Travel with the brother-sister duo, Jack and Annie, in their Magic Treehouse as they discover a note that asks them to answer a series of six questions about space. With the help of an astronomer, the Internet, an astronaut, books and the writer of the mysterious note, Jack and Annie are taken on a wondrous journey […]
The McGillicuddy Humanities Center continues its 2022–23 pre-performance lecture series at the Collins Center for the Arts, with a talk by School of Performing Arts adjunct music faculty member Marisa Solomon in advance of the Dreamers’ Circus taking the Minsky Recital Hall stage on Feb. 26. The talk is scheduled for 2 p.m. in the CCA's Bodwell Lounge. The event is […]
Foo Fighters in February lines up the Foo Fighters' greatest and most spacey hits such as Everlong, The Pretender, Learn to Fly, The Sky is a Neighborhood, and so many more set to the extravagant astronomical visuals that you can only find here, at the Versant Power Astronomy Center. Tickets are $9 for general admission. […]
A talk given by Dr. Susan Bredlau (Philosophy, UMaine) as part of the Department of Communication and Journalism's Spring 2023 Colloquium Series
Dr. Cody Miller of Appalachian State University will be delivering a talk titled Soil as Archive: Agroecological History, Soil Conservation, and Place-Based Pedagogy in Appalachia. This talk is the 2022 Babcock Lecture which welcomes back a graduate of the Department of History. Due to demand, a Zoom option has been added. Click here to register. The History Department Symposium Series, […]
Speaker James Eric Francis Sr. is the Penobscot Nation’s director of cultural and historic preservation, Tribal historian and chair of the Penobscot Tribal Rights and Resource Protection Board. As a historian, Francis studies the relationship between Maine Native Americans and the landscape. All talks in the Mitchell Center’s Sustainability Talks series are free and are offered both […]
The History Department's 2022–23 symposium series will hold its next meeting on Feb. 27 at 3:15 p.m. in Hill Auditorium, located in Barrows Hall. Dr. Cody Miller of Appalachian State University will be delivering a talk titled "Soil as Archive: Agroecological History, Soil Conservation, and Place-Based Pedagogy in Appalachia." This talk is the 2022 Babcock Lecture […]
Online SAT Prep Matters is a four-session SAT prep course designed for college-bound high school sophomores and juniors who plan to take the SAT. Dates: Mondays, Feb. 6, 13, 27, March 6 6–7:30 p.m. ET The redesigned SAT has a total score made up of two parts — verbal skills and math. The average SAT […]
UMaine welcomes Dr. Danila Cannamela from Colby College. Cannamela has published a book on Italian Crespucular poetry, The Quiet Avant-Garde: Crepuscular Poetry and the Twilight of Modern Humanism (U Toronto Press, 2019), and is now undertaking novel work in cultural studies related to gender and sexuality, geography, and gastronomy. She will discuss her current project, […]
Rabbi Beth Lieberman will take us on a journey through the history of Jewish translations of the Hebrew Bible, offer a glimpse into the translation process for the forthcoming JPS TANAKH: Gender-Sensitive Edition, and explore its game-changing potential for the next generation. Lieberman served as literary editor and a revising translator of the JPS TANAKH: […]
Speaker: Sarah Lebeer, Ph.D. About the Speaker: Sarah Lebeer is a research professor at the Department of Bioscience Engineering of the University of Antwerp, Belgium. She has studied bioscience engineering, with a specialisation in cell and gene biotechnology and food and health and obtained her Master’s degree at KU Leuven (Belgium) in 2004. In 2008, […]
Webinar: March 1 1 Cat 1 SAF CFE eligible Field Tour: March 3, 9–1 p.m. 4 Cat 1 SAF CFE eligible Webinar and Field Tour Registration Register once for webinar series; field tours limited to 25 guests Panelists John Daigle, Tyler Everett, Emily Francis, Andy Shultz, and Mike Parisio will focus on species preservation goals […]
