Editor’s note: Due to the weather as of Feb. 15, two campus presentations have been rescheduled. The updated dates and times are below. 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 […]
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The University of Maine College of Education and Human Development is taking part in the 2017 Read to ME Challenge. The challenge kicked off Feb. 2 and culminates March 2, which is Read Across America Day and Dr. Seuss’ birthday. Faculty, staff and students from the college will be posting photos of themselves reading to […]
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The following days have been designated as UMaine’s Go Blue Fridays, a chance to show your UMaine spirit and campus pride by wearing blue and/or UMaine clothing: Feb. 10 and 24; March 24; April 7 and 14; and May 12.
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The University of Maine’s School of Performing Arts continues its 2016–17 theatre season with a production of the classic musical “The Pajama Game.” Dawn McAndrews, producing artistic director of the Theater at Monmouth, is guest directing the UMaine production of the musical, written by George Abbott and Richard Bissell, with music and lyrics by Richard […]
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Nominations are currently being accepted for the 2017 Steve Gould Award. The award was created in 1981 by the family and friends of Steve Gould in memory of “a man of honest and passionate concern for others.” The award is given to those who have demonstrated superior qualities of unselfishness and compassion in the course […]
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A freshly conceived production of Neil Simon’s 1969 comedy “Last of the Red Hot Lovers” will be staged at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9 at the Collins Center for the Arts. During the decade of free love, Barney Cashman — middle-aged, married, overweight and overworked — sets out to join the sexual revolution before it’s […]
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The Mahaney Dome on Long Road was vandalized sometime between 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 2 and 8 a.m., Friday Feb. 3. The 17 cuts in the outer skin resulted in an estimated $1,500 in damage, which is now being repaired. The Division of Student Life and UMaine Police Department are offering a $500 reward for […]
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The Maine Association of Broadcasters (MAB) recently announced the awarding of scholarship support to three University of Maine undergraduates. The 2016–2017 Maine Association of Broadcasters Scholars are Samuel Wheeler of Greenwood, Jonathan Petrie of Rumford, and Mark Paulette of Bangor. All three students are currently enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences where […]
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“Once,” a Tony Award-winning best musical, will be performed at the Collins Center for the Arts at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7. The winner of eight Tony Awards in 2012 is about an Irish musician who plays at local pubs at night and repairs vacuums in a Dublin shop during the day. Guy is about […]
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A University of Maine doctoral candidate co-wrote an article that won the International Award for Excellence for The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses, Volume 8. Kisei Tanaka, who wrote “Climate Change, Conflict, and Moving Borders” with James Lee of American University, is affiliated with the Climate Change Institute and the Ecology and […]
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