The Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine is offering a variety of performances throughout the 2017–18 season. The Yamato Drummers will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18. From Japan’s Nara Prefecture, the group delivers an original creative performance using the wadaiko (Japanese drum). Child prodigy Joey Alexander will perform at […]
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Jack Cosgrove, the University of Maine’s all-time winningest football coach, will become the head football coach at Colby College in Waterville. With mixed emotions, Cosgrove, currently the senior associate director of athletics at UMaine, made the announcement Friday, Dec. 29. “Athletics, particularly football at the University of Maine, has been my life’s work. I have […]
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Congratulations to University of Maine faculty, staff and students for their respective awards, presentations and publications this fall. Summaries of achievements that were submitted to the Division of Marketing and Communications this semester can be found online. Faculty and staff are encouraged to continue to share their accomplishments, which are posted in Along the Mall […]
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The Beginning Farmer Resource Network (BFRN) will host free workshops and talks during the Maine Agricultural Trades Show, Jan. 9–11 at the Augusta Civic Center, 76 Community Drive. Designed to help new and aspiring farmers understand the programs and services available, the Beginning Farmer Conference starts at 9 a.m. Jan. 10 with a panel discussion, […]
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The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) and the Maine Space Grant Consortium (MSGC) have announced the 2018 MSGC Graduate Research Fellowship Award recipients. The purpose of the MSGC fellowship and scholarship programs at UMaine is to provide research opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students in aerospace technology, space science, Earth science, human […]
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Farmers are invited to a panel discussion and networking event about farming in a new weather reality 1:50–4 p.m. Jan. 9 in the Hancock Room of the Augusta Civic Center, 76 Community Drive. The session will open with a panel of experienced Maine crop and livestock farmers who will discuss how changes in weather patterns […]
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Local and international media regularly tap University of Maine faculty, staff and students for their expertise and research findings. Media outlets from the Machias Valley News Observer to the Los Angeles Times and from Down East magazine to Fortune magazine wrote about or cited UMaine newsmakers and research this fall. Story topics ranged from term […]
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The University of Maine opened its 2017 Senior Art Exhibition, “Polychrome,” with a reception Dec. 1 at Lord Hall Gallery. The show, which runs through Feb. 2, features 99 works of art, including paintings, drawings, prints, digital prints, sculpture, ceramics and photographs. The 16 studio art majors displaying work produced all aspects of the exhibition […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension video series “Growing Maine” received a first-place, Eastern Region award from the National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences in the area of Television/Video Communications. The video series includes six short-form documentary stories about farmers and food producers in Maine. New stories are added to the collection on […]
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The University of Maine chapter of the Society of Physics Students has earned national recognition. It has been designated a Society of Physics Students Outstanding Chapter for the 2016–17 academic year, the highest level of distinction achieved by fewer than 10 percent of the top chapters annually — 72 of 813 chapters were honored this […]
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