Tec.ton.ic

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

Artist: Mark Herrington, Maine
Lawn across Flagstaff Road from Collins Center for the Arts, behind Sculpture Studio

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Installed in 2015, Tec.ton.ic is the first piece created during UMaine’s Littlefield Gallery (Winter Harbor, Maine) Sculptor-in-Residence Series. Upon completion of this granite sculpture, 80 photos of it were taken and — using photogrammetry — 3-D models printed by the university’s Innovative Media Research and Commercialization Center (IMRC). Ultimately these models will allow Herrington’s design to be used in glass, aluminum and bronze castings. The sculpture’s design and name, enhanced by the artist’s choice of igneous rock, evoke a sense of the Earth’s tectonic plates in motion.

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