University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy and University of Maine Foundation President Jeff Mills announced a more than $3.5 million estate gift from Linda Zillman, including a record-breaking investment in the UMaine Honors College and major support for the Zillman Art Museum. Linda and her late husband, Donald Zillman, shared a decades-long relationship with UMaine […]
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Motivating people to protect hermit crabs, whelks, periwinkles or other animals that reside within the ocean tides can be challenging outside of coastal communities. That’s why University of Maine senior Madie deBest of Baroda, Michigan is using science communication and illustration to create a new field guide to encourage conservation. As part of her Honors […]
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The largest holiday gathering of Wabanaki artists in New England will return with one-of-a-kind pieces, including those from new and nationally-acclaimed basket weavers, on Saturday, Dec. 13, at the University of Maine Collins Center for the Arts (CCA) from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. During the 31st annual Wabanaki Winter Market, over 60 Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Maliseet and […]
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At the University of Maine at Machias, students in Alan Kryszak’s film class are not just learning how to operate cameras or edit scenes. They’re tackling nearly every aspect of production for documentaries that reach national audiences and tell stories about real people. Each semester, roughly 10 students form a crew that helps Kryszak with […]
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The graduating class of the University of Maine’s Department of Art will have their work on display in Lord Hall Gallery from Nov. 14 – Jan. 23. Ranging from digital artwork and paintings to ceramic and glass sculpture, this year’s exhibition, titled “UpRouted,” emphasizes the uniqueness of each students’ journey. The artists explore themes of […]
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Nearly 200 singers, including many from two University of Maine vocal ensembles, will perform “Considering Matthew Shepard” at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 9 at the Collins Center for the Arts. Performers include members of the University Singers, the Collegiate Chorale, the Maine Gay Men’s Chorus and the Acadia Choral Society, as well as many […]
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On Sept. 6, 1973, Enrique Verástegui, a young Peruvian poet, sat down to write a letter to professor Wolfgang Luchting, a man on another continent. Although already published, Verástegui sought the recognition that someone in Luchting’s position could provide. Over 50 years later, his ambitions may finally be realized through new research led by professor […]
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The Versant Astronomy Center at the University of Maine will host several performances of “Cosmogenesis: The Story of Us,” featuring actors from True North Theatre in Bangor, starting Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. The play takes viewers along the journey of a struggling teenage dance student who’s contemplating dropping out of college. She’s introduced to […]
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Rosalie Purvis, lecturer in theatre and director at the University of Maine, adapted and directed “The Courage to Right a Woman’s Wrongs,” a 17th-century Spanish play by Ana Caro Mallen de Soto, for the School of Performing Arts’ fall production at Hauck Auditorium. The Bangor Daily News praised the show as “wonderfully outrageous,” highlighting Purvis’s […]
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According to WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7 Bangor), The University of Maine Innovation Media Research and Commercialization Center hosted a screening of the documentary “Seeds of Change,” which explores how organic agriculture and food-system reform intersect with the prison environment in Maine. The event highlighted the role that food, farming and rehabilitation can play in transforming […]
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