Storyteller Mike Daisey takes on Herman Melville’s masterpiece of revenge, fate and whaling terminology in a hilarious 90-minute monologue at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, at the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine. Daisey, who was born in Fort Kent and graduated from Nokomis Regional High School and Colby College, weaves […]
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Laura Cowan, chair of the University of Maine English Department and professor of English, will present Wednesday, Nov. 16 as part of Fogler Library’s “Books in My Life: Reading that Transforms” series. Cowan will speak at 7 p.m. in the Fogler Library Classroom. The event is open to any UMaine students, faculty or staff. In […]
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Six University of Maine students will put their computer hacking skills to the test this weekend at the second Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition at Rochester Institute of Technology. The UMaine students, most of whom are computer science majors, will compete against students from nine other universities. By racing each other to hack into computer networks, […]
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About 35 students in University of Maine professor Will Manion’s CET 458 Management of Construction course will present service learning projects on Friday, Nov. 4. This fall, two teams planned and managed projects at Leonard’s Mills in Bradley and Hirundo Wildlife Refuge in Alton. The teams will present both projects to the UMaine Industrial Advisory […]
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The University of Maine Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) Omega Mu chapter invites teams to compete in a “Humvee Push” noon–3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5 to raise money for the United Service Organizations (USO) to support U.S. troops. The team that pushes a Down East Emergency Medical Institute Humvee 20 yards in the Belgrade parking lot […]
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Marie Olesen Urbanski Whittaker, a former University of Maine professor, feminist and liberal activist, passed away Oct. 24. She was 94. Whittaker was an English professor at UMaine for more than 20 years where her scholarship focused on the contributions of Margaret Fuller, a 19th century feminist and visionary, according to Whittaker’s obituary. Glamour.com recently […]
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Throughout November, members of the University of Maine Police Department are participating in No-Shave November, a campaign to raise awareness about cancer. As part of No-Shave November, participants forego shaving for 30 days and donate their monthly hair-maintenance expenses to support cancer prevention, research and education, according to the nonprofit’s website.
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A hands-on workshop in nutrition-focused physical examination (NFPE) will be offered on campus in November as an outreach effort by the University of Maine School of Food and Agriculture to registered dietitians in the state. NFPE is a physical assessment of patients in clinical settings to help identify symptoms of malnutrition, including fat and muscle […]
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The University of Maine is addressing the state’s shortage of foreign language teachers and the resulting lack of language instruction for young learners in an after-school program at the Franco-American Center. Launched last fall, K–5 students in the Bangor-Orono-Old Town receive two hours of French-language instruction, twice a week, for a $50 fee. The program […]
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The University of Maine’s Jordan Planetarium will be the setting for “Constellations,” a play by British playwright Nick Payne that opens Nov. 15 as part of the School of Performing Arts season. Associate Professor of Theater Marcia Joy Douglas will direct the production that features a cast of two. UMaine’s Innovative Media Research and Commercialization […]
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