Paul Paradis, manager of training and development for the University of Maine Police Department, graduated from the FBI National Academy Program at Quantico, Va., on Sept. 20. Paradis was one of more than 200 law enforcement officials to graduate in the 254th session of the National Academy. The program includes 10 weeks of advanced investigative, […]
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Staff from the University of Maine’s Highmoor Farm in Monmouth will be on the Orono campus from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013, selling apples and pumpkins. The sale will be located by the Cyrus Pavilion Theatre between Winslow Hall and Fogler Library, weather permitting. For more information, including pricing information, visit […]
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MPBN will air season three of the Maine EPSCoR produced “Sustainable Maine” series, highlighting the research of Maine’s Sustainability Solutions Initiative (SSI), based at UMaine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center. SSI is helping communities solve interconnected economic problems while advancing sustainability science. Information about the MPBN documentary series is online. The broadcast schedule is: Return of […]
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University of Maine School of Performing Arts dance students present “Emerging Dance” at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 10 in Minsky Recital Hall on the Orono campus. The performance will highlight works in progress and feature a variety of dance styles and student choreography. Admission is free. For disability accommodations, contact the School of Performing Arts, 207.581.1781.
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Grace S. Brush, a Johns Hopkins University professor of geography and environmental engineering, will deliver the 12th annual Geddes W. Simpson Lecture at 3:30 p.m. Oct. 8 at Buchanan Alumni House at the University of Maine. “A Paleoecological Record of Long-Term Connections Between Land and Water” is the title of Brush’s free public lecture in […]
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University of Maine Diving Safety Officer Christopher Rigaud has been appointed to the Diving Control Board of the National Science Foundation United States Antarctic Program (USAP). Members are selected for their expertise and standing in the scientific diving community. Based at the Darling Marine Center in Walpole, Maine, Rigaud conducts diver training, dive support and […]
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In early October, Bob Steneck sets sail from Christmas Cove, Maine to the Caribbean to research resilience of coral reefs adjacent to the Antilles islands. The professor of marine sciences at the University of Maine, who is based at the Darling Marine Center in Walpole, Maine, is on sabbatical this academic year. With funding from […]
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The second biannual Digital Humanities Week will take place Oct. 7–10 across the University of Maine campus. This year’s program, titled “Surfacing,” calls for the humanities to increase its influence in today’s rapidly changing world. As Maine’s first THATCamp (The Humanities And Technology Camp), the conference will be more collaborative, participatory and informal than average […]
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On Oct. 8, professor of music Phillip Silver is expected to be interviewed on CIUT-FM 89.5 in Toronto for the radio program “Classical Underground.” Silver will discuss his most recent CD, the chamber music of Bernhard Sekles, that was released on the Toccata Classics label in London. The interview with Philip Conlon, the brother of […]
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Big Gig, the network for innovators and entrepreneurs in Orono, Old Town, Bangor and beyond, is holding a networking event from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22 at Verve in downtown Orono. The goal of the event is to create a network of innovators and entrepreneurs looking to make positive economic changes in their […]
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