Campus Announcements

Learn to illustrate natural science at DMC workshop

Register by June 1 for the Natural Science Illustration Workshop held July 11–15 at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole. The workshop is for people who want to illustrate a natural history journal with sketches or watercolor, hone skills and talents to create scientifically accurate drawings, or plan to bring art and […]

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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences debuts new website

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has upgraded to the university’s new website template. The University of Maine Diversity Leadership Institute, Maine Food and Agriculture Center, Leadership Studies, Peer Relations Lab and Leslie Lab: Marine Conservation Science also recently upgraded. The new umaine.edu and related pages debuted in summer 2015. For more information on […]

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Entrepreneurs to compete at regional Top Gun Pitch-Off May 18

The University of Maine will host a competition for the Bangor region class of the Top Gun Entrepreneurial Accelerator May 18 at Seasons Restaurant in Bangor. Over the past three months, eight entrepreneurial teams from the area have been meeting with mentors and experts to develop their business and practice their “elevator pitch.” At the […]

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Math professor Henry Pogorzelski to be remembered at ceremony

Henry Pogorzelski, a well-known University of Maine professor and mathematician, will be laid to rest during a ceremony on Tuesday, May 17, according to the Bangor Daily News. Pogorzelski, a professor and founder of the Research Institute for Mathematics, died Dec. 30 at a Bangor hospital. The 93-year-old, who was better known by students and […]

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Softball on home plate

Black Bears best in America East, will play Georgia in NCAA Regional

A day after winning the America East Championship, the University of Maine softball team (28-19) was selected to play in the NCAA Regional in Athens, Georgia. UMaine will face the 16th-seeded host Georgia Bulldogs (40-17) at 3:30 p.m. Friday, May 20. The game will be shown live on ESPN3. Oklahoma State (29-24) and Northwestern (26-26) […]

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DMC to host shellfish farming workshop

Chris Davis, executive director of the Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center, will instruct an “Applied Methods in Shellfish Farming Workshop” June 20–24 at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole. The intensive, hands-on workshop is intended to familiarize participants with practical methods used to cultivate commercially important bivalve molluscs, including oysters, mussels, clams and […]

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Physics, mathematics major enters Xploration Station’s Student Astronaut Contest

Samuel Borer, a double major in physics and mathematics at the University of Maine, has entered Xploration Station’s Student Astronaut Contest. Borer submitted a three-minute video explaining why he believes space exploration is important and why he should be selected to appear on “Xploration Station,” a television show on FOX that aims to excite viewers […]

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New Balance Student Recreation Center offering free equipment orientations

The University of Maine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center will offer free facility tours and equipment orientations May 16–20. UMaine community members are invited to visit the Rec Center throughout the week to meet with personal trainers who will lead 30-minute tours of the facility, including time for demonstrations on the cardio and weight equipment. […]

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Advanced Structures and Composites Center to host two STEM competitions May 20

The University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center will host two middle- and high-school level STEM competitions May 20. More than 250 Maine students are expected to participate in either the Windstorm Challenge or Maine Wind Blade Challenge. The Windstorm Challenge engages students in floating offshore wind technology, innovation and business. The competition, which […]

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Witter Center structures to be removed

A barn and smaller structures on property known as the Smith Farm, located near the intersection of Bennoch Road and Stillwater Avenue in Old Town and owned by the University of Maine, are scheduled for demolition in May. The property is part of UMaine’s J. Franklin Witter Teaching and Research Center, dedicated to teaching and […]

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