The Sun Journal reported 25 leaders from 18 African countries will visit Lewiston on July 26 to learn about improving their knowledge in everything from engineering to community leadership. The visitors are recipients of the 2017 Mandela Washington Fellowships, a competitive honor awarded to help Africans learn about public management practices, according to the article. […]
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The Republican Journal reported FLOW Fort Knox, an event series produced by the Coaction Lab in association with the intermedia MFA and new media undergraduate programs at the University of Maine and in collaboration with the Friends of Fort Knox, will culminate July 29 at the fort in Prospect. FLOW Fort Knox producer and UMaine […]
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VillageSoup reported Liam Riordan, a history professor at the University of Maine, will present during the Aug. 2 meeting of the Union Historical Society. Riordan’s talk, “Ambiguous Allegiances in Revolutionary Maine: The Importance of Local History,” will focus on historic events that took place in Machias, Falmouth and Castine, according to the article.
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The second annual SEA Fellows Symposium will be held Wednesday, Aug. 16 at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole. The 2 p.m. symposium will highlight research of students, researchers and industry and community partners from around the state. The event, which will conclude by 5 p.m., includes an optional tour of the […]
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Heather Leslie will be the featured “Chats with Champions” speaker at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 25 at Skidompha Library in Damariscotta. The director of the University of Maine Darling Marine Center will draw on her research in Maine and Mexico to discuss how the emerging science of marine resilience is changing how people understand and […]
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This summer, the Lord Hall Gallery on the University of Maine campus will host exhibitions by two of Maine’s leading artists, both of whom live in Port Clyde. The Susan Groce and Antonia Small exhibits will be on display from July 24 through Sept. 22. A free public reception for the artists will be held […]
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University of Maine community members are invited to attend the 2017 Mandela Washington Fellows Ignite Talks presentation July 24 at Hauck Auditorium. From 1-4 p.m., each of the 25 fellows will deliver a three- to-five-minute, TEDx-style presentation on a concept or topic. Subjects to be discussed include women’s empowerment, water quality and access, health systems […]
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The Associated Press reported on a new tool developed by University of Maine scientists that allows blueberry growers to learn how many bees they can expect to see around their fields. “BeeMapper” will be unveiled July 19 at Blueberry Hill Farm in Jonesboro as part of the UMaine Cooperative Extension’s annual Wild Blueberry Summer Field […]
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Seacoast Online reported on the 11th Beaches Conference held in Wells and hosted by the Maine Sea Grant College Program at the University of Maine. The conference, which is held every two years, was expanded this year to include New Hampshire, according to the article. “The focus of this conference is to bring the diverse […]
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The University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor was included in a Bangor Daily News article about a recent study that found the city’s nonprofit art and cultural organizations in 2015 generated $10 million in economic activity and created hundreds of full-time jobs. The study, completed by the Washington D.C. lobbyist group Americans […]
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