The University Bookstore will host a book signing from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, with UMaine student and author Kris Sproul Devine autographing copies of her first novel, “Beaten, Blinded by Love.” Devine, writing as Kris Sproul, is a native of Cherryfield, Maine, and a journalism major at UMaine. University Bookstore will […]
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Sally Jacobs, who taught biochemistry for 35 years at the University of Maine and played a key role in procuring funding for bicycle trails connecting UMaine with Orono and Old Town, passed away Monday, Nov. 12, after a yearlong battle with cancer, according to an obituary in the Bangor Daily News. Jacobs moved to Orono […]
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Photographs taken during a recent expedition to South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic Ocean – a trip that included several researchers from the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute – are now available for viewing on the expedition website. The Kuli South Georgia Expedition team members were Climate Change Institute Director Paul Mayewski, UMaine […]
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Brazil-U.S. relations expert Richard Downes, who is a Bangor native, will give a free and public presentation at 4 p.m., Monday, Nov. 12, in the D.P. Corbett Business Building on the University of Maine campus. His talk, “What Brazil’s Emergence as a Global Player Means for the United States,” is presented under the auspices of […]
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A symposium scheduled Friday, Nov. 9 at the Buchanan Alumni House is being organized by the UMaine College of Education and Human Development and the Office of the Vice President for Enrollment Management to bring together Maine teachers and school administrators to discuss and share ideas about recruiting international students. Nearly 60 participants in addition […]
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The University of Maine School of Earth and Climate Sciences is among the host groups for the Maine Metallic Minerals Society conference being held Friday, Nov. 9 at the Black Bear Inn in Orono. This daylong conference for professionals will include presentations on the geology and mineral potential of Maine, the history of non-ferrous metal […]
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The University of Maine singers will perform two concerts this weekend in Minsky Recital Hall in Class of 1944 Hall on the UMaine campus. The group will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 10, and again at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 11. Admission is $9 or free with a student MaineCard. The repertoire […]
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The University of Maine Department of History is presenting a free and public lecture on beer brewing during the Renaissance at 3:10 p.m., Monday, Nov. 12 in Hill Auditorium in Barrows Hall. Richard W. Unger, University of British Columbia history professor emeritus, will present “Beer Brewing and the Environment in Renaissance Europe.” Unger has studied […]
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The University of Maine School of Performing Arts Reader’s Theatre will present “The Heart of Art,” a new play by Michael Weller at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 7. The performance will be held in Minsky Recital Hall in Class of 1944 Hall. Admission is free. The plot of the play surrounds an aspiring playwright […]
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A UMaine political scientist will travel to Montenegro for a speaking tour about the U.S. elections.
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