On Wednesday, March 1 at noon in Class of 1944 Hall, Room 102, outgoing MHC Undergraduate Fellow Tom Pinette will present the results of his MHC project, titled "'This Land is Your Land and This Land Is My Land’: The Role of the Roman Catholic Church in the Political and Cultural Lives of the Penobscot […]
The search committee for the Executive Dean of the Maine Business School is excited to welcome three finalists to the University of Maine. Each finalist will give an open-campus presentation. All members of the campus community are invited to these presentations as follows: Stephen Ferris March 2, 2023 9:30-10:30 a.m. Location: 115 Donald P. Corbett […]
The Department of Modern Languages and Classics is hosting a talk by Professor Luis Millones Figueroa. In recent years, several communities in the Andean region are carrying out folk theater productions that revisit their relationship to their pre-colonial or colonial past. This talk will use the examples of the "tallanes" and the "chancas" in Peru, […]
Webinar: March 1 1 Cat 1 SAF CFE eligible Field Tour: March 3, 9–1 p.m. 4 Cat 1 SAF CFE eligible Webinar and Field Tour Registration Register once for webinar series; field tours limited to 25 guests Panelists John Daigle, Tyler Everett, Emily Francis, Andy Shultz, and Mike Parisio will focus on species preservation goals […]
The search committee for the Executive Dean of the Maine Business School is excited to welcome three finalists to the University of Maine. Each finalist will give an open-campus presentation. All members of the campus community are invited to these presentations as follows: Stephen Ferris March 2, 2023 9:30-10:30 a.m. Location: 115 Donald P. Corbett […]
Presented by Camden Bock, Ph.D. student in STEM Education for the School of Learning and Teaching Research Brown Bag series. In school geometry, diagrams are typically inscribed on plane surfaces (e.g., whiteboards, paper, projector screens), at scales smaller than the learners who inscribe them. Spatial diagrams, rendered with virtual reality, offer depth and human-scale to […]
Dr. Brian McGill, University of Maine School of Biology and Ecology: "The futures of ecology" A poll of the graduate students who invited me revealed that they most wanted to hear me talk about succeeding as a graduate student, future trends in ecology, and my research on trends in biodiversity. Thus I will address the […]
Take an exhilarating journey to the worlds that orbit our Sun and the unique conditions that make life on our planet Earth possible. Celebrate the extraordinary Age of Exploration carried out by robotic explorers, over the past 50 years with imagery from NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), and Japan Aerospace Exploration (JAXA) missions. Audiences will […]
Join two children on a magical journey through the Solar System, aided by a talking astronomy book, a cardboard rocket, and a vivid imagination. During this imaginative show, audiences will land on Venus, fly through the rings of Saturn, and discover the secrets of the Solar System. Tickets for planetarium programs are $7 for Adults, […]
Let's journey Towards the Sun and get Lost in Paradise with the Only Girl in the World you'll ever love. You'll want to Stay and watch the Diamonds in the sky with her. Experience the nine-time Grammy award-winner, Rihanna, at the Versant Power Astronomy Center in a whole new way mixed with space and trippy […]
The next UMS Research and Innovation Speaker Series webinar titled Advancing Natural Resource Based Strategies for Rural Community Resilience will take place on Monday, March 6, at Noon via Zoom. The presenter, Caroline Noblet, is associate professor of Economics at the University of Maine. Registration is required.
