Graduate students in the University of Maine’s Food Science and Human Nutrition Program and Dietetic Internship took their expertise to Augusta this winter to help Maine’s legislators make informed decisions regarding nutrition policy. Emily Duran-Frontera, Anna Wright, Elizabeth Kowash and Mackenzie Clapp culminated the communication effort by helping to host the Maine Academy of Nutrition […]
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The University of Maine Office of International Programs (OIP) helps support faculty teaching and study abroad programs. Among the faculty funded this year: Amy Blackstone, professor of sociology, was selected as a Universities Studies Abroad Consortium (USAC) Visiting Professor for summer 2018 in Viterbo, Italy. OIP has designated USAC scholarship funds to support several UMaine […]
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The Kaohsiung American School (KAS) String Orchestra will perform at the University of Maine on March 30. The 7:30 p.m. performance in Minsky Recital Hall also will feature the University of Maine Orchestra. Pieces to be performed include “Flight of The Bumblebee” by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, “Marche Slav” by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, “Russian Sailor’s Dance” by Reinhold […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a five-session tractor safety course in multiple locations this spring, including in Cumberland, Kennebec, Penobscot, Knox and Waldo counties. Participants will learn how to handle tractors and equipment safely, how to avoid hazards, and how to minimize the chances of accidents. The classes are designed for adults and […]
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Nancy MacLean, the distinguished William H. Chafe Professor of History and Public Policy at Duke University, will deliver the annual Howard B. Schonberger Peace and Social Justice Lecture at the University of Maine on March 29. MacLean’s lecture, “The Origins of Today’s Billionaire-Funded Radical Right and the Crisis of Democracy,” will begin at 5:30 p.m. […]
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The University of Maine Concert Band will hold its inaugural “Concert for a Cause” on March 29 at the Collins Center for the Arts. The band, directed by Philip Edelman, will headline an evening of music, fundraising and storytelling beginning at 7 p.m. Edelman says the idea for the concert came from his students who […]
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An interactive immersion program called Tunnel of Oppression will be held 10 a.m.–4 p.m. March 29 in the Memorial Union. The program, featuring skits, videos and visual aids is designed to give participants experiences related to religious oppression, sexual assault and mental health disorders; and discrimination based on race, sexual orientation and nationality or culture. […]
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University of Maine men’s ice hockey head coach Dennis “Red” Gendron has signed a second two-year contract extension, UMaine Interim Athletics Director Jim Settele announced today. The terms of the extension, which runs through June 30, 2021, remain unchanged from the current contract. Gendron has been UMaine head coach since May 2013, leading the Black […]
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A section of Rangeley Road will be closed May 13 through Aug. 30 during the installation of a roundabout at the intersection of Rangeley and Park Street by the Maine Department of Transportation. During this time, Munson and Long roads will be the best routes to use to reach the UMaine Police Department, Facilities Management and […]
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Enzo Traverso, the Susan and Barton Winokur Professor in the Humanities at Cornell University, will speak March 29 at the University of Maine. Traverso’s talk, “Burdens of the Past: The Age of Left-Wing Melancholia,” will begin at 4 p.m. in the Allen and Sally Fernald APPE space at the IMRC Center in Stewart Commons. Refreshments […]
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