Preparation for the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) will be the focus of an online SAT prep course or SAT Boot Camp offered through the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in multiple sessions in 2023. SAT Prep Matters is designed for rising high school juniors and seniors who plan to take the SAT this year. The […]
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T. Scott Marzilli, special assistant to the president for student success at the University of Houston-Downtown, has been named associate provost for student success and innovation at the University of Maine, effective Feb. 1, 2023. He will also be a UMaine professor of kinesiology. “Student success and innovation are among two of our most important […]
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William Munsey, a University of Maine alumnus and former longtime director of admissions, passed away Dec. 12. A celebration of life service will be held at 11 a.m., Dec. 20 at Buchanan Alumni House on campus. Munsey’s career in college admissions spanned a half-century and included serving as director of admissions at Gorham State College, […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H staff in Penobscot County will hold a youth public speaking workshop on Saturday, Jan. 21. The in-person workshop is scheduled from 2–4 p.m. at the Penobscot County Extension office, 307 Maine Ave., Bangor. This workshop, which will use the 4-H public speaking program as the basis for instruction, is […]
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An undergraduate student team — Ethan Howe, Jackson Graham, Aidan Michaud, Austin Loveless and Colby Dionne, with faculty adviser Sebastian Lobe, University Foundation Professor of Investment Education and associate professor of finance — made it to the top 5% at the prestigious 2022 CME Group University Trading Challenge, which took place Oct. 2–28. The CME […]
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Season seven of “The Maine Question” podcast covered a broad variety of subjects in research and higher education. Topics ranged from archaeology to space research, and from the challenges in K–12 education to toxic forever chemicals and efforts to mitigate them. In the tenth and final episode this season, host Ron Lisnet looks back on […]
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The Maine Department of Transportation will be closing the Stillwater Avenue (Llewellyn Estes) Bridge in Old Town to all traffic from approximately 10 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 15 to approximately 4 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 16. The closure is necessary while the Old Town Water District secures a water pipe under the bridge. A detour […]
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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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