The University of Maine Office of Sustainability will offer two free public events for people to learn how to protect the planet and save money while having fun and competing for prizes. UMaine Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Trivia Night will be held 5–7 p.m. Oct. 25 in the FFA room on the second floor of […]
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The Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine is offering a variety of performances throughout the 2017–18 season. October events will include a Shakespearean play, Dutch vocal ensemble concert, and a magic and illusions show. Aquila Theatre will bring “Hamlet,” the classic tale of love, revenge, mortality and madness, to the CCA […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in Androscoggin and Sagadahoc counties will hold a Garden Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7 at Topsham Public Library. The fair is designed for novice and experienced gardeners and will feature presentations by local experts and UMaine Extension Master Gardener Volunteers. Topics will […]
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Boot Camp 2017 marked the fifth year of a popular three-day orientation program for first-year students in the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences. Thirty first-year marine science students spent time in, on and under the water with faculty and staff who will be their instructors at UMaine. Held the week before the beginning […]
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Researchers from around the state, including the University of Maine and Colby College, will discuss ways to document and nourish the state’s endangered economies that depend on local agriculture and wildlife as part of UMaine’s Digital Humanities Week. “Blueberries, Clams, and Beer: The Lure of the Local,” will be held 1–2:45 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5 […]
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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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