Black Bear Battalion, the University of Maine’s Army ROTC unit, has won the prestigious MacArthur Award, which recognizes the top eight schools, selected from among the 275 senior Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) programs nationwide. The award, presented by Cadet Command and the Gen. Douglas MacArthur Foundation, recognize the ideals of “duty, honor, and […]
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This spring, the University of Maine Department of Art will offer a five-week, after-school art program for children in grades K–8. ArtWorks! gives children an opportunity to explore the world of art through viewing and hands-on experiences with a variety of visual media. All classes will be taught by UMaine students, under the supervision of […]
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The University of Maine recognized 2,298 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the fall 2016 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s List, 1,714 are from Maine, 523 are from 31 other states and 61 are from 27 countries other than the U.S. Listed below are students who received Dean’s List honors for […]
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Clayton Dodge, who taught mathematics for 41 years at the University of Maine, passed away Jan. 22 at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, after a brief illness. Dodge received his master’s degree in mathematics from UMaine in 1959. During his career, he wrote and published six mathematics textbooks, numerous articles and mathematical software used […]
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William ‘Bill’ Leo Laughlin, who worked for 28 years as a police officer with the University of Maine’s department of public safety, passed away Jan. 23. A U.S. Air Force veteran, Laughlin also spent 10 years as a Senior Deputy with the Hermon Police. His obituary is online.
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University of Maine employees age 55 or older, and supervisors of older workers are invited to take part in a new research project conducted by the UMaine Center on Aging in collaboration with the Department of Sociology and School of Economics. The goal of the research is to better understand the assets that older adults […]
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The University of Maine will compete in the 2017 Northeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (NECCDC) March 17–19 at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York. The UMaine Cyber Defense Team is one of 10 groups from institutions around the region, including Harvard and Syracuse, scheduled to take part in the competition. The team […]
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A second international student has joined the University of Maine community as a participant in the U.S. Department of State’s Global Undergraduate Exchange Program in Pakistan (Global UGRAD-Pakistan). Zariab Fatima Abro of Hyderabad, Pakistan, a senior majoring in computer engineering, was one of 27 new international undergraduate and graduate students, and Intensive English Institute students, […]
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More than 500 attendees, including sea farmers and marine researchers from the Damariscotta area, attended the Northeast Aquaculture Conference & Exposition held Jan. 11–13 in Providence, Rhode Island. “There was a really good number of producers and scientists, including a lot of young people there, both from the entrepreneur side and science side,” says Dana […]
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A quartet celebrated for its wit, joy of making music and technical and interpretive talents will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29 at Minsky Recital Hall at the University of Maine. The award-winning and popular Danish String Quartet will play a wide range of music, including Beethoven’s No. 8, Op. 59 No. 2, as […]
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