A new University of Maine Bureau of Labor Education briefing paper reports that unsafe staffing levels and other problems in the work environments of hospital nurses may threaten patient safety in hospitals nationwide and in Maine. Understaffing can contribute to nurse shortages, greater job stress and burnout among nurses, in addition to potentially increased risks […]
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Three University of Maine undergraduate students have been selected for 2013 study abroad scholarships through the international Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program, according to the UMaine Office of International Programs. Hashim Abdi, a fourth-year zoology and microbiology major from Portland, Maine will receive $3,500 toward expenses to study in Beijing, China. Colby Fortier-Brown, a […]
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The Potato Association of America (PAA) has honored University of Maine associate professor of plant, soil, and environmental sciences and of biological sciences David Lambert with an Honorary Life Membership for his commitment and work with potato disease. He was one of only three individuals so honored for 2012. Lambert received the Maine Potato Board’s […]
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More than 50 students from University of Maine computing and information science professor George Markowsky’s COS 125 Introduction to Problem Solving Using Computer Programming will compete from 11 a.m.–1 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 13 at Soderberg Auditorium in Jenness Hall in the annual fall semester computer gaming exhibit and competition. The event, one of many organized […]
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The University of Maine Standardbred Drill Team invites the public and campus community to its free Santa’s Reindeer holiday event from 5–7 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 16 at the J.F. Witter Teaching and Research Center on University Farm Road, off College Avenue in Old Town, for crafts, games, baked goods, hot cocoa and to meet the […]
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The University of Maine School of Performing Arts will present its annual Fall Dance Concert at 7:30 p.m., Thursday and Friday, Dec. 13–14 at Hauck Auditorium. Tickets are $10; free with a student MaineCard, and available online or at the door beginning at 6:30 p.m. Faculty and students choreographed the concert, directed by Ann Ross, […]
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His Excellency Jamal Al-Suwaidi, a member of the royal family and director general of the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) in Abu Dhabi, was the fourth inductee in the University of Maine Graduate School’s George Davis Chase Society. Al-Suwaidi is a member of the UMaine School of Policy and International Affairs (SPIA) […]
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The University Bookstore at UMaine invites the campus community to a holiday party, 8 a.m.–6 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 12. Highlights of the day include a 99-cent book sale, 50-percent off on select UMaine apparel and gift items, a 3:30–4 p.m. performance of the Renaissance Singers, games, giveaways, door prizes, free snacks and drinks, a UMaine […]
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The Bangor Foreign Policy Forum is presenting “Mexico, the Maya, and the End of Time?” a free public talk by speaker Angela Thompson, assistant professor of history at East Carolina University, at 2:45 p.m., Monday, Dec. 17 in the Bodwell Lounge of the Collins Center for the Arts. Thompson, who once taught at UMaine, will […]
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The University of Maine German Club — Deutscher Verein — will hold its annual “Weihnachtsmarkt,” or Christmas market, this year from 12–3:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 15 at the University of Maine Museum of Art, 40 Harlow St., Bangor. Holiday cookies, stollen holiday bread and traditional holiday decoration demonstrations will be available. A little cafe will […]
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