University of Maine President Susan J. Hunter was interviewed for a service project, “Women in Science,” by members of the UMaine chapter of Alpha Tau Omega. The video interview with President Hunter about her career as a faculty member, researcher and administrator is featured in an April 1 post on the ATO Roadshow website.
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Great Value Colleges has named the University of Maine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center No. 1 in its list of “20 Great Recreation Centers at Small Colleges.” “This $25 million fitness center is LEED Silver certified and was built with an open-floor plan and windows that stretch from the floor to the ceiling so that […]
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The New Balance Student Recreation Center at the University of Maine will hold the Bicycle Coalition of Maine’s Great Maine Bike Swap and Maine Bound Adventure Center’s annual Gear Sale on Sunday, April 10. From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Great Maine Bike Swap attendees can choose from hundreds of gently used bicycles, including hybrids, […]
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The University of Maine College of Education and Human Development is again co-sponsoring the annual Literacy Tea organized by Literacy Volunteers of Bangor. The event will be held Sunday, April 3, from 3–5 p.m. at John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor. Children’s book author Mark Scott Ricketts will read from his book “Adventures in […]
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Designing and building low-cost, efficient milking parlors for dairy herds is the focus of a free workshop 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Thursday, April 14 at Kennebec Valley Community College Alfond Campus, Recreation Center, Route 201, Hinckley. Larry Tranel, dairy specialist with Iowa State University Cooperative Extension, will discuss TRANS-Iowa parlors, designed to be more ergonomically friendly, […]
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Members of the University of Maine community and general public are invited to join a bus trip to Portland to tour collections at the Osher Map Library, as well as attend a public lecture and view William Shakespeare’s First Folio at the Portland Public Library. The UMaine Humanities Center (UMHC) and Department of English are […]
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Orono Police Department will conduct training exercises in and around Coburn Hall on Thursday, March 31, from 6–9 p.m. Members of the UMaine community may see police department vehicles and personnel in the area.
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Registration is open for the 2016 Maine Sea Grant Research Symposium: Research in a Time of Rapid Change. The event will be held from 1–5 p.m. Thursday, April 14 in Buchanan Alumni House on the University of Maine campus. The biennial event serves as a forum for new and seasoned Maine Sea Grant investigators and […]
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The Androscoggin-Sagadahoc Counties Extension Association (ASCEA) will hold its annual meeting and elect new officers at 6 p.m. Monday, April 11 at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension office, 24 Main Street, Lisbon Falls. The meeting is open to the public, and will include presentations by Tori Jackson and Kristy Ouellette, UMaine Extension educators; and […]
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The annual spring tour of the University of Maine Symphonic Band April 6–9 will feature 10 free public performances, including school assemblies and community concerts. The Symphonic Band, directed by Christopher White, is an auditioned group of 45 woodwind, brass and percussion performers with a repertoire that spans nearly 250 years. The band will feature […]
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