The Portland Press Herald reported on Sunday that there are 43 active cases of coronavirus at University of Maine System campuses, including 30 at the University of Maine. Six residence hall students are among those diagnosed with COVID-19 systemwide.
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Deck the halls and start your holiday shopping Nov. 18–20 in person at the University of Maine Bookstore, and online until Dec. 18. The annual holiday sale features special discounts, unique gift options, holiday cards and wrapping paper for purchase, and daily flash sales on select UMaine clothing. Nov. 18–20, shoppers who spend $25 in […]
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The University of Maine Honors College is now accepting entries for the 2020-21 John M. Rezendes Ethics Essay Competition. All UMaine undergraduate students who are enrolled for the Spring 2021 semester are invited to submit an 8- to 10-page essay that focuses on ethics, broadly construed. This year, the suggested theme is deconstructing systems of […]
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The University of Maine Bookstore Tech Center will offer a bonus $50 bookstore gift card to customers who purchase or pre-order qualified Apple Products Nov. 18–20. Qualified products include and iPad, iMac, MacBook and Apple watch. Full-time employees who have worked at UMaine for 12 consecutive months can use a payroll deduction to spread out […]
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Graduate research assistant Rene Francolini will employ her knowledge of computational biology to tackle research in the Maine-eDNA program. Sequencing eDNA produces large amounts of data, and Francolini, a University of Maine Ph.D. student of marine sciences, can parse through and manipulate it for analysis using computational programs and models. She previously worked on eDNA […]
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University of Maine Auxiliary Services will sponsor a campuswide food drive Nov. 18–Dec. 31 with donation boxes located in the University Bookstore and in the Hilltop, Wells and York dining halls. All donations will go to the Black Bear Exchange food pantry, which provides support to university faculty, staff and students with no application required. […]
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Robert Dana, vice president of student life and inclusive excellence and dean of students at the University of Maine, spoke to Inside Higher Ed about how presidential politics has influenced campus discourse over the years. “We spend a lot of time with students talking about their responsibility to be thought leaders and change makers, but […]
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Philip Edelman, assistant professor of music education at the University of Maine, spoke to the Bangor Daily News about a program that pairs music education majors in the UMaine School of Performing Arts with budding middle school musicians for free, private online lessons. Edelman teamed up with Shianne Priest, director of music at Leonard Middle […]
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The University of Maine Bookstore is embracing the holiday spirit by offering holiday cards and wrapping paper through Dec. 31. Printing Services created both the cards, featuring a variety of UMaine winter scenes, and wrapping paper, which comes in two different designs. Customers can purchase single or boxed sets of holiday cards and a single […]
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The coronavirus has disrupted just about every facet of academia, especially music education. Like concerts and jam sessions, teaching music is a shared community experience, but the pandemic has prompted several educators to shift instruction from in-person to remote. The inability for students to play their instruments together forced music educators to get creative to […]
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