The Bangor Daily News reported on an interactive exhibit on display at the Wilson Center for Spiritual Exploration and Multifaith Dialogue. “Along the Migrant Trails” features items left behind by escaping migrants traveling along the Arizona/Mexico border. The exhibit was made possible by Sara Lowden, a Ph.D. student of anthropology and environmental policy at the […]
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To celebrate Exercise is Medicine on Campus Month, the University of Maine is offering several October events to promote wellness. President Susan J. Hunter and Robert Dana, vice president for student life and dean of students at UMaine, will lead a walk starting at noon Oct. 12 on the Mall in front of Fogler Library. […]
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Items left behind by escaping migrants traveling along the Arizona/Mexico border are on display at The Wilson Center for Spiritual Exploration and Multifaith Dialogue in Orono until mid-November. The exhibit, titled “Along the Migrant Trails,” features an array of lost objects — wallets (still with their contents), cowboy boots, children’s clothes, backpacks, and even letters, […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H will connect K–12 students in Maine and around the country to UMaine student researchers in the field as part of its Follow a Researcher® program. The program, now in its fourth year, is designed to give students a glimpse into a student scientist’s world by providing live expedition updates […]
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The School of Performing Arts at the University of Maine will host two performances of Mainely Baroque, a musical trio of European early music specialists, in concert with UMaine students and faculty. Mainely Baroque returns to UMaine with a program of repertoire for multiple voices or parts, titled, “A più parti: 17th century music for […]
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The University of Maine Office of Sustainability will offer two free public events for people to learn how to protect the planet and save money while having fun and competing for prizes. UMaine Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Trivia Night will be held 5–7 p.m. Oct. 25 in the FFA room on the second floor of […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on the fourth annual March Against Domestic Violence held at the University of Maine. The march was sponsored by MBS Corps, which partnered with UMaine Athletics, Student Life, Partners for Peace and other organizations. “It’s a bigger issue than people realize,” Marcus Harding, vice president of MBS Corps, said about domestic […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported 21 construction engineering technology students at the University of Maine are helping Habitat for Humanity renovate a home in Old Town. The students, who began planning last semester, are currently in the demolition process getting rid of structural flaws, WVII reported. “We have some bowed ceilings, bowed roof; we have to […]
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Sun Journal covered a Buckfield Board of Selectmen meeting where it was announced that University of Maine students will assist with the town’s Shedd Hollow Road bridge replacement project over Darnit Brook. The UMaine Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering chose the project as part of its capstone program, according to the article. The students […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in Androscoggin and Sagadahoc counties will hold a Garden Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7 at Topsham Public Library. The fair is designed for novice and experienced gardeners and will feature presentations by local experts and UMaine Extension Master Gardener Volunteers. Topics will […]
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