Nominations are currently being accepted for the 2019 Steve Gould Award. The award was created in 1981 by the family and friends of Steve Gould in memory of “a man of honest and passionate concern for others.” The award is given to those who have demonstrated superior qualities of unselfishness and compassion in the course […]
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The University of Maine Office of Research Compliance will hold a Responsible Conduct of Research training 5–8:30 p.m. March 11 in Hill Auditorium, Barrows Hall. The session is for undergraduate students participating in research sponsored by NSF, NIH and/or USDA-NIFA. More information and a registration link are online.
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Farmers will have two chances to attend the annual Maine Vegetable and Fruit School in Portland on March 25, and in Bangor on March 26. The school, from 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m., will be held at Seasons Event and Conference Center in Portland and the Bangor Motor Inn Conference Center in Bangor. Offered by University of […]
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University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy will provide expert testimony March 6 on Capitol Hill as part of “Inclusion in Tech: How Diversity Benefits All Americans,” a hearing held by the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. Ferrini-Mundy will discuss the opportunities at various levels of the educational […]
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Brian Purnell, Geoffrey Canada Associate Professor of Africana Studies and History at Bowdoin College, will deliver the annual Howard B. Schonberger Peace and Social Justice Lecture at the University of Maine on March 7. Purnell’s lecture, “I’m Sorry You Don’t Know Me: Martin Luther King, Jr. Like You’ve Never Learned About Him Before,” will begin […]
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The University of Maine’s Classified Employees Advisory Council (CEAC) seeks nominations for the 2019 Outstanding Classified Employee Award. The award recognizes classified employees’ exceptional service and dedication to UMaine, increasing the campus community’s awareness of the indispensable contributions that represented and nonrepresented classified employees make to the quality, diversity and overall mission of the university. […]
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The Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center at the University of Maine will host the annual Bangor Humanities Day at various locations March 2 with a reception March 1. To celebrate the humanities with the Greater Bangor community, free events for participants of all ages will be offered at venues including the University of Maine […]
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“Girl Talk: An Inter-Generational Conversation” will kick off Women’s History Month at the University of Maine noon-1:30 p.m. March 1 in the Bangor Room of Memorial Union. The conversation will recognize 2019 as the centennial of the passage of the 19th Amendment that granted some — but of course, and significantly, not all — women […]
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The University of Maine’s School of Performing Arts brings Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s popular musical “Into the Woods” to Orono for a two-week run beginning March 1 at Hauck Auditorium. Audiences will have seven opportunities to catch the modern classic on the Hauck stage: 7:30 p.m. March 1, 2, 8 and 9; 2 p.m. […]
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Lewiston native Adam Barr, a Los Angeles-based, Emmy Award-winning television writer and executive producer of “Will & Grace,” will moderate a public discussion on how television can adapt to changing attitudes and social concerns from 5:30–7 p.m. Feb. 28 at the Orono High School library. Made possible through the University of Maine/Orono High School Humanities […]
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