The Free Press reported poet Richard Blanco will give a free public talk and reading celebrating the union of diversity, imagery and poetry June 8 at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. He also will sign copies of his books, including his latest, “How to Love a Country.” In 2013, President Barack Obama […]
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Celebrating the union of diversity, imagery and poetry, internationally acclaimed poet Richard Blanco will give a free public talk and reading at 5:30 p.m. June 8 at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. Blanco also will sign copies of his books, including his latest, “How to Love a Country.” In 2013, President Barack […]
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A cluster of elm trees near Stodder Hall is Jesse Groening’s favorite University of Maine spot. “They were the best for climbing and getting a bird’s-eye view of the campus,” says the 2010 graduate. Since Commencement, the broadcast journalism major and TV film and video minor has had lots of interesting views and opportunities. He’s […]
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The University of Maine System Board of Trustees unanimously voted to appoint former Connecticut governor Dannel P. Malloy the next Chancellor of the University of Maine System. The appointment concludes more than a year of succession planning that included the development of a multi-year Declaration of Strategic Priorities and a national search for a leader. […]
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The Maine Solar Sprint race is celebrating its 25th year on June 8 at the University of Maine. The event, which runs 10:30 a.m.–3 p.m., is free and open to the public. Solar Sprint, a UMaine Cooperative Extension 4-H program, challenges students statewide to create solar-powered model cars as an interactive way to learn principles […]
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More than 140 educators from Maine will gather at the Hutchinson Center in Belfast on May 23 for the annual Suzanne W. Cole Reading Recovery and Early Literacy Institute. The University of Maine Training Center for Reading Recovery and Comprehensive Literacy has hosted the conference every year since 2015, bringing together teachers throughout the state […]
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The Republican Journal reported the University of Maine is offering tuition-free early college courses this summer to qualified high school students through a partnership with the Maine Department of Education and the University of Maine System. More than 50 courses will be offered in a variety of formats, including online and live courses at the […]
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The Republican Journal reported the 17th annual Festival of Art, sponsored by Senior College at Belfast, will be held May 30–June 2 at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. The opening night reception and first viewing will be held 6–8 p.m. May 30. The work of 120 Maine artists will be exhibited, the […]
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Have you ever wondered what it might be like to sit at a table negotiating climate policy with nearly 200 representatives from countries throughout the world? University of Maine graduate students Anna McGinn and Will Kochtitzky, who attended the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poland last December, will facilitate a two-hour, interactive simulation […]
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The Republican Journal previewed an interactive simulation of World Climate Negotiations to be held 5–8 p.m. May 9 at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. UMaine Climate Change Institute graduate students Anna McGinn and Will Kochtitzky; and Molly Schauffler, a faculty member with the School of Earth and Climate Sciences and Hutchinson Center; […]
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