The Maine Journal, a developing online publication run by University of Maine undergraduate students, will host TEDxUMaine on Saturday, April 23. Beginning at 10 a.m. in Hill Auditorium, Barrows Hall, the independently organized TED event will combine live presentations by UMaine students with TED Talk videos. The event aims to motivate deep thought and conversation […]
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Editor’s note: Due to predicted rain this event has been rescheduled for May 11. The Coaction Lab at the University of Maine will present “FLOW: An evening of water themed light & projection” at the Thomas Hill Standpipe in Bangor on May 4. The multimedia event — a partnership between the Intermedia MFA program at […]
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A piano trio named after a witty German poet will play at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 1, in Minsky Recital Hall at the University of Maine. Catherine Klipfel, piano; Stefan Hempel, violin; and Emanuel Wehse, cello, compose the Morgenstern Trio, whose namesake is Christian Morgenstern. The musicians met while studying at Folkwang Conservatory in Germany. […]
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People who ate chocolate at least once a week performed better on multiple cognitive tasks, compared to those who ate chocolate less frequently, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Maine, University of South Australia and Luxembourg Institute of Health that has garnered international attention. With age, education, gender age and […]
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On April 17, University of Maine President Susan J. Hunter was inducted as an honorary member of All Maine Women Honor Society. Professor Habib Dagher, executive director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center, was inducted as an honorary member of Senior Skull Honor Society. All Maine Women, founded in 1925, recognizes distinguished leadership, scholarship […]
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The University of Maine is one of more than 800 organizations around the world that will host a 5K Fun Run to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Junior Reserve Officer’s Training Corps (JROTC) on Saturday, April 23. Runs will be held simultaneously beginning at 11 a.m. EST. UMaine’s run will start outside the Harold […]
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The Blue and Gold Team at the University of Maine will host the 2016 1st Lt. James R. Zimmerman Memorial Fitness Challenge on April 23. Four-person teams, which can register in one of three categories — hard core, motivated or family — will participate from noon to 5 p.m. in a variety of physical activities […]
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UMaine’s ninth annual Healthy High 5k/10k road race will be held Wednesday, April 20, from 4:20–6 p.m. More than 800 runners, walkers and volunteers are expected to participate. Members of the university community driving on campus, and on Park Street and College Avenue in Orono during that time are asked to use caution and expect […]
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More than 700 people are expected to participate in the ninth annual Healthy High 5k/10k and 1-mile run/walk at the University of Maine on Wednesday, April 20. The race, which begins at 4:20 p.m. outside UMaine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center, promotes health and wellness for members of the university and surrounding community. This year, […]
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DigitalCommons@UMaine offers online conference hosting to members of the university community. The platform allows organizers to manage workflows, recruit submissions, embed multimedia features, accept registrations, and publish proceedings in an open-access forum that is search engine optimized and expands the scholarly impact of a conference to a global scale. An example of online conference hosting […]
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