Rethinking the Canadian-American borderlands in the context of the 1918 Migratory Bird Conservation Act will be the focus of a lecture by guest speaker Matthew Hatvany on Oct. 1 at the University of Maine. Part of the 2018–19 CanAm Lecture Series and the History Department’s Symposium Series, “A Borderless Continent: Rethinking the Canadian-American Borderlands from […]
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The Honors College at the University of Maine will present the TIAA 2018–19 Distinguished Honors Graduate Lecture with Isaac Record ’03 on Sept. 25. Record, an assistant professor of practice at Michigan State University’s Lyman Briggs College, will discuss “Life, the University and Everything: My Romp Across Disciplines in Pursuit of Answers,” at 3:30 p.m. […]
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The University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast will host a presentation and discussion on voter education by Susan Hill on Sept. 26. The nonpartisan event, slated for 6–8 p.m., will include topics on voter registration, safe election procedures, voting districts, political party office locations, the list of offices and initiatives on the November ballot, […]
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The University of Maine will conduct its annual emergency communications system test on Monday, Oct. 1, complete with three outdoor sirens sounding for several minutes. The sirens are part of UMaine’s multifaceted emergency communications system established in 2007 that allows university safety and communications professionals to use several mechanisms to quickly communicate vital information to […]
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Americans will celebrate National Voter Registration Day Sept. 25 with a 50-state effort to register voters before Election Day this November. As part of the effort, the University of Maine will host two events to engage the campus community and register voters. Members of the UMaine Voter Activation Team and UMaine UVote will host a […]
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Karina Nielsen will talk about “Bringing an ocean perspective to an urban estuary” at 12:15 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24 at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center. Nielsen directs the San Francisco State University Estuary and Ocean Science Center. Her scientific research focuses on how oceanographic, climatic and anthropogenic factors influence the functioning of coastal […]
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The University of Maine will host the Black Bear Attack adventure race Saturday, Sept. 22 as part of Family and Friends Weekend. Participants of the 3.5-mile obstacle course will start at the New Balance Student Recreation Center and run up the hill and into the university forest. In the woods, they will crawl through the […]
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The Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine is offering a variety of performances throughout the 2018—19 season. October events will include a string quartet, a comedy show, an award-winning musical and more. The Calder String Quartet will perform at the CCA at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14. The group performs a […]
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Mark Hutton has been named associate dean for research in the University of Maine College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture, and associate director of the Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station. Hutton joined the UMaine community in 2001, where he has held a joint appointment as an associate professor in the School of Food […]
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The University of Maine will hold Family and Friends Weekend Friday through Sunday, Sept. 21–23. Many events will be held on campus throughout the weekend, including planetarium shows at the Emera Astronomy Center, a lobster bake sponsored by the University Credit Union, the Black Bear Attack adventure race, Maine Bound Adventure Center’s Paddle Fest, an […]
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