The Office of Innovation and Economic Development and the Vice President for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies Office will host an Introduction to External Partnerships and Commercialization Workshop for University of Maine faculty, staff and student researchers. The workshop will help participants learn how to take their research further through external partnerships and commercialization. […]
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Works of Belfast artist Jerri Finch will be featured in the University of Maine Hutchinson Center’s H. Allen and Sally Fernald Art Gallery Oct. 12 through Dec. 3. Growing up as one of eight children in a working class family, Finch pursued three years of art studies at three colleges. Between each year of college, […]
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The University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast is offering a two-day workshop on mindful leadership 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Oct. 12 and 26. The focus of the workshop is bringing mindfulness to daily work life, including tools and techniques for implementing mindfulness at work to enhance focus, clarity, relationships and results. The workshop includes a […]
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More than 100 Bangor and Brewer area high school students studying French and Spanish are expected to participate in World Languages Day 8:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Oct. 12 at the University of Maine. The annual event, hosted by UMaine’s Department of Modern Languages and Classics, will be an immersion day in French and Spanish with activities […]
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The aging-in-place movement has heightened the imperative that living environments meet the diversity of needs of older residents. Innovative approaches to making the residential environments of older adults safe, healthy, affordable and personalized continue to challenge policymakers, planners and service providers alike. High-functioning housing communities are crucial to realizing the highest quality of life of […]
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Meredith White, head of research and development at Mook Sea Farm, will give a talk at 11 a.m. Oct. 12 in Brooke Hall at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole. “Aquaculture in changing waters: How an oyster farm leverages science to prepare for environmental change” will focus on how Mook Sea Farm, […]
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The University of Maine will celebrate Homecoming 2018 with several events on campus Friday through Sunday, Oct. 26–28. Homecoming weekend kicks off Friday afternoon with campus and building tours, and a field hockey game against University of Vermont at 3 p.m. Also on Friday is the Maine Heritage Lecture, given by Kathryn Olmstead at 4:15 […]
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At the University of Maine Study Abroad Fair Sept. 20, students took advantage of the opportunity to talk with program provider representatives, and peers returned from studying abroad and those currently on direct exchange from UMaine’s partner universities across the globe. In 2017–18, UMaine sent about 135 students to study abroad in programs of varying […]
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The University of Maine Office of Research Development (ORD) will host an informational session on National Science Foundation (NSF) programs and funding opportunities from 10–11:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 11 in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union. The session will begin with a welcome from Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School […]
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Staff members from the University of Maine’s Highmoor Farm in Monmouth will be on campus Wednesday, Oct. 10 for the farm’s annual fall harvest sale. Several varieties of apples, pumpkins and squash will be available 10 a.m.–4 p.m. near Cyrus Pavilion Theatre. The rain date is Thursday, Oct. 11. A list of available apple varieties […]
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