The University of Maine and the National Science Foundation invite faculty and college students to attend a workshop that gives insights about submitting proposals for federal money to fund research on Thursday, Oct. 13, at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. At NSF Day, early career and tenure track faculty, as well as college students, […]
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“Threads of Our Lives: Maine Folk Fiber Art,” featuring demonstrations and exhibition panels highlighting the diversity of the fiber arts statewide, will debut at the American Folk Festival in Bangor, Aug. 27–28, sponsored by the Maine Folklife Center at the University of Maine. The exhibit and more artist demonstrators, supported by a $1,400 grant from the […]
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This summer, the Maine EPSCoR High School Research Internship Program celebrates its 10th year of engaging high school students in collegiate-level STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) opportunities. Students, who are currently engaged in research in their respective fields of interest, will present posters on their findings 2–4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17, at the Mitchell […]
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Students, researchers, fishermen, aquaculturists and other marine professionals will gather at the University of Maine’s marine laboratory, Darling Marine Center (DMC), on Thursday, Aug. 11 for the SEA Fellows Summer Science Symposium. The SEA (Science for Economic Impact and Application) Fellows program is a new initiative developed by UMaine and the University of Maine at […]
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Editor’s note: Story updated Aug. 1. Promoting engineering as it relates to agriculture, biology and related applications is the focus of a multiday conference to be hosted by the University of Maine. About 75 participants are expected to attend the Northeast Agricultural and Biological Engineering Conference (NABEC) from July 31–Aug. 3 on the Orono campus. […]
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Several University of Maine faculty members are scheduled to take part in a Penobscot Theatre Co. forum to promote community conversation around Native stories of the past, present and future. The July 18 event will be held from 6:30–8 p.m. at the Bangor Opera House to discuss the collaborative project, “Transformer Tales: Stories of the […]
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Eighth-graders at the Indian Island School created Andy Warhol-inspired photographic silkscreen self-portraits for their graduation shots. The student pop art productions, along with several Warhol pieces on loan from the University of Maine Museum of Art in Bangor, are on exhibit in the Minsky Culture Lab in Hudson Museum at the University of Maine. Michael […]
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The University of Maine College of Engineering is hosting the Maine Summer Transportation Institute from July 11–22. More than 20 middle school students from the Greater Bangor area are attending the institute, which is supported by a grant from the Federal Highway Administration. The program is designed to introduce students at an early age to […]
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The University of Maine recognized 2,267 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the spring 2016 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s List, 1,721 are from Maine, 483 are from 32 other states and 63 are from 27 countries other than the U.S. Listed below are students who received Dean’s List honors for […]
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The public is invited to participate in five weekly cultural exchange events with the 25 emerging leaders from Sub-Saharan Africa who are at the University of Maine attending an institute in public management as part of the Mandela Washington Fellowship program. During their stay in Maine, through July 31, the men and women are attending […]
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