The University of Maine-based National Poetry Foundation has selected the manuscript “Kavafis at the Café: Poems in search of C. P. Cavafy” by Maine native and UMaine alumnus James Brophy as the winner of the third annual Millay Prize for Poetry. A special UMaine New Writing Series event celebrating the award will be held at […]
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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 McIntire-Stennis Act, which was developed at UMaine, reaches its 50th anniversary of providing crucial funding.
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UMaine political experts are ready to weigh in on debates, history, public opinion and voting habits as Nov. 6 draws closer.
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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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Despite an increase this year in pests such as worms and moths, University of Maine Cooperative Extension cranberry professional Charlie Armstrong says this year’s cranberry crops “are looking super, overall,” and is available to discuss some of the factors influencing the yield. Armstrong says cranberry fruitworm populations were very high this year, as much as […]
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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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