Members of UMaine UVote will recognize National Voter Registration Day Sept. 24. In cooperation with the national nonpartisan Campus Election Engagement Project, UMaine UVote will be on the Mall 9 a.m.–4 p.m. helping students register to vote. Students also will have the opportunity to participate in a raffle for UMaine men’s ice hockey tickets or […]
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Today’s Fall Convocation will be live streamed using the following Zoom link: https://maine.zoom.us/j/761382430 The event, which launches a year of focus on fostering learner success at the University of Maine and the University of Maine at Machias, begins with a processional at 3:50 p.m. in Hauck Auditorium. It will feature a keynote address by President Joan […]
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The University of Maine will hold Family and Friends Weekend Friday through Sunday, Sept. 20–22. Many events will be held on campus throughout the weekend, including the Fall Convocation, planetarium shows at the Emera Astronomy Center, a lobster bake, 5k road race, carnival and petting zoo, Maine Bound Adventure Center’s Paddle Fest, a performance by […]
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A Fall Convocation will be held Friday, Sept. 20 to launch a year of focus on fostering learner success at the University of Maine and the University of Maine at Machias. The event will begin with a processional at 3:50 p.m. in Hauck Auditorium. It will feature a keynote address by President Joan Ferrini-Mundy, as […]
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The University of Maine International Programs’ Study Abroad Fair will be held at two times and locations on Thursday, Sept. 19. The event will be held 10 a.m.–1 p.m. in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union and 4–6 p.m. at the New Balance Student Recreation Center. The free fair is held to inform UMaine […]
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How can you tell the age of a Jonah crab? Carl Huntsberger knows. The grinding teeth found inside its foregut have a banding pattern — similar to tree rings — that corresponds to its age. Research professor Rick Wahle says Huntsberger’s research is important for fishery scientists to understand population dynamics and ecology of the […]
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The University of Maine College of Education and Human Development is now accepting applications for a scholarship of up to $25,000 available to Oxford County residents seeking their master’s degree in education at UMaine. Susan Hathaway Glines, who worked as an educator in Oxford County for many years, has provided a generous donation to the […]
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With the launch of the Maine State Library’s Reciprocal Borrowing Program, University of Maine faculty, staff and students may now use their MaineCards at nearly 70 libraries throughout Maine. The Maine Reciprocal Borrowing Program allows library users with a valid library card from one participating library to visit another participating library to check out materials […]
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Noor Ul Sabah, a junior in microbiology at the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan, has joined the University of Maine community this semester as part of the U.S. Department of State’s Global Undergraduate Exchange Program in Pakistan (Global UGRAD-Pakistan). The Global UGRAD-Pakistan program, which places participants at U.S. colleges and universities for […]
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Editor’s note: The Libby Lecture in Natural Resource Policy has been postponed due to travel complications. The event will be held at an undetermined date later this semester. Catherine L. Kling will present the University of Maine’s third annual Libby Lecture in Natural Resource Policy at 3 p.m. Sept. 19. The Cornell University professor will […]
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