Hailed by the New York Times as “something extraordinary” and by the Boston Globe for their “fiercely committed performances,” the Parker String Quartet will return to UMaine’s Collins Center for the Arts Sunday, Oct. 24 at 3 p.m. for the second time after a popular performance last season. Ticket information is available at the CCA […]
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A WABI television story reports that the Maine Campus, UMaine’s student newspaper, has endorsed independent Shawn Moody’s gubernatorial candidacy.
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The Black Bear football season kicks off on Thursday Sept. 2 with a 7 p.m. Alfond Stadium game against Albany. Ticket information is online at the UMaine athletics website.
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Town of Orono officials report that they are working to resolve an issue with the traffic light at Park Street and College Avenue. Due to an equipment failure, the light is operating through a temporary system, leading to some traffic delays. They expect the light to be functioning properly by Thursday.
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Media outlets covered Friday’s move-in day as first-year students filled up the reisdence halls in advance of the first day of classes, which is Monday, Aug. 30. WABI interviewed Vice President for Student Affairs Robert Dana and reported on the move-in process. The Bangor Daily News noted a 2 percent increase in this year’s first-year […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — More than 1,800 new first year students will join the University of Maine community on Friday Aug. 27 during the traditional Maine Hello move-in event. Part of Fall Welcome Weekend, the award-winning Maine Hello features more than 800 volunteers — faculty and staff members, students and alumni […]
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Steve Abbott, an Orono native who served 12 years as Sen. Susan Collins’ chief of staff, has been named University of Maine interim athletic director. An attorney and former Harvard football captain, Abbott will take over for Blake James, who is leaving UMaine on Sept. 7 to become senior associate athletic director for external relations […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 or joe.carr@umit.maine.edu ORONO — University of Maine President Robert Kennedy has selected Steve Abbott to serve as interim athletic director beginning Monday, Sept. 6. An attorney who served as Sen. Susan Collins’ chief of staff for 12 years, Abbott grew up on and around the UMaine campus where his […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — UMaine President Robert Kennedy has selected an interim athletic director to succeed Blake James, who is leaving UMaine for a senior athletics administration position at the University of Miami. Kennedy will announce his choice at a 2 p.m. Friday Aug. 20 news conference scheduled for the Alfond […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 Series of events to include retrospective on memorable Maine-based film. ORONO — What would make a couple of notoriously reclusive brothers from a Maine lobstering family sit down in front of a camera and open themselves up for a night of storytelling? Scientist-turned-filmmaker Randy Olson still ponders that question, […]
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