The University of Maine will recognize Holocaust Remembrance Day at noon May 2 at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King Memorial Plaza behind Memorial Union. The event will correspond with national and international events, and remarks will be given. In Hebrew, Holocaust Remembrance Day is called Yom Hashoah. In the United […]
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Maine 4-H Follow a Researcher® returns for a sixth season with University of Maine graduate student researchers. From 1–2 p.m. May 2, UMaine Earth and climate sciences master’s student Mariama Dryak will be available on Twitter to chat with students and teachers about her studies using satellites to track iceberg melt in Antarctica. Dryak will […]
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Step into a bee swarm, travel back in time, or shrink down to the size of an ant in works of augmented and virtual reality created by seniors in the University of Maine’s new media program. “Venture Forth: New Media Night 2019” will be held at the Innovative Media Research and Commercialization Center from 5–7 […]
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A total of 30 University of Maine students in the Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) program will present eight senior capstone design projects on Maine Day. From 9 a.m.–3 p.m. May 1, students will showcase their final projects in Bennett Hall, Room 137. All presentations are open to the public. Scheduled presentations: 9–9:30 a.m. “Scaled tower […]
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University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy will be the keynote speaker at the Maine NEW (National Education for Women) Leadership networking and fundraising reception at 4 p.m. May 31 at Schoodic Institute in Winter Harbor. The event will celebrate the 11th year of the University of Maine Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center’s program. Maine NEW […]
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Mechanical engineering students at the University of Maine will showcase their senior capstone projects May 1. The Mechanical Engineering Capstone Open House will be held 10 a.m.–1:30 p.m. at Crosby Hall. Members of the UMaine community are welcome to learn more about the projects and enjoy a cookout. Projects to be displayed include an ice […]
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The University of Maine’s Veterans Education and Transition Services is sponsoring a veteran-specific Gatekeeper training from 10 a.m.–noon April 30 in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union. Anyone interested in supporting veteran suicide prevention is welcome. Led by Tracy Charette and Yvonne “Evie” Laine of the VA (Veterans Affairs) Maine Suicide Prevention Team, the […]
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The free networking conference Advancing Women in Academia will be held 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. May 16 at Hilton Garden Inn in Bangor. The theme of the eighth annual event is “Women in Leadership: Skill Building.” All are welcome to join academic colleagues from across Maine to learn strategies for advancing gender equity and enhancing roles […]
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The University of Maine Bachelor of University Studies (BUS) chapter of Alpha Sigma Lambda, a collegiate honor society, is celebrating its 20th anniversary during its annual induction ceremony at 5:30 p.m. April 30 in Harmon Room of Chadbourne Hall. Top students in the adult learner program are invited for membership. Alpha Sigma Lambda is dedicated […]
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Elizabeth Reitz, a zooarchaeologist at the University of Georgia and member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, will present “A history of fishing along the western Atlantic coast (USA), 2760 BCE–CE 1978: overfishing or climate change?” at 2:30 p.m. April 29 in the Bodwell Lounge on the third level of the Collins Center […]
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