The third annual Maine Science Festival is March 16–19 with events throughout downtown Bangor and in Hampden, and the University of Maine is one of the event partners. Again this year, several members of the UMaine community will be leading workshops and participating in the weekend that draws science, innovation and creative achievement enthusiasts of […]
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Pieces of art by students — from preschoolers to high school seniors from about 40 area schools — now on exhibit at the Bangor Mall will be displayed at the University of Maine Museum of Art in Bangor in April. “It’s definitely an opportunity that many students would not have to have their artwork publicly […]
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The Bangor Daily News advanced the third Maine Science Festival set for March 16–19 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. Linda Silka, a senior fellow at the University of Maine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, has been a board member and volunteer for the festival since it began. “It’s so important […]
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Kathleen Ellis, an adjunct assistant professor in the University of Maine’s Honors College, will teach a poetry workshop in March at the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, The Courier-Gazette reported. Ellis, who also is a lecturer in UMaine’s English department, is an award-winning author of five collections of poetry. Her most recent work is “Narrow […]
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In 1979 and 1980, the late University of Maine archeologist Brian Robinson collected a range of traditional artifacts on a trip through the Amazonian rainforest in Peru. Robinson, who was an associate professor in UMaine’s Department of Anthropology and the Climate Change Institute, died last fall after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Now, visitors to […]
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In many cities around the world, the ancient past and modern present blend seamlessly into a hundreds-of-years long story of continuous urban growth and decline. In Cusco, Peru, the stone walls of the Inca capital city serve as the foundations of 16th century Spanish colonial buildings which currently house modern restaurants and shops. And in […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on three exhibitions on display through May 6 at the University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor. The centerpiece of the museum’s winter exhibits is “Brenton Hamilton: 20 Years,” a mid-career retrospective of the Maine-based photographer’s work, according to the article. Hamilton uses old-fashioned photographic techniques to create […]
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WVII (Channel 7) and the Bangor Daily News reported on the winter exhibits currently on display at the University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor. Brenton Hamilton: 20 years is a midcareer retrospective of the Maine-based photographer’s work, which uses old-fashioned techniques to create pictures with an antique and contemporary feel. “There’s now […]
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The Maine Discovery Museum is unveiling a sea farming exhibit that uses virtual reality technology and interactivity to bring aquaculture to life. The University of Maine’s Aquaculture Research Institute and Maine EPSCoR Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture Network (SEANET) program provided support for the first dedicated interactive aquaculture exhibit in the country. “It’s perfect timing,” says Trudi […]
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The Republican Journal reports the University of Maine Museum of Art in Bangor is putting on three winter shows. “Brenton Hamilton: 20 Years” features the photography of Rockport’s Brenton Hamilton, who uses 19th century processes to produce his work. In “Jared Cowan: The Life of David,” Cowan, a Midcoast sculptor, video and installation artist, has […]
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