The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk, “USGS Water Science Centers: Serving our Communities with Science,” on Monday, March 6 at 3 p.m. Speaker John Bumgarner is the director of the U.S. Geological Survey’s New England Water Science Center (WSC). He joined the New […]
Whether they are traveling across the world or serving their local communities, nurses are intrepid trailblazers. Come join the Foster Center as we hear from a dynamic panel of three nursing professionals who are defining what innovation means in healthcare, both on campus and beyond! Featuring Sara Cox, CNRN, from Maine Medical Center, and UMaine […]
Online SAT Prep Matters is a four-session SAT prep course designed for college-bound high school sophomores and juniors who plan to take the SAT. Dates: Mondays, Feb. 6, 13, 27, March 6 6–7:30 p.m. ET The redesigned SAT has a total score made up of two parts — verbal skills and math. The average SAT […]
This two-day program, presented in partnership with New Hope Midcoast of Rockland, is designed for social workers, substance abuse counselors and other mental health professionals, as well as clergy, police officers and first responders to become certified in intimate partner violence training.
The following topics will be covered during the 12-contact hours of the program: foundations of domestic abuse, addressing the lasting impact of domestic abuse, intervention strategies of domestic abuse and trauma-informed and culturally competent responses to domestic abuse.
The search committee for the Executive Dean of the Maine Business School is excited to welcome three finalists to the University of Maine. Each finalist will give an open-campus presentation. All members of the campus community are invited to these presentations as follows: Stephen Ferris March 2, 2023 9:30-10:30 a.m. Location: 115 Donald P. Corbett […]
If your employer is a compact member of the Harold Alfond Center for the Advancement of Maine’s Workforce, you may be eligible to take this program at no cost to yourself (or your employer). Click here to learn more. Do people seem more edgy and argumentative these days? Would you like your own inner voice […]
This two-day program, presented in partnership with New Hope Midcoast of Rockland, is designed for social workers, substance abuse counselors and other mental health professionals, as well as clergy, police officers and first responders to become certified in intimate partner violence training.
The following topics will be covered during the 12-contact hours of the program: foundations of domestic abuse, addressing the lasting impact of domestic abuse, intervention strategies of domestic abuse and trauma-informed and culturally competent responses to domestic abuse.
Speakers: Merilee Brockway, Ph.D. RN IBCLC, University of Calgary; Eldin Jašarević, Ph.D. Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; and TBD About the Seminar: This week, we’ll be bringing all of our Theme 2 speakers back to engage in a panel discussion together on the microbiome in early life. Panel will be hosted by […]
The next colloquium for the Department of Mathematics and Statistics is set to take place on March 8, featuring assistant professor Gilbert Moss. His talk will be on "Fermat's last theorem, L-functions, and the Langlands program." It will involve surveying some of the tools and techniques used in the proof of Fermat's last theorem, including elliptic curves, L-functions, […]
Learn about the Maine Learning Assistant (MLA) program and talk to current MLAs and faculty members. Event sponsor: RISE Center
Grammy Award-winning composer Kenneth Fuchs and Douglas Dreishpoon, Director of the Helen Frankenthaler Catalogue Raisonne, explore the composer's inspiration for works including Star Gazing: After Three Paintings by Helen Frankenthaler, to be premiered by the Bangor Symphony Orchestra. Thursday, March 9, at 3 p.m. Room 102, Class of 1944 Hall Free and open to the […]
Dr. Lauren Azevedo-Schmidt, UMaine School of Biology and Ecology, and Climate Change Institute Abiotic and biotic processes influence plant and insect herbivore species, a pattern that has been occurring across millions of years. By bridging the gap between modern and paleoecological studies we can more accurately root our understanding of community dynamics against the backdrop […]
Take an exhilarating journey to the worlds that orbit our Sun and the unique conditions that make life on our planet Earth possible. Celebrate the extraordinary Age of Exploration carried out by robotic explorers, over the past 50 years with imagery from NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), and Japan Aerospace Exploration (JAXA) missions. Audiences will […]
