The International Galician Studies Association, founded by professor of Spanish Kathleen March in 1985 at the University of Maine, has been awarded the Premio Nacional da Cultura Galega (National Prize for Galician Culture) from the Galician government, A Xunta. The Galician studies association seeks to increase awareness of Galician language and culture worldwide, and has […]
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A University of Maine Symphonic Band concert at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 6 at the Collins Center for the Arts will feature an electric guitar solo, an atypical mix of instrumentation. The addition of electric guitar to a wind and percussion ensemble is a result of collaboration by UMaine senior music education major and electric […]
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Two University of Maine students and a 2011 alumnus were reported killed in a crash of a single-engine plane Nov. 16 at the Knox County Regional Airport in Owls Head, Maine. All three were members of the UMaine chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha, according to fraternity members. The Knox County Sheriff’s Department, which is leading […]
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The University Bookstore will host a book signing from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, with UMaine student and author Kris Sproul Devine autographing copies of her first novel, “Beaten, Blinded by Love.” Devine, writing as Kris Sproul, is a native of Cherryfield, Maine, and a journalism major at UMaine. University Bookstore will […]
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Sally Jacobs, who taught biochemistry for 35 years at the University of Maine and played a key role in procuring funding for bicycle trails connecting UMaine with Orono and Old Town, passed away Monday, Nov. 12, after a yearlong battle with cancer, according to an obituary in the Bangor Daily News. Jacobs moved to Orono […]
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The University of Maine and the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast have been designated two of four institutions in the state to receive Maine Tobacco-Free College Network 2012 Gold Star Standards of Excellence Awards. An awards ceremony is scheduled Nov.15 in Bangor. On Jan. 1, 2011, UMaine became one of a few institutions […]
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Photographs taken during a recent expedition to South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic Ocean – a trip that included several researchers from the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute – are now available for viewing on the expedition website. The Kuli South Georgia Expedition team members were Climate Change Institute Director Paul Mayewski, UMaine […]
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Farm-based tourism, known as agritourism, can provide farmers with significant supplemental income, especially for smaller operations. University of Cooperative Extension, which recognizes the economic impact agritourism can have on individual farmers, is devoting a new program area focusing on educating, promoting and supporting agritourism opportunities throughout Maine’s farming community. UMaine Extension’s Marc Edwards, a tourism […]
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Brazil-U.S. relations expert Richard Downes, who is a Bangor native, will give a free and public presentation at 4 p.m., Monday, Nov. 12, in the D.P. Corbett Business Building on the University of Maine campus. His talk, “What Brazil’s Emergence as a Global Player Means for the United States,” is presented under the auspices of […]
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A symposium scheduled Friday, Nov. 9 at the Buchanan Alumni House is being organized by the UMaine College of Education and Human Development and the Office of the Vice President for Enrollment Management to bring together Maine teachers and school administrators to discuss and share ideas about recruiting international students. Nearly 60 participants in addition […]
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