The University of Maine Collegiate Chorale and its Chamber Choir will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 6, at Minsky Recital Hall. Christian Giddings, a UMaine graduate student in music education and choral conducting, will conduct the Collegiate Chorale. Bangor native Clayton Smith, who has a degree in piano accompanying, will accompany the musicians. The […]
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Phage Genomics is a two-semester course offered to 16 UMaine first-year biology, microbiology, biochemistry or molecular and cellular biology majors in the Honors College each year. Students learn techniques in DNA isolation and analysis by studying novel bacteriophages, or viruses, infecting a bacterial host. Students work alone or in pairs to culture their own phages, […]
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This month, three finalists for the position of dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will be on campus — Bryan DePoy of Youngstown State University, Emily Haddad of the University of South Dakota and Pamela Kalbfleisch of Concordia University Chicago. Complete vitaes are posted on the Academic Affairs website.
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University of Maine students in an advanced art education course will give a presentation on their art service learning project at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 3 in 100 Lord Hall. Charlotte Gaylord, Julie Roach and Lowansa Sprague Tompkins will speak about the art-making and fundraising project they created to aid the purchase of musical instruments […]
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A University of Maine Faculty Voice Recital featuring retiring music professor Ludlow Hallman and three colleagues will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 4, in Minsky Recital Hall on campus. Soprano Karen Pendleton, mezzo-soprano Marcia Gronewold Sly and tenor Francis John Vogt will join Hallman, a baritone, for a program of music by Beethoven, […]
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UMaine’s Western Civilization and American Liberty Program, directed by Professor of Political Theory Michael Palmer, was awarded a $5,000 grant from the Koch Foundation for the upcoming academic year. The program brings outstanding, nationally reputed speakers to UMaine to deliver a guest lecture, and to interact with faculty and students.
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University of Maine System Chancellor James Page will be at UMaine for a campus forum from 10:30–noon, April 1, Minsky Recital Hall. The UMaine forum is part of a series of budget-related discussions the Chancellor is holding at campuses systemwide. Chancellor Page will provide a state of the system in the context of the current […]
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The University of Maine Chamber Jazz Ensemble will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 1, at Minsky Recital Hall. Karel Lidral, pianist and director of the ensemble, will be retiring from the School of Performing Arts Division of Music at the conclusion of the academic year. In addition to teaching and directing, Lidral has performed […]
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The health of Maine’s moose is a top priority for researchers and students at the University of Maine’s Animal Health Laboratory. The lab’s director, Anne Lichtenwalner, was approached five years ago by a Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (IF&W) moose biologist who wanted to know what was causing occasional calf deaths. In the […]
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Men’s Health magazine has named the University of Maine New Balance Student Recreation Center one of “The Coolest College Recreation Centers in America.” The feature touts that the facility, open since August 2007, offers ski and snowshoe rentals for the surrounding 20 kilometers of groomed trails in the DeMeritt Forest, as well as a 20-person […]
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