Skylar Bayer, a marine biology graduate student at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center, will participate as a storyteller in The Story Collider event “Charting New Territory” Jan. 28 in Cambridge, Mass. During the live show, which may be recorded for later use as a podcast, Bayer and four other science enthusiasts will share […]
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Jamal Sanad Al-Suwaidi was recently awarded the United Arab Emirates Head of State Merit Award in recognition of his patriotism and achievements. United Arab Emirates president H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan presented Al-Suwaidi with the award in December 2013. Al-Suwaidi is the director general of the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research […]
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Mary Lou Friedman, who was employed at the University of Maine’s Sawyer Environmental Chemical Lab for 18 years, passed away Jan. 11, 2014 at 57 years old. Her obituary is available online.
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University of Maine students, faculty, staff and alumni are taking part in the Orono Community Theatre’s production of “Proof,” a psychological drama, that will be performed in the Cyrus Pavilion Theatre on campus. UMaine alumna and Orono Community Theatre Director Sandy Cyrus will direct the production. “Proof” will be the first play Cyrus has directed […]
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Members of the University of Maine community are reminded that the inclement weather policy is online (umaine.edu/weatherpolicy), complete with the best options for getting up-to-date information about delays and class cancellations. For the most timely notification of weather-related class cancellations or postponements, members of the University of Maine community are strongly encouraged to sign up […]
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The Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies at the University of Maine has received a 2013 Exemplary Program Award from the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) for its 22 years of commitment to community engagement. Each year through a competitive proposal process to receive the $20,000 C. Peter Magrath University Community Engagement […]
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Provost Jeff Hecker focuses on goals for faculty and student success.
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Due to ongoing power outages resulting from this week’s ice storm, the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast remains closed. Updates on when the center will reopen are posted online.
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The 2014 senior capstone art exhibition runs through Jan. 31.
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Howard Segal, a history professor at the University of Maine, attended the annual meeting of the Phi Beta Kappa Senate in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 5 — the date America’s oldest scholastic honor society was founded at the College of William and Mary in 1776. Segal served as president of the University of Maine chapter […]
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