Director Marcia Douglas and a cast of 25 University of Maine students will bring a fresh and inventive production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” to the Hauck Auditorium stage, beginning Nov. 10. The UMaine production of William Shakespeare’s classic comedy will run for seven performances; 7:30 p.m. Nov. 10–11 and 17–18; 2 p.m. Nov. 12 […]
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Have a photo spread of a wind farm? A poem about climate change? An article about recycling? Research data pertaining to ocean salinity? A video of a day-in-the-life of an organic farmer? Spire, the Maine Journal of Conservation and Sustainability, would like to hear from you. Spire’s editorial team of graduate and undergraduate students at […]
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As part of the University of Maine emergency communications system, sirens on campus are tested every Monday at noon. Today’s test resulted in one of the sirens activating for one minute, which is longer than normal. There is no emergency on campus. The next siren test will be next Monday at noon.
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Due to the Oct. 31 power outage, the Virtual Environment and Multimodal Interaction (VEMI) Laboratory at the University of Maine has rescheduled its Halloween-themed open house for 4:30 to 7 p.m. Nov. 7. The lab, located in Carnegie Hall, is part of the spatial informatics program in the School of Computing and Information Science and […]
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On Election Day, Nov. 7, all Orono voters will vote at the University of Maine New Balance Field House. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Community Connector buses will be available for Orono residents who need transportation. Voter registration staff will be on hand for new voters to register or for […]
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Heather Leslie will be a speaker at the Coastal Estuarine Research Federation conference Nov. 7 in Providence, Rhode Island. The director of the Darling Marine Center will talk about policies and practices that build resilience of coastal marine ecosystems and the human communities that depend on them. The Libra Associate Professor in the School of […]
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Piscataquis County Extension Association (PCEA) will hold its annual meeting at 5 p.m. Nov. 8 at the Dover Foxcroft Congregational Church in Dover-Foxcroft. The program and meeting are open to the public. University of Maine Cooperative Extension livestock specialist Colt Knight will demonstrate how to safely prepare and cook whole chicken on a home smoker. […]
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In the wake of Maine’s recent storm and as winter approaches, emergency preparedness is a timely topic. University of Maine Cooperative Extension publishes information on how to stay safe during power outages. Visit the UMaine Cooperative Extension Publications Catalog for bulletins including: Safety of Frozen Food During a Power Outage (online version also available) Safety […]
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The National Weather Service will offer a free training session on how to spot the signs of winter storms at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7 in Stodder Hall, Room 57. Trained weather spotters help the NWS collect data to accurately report local storm information. Participants will learn how to measure and report winter weather phenomena […]
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A group of 23 students from University of Maine new media professor Joline Blais’ digital narrative course has been working on a prototype for a virtual wild blueberry museum. The virtual museum would extend the work begun by the existing Wild Blueberry Land in Columbia Falls, created by Marie and Dell Emerson. Dell had previously […]
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