Contact: Marlene Charron, (207) 581-4096 ORONO — “The Challenges of Asia,” a unique University of Maine course designed around the 2011 Camden Conference on the same theme, will examine the impact of current trends in the international political economy of several countries in Asia. Class participants will explore regional dynamics, the influence and perspective of […]
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Contact: Jim Settele, (207) 581-1835 BANGOR — The Bangor Foreign Policy Forum will host Ambassador John K. Veroneau, former Deputy United States Trade Representative, Nov. 15 at the Bangor Public Library for a discussion on the law and politics of a global economy. The talk is free and open to the public. It begins at […]
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An Express News online story previews a Nov. 19 University of Alberta program featuring Prof. Neil Comins from the UMaine Dept. of Physics and Astronomy. Fr. José Funes, director of the Vatican Observatory, will join Comins for a panel discussion, “Astrobiology: Are We Alone in the Universe?” The session is part of that university’s Festival […]
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Members of the UMaine Horticulture Club are selling pumpkins today, Oct. 28 until 2 p.m., and Friday, Oct. 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the Memorial Union to raise funds for club activities. The club is affiliated with the Environmental Horticulture Program.
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Contact: Craig Lodis, (207) 907-989 ORONO — The third annual Stanley Sue Lecture Series presented by the UMaine Clinical Psychology Diversity Committee is presenting Rhonda Boyd, assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, who will discuss “Preventative Interventions: The impact of depression in African-American mothers on their children.” The event, from 2-3:30 […]
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Contact: Kate Beard, (207) 581-2147 or beard@spatial.maine.edu Researchers in the UMaine department of spatial information science and engineering have received a four-year, $700,937 grant from the National Science Foundation to participate in an international project they hope will eventually result in a device that could help blind and visually impaired people lead more independent lives. […]
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Comments from Elaine Clark, UMaine’s executive director of facilities, real estate and planning, are included in a Thursday Bangor Daily News story about the 2011 College Sustainability Report Card, released by a Massachusetts organization. UMaine’s grade has risen from C to B in one year, a development that Clark attributes, in part, to a series […]
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WABI broadcast a Wednesday story about Coming Out Week activities underway at UMaine. Those activities include a Thursday 6 p.m. candlelight vigil on the Mall, in remembrance of those who have taken their own lives because of issues related to bullying.
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Contact: Desiree Butterfield-Nagy, 581-2665 ORONO — The fourth William S. Cohen Papers Forum will take place Friday, Nov. 12 at the University of Maine’s Wells Conference Center with opening remarks at 9 a.m. Cary Coglianese, deputy dean and professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, will give the keynote address. Coglianese […]
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Members of the UMaine community are invited to attend a webinar Thursday, Oct. 28 with Fran Sulinski, assistant director of UMaine Cooperative Extension. Sulinski will speak from 12-1 p.m. from Room 122 in Libby Hall on “Handling Difficult and Irate Customers.” Participation in the webinar is possible by logging on here. Part of the EAP […]
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