Campus Announcements

26th Annual Culturefest Scheduled Nov. 2

The University of Maine Office of International Programs and International Students Association will host a daylong celebration of cultures on Saturday, Nov. 2 in the New Balance Student Recreation Center on the Orono campus. The 26th annual Culturefest will feature international cultural exhibits, a food court, children’s activities, style show and performances from 11:00 a.m. […]

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Fried, Former Maine Campus Editor Recognized by Maine Press Association

The Maine Press Association held its annual banquet Saturday, Oct 26. in Bar Harbor. Amy Fried, a political science professor at the University of Maine, won second place in the News Blogger category for her Bangor Daily News blog “Pollways.” Michael Shepherd, who graduated from UMaine in 2012 and served as editor-in-chief of the Maine […]

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Women Composers Concert to Feature Excerpts of Opera Created by Faculty

Excerpts from “Until the War is Over,” an opera created by University of Maine music professor Beth Wiemann and English professor Jennifer Moxley, will be performed during the School of Performing Arts’ 17th annual Women Composers concert 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28 in Minsky Recital Hall in Class of 1944 Hall. The concert will also […]

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Belding to Speak at Digital Fabrication Conference in Portland

John Belding, director of the Advanced Manufacturing Center at the University of Maine, will speak about 3-D digital design and printing at the Digital Fabrication (DigiFab) and 3-D Technologies Conference in Portland on Friday, Nov. 1. The Maine Chapter of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) and the University of Southern Maine will host the […]

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Putnam Co-Authors PNAS Journal Article on Climate Change

Aaron Putnam, a research associate at the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, is a co-author of a journal article for Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). Wallace S. Broecker, Newberry Professor of Geology at Columbia University’s The Earth Institute, is the lead author of the article […]

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Witter Farm Site of ‘Trick or Trot’

The University of Maine Standardbred Drill Team invites the campus community and public to the annual Trick or Trot on Sunday, Oct. 27, 5-7 p.m., at UMaine’s Witter Farm, 160 University Road in Old Town. Trick-or-trotters are invited to wear Halloween costumes and meet and have their photos taken with costumed horses. Farm Superintendent Jake […]

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Former Staff Member Ronald Brown Passes Away

Ronald Brown, who worked for the University of Maine for 42 years as project manager and staff associate in the Office of Facilities Management, passed away Oct. 18, 2013 at 62 years old. His obituary is available online.

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Visiting Painter, Sculptor, Musicians to Share Talents at UMaine

Four creative guests will take part in this semester’s University of Maine Intermedia MFA Program’s Visiting Artist Lecture Series. Painter Dudley Zopp will lecture at 7 p.m. Oct. 29 at the Innovative Media Research and Commercialization Center (IMRC). His installations constructed with builder’s paper, paintings and found materials transport viewers through geological and cultural history. […]

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UMaine, Department of Education Launch Autism Resource, Research Institute

The University of Maine’s College of Education and Human Development has partnered with the Maine Department of Education to create a statewide system of supports for Mainers who serve children with autism and their families. The Maine Autism Institute for Education and Research (MAIER) will open Jan. 1, 2014 on the UMaine campus. Deborah Rooks-Ellis, […]

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Waller Blogs About Patagonian Fjords

University of Maine marine scientist Rhian Waller shares experiences and photographs from her recent deep-sea coral expedition in Chile in her blogs on the National Geographic website. In September, Waller traveled to Huinay Scientific Field Station near the northern Patagonian fjords to collect final samples from a yearlong deep-sea coral monitoring program studying how climate […]

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