Ta’ pit/David Slagger, a UMaine graduate who earned a master’s degree in Maine Studies with a concentration in Wabanaki Studies last month, will present a Native American drum-making workshop at Hirundo Wildlife Refuge in Alton Saturday June 11, 10 a.m.-12 noon. Slagger, a member of the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, has served in a […]
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The University of Maine’s ADVANCE Rising Tide Center has announced its first round of grants aimed at fostering the professional development of UMaine female faculty members in the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines, along with social and behavioral science (SBS) disciplines.
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ORONO, Maine – The Maine NEW Leadership program, a University of Maine initiative that aims to educate and empower women to become civic and political leaders, will be held June 2-7 on the UMaine campus and also in locations in Augusta and Skowhegan.
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In a renewal of a long-standing annual tradition, high school students from rural Maine and urban Massachusetts will gather at the University of Maine for six weeks to participate in the Upward Bound Math-Science Program. One highlight of the intensive academic program is a group research project featuring experimental design and research taught in an […]
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Prof. Jonathan Farley of the UMaine Dept. of Computer Science wrote an opinion column in the May 14 edition of the Guardian, offering his perspectives on the Black Panthers. Farley wrote the column in response to the “conservative outrage” over last week’s White House appearance by the rapper Common, who once wrote a song about […]
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ORONO — The University of Maine will hold the annual “Clean Sweep” sale on Friday, May 20, from noon-7 p.m. and Saturday, May 21, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. at Stewart Commons on Hilltop Road near the Student Recreation and Fitness Center.
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Saturday’s Bangor Daily News included a brief report about UMaine bicycle path reconstruction work, planned for 11 weeks beginning May 31.
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The Special Collections Department at Fogler Library will close for the week of Monday, May 23 to Monday, May 30, while the department receives new carpeting. It will re-open at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, May 31. Contact: Gretchen Gfeller, (207) 581-1696
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Eight graduate students and the directors of the University of Maine’s School of Policy and International Affairs (SPIA) will leave May 14 for a conference in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) designed to improve mutual understanding and communication between Islamic and Western cultures.
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The University of Maine is accepting registrations until May 30 for its Maine Summer Transportation Institute, July 11-22, for area middle school students.
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