From northern lights to garden flowers, color fills our lives and “Cosmic Colors” explains how we use the rainbow to see, understand and explore our universe. Visitors learn more about the electromagnetic spectrum, the Northern Lights and get a tour of the night sky. Tickets for planetarium programs are $7 for Adults, $6 for UMaine […]
Pink Floyd’s progressive 8th album is put to stunning visuals that will send you to the moon. The album remained on Billboard charts for an amazing 741 weeks, longer than any other record in history. Experience “The Wall” like never before. The character Pink is the world-weary focus of this concept album as he slowly […]
Lightning talks will be held virtually via Zoom or in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall, UMaine. If you are planning to attend virtually, complete the registration form to receive Zoom connection information. Six students will each present a seven-minute talk on their sustainability research in Maine. A request for abstracts for lightning talk presentations will […]
Speaker: Nathan Godfried Affiliation: University of Maine Zoom Room As the dual forces of economic depression and fascism threatened U.S. society during the 1930s, a debate raged about the value of social activism in the “ivory tower.” While giving lip service to the concept of academic freedom, administrators, trustees and conservative faculty held firm to […]
Join the School of Computing and Information Science at a free virtual Zoom information session to learn about graduate programs in data science, spatial informatics, information systems, and geographic information systems. Faculty from the School of Computing and Information Science — Harlan Onsrud, Nimesha Ranasinghe, and Kate Beard — will be joined by Richard Roberts […]
"Activist Scholars and Social Unionism: The Meaning of the Walsh-Sweezy Case at Harvard University, 1935–1938," presented by Nathan Godfried, Professor of History, The University of Maine and "Academic Freedom, Due Process, and Rights at the University of Maine," presented by Lisa Neuman, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Native American Studies, University of Maine. Godfried will […]
Drawn from a book in progress, titled "Americans Write Canada", this public lecture pairs a close reading of a recent novel by American writer P.S. Duffy, "The Cartographer of No Man’s Land", with the discovery of archival materials that add to and complicate public knowledge about a First World War internment camp, once located in […]
Today’s best thinking in leadership, education, and change management emphasize the need to create spaces where people feel seen, heard, and part of a community that cares. Whether you are a teacher, parent, principal, health care provider or authority figure, you can benefit from restorative practices. Over the course of this certificate program, you’ll be part of a supportive learning group on a fulfilling journey of growth and change.
Travel with scientist Manuel Calderon De La Barca Sanchez as he journeys to the largest machine ever built, the greatest scientific instrument ever created, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). There, he joins a global team working to uncover another amazing breakthrough in this new world of technology-driven physics. We get an inside look at the […]
Join Versant Power Astronomy Center to prepare for the launch of NASA's next "Great Observatory". Special guest speaker, Dr. Carter Emmart, Director of Astro-Visualization at Hayden Planetarium AMNH will remotely "pilot" our planetarium to show the launch and deployment of JWST in stunning detail. Build a paper model of the telescope and see how NASA […]