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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The University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies (CCIDS) will be a remote broadcast site for the 15th annual Chronic Illness and Disability Conference: Transition from Pediatric to Adult-based Care on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 2–3. The conference, located in Houston, Texas, is co-sponsored by Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s […]
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The Maine Public Broadcasting Network will air a talk given by Robert Ford, former U.S. Ambassador to Syria at 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25 as part of its “Speaking in Maine” public affairs lecture series. Ford spoke at the University of Maine earlier this week, hours before airstrikes were initiated in Syria against ISIS. During […]
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