The University of Maine Biocar Team was one of two schools to receive the Golden Tire Award at the 2015 National Chem-E-Car competition at the University of Utah. The award, chosen by participating teams, went to schools that had the most innovative design. UMaine’s team — composed of 10 bioengineering students — brought their car […]
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Margaret Chase Smith Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow Rep. Sara Gideon will visit the University of Maine on Wednesday, Nov. 18. Margaret Chase Smith Distinguished Maine Policy Fellows are prominent individuals with a past or current career as a policymaker in the state. The Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center brings its fellows to campus for a […]
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WABI (Channel 5) covered a meal-packing event held at the University of Maine as part of the Maine Hunger Dialogue. About 150 students and staff from universities and colleges throughout the state prepared 10,000 nutritious, nonperishable meals for college food pantries. “The organizers come and they bring all the bulk ingredients and then we work […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the 28th annual Culturefest held at the University of Maine. The UMaine Office of International Programs and International Student Association hosted the daylong celebration of cultures that featured international exhibits, food, children’s activities, a style show and performances. “The way we’re thinking about traditions, skin colors, food — it’s diversity. […]
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Liam Riordan, a University of Maine history professor, board member of the Maine Humanities Council and director of the UMaine Humanities Center, co-wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News. In the article, “What we can learn from Ancient Greece on Veterans Day,” Riordan and Darryl Lyon, president of the Maine Infantry Foundation, cite […]
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Penobscot Bay Pilot reported Roger Sher, a professor of molecular and biomedical sciences at the University of Maine, will deliver a keynote address at the 2015 Hospice/Veterans Partnership Conference on Nov. 20 at the Togus VA Medical Clinic in Augusta. The Maine Hospice Council and Center for End of Life Care, in partnership with the […]
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The Maine Public Broadcasting Network aired the 2015 Senator George J. Mitchell Lecture on Sustainability as part of its “Speaking in Maine” public affairs lecture series. This year’s talk, sponsored by the University of Maine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, featured Colorado professor and author Roger Pielke Jr., who spoke about “When […]
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The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi at the University of Maine will present a panel discussion on “Water on Mars” at 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20 at the Emera Astronomy Center. The talk will focus on the recent discovery of water flows on the planet and what may be ahead for human exploration of […]
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George Kinghorn, director and curator of the University of Maine Museum of Art (UMMA), was mentioned in an Artscope magazine article on upcoming international art fairs in Miami. Art Basel Miami Beach is the world’s leading art destination during the first week of December and several adjunct fairs are scheduled to operate that week in […]
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Two University of Maine students were mentioned in a Bangor Daily News article on the Maine State Beekeepers Association’s annual meeting and conference set for Saturday, Nov. 14 at Hampden Academy. Two post-graduate students who work with Frank Drummond, an entomology specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and a UMaine professor of insect […]
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