University of Maine sociologist Kim Huisman and undergraduate research assistant Elizabeth Joy, who began work during the summer on the Maine Mother Daughter Project to enhance mother-daughter relationships and to foster girls’ success, have planned an October conference about the project and will host a film and speaker series at the UMaine Hutchinson Center in […]
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The University of Maine Graduate School will hold an open house from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Oct. 17 in Room 57 of Stodder Hall to highlight its graduate and professional degree options. Doctorate degrees are available in 30 areas of study and a master’s degree may be earned in more than 75 areas, […]
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The University of Maine will host the daylong Maine EPSCoR State Conference, starting at 7:30 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 24 at the Wells Conference Center. The conference, “Building Partnerships for Sustainability Solutions,” will focus on enhancing sustainable science research collaboration. Keynote speaker Curt Spalding, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 1 administrator, will discuss “Sustainable Solutions […]
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The University of Maine’s Collins Center for the Arts will hold an informational event at noon on Wednesday, Sept. 19, starting at the Hilltop dining facility, to introduce students to the benefits available to them through Collins Center events and special offers. The event will move during the noon hour from Hilltop to the Memorial […]
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The University of Maine is hosting an Oct. 19 conference on nonprofit fundraising featuring University of Washington faculty member and consultant Susan Howlett, who will deliver a talk titled, “Boards on Fire! Inspiring Leaders to Raise Money Joyfully.” The conference will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at UMaine’s Wells Conference Center. Other […]
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The poet Edna St. Vincent Millay will be the focus of a University of Maine School of Performing Arts performance at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 21. “Rediscovering Millay,” which honors the 100th anniversary of Millay’s discovery at the Whitehall Inn in Camden, Maine, will take place in UMaine’s Minsky Hall. UMaine faculty members Nancy […]
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The University of Maine Museum of Art will host MOSAIC, its fourth annual gala event, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 22, at the museum at 40 Harlow Street in downtown Bangor. The museum galleries will be transformed into a creative stage for music, art and mingling with fellow museum and art […]
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University of Maine President Paul Ferguson will join University of Maine System Chancellor James Page and UMaine System Trustee Greg Johnson from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 19 in Minsky Recital Hall for a UMaine community discussion about the strategic change efforts emanating from the Board of Trustees’ Goals and Actions Plan. […]
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Members of the University of Maine community should be aware that the bow-hunting season has begun in the Marsh Island areas of Orono and Old Town and will continue through Dec. 8. The University of Maine Police Department is asking the general population to be especially vigilant while using recreation trails and bike paths, and […]
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University of Maine football player Michael Cole has been named the College Football Performance Awards FCS National Defensive Player of the Week and National Defensive Lineman of the Week. Cole, a junior defensive end from North Brunswick, N.J., had a pair of sacks for a loss of 18 yards and a forced fumble at Atlantic […]
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