Join two children on a magical journey through the Solar System, aided by a talking astronomy book, a cardboard rocket, and a vivid imagination. During this imaginative show, audiences will land on Venus, fly through the rings of Saturn, and discover the secrets of the Solar System. Tickets for planetarium programs are $7 for Adults, […]
Let's journey Towards the Sun and get Lost in Paradise with the Only Girl in the World you'll ever love. You'll want to Stay and watch the Diamonds in the sky with her. Experience the nine-time Grammy award-winner, Rihanna, at the Versant Power Astronomy Center in a whole new way mixed with space and trippy […]
Explore the night sky with your favorite friends from Sesame Street in 'One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure'. Follow along with Big Bird, Elmo and their friend from China, Hu Hu Zhu, as they take an imaginary trip from Sesame Street to the moon, where they discover how different it is from Earth. They […]
If your employer is a compact member of the Harold Alfond Center for the Advancement of Maine’s Workforce, you may be eligible to take this program at no cost to yourself (or your employer). Click here to learn more. Do people seem more edgy and argumentative these days? Would you like your own inner voice […]
Speaker: Jake Robinson, Ph.D. About the Speaker: Robinson is a microbial ecologist based in the UK (soon to be Australia). In 2021, he received a Ph.D. from the University of Sheffield. He is passionate about researching microbes, ecosystems, social equity issues and the connections between them, and at the same time, he is keen to […]
The School of Performing Arts is co-hosting a 24-Hour New Play Festival in Minsky Recital Hall on March 17 and 18 alongside area theatre company Ten Bucks Theatre. Hours are subject to adjustment, but estimated times are 6–9.30 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.–9 p.m. Saturday. The event begins on the evening of March 17, with groups […]
Take an exhilarating journey to the worlds that orbit our Sun and the unique conditions that make life on our planet Earth possible. Celebrate the extraordinary Age of Exploration carried out by robotic explorers, over the past 50 years with imagery from NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), and Japan Aerospace Exploration (JAXA) missions. Audiences will […]
The School of Performing Arts is co-hosting a 24-Hour New Play Festival in Minsky Recital Hall on March 17 and 18 alongside area theatre company Ten Bucks Theatre. Hours are subject to adjustment, but estimated times are 6–9.30 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.–9 p.m. Saturday. The event begins on the evening of March 17, with groups […]
Join two children on a magical journey through the Solar System, aided by a talking astronomy book, a cardboard rocket, and a vivid imagination. During this imaginative show, audiences will land on Venus, fly through the rings of Saturn, and discover the secrets of the Solar System. Tickets for planetarium programs are $7 for Adults, […]
Let's journey Towards the Sun and get Lost in Paradise with the Only Girl in the World you'll ever love. You'll want to Stay and watch the Diamonds in the sky with her. Experience the nine-time Grammy award-winner, Rihanna, at the Versant Power Astronomy Center in a whole new way mixed with space and trippy […]
The talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall, UMaine. Virtual attendance: Complete the registration form to receive Zoom connection information. In-person attendance: Masks are required for all Mitchell Center talks. Speaker: Angel Veza, Senior Manager of Capital, Innovation, and Engagement, ReFED Wasted food is a solvable challenge that […]
Jamie Kreiner, Professor of History, University of Georgia, will deliver a lecture on medieval monks’ diets, which is related to her forthcoming book The Wandering Mind: What Medieval Monks Tell Us about Distraction (W.M. Norton, Jan 2023)
If your employer is a compact member of the Harold Alfond Center for the Advancement of Maine’s Workforce, you may be eligible to take this program at no cost to yourself (or your employer). Click here to learn more. Do people seem more edgy and argumentative these days? Would you like your own inner voice […]
This spring, put your hands together as not one but TWO alumni back as as part of our Young Entrepreneurs Series. Brian Harris and Owen McCarthy will be on campus to share their experience building MedRhythms, a software platform which leverages the power of music to redefine treatment for those with mobility needs. This exciting […]
The next colloquium for the Department of Mathematics and Statistics is set to take place on March 22, featuring Chris Stith from the University of Michigan. The talk is titled "Trapped Surface Formation in General Relativity". Trapped surfaces are a central topic of study in mathematical general relativity. Penrose's incompleteness theorem (1965) ties the concept of a […]
