University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a course designed for educators and others interested in creating and maintaining school gardens. The class meets 4:30–7 p.m. Oct. 21, Oct. 28, Nov. 4, Nov. 18, Nov. 25 and Dec. 2, at South Berwick Central School, 197 Main St., South Berwick. Each class will focus on a […]
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“Rockets to the Rescue!” is the theme of the 4-H Science Saturday workshop from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Oct. 25, at the University of Maine Foster Center for Student Innovation and Emera Astronomy Center. In light of recent disasters such as Typhoon Haiyan, participants will be challenged to design and build an aerodynamic food […]
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Politics in Washington — past, present and future — will be the focus of a public lecture by former U.S. Reps. Gil Gutknecht (R-MN) and Mike Kopetski (D-OR) Oct. 7 at the University of Maine. The lecture, 4–5:30 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room, Memorial Union, is part of a three-day visit to Orono and Bangor […]
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More than 80 companies will be represented at the University of Maine’s annual Engineering Job Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16 at the New Balance Student Recreation Center. Co-sponsored by the UMaine College of Engineering and Career Center, the event is an opportunity for students to learn about some of the […]
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The University of Maine will host the Black Bear Attack Adventure race at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 4. The 3.5-mile race begins at the New Balance Student Recreation Center and will lead participants through an obstacle course in the wooded trails behind the gym. Runners will encounter crawls through the mud, tire obstacles, a climbing […]
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Eligible faculty and UMPSA unit members who have 10 years of full-time equivalent years of service and are at least 62 years old are eligible for a Special Retirement Incentive and/or Health Premium Incentive. (Log in using your MaineStreet ID.) More information is available by emailing retirement@maine.edu.
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Movie fans are invited to be part of a worldwide judging contingent for the 17th annual Manhattan Short Film Festival at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, at the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine. More than 100,000 moviegoers in more than 250 cinemas on six continents are expected to judge the […]
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University of Maine students interested in computing and IT internships and jobs next summer are invited to a Project>Login networking reception, 4–6 p.m. Oct. 16, Bangor Room, Memorial Union. The reception is an opportunity for students in computer science and computer engineering to talk with IT professionals and recruiters from Maine companies. It is sponsored […]
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The University of Maine will host the New England Association for College Admission Counseling (NEACAC) college fair for Maine high school students to learn more about colleges and universities in New England and beyond. The free event will be held from 7–9 p.m. Monday, Sept. 29 and 9–11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30 in the New […]
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The Virtual Environment and Multimodal Interaction (VEMI) Laboratory at the University of Maine will hold its second annual open house from 4–6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1. The lab, located in Carnegie Hall, is part of the spatial informatics program in the School of Computing and Information Science and houses Maine’s only research facility that combines […]
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