How can music, enabled by new technological tools and scientific concepts, increase awareness of self and connection with others, promote lifelong health and well-being, and build stronger communities and societies? These questions will be the focus of Phi Beta Kappa visiting scholar Tod Machover’s free, public lecture “From Robotic Operas to City Symphonies and Beyond” […]
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Lisa Klein, author of the young adult novel “Ophelia,” will discuss her reinterpretation of the classic play “Hamlet” as told from Ophelia’s point of view at 5 p.m. April 12 in Neville Hall, Room 101. “Hamlet’s Girlfriend Gets a Life” is part of the Stephen E. King Chair Lecture Series at the University of Maine, […]
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Gerald “Jerry” McMorrow Herlihy, founder of the Onward Program at the University of Maine, passed away April 5. Herlihy spent his professional career helping students achieve their dreams of obtaining a college degree, according to his obituary.
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The LGBTQ+ Allies Council at the University of Maine will hold a Faculty + Staff Social during Pride Week from 3:30–5 p.m. April 9 in the University Club on the second floor of Fogler Library. This event is open to all LGBTQ+ faculty and staff as well as allies of the LGBTQ+ community. While […]
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As part of the University of Maine’s Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center’s Symposium series, Libby Bischof, executive director of the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education and professor of history at the University of Southern Maine, will give a lecture from noon–2 p.m. April 9 in Room 100, Nutting Hall. “Memorializing […]
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A group of senior nursing students at the University of Maine are collecting children’s pajamas for a Bangor hospital to give to patients who need them. Caroline Bush of Holden, Maine; Brooke Hammond of Frankfort, Maine; and Lauren Martin and Jordan Richards, both of Bradley, Maine, are enrolled in NUR 452 — Community and Population […]
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Donations and volunteers are being sought for the Maine Day Meal Packout at the University of Maine on May 1. In food-packing events, campus and community volunteers box meals that are donated to food banks and community organizations that feed the hungry. “The broad goal of the Maine Day Meal Packout is to raise awareness […]
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Pride Week at the University of Maine is an annual tradition to celebrate LGBTQ+ students that includes events for everyone — from members of the LGBTQ+ community, to those questioning their identity, to allies hoping to learn more. “LGBTQ+ students are present, living and thriving on campus, and our goal with this annual initiative is […]
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The Geddes W. Simpson Lecture Series Selection Committee is calling for nominations for the 18th Geddes W. Simpson Lecture, which will be held fall 2019. The Geddes W. Simpson Lecture invites speakers of prominence who have provided significant insight into the area where science and history intersect. The Geddes W. Simpson Lecture Series Fund was […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Waldo County Extension Association are hosting the 25th annual Rural Living Day 9 a.m.–3:30 p.m. April 6 at Mount View High School in Thorndike. Participants can choose from 24 different workshops on topics that include backyard beekeeping; solar energy; Amish technology; growing hops, fruit trees, medicinal herbs, strawberries or […]
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