Gay Cox, Professor, College of the Atlantic How will Artificial Intelligence programs like ChatGPT transform the ways knowledge and belief are created and used to structure the economic, political, and technological systems that dominate our world? What are ways of making these systems empower and liberate people rather than exploit and oppress? How do we […]
Ever wonder if you could get a patent for your innovation? What about trademarks and copyrights? How do you determine the value of your intellectual property? IP can be a valuable asset, and its project helps to foster innovation and R&D by ensuring that inventors can reap the benefits of their work. During IP Bootcamp, […]
When Henrietta Leavitt begins work at the Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s, she isn’t allowed to touch a telescope or express an original idea. Instead, she joins a group of women “computers,” charting the stars for a renowned astronomer who calculates projects in “girl hours” and has no time for the women’s probing theories. […]
Speaker: Nimesha Ranasinghe, Ph.D. Assistant Professor in the School of Computing and Information Science, University of Maine Location: Zoom Ranasinghe is an Assistant Professor in the School of Computing and Information Science and is affiliated with the Spatial Data Science Institute which is the successor to the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA) at UMaine. He […]
Dr. Min Wu, Yale School of Medicine Mast cell is specialized in sensing and rapid responding to foreign antigen. Our lab discovered that many signaling, and actin cytoskeletal proteins formed oscillatory waves on the surface of mast cell. These observations suggest that the cortex of mast cell is close to the onset of a dynamical […]
When Henrietta Leavitt begins work at the Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s, she isn’t allowed to touch a telescope or express an original idea. Instead, she joins a group of women “computers,” charting the stars for a renowned astronomer who calculates projects in “girl hours” and has no time for the women’s probing theories. […]
Take an exhilarating journey to the worlds that orbit our Sun and the unique conditions that make life on our planet Earth possible. Celebrate the extraordinary Age of Exploration carried out by robotic explorers, over the past 50 years with imagery from NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), and Japan Aerospace Exploration (JAXA) missions. Audiences will […]
Join two children on a magical journey through the Solar System, aided by a talking astronomy book, a cardboard rocket, and a vivid imagination. During this imaginative show, audiences will land on Venus, fly through the rings of Saturn, and discover the secrets of the Solar System. Tickets for planetarium programs are $7 for Adults, […]
When Henrietta Leavitt begins work at the Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s, she isn’t allowed to touch a telescope or express an original idea. Instead, she joins a group of women “computers,” charting the stars for a renowned astronomer who calculates projects in “girl hours” and has no time for the women’s probing theories. […]
This roundtable discussion is about starting a conversation about the relationship between STEM fields and WGS/Disability Studies and will feature four faculty members from STEM-related fields (Penny Rheingans from the School of Computing and Computer Science, Julia McGuire and Jacquelyn Gill from the School of Biology and Ecology and Katie Glover from the Climate Change Institute) and three faculty members from […]
The talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall, UMaine. Virtual attendance: Complete the registration form to receive Zoom connection information. In-person attendance: Masks are required for all Mitchell Center talks. Speaker: Rachel Schattman, Assistant Professor of Sustainable Agriculture, University of Maine What do farmers need in order to […]
The Canadian-American Center is hosting a talk by Dr. Will Garrett-Petts of Thompson Rivers University, set to take place on March 28 from noon–1 p.m. in the Coe Room at the Memorial Union. The title of the talk is The Vernacular Rhetoric of Cultural Mapping: Everyday Canadian Cartographies in the Public Sphere. This event is free and […]
If your employer is a compact member of the Harold Alfond Center for the Advancement of Maine’s Workforce, you may be eligible to take this program at no cost to yourself (or your employer). Click here to learn more. Do people seem more edgy and argumentative these days? Would you like your own inner voice […]
