The UMaine Today magazine, the biannual print and online publication of the University of Maine Division of Marketing and Communications, received three 2019 Excellence Awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District I, which represents the New England states, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces in Canada. It received a Gold Award […]
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The Maine Shared Collections Cooperative, founded by eight of Maine’s largest libraries including Raymond H. Fogler Library at the University of Maine, is expanding its partnership with Online Computer Library Center’s (OCLC) Sustainable Collection Services. The groups will expand a project to analyze library collections throughout Maine and ensure that important print works are identified, […]
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Jahan Ramazani, Edgar F. Shannon Professor and University Professor of English at the University of Virginia, will lead a panel discussion with University of Maine faculty focused on his article, “‘Cosmopolitan Sympathies’: Poetry of the First Global War.” The panelists will discuss the article in relation to their own work in modern and contemporary poetry […]
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The University of Maine’s Division of Lifelong Learning and Diversity Leadership Advisory Committee encourage UMaine employees who are interested in helping to shape a diverse and inclusive campus community to apply for the UMaine Diversity Leadership Institute (UMDLI) 2019–20 cohort. UMDLI was established in 2004 with the mission to provide opportunities to understand, appreciate, support […]
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The Community Connector, a fixed-route bus system serving the Greater Bangor urbanized area, including Orono and the University of Maine, seeks public input regarding how the system might be changed to better meet community needs. The Bangor Area Transit Study survey is available online until Feb. 21. Opinions also can be emailed to feedback@bangortransit.study at […]
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Editor’s note: Story updated Feb. 14. Writing to keep Hollywood relevant will be the focus of a lecture by Emmy Award-winning television writer and producer Adam Barr on March 1 at the University of Maine. Barr, a Lewiston, Maine native, will give a talk, “Made for TV: Writing to Keep Hollywood Relevant,” as part of […]
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Great Value Colleges has ranked the University of Maine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center as No. 3 on its list of “50 Great College Gymnasiums and Recreation Centers for 2019.” The article noted UMaine was featured on six different methodology lists and mentioned amenities including the $25 million rec center building, ice skating rink, challenge/ropes […]
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The annual Maine Grain Conference will be held 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. March 1 at the University of Maine at Presque Isle. Topics for this year’s conference, sponsored by University of Maine Cooperative Extension, include best practices in growing and storing grains, growing and licensing industrial hemp, camera-guided precision cultivation, whole farm grain budgets, foliar and […]
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The Lord Hall Gallery at the University of Maine will present an exhibition of the rich and varied work of nine faculty members who teach in the Department of Art. “Featured Faculty / 2019,” which runs Feb. 15 through March 8, will showcase work by Connie Albertson, Giles Timms, Andy Mauery, Wayne Hall, Susan Camp, […]
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Zenith Ensemble will perform at 2 p.m. Feb. 16 in Minsky Recital Hall at the University of Maine. Led by Grammy-nominated performer and concertmaster Marika Holmqvist, the professional ensemble comprises five singers and six instrumentalists who hail from Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Some of the best pieces of the Baroque period’s quintessential composers of […]
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