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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University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Tanglewood in Lincolnville will host a Fall Harvest Festival and the Tanglewood Tracks 3.5-mile Trail Race on Saturday, Oct. 7. The race begins at 9 a.m. The festival, which will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., will include ecology-themed outdoor activities in the […]
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Barbara Kates will make a free presentation titled “Truth, Healing and Change in the Land of Dawn” 4–6 p.m. Sept. 28 in Lord Hall, Room 202. Kates is a Maine community organizer with Maine-Wabanaki REACH, a cross-cultural collaborative supporting Wabanaki self-determination. Her presentation will focus on the collective history and relationship of Maine and Wabanaki […]
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The University of Maine will host several free and public events as part of Digital Humanities Week, Oct. 2–6. This year’s conference will examine what role the arts and humanities play in a world that is increasingly driven by science and technology. A growing movement known as STEM To STEAM aims to interject the arts […]
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The public is invited to an Education Research Forum sponsored by the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development on Friday, Sept. 29. The forum will be held 3–4:30 p.m. in the Bodwell Lounge at the Collins Center for the Arts. It will feature presentations on research projects funded by one-time seed grants […]
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Musician Vic Rawlings will kick off the Intermedia MFA program’s fall 2017 visiting artist lectures series, known as Tuesdays at the IMRC, 7–8 p.m. Sept. 26. The Boston-based Rawlings is a multi-instrumentalist fluent in many styles on the guitar, bass, banjo, mandolin, ukulele and tenor banjo. He has played in live bands and on recordings […]
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The Tony Award-winning musical “Million Dollar Quartet” will be performed at the Collins Center for the Arts at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26. The show depicts a recording session organized by the “Father of Rock ’n’ Roll” Sam Phillips, who brought Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley together at the Sun […]
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The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) awarded Maine state Sen. Jim Dill, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor, the regional Higher Education Excellence Award at the organization’s board meeting Sept. 14 in South Portland. Dill, an expert on ticks, is a UMaine Extension professor of pest management, as well as a cooperating […]
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