The Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series Committee is accepting grant applications from the University of Maine community. Grants support up to 50 percent of expenses associated with cultural events that enhance the artistic, cultural and intellectual life of UMaine. Past awards have supported lectures, Culturefest, the International Dance Festival, exhibits, performances and guest artists. The next […]
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Friends and family of John Scofield are invited to attend a memorial service at 1:30 p.m. Sept. 9 at Buchanan Alumni House. A reception will follow. Scofield, a network engineer at the University of Maine, passed away Aug. 27 after a battle with cancer. His full obituary is online.
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Elaine Ford, an author and professor emeritus of creative writing and literature at the University of Maine, passed away Aug. 27. Ford published five novels and many short stories, according to her New York Times obituary. Ford’s tales “found their power in details and in ordinary, believable characters, often working women in Massachusetts or Maine […]
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Former Maine Drug Enforcement Agent and longtime University of Maine Police Department Detective Chris Gardner, who died last year, has been honored by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Maine Department of Public Safety announced. Gardner was posthumously honored for his work on a major federal firearms and drug investigation […]
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Members of the University of Maine community are encouraged to participate in the Outdoor Nation Campus Challenge to become the “most outdoorsy” school in the country. The challenge is a competition where more than 90 schools nationwide go head-to-head to participate in the most outdoor activities from Sept. 18 through Oct. 15. Each school gains […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers will celebrate the growing season with a field day 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9 at Rogers Farm Demonstration Garden, 914 Bennoch Road, Old Town. The field day will feature garden workshops, activities, live music and homemade food. Workshop topics include growing grapes and cutting flowers for […]
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Three lectures on Judaism and anti-Semitism will be offered Sept. 7–9 at the University of Maine and Congregation Beth Abraham in Bangor by Roger Brooks, Connecticut College professor emeritus of religious studies. All lectures are free and open to the public. Brooks is a widely published scholar of both biblical history and the Holocaust, and […]
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Orono was again named one of the safest college towns in the country by SafeWise, “the authority on home safety and security news.” Coming in at 25 on the 2017 list of “30 Safest College Towns in America,” Orono was cited as having 170 violent and property crimes reported in 2015 and “many public safety […]
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University of Maine Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students Robert Dana provided the following statement Aug. 29 to detail the steps UMaine took beginning Friday, Aug. 25 when inappropriate banners at off-campus properties in Orono were first reported: Greetings: Thank you for writing to express your concerns over the objectionable banners that […]
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The University of Maine and Campus Recreation are celebrating 10 years of the New Balance Student Recreation Center. Members of the UMaine community are invited to attend a kickoff anniversary celebration featuring speakers, refreshments and door prizes from 3–5 p.m. Sept. 6 at the center. The event will recognize the center for its contributions to […]
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