The public is invited to a diversity dialogue with students from Tree Street Youth during their visit to the University of Maine on Tuesday, Feb. 21. Tree Street Youth is a Lewiston-based nonprofit offering after-school and summer programs to predominantly low-income students from immigrant or refugee families. Founded in 2011, the agency supports Lewiston-Auburn youth […]
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Maine Maple Sunday is not until March 26, but the sap is already flowing in some parts of the state according to Kathy Hopkins, a maple syrup expert with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. A typical season for maple producers is usually a cold January and February, with trees being tapped in mid-to-late February […]
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Comedian Bill Engvall will deliver his stand-up routine at the Collins Center for the Arts at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24. While Engvall traveled for six years with Jeff Foxworthy, Larry The Cable Guy and Ron White for the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, he’s also used to performing solo. The American Comedy Awards named him […]
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The Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine is accepting applications for the 2017 Maine Government Summer Internship Program. The 12-week program provides full-time, paid, summer work experiences in state or local/regional agencies. For many years, the program has offered talented college students an opportunity to participate in and contribute to Maine […]
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Ivona Cetinić, a former researcher at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center, set off Jan. 26 from Hawaii on a 27-day expedition to study the health of phytoplankton populations in the Pacific Ocean. Cetinić, an oceanographer with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and the Universities Space Research Association (USRA), is working on board the […]
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Editor’s note: This post was updated Wednesday, Feb. 15. Four finalists for the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School will be on campus Feb. 15–24. Public presentations on the topic, “Vision of Research and Graduate Study in a 21st-Century Land Grant University,” will be followed by question-and-answer sessions, and receptions. The […]
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The University of Maine will hold the 2017 International Dance Festival on Feb. 18 at the Collins Center for the Arts. Two performances, which are free and open to the public, will take place at 2 and 7 p.m. The 13th annual event will showcase an array of traditional music, dance and clothes from around […]
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Jeffrey Hecker, University of Maine’s executive vice president for academic affairs and provost, will lead the next Academic Affairs Faculty Forum at 3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16 in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union. Over the past four academic years, the Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost often in […]
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The Lord Hall Gallery at the University of Maine will present an exhibition of the rich and varied work of seven faculty members who teach in the Department of Art. “Featured Faculty / 2017,” which runs from Feb. 17 through March 17, will showcase new work by Andy Mauery, Constant Albertson, Matthew Smolinsky, Susan Camp, […]
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The University of Maine’s Classified Employees Advisory Council (CEAC) seeks nominations for the 2017 Classified Employees Recognition Award. The award recognizes classified employees’ exceptional service and dedication to UMaine, increasing the campus community’s awareness of the indispensable contributions that represented and nonrepresented classified employees make to the quality, diversity and overall mission of the university. […]
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