A research colloquium, “The Migraine Attack as an Integrated Neuroprotective, Neurorestorative Process,” by Jonathan Borkum, UMaine adjunct associate professor, will be held at 3 p.m., March 24, Hill Auditorium, Barrows Hall, sponsored by the Psychology Department and the Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering. Borkum, a psychologist in private practice in Waterville and Bangor, […]
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The Sun Journal announced that Ann Schonberger will be inducted into the Maine Women’s Hall of Fame on March 18 at the University of Maine at Augusta. Schonberger is a former mathematics professor and director of what was then called the Women’s Studies Program. She’s a faculty emerita member with the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality […]
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FOX 22 did a two-part feature on the Screamin’ Black Bears Pep Band. The band, directed by Christopher White, seeks to elevate men’s ice hockey and men’s and women’s basketball games into must-attend events. White says the pep band is part of the fabric of athletic contests and senior Jay Baines, a snare drummer, says […]
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The Division of Theatre was mentioned in a Seacoastonline article about Arts Fair week at Horace Mitchell Primary School in Kittery Point. UMaine students performed “James and the Giant Peach” at the fair, which also included African drumming and dancing and performances by the Shapleigh School jazz band and the Seacoast Repertory Theatre. “The arts […]
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The third annual Maine Science Festival is March 16–19 with events throughout downtown Bangor and in Hampden, and the University of Maine is one of the event partners. Again this year, several members of the UMaine community will be leading workshops and participating in the weekend that draws science, innovation and creative achievement enthusiasts of […]
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The University Singers were included in an Ellsworth American story about a concert celebrating J.S. Bach’s 332nd birthday at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 18, at St. Francis by the Sea Episcopal Church in Blue Hill. Organist Ray Cornils will be joined by the Blue Hill Bach chorus and members of the University of Maine University […]
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Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, spoke with WVII (Channel 7) for a report about fake news. “I think what’s really going on here, more often than not, is an attempt to try and discredit opposing points of view in the attempt to accomplish what you want to get accomplished,” […]
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For second-year University of Maine student Nina Mahaleris from Augusta, Maine, UMaine was close to home and provided generous financial aid. Best of all, after the first semester, she also found all the learning and engagement opportunities she desired in the UMaine student experience. “It definitely surprised me,” says Mahaleris, a double major in journalism […]
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Micah Pawling, an assistant professor of history and Native American studies at the University of Maine, is one of eight humanities scholars nationwide to be awarded a 2017 Public Engagement Fellowship from the Whiting Foundation. The eight were selected from more than 80 scholars nominated from over 50 institutions. The fellowship supports scholars as they […]
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The Bangor Daily News advanced the third Maine Science Festival set for March 16–19 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. Linda Silka, a senior fellow at the University of Maine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, has been a board member and volunteer for the festival since it began. “It’s so important […]
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