Recent University of Maine graduate Alicia Valente of New Gloucester, Maine won the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Quiz Bowl in St. Louis, Missouri on June 25. Valente represented New England along with two students from Plymouth State University. They competed against nine other teams, each representing a district of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association. New […]
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Robert Glover, a UMaine assistant professor of political science and honors, is one of eight national finalists for the 2015 Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement for Early Career Faculty, presented by the New England Resource Center for Higher Education (NERCHE) and the Center for Engaged Democracy (CED) at Merrimack College. The […]
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University of Maine Athletics will host a free screening of “The Lego Movie” at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5 on Morse Field at Alfond Stadium. Members of the public are encouraged to bring blankets or chairs to watch the film on the high-definition video scoreboard. UMaine football team members will greet fans and provide free […]
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The University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center (DMC) is host of the free Science on Tap Seminar series at the Newcastle Publick House from 6–7 p.m. Wednesdays. On July 22, the seminar, “Shellfish aquaculture: Job creation, tasty bivalves and some cool science too,” will be presented by Carter Newell. A resident of Damariscotta, Newell will […]
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The University of Maine football team will host its annual Meet the Black Bears free football clinic at 6 p.m., Aug. 26 at Alfond Stadium. All ages are welcome. Participants will have the opportunity to meet players and coaches, get posters and autographs, and join the team for a pizza party, sponsored by Domino’s. To […]
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The University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center (DMC) is host of the Science on Tap Seminar series at the Newcastle Publick House from 6–7 p.m. Wednesdays. On July 29, the series wraps up with a seminar by Pete Jumars titled, “Darling worms: A rich legacy of polychaete research.” Marine worms are critical food web components. […]
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University of Maine women’s basketball student-athlete Liz Wood of Catlett, Virginia, has been named the America East’s 2014–15 Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Wood, the first Black Bear to receive the honor, was selected from a group of eight student-athletes in female sports. Each year following the fall, winter and spring seasons, a committee of […]
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The University of Maine Littlefield Ornamentals Trial Garden on Rangeley Road will be closed for maintenance Tuesday-Wednesday, July 14-15.
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Bob Cobb, former dean of the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development and a founder of Maine’s Sports Done Right, and Parise Rossignol, UMaine women’s basketball player, will be guests on Downtown with Rich Kimball 4-6 p.m. Thursday, July 16. The topic will be youth sports; the show airs on WZON-AM620, WKIT-HD3, […]
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Several people with ties to the University of Maine will be inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame on Aug. 8 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Inductees include the late Rudy Keeling, a Perry Award recipient. The award is named after Holy Cross legend Ronald Perry Sr.; it honors those who have achieved distinction in […]
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