Liberal Arts and Sciences

Fogler to offer introductory coding workshop

Fogler Library at the University of Maine will host a free introductory workshop for students who are interested in coding. The workshop will be held 6–8 p.m. Oct. 13 in the Library Classroom. It will provide attendees with an introductory knowledge of HTML, CSS and front-end web programming, and also will demonstrate the importance of […]

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Honors College students to attend national conference in Seattle

Fifteen University of Maine Honors College students will attend the National Collegiate Honors Council Conference in Seattle, Oct. 13–16. Each will make at least one presentation, either on research conducted in collaboration with UMaine faculty mentors, or on Honors pedagogy and culture. Some of the students also will participate in panel and roundtable discussions. In […]

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Painting studio dedication, sporting events to mark Homecoming Oct. 14–16

The University of Maine’s Homecoming 2016 will be celebrated with several events on campus Friday through Sunday, Oct. 14–16. A special highlight this year will be the dedication of the Professor Michael H. Lewis Painting Studio in the Wyeth Family Studio Art Center on campus. The dedication event begins at noon Saturday, Oct. 15 in […]

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Twenty-five students in Mexico’s Proyecta 100,000 initiative to take part in IEI program

Beginning in mid-October, 25 Mexican students will be on campus for a four-week English language program, offered by the Intensive English Institute. This is the third program IEI has hosted for students participating in Mexico’s Proyecta 100,000 initiative, which provides government-sponsored scholarships to study English and pursue short-term academic work in the United States. The […]

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Sorg cited in Press Herald report on reducing opioid production

Marcella Sorg, an anthropologist and research professor with the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine, was mentioned in the Portland Press Herald article, “DEA will cut amount of opioids produced in U.S. by at least 25 percent.” The Drug Enforcement Administration recently announced it will significantly reduce the amount of prescription […]

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UMaine Museum of Art exhibits included in Maine Edge article on ARTober

The University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor was mentioned in a Maine Edge article about ARTober, a monthlong celebration of arts and culture in the city. Fall exhibits at the museum were included in a list of some of the ARTober events. “Contemporary Currents: Nine New Brunswick Artists” will showcase a variety […]

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UMaine to host Northern Maine Children’s Water Festival Oct. 11

More than 650 students from 12 middle and elementary schools throughout northern and central Maine will convene at the University of Maine on Tuesday, Oct. 11 for the biennial Northern Maine Children’s Water Festival. The festival, which will be held from 9 a.m.–2 p.m. in the New Balance Field House, offers an opportunity for students […]

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Art students to take part in community printmaking event in Belfast

Nine University of Maine art students will be thinking big Oct. 8 when they take their printmaking to Belfast for a Steamroller Print Party, organized by Waterfall Arts. The students in the intermediate and advanced print classes taught by art professor Susan Groce will join other artists and members of the community for the 10 […]

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BDN advances Stephen King book launch at UMaine

The Bangor Daily News reported Stephen King will launch his newest book, “Hearts in Suspension,” at the University of Maine on Nov. 7. The 7 p.m. event in the Collins Center for the Arts will feature a reading by King and discussion of his student days at UMaine during the turbulent Vietnam War era. The […]

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Astumian cited in Quartz article on winners of Nobel Prize in chemistry

R. Dean Astumian, a physics professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Quartz article, “The works that won this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry — in terms a high school student would understand.” The 2016 Nobel Prize in chemistry recently was awarded to Fraser Stoddart of Northwestern University, Ben Feringa of the […]

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