The inaugural edition of “Spire,” an online journal of conservation and sustainability based at the University of Maine, will be launched Thursday, May 4. A public celebration with food and beverages will mark the occasion 6–8 p.m. May 4 in the Hudson Museum at the Collins Center for the Arts. The Maine Woods National Park […]
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The Republican Journal and Mount Desert Islander reported Susan Camp, a printmaker, sculptor and adjunct assistant professor of art at the University of Maine, has been named one of the MDI Biological Laboratory’s four 2017 Maine artists-in-residence. The artists’ work will be the subject of the laboratory’s sixth annual “Art Meets Science” exhibit. Instead of […]
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The Innovative Media Research and Commercialization (IMRC) Center at the University of Maine will host an evening of experimental performance beginning at 7 p.m. Friday, April 28. Studio Ajar: Performance Edition, titled “Four Aspects: Contemporary performance in practice” is a showcase of performative works developed by UMaine Intermedia MFA students over the course of several […]
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More than 1,200 undergraduate and graduate students presented their work during the second annual University of Maine Student Symposium held at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor on April 24. The free public event, which was organized by UMaine Graduate Student Government and the Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR), featured the work of students from […]
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The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) and the Maine Space Grant Consortium (MSGC) have announced the MSGC Undergraduate Fellowship winners for summer 2017. The winners are: James Barry, microbiology, “Identification of Virulence Genes in Group B Streptococcus (GBS),” advised by Melody Neely Nathan Gazey, computer science, “HandWaver,” advised by Justin Dimmel Cassandra […]
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The University of Maine will host its sixth annual gathering — Rassemblement — of Franco-American writers, artists and creatives, April 28–30, at the Franco-American Centre on campus. The annual event, organized by UMaine’s Franco American Programs, aims to create a culturally supportive space in which members of the Franco-American creative community can share their work. […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the University of Maine Student Symposium at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. More than 1,200 undergraduate and graduate students showcased over 500 posters, exhibits and performances at the event, according to the report. “The University of Maine is the public research university for the state of Maine. Our mission […]
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Amy Blackstone, a sociology professor at the University of Maine, co-wrote an article for the Ms. Magazine blog titled, “Honoring the childfree auntie.” Blackstone wrote the piece with documentary film director and author Maxine Trump.
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Mount Desert Islander reported a 10-month public dialogue series sponsored by the League of Women Voters-Downeast will continue April 26 with the conversation, “Fake news: Who can you trust?” The discussion will be held from 5:30–7 p.m. at Pat’s Pizza in Ellsworth. Scheduled guests include Josh Roiland, an assistant professor of journalism at the University […]
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Two students in the University of Maine Intermedia MFA Program will present their work at the University of Maine Museum of Art in Bangor at 1 p.m. April 26. Alicia Champlin will discuss her recent performance installation, “MOTIVE,” in the context of a research-based experimental practice. The performance, which took place in December 2016, was […]
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