Professor Emeritus Robert H. Babcock Passes Away
Robert Harper Babcock, professor emeritus of history at the University of Maine, passed away Feb. 12, 2014. His obituary is available online.
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UMaine’s Hutchinson Center in Belfast Closing Early Feb. 13
Given the current forecast, the University of Maine’s Hutchinson Center in Belfast will close at 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13 and is scheduled to reopen at 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14 if conditions permit. For the latest information, check the Hutchinson Center’s website or call 338.8099.
Read moreEmployee Recognition and Awards Ceremony March 26
The 2014 Employee Recognition and Awards Ceremony will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 26, 2014 in Wells Conference Center on the University of Maine campus. UMaine President Paul Ferguson, senior administrators and members of the campus community will celebrate employees who have reached 25, 35 and 45 years of service, […]
Read moreDarling Marine Center Grad Student Speaks at Story Collider Event
A Story Collider podcast of a talk given by Skylar Bayer, a marine biology graduate student at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center, is now online. Bayer was one of four science enthusiasts to share a story as part of The Story Collider event “Charting New Territory” in Cambridge, Mass. Bayer’s talk, “Phoning home […]
Read moreOffshore Wind Research Report Wins Best Paper Award
A team of researchers from the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center won the Best Paper Award from the Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers at the 19th Offshore Symposium, Feb. 6 in Houston. The paper, “VolturnUS 1:8 — Design and Testing of the First Grid-Connected Offshore Wind Turbine in the U.S.A.,” […]
Read moreAlternative Breaks Announces Spring 2014 Projects
Since 1998, University of Maine has been organizing trips for students to provide volunteer service to others. This year, Alternative Breaks, a student-run organization, will send out eight volunteer groups. The 101 undergraduate members and nine graduate students, and faculty trip advisers will volunteer one week of their spring break to work and travel. Volunteer […]
Read moreMarrs on International Percussion Tour
University of Maine music professor Stuart Marrs has begun a five-country tour to teach master classes in percussion. The European leg began earlier this month at the Paris Conservatory of Music, where he offered master classes on the solo timpani works of Elliott Carter — pieces Marrs recorded on an interactive pedagogical DVD in 2006. […]
Read moreUMaine to be Represented at USS Somerset Commissioning in March
When the USS Somerset is commissioned in Philadelphia March 1, a University of Maine alumnus will be at the helm as its first commanding officer, and a retired Navy captain and now UMaine professor will be in the audience, representing Maine’s flagship university. The first commanding officer of the USS Somerset, Capt. Thomas Dearborn, a […]
Read moreLGBT Poets of Color Celebration Slated for Feb. 18
In honor of Black History Month, the University of Maine’s LGBT Services will host “A New Renaissance: Celebrating LGBT Poets of Color” 5:30–7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18 in the Coe Room of the Memorial Union. Guests are invited to recite their favorite poems. A social gathering and discussion also will be held.
Read more56 UMaine Student-Athletes Named to Fall America East 2013 Honor Roll
Fifty-six University of Maine student-athletes were named to the 2013 fall America East Honor Roll for obtaining a semester grade-point average (GPA) of 3.00 or higher. A conference-record 708 student-athletes competed in fall sports for America East institutions, and 68 percent of all competitors garnered honor roll recognition. Student-athletes from the UMaine women’s cross-country team […]
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