The Lidral Duo will perform the final show in their “Chamber Jazz Afternoon Concert Series” on Monday, April 28. The farewell performance will be held from 4:15 to 5 p.m. outside of Union Central in the Memorial Union. The jazz duo includes retiring University of Maine associate professor of music Karel Lidral on soprano saxophone […]
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Maine Day, the annual campus-wide spring cleanup tradition, is slated for April 30. University of Maine students, faculty, staff and alumni will come together to complete a variety of volunteer projects aimed at sprucing up the campus, enjoy a barbecue, and compete for the oozeball — mud volleyball — championship. On the agenda this year […]
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The University of Maine’s 2014 Commencement is May 10, with ceremonies at 10 a.m. (College of Education and Human Development, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Division of Lifelong Learning and Maine Business School) and 2:30 p.m. (College of Engineering and College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture) in Harold Alfond Sports Arena. Motorists in […]
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The MBS Corps, the Maine Business School’s community outreach organization, will hold a fundraiser to benefit the Bangor Humane Society from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 27 at the New Balance Student Recreation Center. Donations such as pet toys, treats and blankets can be dropped off at the gym during the MBS Corps’ […]
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Paving will take place on campus Monday, April 28 (weather permitting) in the following areas: Rangeley Road from the University of Maine Police Department building to the Keyo building Rangeley Road from Long Road to the entrance of Somerset Hall Long Road by Hart Hall and Corbett Hall to the North Gym parking lot Traffic […]
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The University of Maine Darling Marine Center is offering a Natural Science Illustration Workshop from July 28 through Aug. 1 in Walpole. David Wheeler of the Pratt Institute’s Center Extension Campus at Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute will lead the workshop, which focuses on using pencils, pens, paints and computers to capture the natural world on paper. […]
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The University of Maine School of Policy and International Affairs and the Maine Army National Guard will co-host a conference May 20–21 to explore challenges and emerging opportunities in the Arctic. The free conference, titled “Leadership in the High North: A Political, Military, Economic and Environmental Symposium of the Arctic Opening,” will be held from […]
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Cathy Billings of the University of Maine’s Lobster Institute will offer a book signing for her first volume, The Maine Lobster Industry: A History of Culture, Conservation and Commerce, 11 a.m.–2 p.m., May 1, at the Martin Luther King Plaza outside the Memorial Union. In case of rain, the event will be moved to Rogers […]
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The University of Maine System Diversity Steering Committee is again pleased to offer mini-grants totaling $6,000 for planning and implementing programs that strengthen campus diversity initiatives. Faculty and staff may send proposals electronically by Sept. 19, 2014 for diversity programs or initiatives that will be conducted during FY15. Proposals should include the following information: a […]
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The University of St. Andrews in Scotland reported on the findings of a biodiversity research project that were recently published in the journal Science. The project, which was led by the University of St. Andrews in collaboration with researchers from around the world — including the University of Maine’s Brian McGill — found that despite […]
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