UMaine Facilities Management weekly update Dec. 12 for the semester break: The T3 COVID laboratory demobilization begins today. The lab will leave campus next Monday. Painting and carpet replacement in South Annex begin this week. Exterior step replacement at Alfond Arena will begin Wednesday, weather permitting. Fogler Library loading dock door replacement work is scheduled to […]
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A section of Portage Road on campus will be closed from noon–2 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 9. Commuters and pedestrians will see emergency vehicles from UMaine and Orono in the area providing technical support. The roadway will be a staging area of a mock vehicle-pedestrian accident that will be filmed for a public service announcement […]
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Fogler Library staff have created a LibGuide about Chester Greenwood, the inventor of the earmuffs from Farmington, Maine. The guide includes links to information about Greenwood’s personal life, his other inventions and the early earmuff manufacturing process.
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The Maine Agricultural Mediation Program (MAMP) has released its 2023 wall calendar featuring original artwork by Maine-based artists. MAMP is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Mediation Program and is managed locally by University of Maine Cooperative Extension. The 2023 calendar, which features a farm and food system-inspired image each month, has a […]
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Shawn Laatsch, director of the Versant Power Astronomy Center at the University of Maine, was featured on the Maine Science Podcast’s latest episode. Laatsch discussed his dedication to the public understanding of astronomy and his work throughout the United States and Europe. The conversation was recorded in October 2022. The podcast, a production of the […]
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From 1-6 p.m. on Dec. 7, the fall 2022 Facility and Event Management Class (MGT 490) class will host the Inaugural Maine Sport Business Summit in Corbett Business Building, Devino Auditorium, Room 100. The Maine Sport Business Summit is a first annual event in the Maine Business School featuring panels of sport business leaders from […]
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Ben Brooks, a University of Maine senior from Monmouth, Maine, majoring in electrical engineering technology with a concentration in power engineering, has received one of 75 scholarships awarded to undergraduate students nationwide from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). According to their website, the IEEE Power & Energy Society awards the scholarship to […]
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UMaine Facilities Management weekly update: In support of the last days of classes and finals week, excavation work at the construction site of Holmes and Coburn halls, and roof work at D.P. Corbett Business Building will pause from Dec. 6–16. Roadway pothole patching continues on days of unseasonable weather. Advanced Manufacturing Center roof and louver repair work is underway. Replacement of Alfond Arena‘s northeast […]
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The University of Maine’s Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center (TIDC) recognized 28 students from their six member universities at the Annual TIDC Student Recognition Night virtually on Nov. 30, 2022, at 5 p.m. The event highlighted the accomplishments and contributions of their students from the past year, including an award ceremony that recognizes the winners of […]
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Gabriel Paquette, vice provost for academic affairs at the University of Oregon, has been named associate provost for academic affairs and faculty development at the University of Maine, effective Feb. 3. He also will be a UMaine professor of history. “Dr. Paquette’s experience as a vice provost at the University of Oregon and as a […]
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