The University of Maine Alumni Association will present the second annual Black Bear Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K on Sunday, June 5. This year’s race has attracted runners from 24 states in the U.S., as well as Canada. All three races will begin at 7:30 a.m. on the track at UMaine’s Harold Alfond Stadium. There […]
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The University of Maine Department of Political Science has announced the first awardees of the John M. Nickerson University of Maine Scholarship. The five selected students will each receive close to one year of in-state tuition for the 2016–17 academic year. Each of the students was awarded scholarship support after being chosen by the faculty […]
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University of Maine System Chancellor James H. Page announced today that University of Maine President Susan J. Hunter will extend her appointment at the helm of Maine’s Flagship Institution through June 30, 2018. A valued member of the Maine University community for nearly three decades, Susan Hunter became the first woman to serve as President […]
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Old Town High School students will showcase research on a marine worm that is causing problems for oyster farmers in the state and around the world at a May 25 presentation at the University of Maine. Starting at noon in Norman Smith Hall, Room 107, four underclassmen will each share a slide show on the […]
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The University of Maine will host a competition for the Bangor region class of the Top Gun Entrepreneurial Accelerator May 18 at Seasons Restaurant in Bangor. Over the past three months, eight entrepreneurial teams from the area have been meeting with mentors and experts to develop their business and practice their “elevator pitch.” At the […]
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Due to predicted rain, “FLOW: An evening of water themed light & projection” at the Thomas Hill Standpipe in Bangor originally slated for May 4 has been rescheduled for May 11. The multimedia event — a partnership among the Coaction Lab at the University of Maine, Intermedia MFA program at UMaine, and Bangor Water District […]
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The University of Maine College of Education and Human Development will hold two events to recognize its longstanding partnership with the Galen Cole Family Foundation through the Reading Recovery program in schools throughout Maine. May 6, the college will host its annual Reading Recovery Cole Celebration at the Cole Land Transportation Museum in Bangor. May […]
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The University of Maine and Kepware Technologies, a software development company based in Portland, Maine, unveiled the Kepware Digital Systems and Robotics Laboratory in Barrows Hall for hands-on classes in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) on May 3. The Kepware Digital Systems and Robotics Laboratory Fund is held at the University of […]
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University of Maine students, faculty and staff will take part in Maine Day, the annual campuswide spring cleanup tradition, on Wednesday, May 4. UMaine community members will complete service projects aimed at sprucing up the campus, enjoy a free barbecue, and compete for the oozeball — mud volleyball — championship. More than 40 projects will […]
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Friends and family of Alan Reynolds are invited to celebrate his life from 2–4 and 6–8 p.m. Thursday, April 28 at the Birmingham Funeral Home, 438 Main St., Old Town. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10 a.m. Friday, April 29 at Parish of the Resurrection, Holy Family Church, Old Town. Burial with […]
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