Labor unions and the economics of healthcare will be the focus of two keynote addresses at this year’s Maine AFL-CIO Summer Institute, Aug. 7–8 at the University of Maine, co-sponsored by UMaine’s Bureau of Labor Education. An address by longtime justice and labor activist Bill Fletcher Jr., “Common Myths and Falsehoods that Surround the Subject […]
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University of Maine sociologist Amy Blackstone and several collaborators will announce a Childfree Man and Childfree Woman of the Year on Aug. 1, International Childfree Day. Winners will be selected for their accomplishments and contributions to others and to the acceptance of the childfree choice in society. “My hope is that International Childfree Day will […]
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‘Fiske Guide’ again names UMaine one of top higher education institutions in the United States, Canada, Ireland and Great Britain.
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Bill Kuykendall, senior lecturer in new media at the University of Maine, has published his first e-book which will be available for download on Apple’s iBookstore starting Aug. 1. The e-book, “Memories of a Mountaineer,” culminated from interviews with celebrated woodsman, soldier, carver and philosopher Sterling Spencer of Richwood, W.Va., about his life growing up […]
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The works of seven graduating master’s students in intermedia will be featured in the 10th Annual Without Borders Festival, Aug. 9–Sept. 27 in the University of Maine’s Lord Hall Gallery. The exhibit is sponsored by UMaine’s Intermedia MFA Program. A public reception is scheduled for Sept. 6, 5:30–7 p.m. For more information or to request […]
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The University of Maine’s Department of Communication and Journalism is hosting the annual Doctoral Honors Seminar of the National Communication Association, July 18–21 at the Schoodic Education and Research Center in Bar Harbor. For more than three decades, the seminar has brought together the top doctoral students and faculty nationwide to discuss current topics in […]
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“Not intending to yelp, but my fere is an egleche berb. Because of him, this vere we are sicker than we have ever been from the rice.” Not fluent in Middle English of the 13th to 15th centuries? Contemporary readers have a new utensil for deciphering medieval manuscripts — the Digital Index of Middle English […]
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William James Georgitis, who had a 30-year career in the University of Maine Chemistry Department starting in 1956, passed away May 19. “Bill was an easygoing and friendly teacher who taught general chemistry to generations of UMaine students,” remembers Francois Amar, chairman of the Department of Chemistry. “He was always ready to stop in the […]
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The University of Maine will receive the highest honor of the Campus Safety, Health, and Environmental Management Association (CSHEMA) for its environmental, health and safety program. The Award of Honor will be presented at the association’s 60th annual conference in Orlando, Fla., July 16. CSHEMA represents nearly 1,000 campus-based environmental, health and safety professionals in […]
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Edward Ashworth, dean of the University of Maine College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture, has announced the creation of the School of Food and Agriculture. Ashworth says the departments of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Food Science and Human Nutrition and Plant, Soil, and Environmental Sciences will merge to create the new school starting July […]
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