Find out who’s doing what with innovative technology in the classroom at the 2010 Faculty Technology Fair from 2-4:30 p.m. at the Wells Conference Center. Each year the Faculty Development Center awards 12-15 stipends of $1,250 to faculty members who propose to integrate new or existing technology into their classrooms. On Tuesday, the 12 faculty […]
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The Collins Center for the Arts is bringing the National Broadway Company to campus Tuesday, Oct. 5, from 7-9 p.m. for a rollicking production of “Spamalot,” winner of the 2005 Tony Award for Best Musical, based on the hilarious Monty Python classic. Call the CCA box office at 581-1755 for ticket availability or visit the […]
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Poetry Daily, an online anthology of poetry published by The Daily Poet Association, published a poem, “Lullaby,” by Jennifer Moxley, a member of the UMaine English Department faculty, who was the daily featured poet Thursday, Sept. 30. Moxley also was the guest judge for a $10,000 poetry prize awarded by Lake Forest College in September. […]
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Mark Brewer of the UMaine political science faculty was featured in a Maine Public Radio analaysis of methodologies used by pollsters assessing the Maine gubernatorial race.
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Comments from Michael Socolow of the UMaine journalism faculty are included in a Maine Today Media story (Portland Press Herald, Kennebec Journal, Central Maine Morning Sentinel) about the online reporting of organizations like MaineWatchdog.org, which first reported recent news about issues related to U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree’s travel on private jets. The site is part […]
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A Central Maine Morning Sentinel story details an effort by UMaine engineering students that will hep the town of Farmington build a new recreational bridge across the Sandy River. The students, members of the Engineers Without Borders group, will perform an engineering design study aimed at helping figure out affordable ways to build the 330-foot […]
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The October issue of Bangor Metro magazine includes an extensive feature story about Maine-based efforts to develop deepwater offshore wind technology. The story features several comments from Habib Dagher, director of UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center, the driving force behind those efforts.
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Contact: Paula Burnett, (207) 262-7926 ORONO — The University of Maine Center on Aging recently received two grants from the United Way of Eastern Maine to continue two popular programs, the Center’s RSVP organization of community volunteers over the age of 55, and the RSVP Bone Builders exercise education program. The Center on Aging RSVP […]
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Contact: Laurie Hicks, 581-3247 ORONO — A new exhibit by selected members of the University of Maine’s Art Department faculty opens Oct. 8 at the Lord Hall Galleries, with an opening reception planned Friday, Oct. 15 from 5:30-7 p.m. Titled “FACULTY / SELECTED / 2010,” the exhibit features new work by Constant Albertson, Susan Camp, […]
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Contact: Owen Smith, 581-4389 ORONO — Intermedia MFA Director Owen Smith and third-year MFA intermedia graduate student Bethany Engstrom are participating in the exhibition and gallery talk PANOPTIC, being held in conjunction with the Camden International Film Festival this weekend. The Camden International Film Festival, in partnership with Asymmetrick Arts, Binaural Nodar and the Maine […]
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