Leigh Boyle, founder and executive director of The Lipstick Project, will deliver two public talks at the University of Maine on April 25. The Lipstick Project, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, was established in 2012 by a group of young women who wanted to bring dignity and beauty into the last days of people’s lives. […]
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Three University of Maine students have been selected into the American Sociological Association (ASA) Honors Program and will present research at the group’s 112th annual meeting in Montreal this August. Competitively selected from across the nation, the ASA Honors Program brings sociology students to the annual meeting to participate in a range of activities, including […]
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The Republican Journal reported more than 25 well-known and emerging poets, University of Maine students and musicians will celebrate National Poetry Month at the 15th annual Poets/Speak! The event will be held from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 27 at Bangor Public Library. The theme for this year is “Origins: Roots & Sources,” to […]
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The University of Maine has named its Outstanding Graduating Students for 2017. They include: Donald Bistri, Outstanding Graduating International Student in the College of Engineering Donald Bistri of Tirana, Albania is a mechanical engineering major who has been a student research assistant for two years in the Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC). At […]
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Melissa Ladenheim, associate dean of the Honors College, has been named the 2017 Steve Gould Award winner at the University of Maine. The Steve Gould Award is presented to members of the UMaine community who have, by their conduct, demonstrated superior qualities of unselfishness and compassion in the course of serving UMaine and its ideals. […]
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What is the key to success? Emily Illingworth might say it is failure. Even when failure seems as likely an outcome as success, Illingworth is not afraid to reach. She sees failure as an opportunity to learn and grow, and her many achievements at the University of Maine are a result of this fearlessness and […]
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The research and creative activities of more than 1,200 undergraduate and graduate students will be showcased at the second annual University of Maine Student Symposium April 24 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. The free public event will be held from 8 a.m.–6 p.m. and is organized by UMaine Graduate Student Government and the […]
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Humanitarian and lawyer Sherri Mitchell will present the 2017 John M. Rezendes Visiting Scholar in Ethics Lecture at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, in Nutting Hall, Room 100. Mitchell’s lecture is titled, “The Heart of Spirit Based Change.” A reception will be held at 3:30 p.m. Mitchell was born and raised on the Penobscot Indian […]
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WLBZ (Channel 2) spoke with the University of Maine’s 2017 valedictorian, Allyson Eslin of Bangor, and salutatorian, Joshua Patnaude of Sanford. The two top students will receive a total of five degrees at UMaine’s 215th Commencement. Eslin, who is also an honors student, will receive three bachelor’s degrees in economics, political science and psychology; Patnaude, […]
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The role of the news media in public life will be the focus of an April 12 lecture at the University of Maine by Josh Roiland, assistant professor of journalism. The 7 p.m. lecture, “Keep Calm and Scroll On: Understanding the News Media’s Influence in Turbulent Times,” in 100 D.P. Corbett Business Building is free […]
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