A group of University of Maine students have been selected to participate in the 2015–2016 NASA Student Launch challenge, which will be held April 13–17 near NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Student Launch is a research-based, experiential exploration activity, requiring an eight-month commitment to design, construct, test, launch and successfully recover a […]
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The Maine Division of the New England Society of American Foresters will hold its annual fall meeting Friday, Oct. 30 at the University of Maine. The meeting will be held from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Wells Conference Center and will focus on “Maine’s New Economy, Our Forested Future.” The conference will involve […]
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The prominent mineralogical journal “The Canadian Mineralogist” has celebrated University of Maine research professor Edward Sturgis Grew’s 70th birthday by dedicating the entire March 2015 issue to his extensive career in mineralogy and petrology. The volume contains 12 papers contributed in his honor by 63 authors representing Grew’s scientific colleagues from around the world. The […]
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The Baroque Orchestra of Maine (BOOM) will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, at Minsky Recital Hall at the University of Maine. This is a “Closer to Home” concert — featuring two musicians who live and teach in Maine — in the John I. and Elizabeth E. Patches Chamber Music Series. In 2010, violinist […]
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The University of Maine basketball teams will host two free events for fans prior to the start of the 2015–16 regular season. The Black Bear Fan Jam youth clinic and season ticket holder appreciation event will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. The free youth clinic […]
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https://youtu.be/OAlYnW424UM Transcript Nate Wildes is optimistic about Maine’s future, a perspective due in no small part to his experience at the University of Maine. As an undergraduate, Wildes received the training he needed to succeed in business. Now, three years after graduating, he is the owner of Breaking Wave, LLC, a business acceleration and innovation […]
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Stephen Roberts, a University of Maine student studying international affairs and French with a focus in Canadian studies, has been awarded a Killam Fellowship for the 2015–2016 academic year. As a Killam Fellow, Roberts will study at Carleton University in Ottawa, while UMaine hosts a Canadian student for the academic year. Diyyinah Jamora, who is […]
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A cast of 17 will perform Chekhov’s classic drama “The Cherry Orchard” Nov. 6–8 and Nov. 12–15 in a University of Maine School of Performing Arts production. “The Cherry Orchard,” directed by UMaine Associate Professor of Theatre Marcia Douglas, is the story of a Russian aristocratic family at the turn of the century desperate to […]
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The University of Maine System Employee Benefits Center will hold Open Enrollment 2016 Informational Sessions at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, Wells Conference Center. More information is online and by contacting benefits@maine.edu; 973.3373.
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The University of Maine Standardbred Drill Team invites the campus community and public to the annual Trick or Trot from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, at UMaine’s Witter Farm, 160 University Farm Road in Old Town. The event will include a costume contest, games, baked goods and an opportunity to meet and have […]
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