University of Maine music professor Anatole Wieck and Bangor Symphony Orchestra violinist Sascha Zaburdaeva will perform with guests Pierre Henri Xuereb and Jean-Louis Haguenauer at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 29, at Minsky Recital Hall. Born in Latvia, Wieck also conducts the University Orchestra. The violinist and viola player earned his degrees, including his doctorate, at […]
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“Living with Acquired Brain Injury” offering the latest information on research, innovation and services is the focus of a daylong conference Friday, March 28 at the University of Maine. The free public conference, 8:30 a.m.–3 p.m. in Wells Conference Center, is offered through a community-university partnership by UMaine and the Acquired Brain Injury Advisory Council […]
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The third-annual Summer Camp Fair for Kids scheduled for March 12, which was postponed last week is now rescheduled for tomorrow night, March 19, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at The University of Maine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center on campus. More than 60 summer camps from throughout Maine are expected to participate in […]
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A video of the recent Wyeth Family Heritage Lecture by Dr. David Pariser of Concordia University is on the University of Maine Department of Art website. In his lecture titled “The Juvenile Work of World-Class Artists,” Pariser discusses his research involving development of childhood graphic skills in gifted children.
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The University of Maine, one of four recipients of the 2014 Gold Star Standards of Excellence awards from the Maine Tobacco-Free College Network, will be recognized at a ceremony March 19 in Bangor. Following the ceremony, a peer-to-peer tobacco-free college workshop will focus on successes and challenges of adopting, implementing and enforcing tobacco-free campus policies.
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The 27th Expanding Your Horizons conference at the University of Maine on March 13 for middle school girls has been canceled because of weather. Schools are encouraged to contact Sharon Barker, director of the UMaine Women’s Resource Center to arrange individual campus visits. Contact information: sbarker@maine.edu; 207.581.1501.
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering a free apple tree pruning and grafting field day from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 19, at Avalon Acres Orchard & Farm, 234 Dexter Road, in Saint Albans. Avalon Acres owner Mark Sheriff, an alumnus of the UMaine Extension Master Gardener Volunteers program, will host. […]
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The Maine Journal, a student-run, online publication at the University of Maine, will sponsor TEDxUMaine on April 5. The local TED-like event aims to share the experiences of exceptional UMaine students through their own voices. The event will include six to eight student speakers as well as selected TED videos from past TED talks and […]
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Due to the expected winter storm, the University of Maine’s third annual Summer Camp Fair for Kids originally scheduled for March 12 has been postponed. The fair will now take place from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 19 in the New Balance Student Recreation Center on campus. Parents and children are encouraged to attend […]
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The Page Farm and Home Museum at the University of Maine invites the public to its annual Maine Maple Sunday celebration 1–3 p.m. March 23. Festivities begin with a video titled “The Maple Sugaring Story” at the farm and museum on Munson Road. Children in grades K–5 will be invited to take part in learning […]
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