Melissa Jankowski was approaching the parking garage stairwell when she encountered a young man. He spun around and locked eyes with her. Frightened, she hurried to class. But there was something about his distant look that made her determined to search for him and ask if he was all right. When she returned to the […]
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University of Maine students in the New Media Program will showcase their work during the annual New Media Night on Thursday, May 5 at the Innovative Media Research and Commercialization (IMRC) Center. This year’s event, titled “Go Mobile,” aims to celebrate a society that is increasingly in motion by showcasing new technologies to help it […]
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University of Maine students in an advanced computer science course will showcase original games they created Tuesday, May 3. From 3:30–5 p.m. in Neville Hall, Room 120, students in George Markowsky’s COS 498: Advanced Video Game Programming with Unity will demonstrate a variety of games, including virtual reality, real-time strategy, network and racing.
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Undergraduate and graduate students presented their work to audiences and faculty judges during the 2016 Student Research Symposium held at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor on April 27. The winners and runners-up in each graduate category, as well as the winners of the special awards are: Winners from the Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) […]
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The University of Maine’s Campuses for Environmental Stewardship groups will present student service-learning projects from 12:30–3 p.m. Thursday, May 5 in the Bangor Room, Memorial Union. Students, faculty and community members will be in attendance. Projects conducted this semester focused on issues of importance in the state including: sustainable tourism, mining activities, Penobscot River water […]
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Editor’s note: Story updated May 9. The 214th Commencement at the University of Maine will be held May 14 in Harold Alfond Sports Arena on campus. UMaine Commencement, held in two ceremonies at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., is one of the largest graduation events in the state, with nearly 1,800 undergraduate and graduate students, […]
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WABI (Channel 5) advanced “FLOW: An evening of water themed light & projection,” to be held at the Thomas Hill Standpipe in Bangor on May 4. The multimedia event — a partnership between the Intermedia MFA program at UMaine, Coaction Lab and Bangor Water District — will take place during the annual spring tour of […]
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Robert Glover, an assistant professor of honors and political science at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Bangor Daily News article about the city of Bangor’s positive elements that could help it succeed. “There’s a vibrance and dynamism to downtown that is attractive and can potentially be a source of interest and a […]
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Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for the article, “Collins ‘not waiting by my phone’ for invitation to be Trump’s running mate.” A New York Times article recently named U.S. Sen. Susan Collins a possible running mate for Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, according […]
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The University of Maine’s 2016 Commencement is May 14, with ceremonies at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. at Alfond Sports Arena. Motorists in the Orono area will encounter heavier traffic than usual throughout much of the day. Guests attending the Commencement ceremonies should build in extra travel time due to possible road construction delays in […]
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