The University of Maine and CHISPA Centro Hispano will host the 2015 Hispanic Heritage Month Lecture Series throughout September and October. All lectures will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays starting Sept. 17 at UMaine’s Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium, 165 Barrows Hall. The events are free and open to the public and include a […]
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The Active Times named the University of Maine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center one of “America’s Best College Gyms.” The article states “the fitness centers at these universities are more incredible than you could possibly imagine.” In selecting the 11 gyms that made the list, the organization said it considered everything from the size and […]
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The University of Maine Center on Aging’s Senior Companion Program (SCP) currently has openings for qualified volunteers throughout the state. SCP provides volunteer opportunities for limited-income adults age 55 and older. These volunteers, called Senior Companions, visit homebound older adults 15–20 hours per week to provide companionship. Primarily funded through the Corporation for National and […]
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University of Maine alumnus and chair of the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Religion at Rockford University in Illinois will deliver lectures and host a poetry program at UMaine in September. John Burns, an associate professor of Spanish who teaches Latin American literature, will give the lecture “Behind The Savage Detectives: The Infrarrealist […]
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Mick Peterson, executive director of the Racing Surfaces Testing Laboratory and a mechanical engineering professor at the University of Maine, took part in a two-day equine surfaces forum held at the Fédération Equestre Internationale headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland in July, according to a news release. Thirty-six equine, veterinary and footing specialists from Belgium, Canada, Germany, […]
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The University of Maine International Programs’ Study Abroad Fair will be held Thursday, Sept. 10 to inform UMaine students, faculty and staff about the programs available for all majors to study, intern, research or teach abroad. The free event will run from 2 to 5 p.m. in the first-floor ballroom of Estabrooke Hall. Information will […]
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https://youtu.be/i0Wy1WO5FAs Transcript L&K Manufacturing Inc., didn’t always reside in a 1,500-square-foot space in Bangor Maine. The company was initially founded in a college apartment by Vincent Lewis and Andrew Katon who were UMaine engineering undergraduates. Once Katon, company president, and Lewis, CFO, launched L&K Manufacturing, they were able to utilize space at UMaine’s Advanced Manufacturing […]
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In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Restorative Justice Project, the University of Maine Hutchinson Center will host “Justice Matters: When We Cry for Justice, What Do We Really Mean?” from 8:30 a.m.–noon. Sept. 18. The UMaine Peace and Reconciliation Studies program and the Restorative Justice Project of the Midcoast, which promotes fundamental change […]
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The Franco-American Centre at the University of Maine will host a free concert Aug. 31 to celebrate the launch of a new after-school program. A 5 p.m. potluck will precede the 6 p.m. Quebec fiddle music concert by Le Bruit Court dans la Ville (The Buzz Around Town) at the center on campus. The event […]
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Marcella Sorg of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center will be among the state’s leaders participating in the Drug Crisis Summit organized by Gov. Paul LePage on Aug. 26. A news release about the summit is online.
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