The UMaine Police Department received a report of unlawful sexual contact the evening of Oct. 1 in a public men’s restroom on campus. The suspect is Mark Tenneson, 55, of Livermore Falls. He is 5’9″, 170 pounds, blue eyes, gray hair and beard. His whereabouts are unknown at this time. If suspect is seen on […]
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The Lord Hall Gallery at the University of Maine will host an exhibition of stone sculptures created by eight emerging and internationally recognized Maine artists Oct. 6 through Nov. 17. “Carved Stone: Maine Artists” features artists who were selected in response to the aesthetic and creative quality of their work, as well as a means […]
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University of Maine undergraduate students Katie Manzo and Julianna Ferguson have been chosen to receive this year’s Margaret Chase Smith Public Affairs Scholarship. Each student will carry out a yearlong research project with relevance to public policy in Maine. The project will culminate in a presentation at the 2018 UMaine Student Symposium, where they will […]
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The Hudson Museum at the University of Maine will show the documentary film “The Destruction of Memory” at 7 p.m. Oct. 5 in the Collins Center for the Arts. The screening is free and open to the public. This film, offered in conjunction with Maine Archaeology Month, looks at the urgent issue of cultural destruction. […]
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The University of Maine is the recipient of two 2017 UPCEA Marketing Awards. “Summer University 2017” and “Think 30” were submitted by the Division of Lifelong Learning in the Mixed Media Campaign category. Both submissions, designed by Val Ireland, manager of creative services in the Division of Marketing and Communications, earned bronze awards. The Marketing […]
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Joyce Rumery, dean of libraries at the University of Maine, has been named one of two recipients of the 2017 Outstanding Librarian Award from the Maine Library Association. The Outstanding Librarian Award is presented each year to a librarian who has demonstrated significant professional achievement and service to the Maine library community. “It’s an incredible […]
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The fourth annual March Against Domestic Violence will take place at noon Tuesday, Oct. 3, on the Mall in front of Fogler Library. The march is sponsored by MBS Corps, which partnered with UMaine Athletics, Student Life, Partners for Peace (formerly known as Spruce Run-Womancare Alliance) and other organizations. Following the march, remarks will be […]
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The annual Cardboard Canoe Race, hosted by the University of Maine chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, begins at 1 p.m. Sept. 30 on Stillwater River. Teams of as many as four people per cardboard canoe will launch from UMaine’s Steam Plant parking lot. Registration fee is $20 per team. To register or […]
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The United Nations International Day of Nonviolence will be celebrated Oct. 2, the birth date of Mahatma Gandhi, one of the most admired and influential proponents of nonviolence of the modern world. As part of the observance, University of Maine Professor of Philosophy Douglas Allen has been invited to address the United Nations on “the […]
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In August, educators from throughout Maine and across the eastern seaboard joined aquaculture researchers and industry partners for a three-day seaweed boot camp hosted by Maine EPSCoR at the University of Maine, in partnership with Ocean’s Balance and the Aquaculture Research Institute. The workshop’s innovative model was built to allow participants the opportunity to learn […]
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