Nicole’s Trick or Trot, a 5K race in memory of UMaine swimmer Nicole Langlois, will be held Oct. 30, with proceeds benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The inaugural race is organized by the UMaine School of Nursing, Orono Student Nurses Association and UMaine Swim. Registration begins at 9 a.m.; the race begins at 10 a.m. Participants […]
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“ReDesigning Culture” by sharing stories of hope, with a focus on local, national and international efforts toward developing peaceful, just, ethical and sustainable communities, will be the focus of this year’s conference by ESTIA: The International Ecopeace Community, Oct. 28 at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. The conference, from 8:30 a.m. to […]
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The University of Maine Bureau of Labor Education will hold an event to commemorate 50 years of service to the working women and men of Maine on Oct. 27. Edward C. Schlick, former communications director of the Maine AFL-CIO, friend of labor, activist and artist (1928–2013), will be honored with an unveiling of five new […]
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A member of the Farmer Veteran Coalition of Maine will hold a second workshop on campus on Oct. 26 at 4 p.m. in the FFA room in the Memorial Union. Jerry Ireland, an Army veteran and owner of Ireland Hill Farm, mentors veterans who want to learn new business skills and may be interested in […]
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Jessica Leahy has been named interim associate dean for research in the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture, and interim associate director of the Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station. She succeeds Frederick Servello, who will assume the position of interim dean for the college, and director of the Experiment Station following Edward Ashworth’s […]
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The U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors, the United States Army Field Band based in Washington, D.C., will perform in a free public concert at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 11 at the Collins Center for the Arts. The concert is sponsored by a partnership of the School of Performing Arts, Collins Center for the Arts and the Bangor […]
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The Fright at the Fort course will be lit up with lasers Saturday, Oct. 22, courtesy of students and faculty from UMaine’s New Media program. Fright at the Fort runs from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online.
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Stephen Norton, professor emeritus of Earth and Climate Sciences at UMaine, will lead a geology walk at Lincolnville Beach on Saturday, Oct. 29 from 2–4 p.m. Norton will talk with participants about what rocks — encountered on the walk — tell us about Maine’s geological history.
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The University of Maine will conduct its annual emergency communications system test on Tuesday, Oct. 18, complete with three outdoor sirens sounding for several minutes. The sirens are part of UMaine’s multifaceted emergency communications system established in 2007 that allows university safety and communications professionals to use several mechanisms to quickly communicate vital information to […]
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Last year, nearly 700 students took advantage of the first completely online, three-week Winter Session at the University of Maine. For its second year, the term has grown to include 26 courses offered through UMaineOnline. Winter Session will run Dec. 27 through Jan. 14. Registration begins Oct. 24. The 26 courses include several high-demand courses […]
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