The UMaine UVote get-out-the-vote effort is reminding students to vote in state and national elections from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 6, at the Memorial Union for students living on campus, and at various polling stations in surrounding communities. The University of Maine Division of Student Affairs suggests several websites to help students, […]
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The University of Maine School of Performing Arts Reader’s Theatre will present “The Heart of Art,” a new play by Michael Weller at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 7. The performance will be held in Minsky Recital Hall in Class of 1944 Hall. Admission is free. The plot of the play surrounds an aspiring playwright […]
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Three University of Maine Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering graduate students attended and presented at the Northeast Geotechnical Graduate Research Symposium on Oct. 26 at UMass Amherst, with two UMaine students winning awards. UMaine students who participated were Ph.D. student Harold Walton and master of science students Cameron Stuart and Matthew Burns. Walton won […]
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The University of Maine Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism has two community events coming up. The Bodwell Center and the Old Town-Orono YMCA are holding the 3rd Annual GobbleFest on Sunday, Nov. 11. UMaine students will be at the YMCA from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. collecting turkeys and cash donations, which will be […]
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The University of Maine Climate Change Institute is presenting this fall a series of three mini symposia about the connection between agriculture and climate. The symposia will explore issues from the early emergence of agriculture through modern regional responses to an evolving climate, leading to a discussion of climate-related challenges facing agriculture and society in […]
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UMaine College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean Jeffrey Hecker has announced the names of recipients of the college’s Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Fellowships for 2012–13. The fellowships were developed to enhance and increase undergraduate student involvement in faculty supervised research and creative activity. Each fellowship provides a $1,400 award for the student and […]
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University of Maine Dining is introducing a weekly faculty and staff appreciation discount on food and beverages at the Bear’s Den pub and café in the Memorial Union, according to Jodi Munster, assistant dining service manager. On Wednesdays between 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., a featured menu item will be offered at a 20 percent […]
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The University of Maine is offering a free ticket to the first 500 UMaine students at Sunday’s America East conference women’s soccer semifinal game between UMaine and Stony Brook. The game starts at 1 p.m. Regular admission is $8 for adults, $5 for youth 14 and under, and $2 for America East students with a […]
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The America East conference on Wednesday named University of Maine women’s soccer player Charlene Achille of Longueuil, Quebec, its 2012 Rookie of the Year. The first-year forward started all 16 regular-season games for the Black Bears, playing 1,426 minutes over the course of the 2012–2013 campaign. Achille tallied seven points on two goals and three […]
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The California-based Foresight Institute, a think tank and public interest organization focused on transformative future technologies, has awarded University of Maine professor of physics Raymond Dean Astumian the 2011 Feynman Prize for Theory. Astumian is being honored for his contributions to the understanding of Brownian motion and its role in powering molecular motors and other […]
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