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UMaine International Dance Festival

The University of Maine’s ninth annual International Dance Festival, showcasing an array of traditional music, dance and costumes of some of the 400 international students at UMaine, is set for Saturday, Feb. 16, at the Collins Center for the Arts. Two free performances of dances from around the world are scheduled at 2 p.m. and […]

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UMaine SPIA Talk on U.S., China Policy

Defense policy adviser and author Michael Pillsbury, an authority on China, will discuss “A China Policy for the United States” at 4 p.m., Feb. 4 in 107 D.P. Corbett Business Building. The free public talk is presented by the University of Maine School of Policy and International Affairs. Pillsbury, author of China Debates the Future […]

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UMaine to Present ‘MLK Diversity Day’ at Local YMCA

The University of Maine Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism, Multicultural Student Affairs, V.E.T.S. and the Department of Athletics will host a Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service from noon–3:30 p.m., Monday, Jan. 21 at the Old Town/Orono YMCA. Students in grades 3–6 from all communities are invited to attend the free event. Children […]

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UMaine Seismometer Charts Boothbay-Area Earthquake

The University of Maine seismometer charted the 2.5-magnitude earthquake off Boothbay Harbor on Jan. 14. Alice Kelley, a faculty member in the UMaine School of Earth and Climate Sciences, has prepared a seismometer graphic displaying the occurrence, and is available at 207.581.2056 to discuss the event. The seismometer, obtained in 2009 and connected to the […]

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Students, Businesses Preparing for 2013 UMaine Career Fair

As many as 1,000 University of Maine students and more than 103 businesses, firms and organizations are preparing for the 2013 Career Fair from 10 a.m.–3 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 30 at the New Balance Student Recreation Center. Coordinated this year by the UMaine Career Center and the School of Forest Resources, the annual event connects […]

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UMaine Extension Experts Offer Tips on Flu Avoidance

A Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention statewide health alert notes that flu activity is widespread with more reported cases this year than last, and more expected in the next few weeks. University of Maine Cooperative Extension experts are available to provide advice for avoiding the virus and coping with it. They also can […]

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CANCELLED Lecture on the Future of U.S.-Pakistan Relations

The future of United States and Pakistan relations is the subject of a free public presentation at 5 p.m., Monday, Jan. 7 at the University of Maine Buchanan Alumni House. Sponsored by the UMaine School of Policy and International Affairs and the Bangor Foreign Policy Forum, the talk by Husain Haqqani, a Pakistani scholar and […]

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