Contact: Collins Center for the Arts Box Office, 581-1755 Eight of UMaine’s School of Performing Arts music faculty or adjunct faculty members will perform a Cadenzato faculty recital Sunday, Sept. 26 at 2 p.m. in Minsky Recital Hall, Class of 1944 Hall. Musicians include Karen Pendleton, Phillip Silver, Beth Wiemann, Noreen Silver, Anatole Wieck, Marcia […]
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Comments from Amy Fried of the UMaine political science faculty are included in a Friday Bangor Daily News story about the growing popularity of absentee voting among the Maine electorate. Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap estimates that Maine absentee voting could reach 30 percent for the November election.
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More than 200 participants have registered for Sunday’s UMaine Counseling Center-sponsored Out of the Darkness Community Walk, an annual suicide and depression awareness walk to benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The event begins with registration at 1 p.m. followed by the 5K walk at 2 p.m. starting on the mall in front of […]
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Political science professor Richard Powell will lead a screening and discussion of Robert Redford’s film “The Candidate,” a satirical look at electioneering in the U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Schoenberger Lounge in North Stevens Hall. A discussion will follow. The event, part of the Political Film Series sponsored by the […]
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President Kennedy has posted a new blog entry, previewing this week’s UMaine presentations by filmmaker, author and science communicator Randy Olson. You can follow President Kennedy’s blog updates on Twitter.
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ORONO – University of Maine researcher Sarah J. Nelson has been awarded a $4,700 grant from the National Park Service to continue work on a project designed to provide information about research projects and data available for Acadia National Park. Nelson, an assistant research professor affiliated with the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental […]
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The Office of International Programs has scheduled a Study Abroad Fair Thursday, Sept. 23, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Memorial Union to discuss the many options students have for studying abroad, or teaching or interning outside the United States. A companion symposium being held concurrently by the Honors College will feature students who have […]
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A three-day series of presentations by scientist and filmmaker Randy Olson begin on Tuesday Sept. 21. One highlight will be a 7 p.m. Wednesday Collins Center for the Arts screening of Olson’s film “Salt of the Earth.” That film, which premiered 20 years ago, features Stonington brothers Brian and Stevie Robbins describing life working in […]
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UMaine’s Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism will host a blood drive Tuesday Sept. 21 and Wednesday Sept. 22 at the Student Rec Center. The blood drive is scheduled for 11 a.m.-5 p.m. each day.
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Syracuse football coach Doug Marrone told the Watertown Daily Times the Orange aren’t taking UMaine lightly as the teams head into their Saturday night game, which kicks off at 7:15 p.m.
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