be a concert by the symphonic and concert bands at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 17 in the Maine Center for the Arts.
A full calendar is available here.