WABI (Channel 5) and the Bangor Daily News advanced the Maine Statehood and Bicentennial Conference to be held May 30–June 1 at the University of Maine. The conference will feature events, panels, presentations and concerts celebrating the unique history of Maine, its peoples, culture, politics, art and music, the reports state. Registration is online and […]
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Drisanna Watson will begin her Native American Research Internship (NARI) at the University of Utah a couple of weeks after wrapping up her 19-credit spring semester at the University of Maine. The 10-week paid summer experience supports academic, career and personal development of Native American students interested in health science careers. A goal is to […]
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The University of Maine will host the Maine Statehood and Bicentennial Conference May 30–June 1. The conference will feature a series of events, panels, presentations and concerts celebrating the unique history of Maine, its peoples, culture, politics, art and music. Registration for the conference is online. The registration fee for the general public is $60. University […]
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The University of Maine will host a series of presentations April 26 that will explore the lasting effects of World War I on Franco American communities. “Franco Americans, Acadians, and the Great War” will be held 1–3 p.m. in Crossland Hall at the Franco-American Centre. “Many Franco Americans served in WWI, and this spring marks […]
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Francis Vogt, director of choral activities and lecturer in the University of Maine School of Performing Arts, will give a lecture titled “‘Their sound is gone out’: Handel’s Messiah in America” at 4:30 p.m. April 24 in Minsky Recital Hall in advance of the corresponding concert on April 28. The lecture, sponsored in part by […]
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Sally Curran ’02 will discuss “Advocating for Justice: Lawyers’ Roles in Social Change,” at 4 p.m. April 17 in Room 100 of the Donald P. Corbett Business Building. A 3:30 p.m. reception will precede the talk by the 2019 John M. Rezendes Visiting Scholar In Ethics. Curran, an attorney, is executive director of the Volunteer […]
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The University of Maine Canadian-American Center, along with the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center, will host presentations April 17 about the counterculture phenomenon of the 1960s. “Reconsidering the Counterculture 50 Years On,” will be held from noon–1:30 p.m. in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union. Presentations will be made by Stephen Hornsby, director […]
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The Daily Bulldog reported the University of Maine Folklife Center’s Story Wagon will be at the Ski Museum of Maine’s fifth annual Skee Spree to record ski memories. The event will be held April 20 at Barker Mountain Lodge at Sunday River Ski Resort as part of the annual Ski Mania event. The Story Wagon […]
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As part of the University of Maine’s Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center’s Symposium series, Libby Bischof, executive director of the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education and professor of history at the University of Southern Maine, will give a lecture from noon–2 p.m. April 9 in Room 100, Nutting Hall. “Memorializing […]
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Junior Olivia Reese of Pittsford, New York is one of the second wave of Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center Undergraduate Fellows at the University of Maine. The media studies major says she is passionate about her chosen field for many reasons. “Media studies touches on anything projected out to a mass audience. It’s about […]
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