The Ellsworth American reported the Ellsworth Community Music Institute will present the Silver Duo — cellist Noreen Silver and pianist Phillip Silver — in a free concert from noon to 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 7 at the General Bryant E. Moore Community Center theater. The husband-and-wife Silver Duo was founded when the musicians were […]
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The annual spring tour of the University of Maine Symphonic Band April 6–9 will feature 10 free public performances, including school assemblies and community concerts. The Symphonic Band, directed by Christopher White, is an auditioned group of 45 woodwind, brass and percussion performers with a repertoire that spans nearly 250 years. The band will feature […]
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Faculty in English, anthropology and philosophy have been named for top honors in the University of Maine College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Recipients of the 2016 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Faculty Awards are: Jennifer Moxley, professor of English, for Research and Creative Achievement; Brian Robinson, associate professor of anthropology, for Teaching and […]
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George Kinghorn, executive director and curator of the University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor, was featured in the April issue of Maine Home + Design magazine. Kinghorn was drawn to UMMA’s impressive contemporary art collection, which includes 3,800 works, with a concentration in original prints and photography, and potential for growth, according […]
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The University of Maine will take part in “Power Dialog: Maine’s Energy Future,” an event that aims to engage students, faculty and staff at high schools, colleges and universities throughout Maine in a weeklong discussion with state officials about energy and climate policies. Organized locally by Unity College, UMaine and Maine Conservation Alliance, the Power […]
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The Foster Center for Student Innovation and Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture Network (SEANET) are among the latest programs to upgrade to the university’s new website template. The Aquaculture Research Institute, Evolutionary Applications Lab, Student Wellness Resource Center, Children’s Center, Peace & Reconciliation Studies and Maine Studies also recently upgraded. The new umaine.edu and related pages debuted […]
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A University of Maine-led digital humanities research project to study and, ultimately, “map” how Holocaust survivors use spatial terms to describe their experiences has been awarded a more than $73,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. UMaine Professor of History Anne Knowles was awarded the NEH Digital Humanities Start-Up Grant for the project, […]
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David Sturm, an instructional laboratory and lecture demonstration specialist at the University of Maine, visited the studio of WVII (Channel 7) for an installment of “Science with Sturm.” To mark the start of baseball season, Sturm demonstrated the science behind spin and drag.
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Fogler Library will host a screening March 29 as part of the Human Dimensions of Climate Change Film Series. “This Changes Everything” will be shown at the library beginning at 6 p.m. Following the film, a discussion will be facilitated by Robert Glover, an assistant professor of political science and Honors at the University of […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on a presentation by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Amy Ellis Nutt of The Washington Post. Nutt, a health and science reporter and author of “Becoming Nicole,” spoke at the Bangor Public Library as part of Pulitzer Week. To celebrate 100 years of the Pulitzer Prizes, the University of Maine’s Department of […]
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