UMaine’s Paint, Plant and Polish Initiative Enters its Second Year
UMaine’s Paint, Plant and Polish initiative enters its second year.
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UMaine Community Teams up with Penobscot Theatre Co.
University of Maine faculty will take part in a series of events surrounding the Penobscot Theatre Co. production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Wit.” Jesse Moriarity, coordinator of the Foster Center for Student Innovation, will host “Stories of Survival” at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 16 at the Bangor Opera House. Offered in partnership with Bangor […]
Read moreUMaine Student, Faculty Member Win International Digital Humanities Award
A University of Maine graduate student and a faculty member have received an international Digital Humanities Award for their work in digital humanities, which combines studies and information in liberal arts and humanities with computer technology for storage, sharing or exploring research. In recognition of their collaborative Digital Humanities Toolbox UMaine history doctoral candidate Rob […]
Read moreUMaine Student, Faculty Member Up for Digital Humanities Award
Members of the UMaine community have an opportunity to support the nominations of UMaine history doctoral candidate Rob Gee and Honors College and Maine Studies Program faculty member Katherine O’Flaherty for two international awards in recognition of their work in the digital humanities. The public may vote until midnight, Sunday, Feb. 17 on the Digital […]
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UMaine Student Finds Her Voice in an Ancient Art Form
Artist Caroline Robe’s self-study in egg tempera.
Read moreFall 2012 Deans List
Recently the University of Maine recognized 2,035 students for achieving Deans List honors in the Fall 2012 semester. Of the students who made the Deans List, 1,696 are from Maine, 277 are from out of state, and 62 are from foreign countries. Listed below are students who received Deans List honors for the 2012 Fall […]
Read moreTrustees Take Up UMaine Business
The Bangor Daily News reported that University of Maine System Board of Trustees on Jan. 28 approved a $3.2 million project to renovate Estabrooke Hall at the University of Maine and convert the dormitory to a new “collaborative and active learning classroom” and create space for the UMaine Honors College, the newspaper said. Trustees also […]
Read moreOp-Ed Discusses MaineCare Eligibility Policy
An opinion column in the Bangor Daily News by Robert Glover, a University of Maine College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Honors Preceptor of Political Science, discusses healthcare changes the Maine Legislature made last year, which made immigrants living in Maine for less than five years ineligible for MaineCare, the state’s low-income healthcare program. Glover […]
Read moreAssociated Press Reports on Slow Food Conference at UMaine
Channel 2 (WLBZ) and Channel 5 (WABI) both posted an Associated Press report on an Oct. 26–27 conference at UMaine on “slow food,” an international movement that’s promoted as an alternative to fast food with the intention of preserving traditional cuisines and promoting locally grown foods, the report said. U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree of Maine, […]
Read morePresident’s Community Conversation 2.0 Scheduled for Monday
On Monday, Oct. 29, University of Maine President Paul Ferguson will hold Community Conversation 2.0, his second annual discussion with the UMaine community. The President’s Community Conversation 2.0 will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. in Wells Conference Center. This year, the President’s Community Conversation is being combined with the annual Employee Breakfast. […]
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