How do you balance quality of feedback with time investment? What are strategies faculty employ to ensure that students engage with their feedback? How do you tackle feedback at scale? What is “good feedback”? This discussion will explore these common challenges and other questions you have about providing effective, actionable feedback. Register here for this event […]
On March 29–30, the McGillicuddy Humanities Center and the School of Performing Arts welcome renowned conductor Murry Sidlin for a film screening and lecture as part of the 2022–23 MHC symposium on Recovery, Rediscovery and Resilience. On Wednesday, March 29 at 7:30 p.m. in Minsky Recital Hall, Murry Sidlin will host a screening of the […]
Sign up for our e-newsletter for conference updates or go to the conference website at 2023 Maine Sustainability and Water Conference. The Maine Sustainability and Water Conference provides an annual forum where professionals, researchers, consultants, citizens, students, regulators and planners gather to exchange information and present new findings on sustainability and water resource issues in […]
On March 29–30, the McGillicuddy Humanities Center and the School of Performing Arts welcome renowned conductor Murry Sidlin for a film screening and lecture as part of the 2022–23 MHC symposium on Recovery, Rediscovery and Resilience. On Wednesday, March 29 at 7:30 p.m. in Minsky Recital Hall, Murry Sidlin will host a screening of the […]
On Thursday, March 30 at 4:30 p.m. in the IMRC Fernald APPE space, the University of Maine Department of English and the University of Maine Canadian-American Center welcome award-winning Canadian novelist Suzette Mayr for a creative reading and Q&A. Mayr’s reading will be introduced by Hollie Adams, assistant professor of literature and creative writing at […]
Join UMaine Judaic Studies, and Maine Jewish Film Festival (https://mjff.org/) for a screening of "My Name is Andrea" (https://www.mynameisandreamovie.com/) followed by a panel discussion. "The story of controversial feminist writer and public intellectual Andrea Dworkin, who offered a revolutionary analysis of male supremacy with iconoclastic flair. Decades before #MeToo, Dworkin called out the pervasiveness of […]
When Henrietta Leavitt begins work at the Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s, she isn’t allowed to touch a telescope or express an original idea. Instead, she joins a group of women “computers,” charting the stars for a renowned astronomer who calculates projects in “girl hours” and has no time for the women’s probing theories. […]
Rob Glover, associate professor of political science, and Jordan LaBouff, associate professor of psychology, both at the University of Maine and the Honors College, will present a webinar, “Understanding Poll Workers, the Unsung Heroes of Our American Democracy” on March 31, noon–1 p.m. with Maine Conservation Voters. Glover, LaBouff and Carrie Levan, assistant professor of […]
Take an exhilarating journey to the worlds that orbit our Sun and the unique conditions that make life on our planet Earth possible. Celebrate the extraordinary Age of Exploration carried out by robotic explorers, over the past 50 years with imagery from NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), and Japan Aerospace Exploration (JAXA) missions. Audiences will […]
The Division of Theatre in the School of Performing Arts is mounting its final mainstage production of the season. "Everybody", adapted by Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins from the classic 15th century morality play "Everyman", is opening on March 31, with additional performances April 1–2 and 7–9, at the Cyrus Pavilion Theatre. Directed by assistant professor of theatre D. Granke, the piece explores […]
When Henrietta Leavitt begins work at the Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s, she isn’t allowed to touch a telescope or express an original idea. Instead, she joins a group of women “computers,” charting the stars for a renowned astronomer who calculates projects in “girl hours” and has no time for the women’s probing theories. […]
When Henrietta Leavitt begins work at the Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s, she isn’t allowed to touch a telescope or express an original idea. Instead, she joins a group of women “computers,” charting the stars for a renowned astronomer who calculates projects in “girl hours” and has no time for the women’s probing theories. […]
The Division of Theatre in the School of Performing Arts is mounting its final mainstage production of the season. "Everybody", adapted by Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins from the classic 15th century morality play "Everyman", is opening on March 31, with additional performances April 1–2 and 7–9, at the Cyrus Pavilion Theatre. Directed by assistant professor of theatre D. Granke, the piece explores […]
