The 2017 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Celebration co-sponsored by the Greater Bangor NAACP and the University of Maine Division of Student Life will be held Jan. 16 in the Wells Conference Center on campus. The family-friendly event will celebrate the life and legacy of King’s service while offering inspiration through diversity and social […]
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The Maine Technology Institute (MTI) has announced the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center will receive one of four new awards for collaborative projects that boost Maine’s high-potential, technology-enabled clusters. Under MTI’s Cluster Initiative Program (CIP), the UMaine Composites Center was awarded $438,046 to establish a Smart Materials Industry Consortium and Smart Materials […]
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The University of Maine is accepting applications for the 2017 Top Gun Bangor Region Class, a program offered to the area’s entrepreneurs who have aspirations to achieve high growth through innovation. To help companies applying for the Top Gun class, UMaine will host four sessions for questions and assistance with preparing a successful Top Gun […]
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An informational session on the 2017 master’s of social work weekend cohort will be held from 5–6:30 p.m. Jan. 18 at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. Deirdre Boylan, program coordinator of UMaine’s Master of Social Work Program, and other MSW faculty members will be on hand to answer questions. A new weekend […]
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The University of Maine’s Fogler Library is partnering with the Office of Assessment to offer an Information Literacy Assessment Workshop. The workshop will be held from 2–4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12 in the library’s University Club. Refreshments will be provided. The workshop is designed to explain the concept of information literacy while looking at examples […]
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A recent issue of Maine History, a journal published by the Maine Historical Society in cooperation with the Department of History at the University of Maine, reflects on UMaine’s 150th anniversary, focusing particularly on the period since the centennial celebration in 1965. The special issue previews a larger volume being edited by UMaine history professor […]
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Two University of Maine students have been awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study abroad during the spring 2017 semester. Paden Stanton, an international affairs major, was awarded the scholarship to study abroad in India. Tessali Morrison, a chemistry major, will study in Spain. Stanton and Morrison, who are both from Maine, were […]
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Jessica Scheick, a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences and the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, was invited to give the keynote address at the 2016 Maine Robotics EXPO and First Lego League State Championships opening ceremony in Augusta on Dec. 10. During her opening remarks, Scheick, speaking […]
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The role art plays in the lives of Maine military veterans, including works that are a means of expression for those who lived through war, is the focus of an exhibition at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. “Veteran Artists” explores the way military service affects the outlook of artists. Using art as […]
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Paden Stanton, a University of Maine student studying international affairs and political science, is the recipient of a Killam Fellowship for the 2016 fall semester. As a Killam Fellow, Stanton is studying at Carleton University in Ottawa, while UMaine hosts a Canadian student. Abbey Friars, who is pursuing a degree in kinesiology at Acadia University […]
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