UMaine Calendar
UMaine Calendar
Week of Events
Undergraduate Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Training Fall 2023
The Office of Research Compliance will be offering online Responsible Conduct of Research training for undergraduate students on Brightspace. Undergraduate students who are participating in research sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and/or the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) are required to […]
Halloween: Celestial Origins
Halloween: Celestial Origins
Vampires, Witches, Goblins, and other spooky creatures. What do you associate with Halloween? Trick-or-Treating, costumes, or something more… Be it ghoulish or ghostly, Halloween is an astronomical holiday. Experience the history of Halloween and how it fits into the seasons as a “cross-quarter day.” From Celtic roots around the harvest and bonfires to modern celebrations, […]
Monster Mash: A Halloween Spooktacular
Monster Mash: A Halloween Spooktacular
You do not have to wait until 3 a.m. to experience the true terror of the witching hour. Take your "Spooky Scary Skeletons" out of the closet and join us at the Versant Power Astronomy Center for a month-long "Monster Mash". We will "Put a Spell on You" for the entire month of October with a menacing myriad […]
22nd Annual Geddes Simpson Lecture
22nd Annual Geddes Simpson Lecture
Embracing Differences, Empowering Discoveries: Tracing the Journey of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Fisheries Sciences Dr. Ivan Arismendi
Talk – Maine’s Rivers: Subsistence to Sewers to Sustainability over five centuries
Talk – Maine’s Rivers: Subsistence to Sewers to Sustainability over five centuries
Speaker: Lloyd Irland, The Irland Group Studying the winding course of Maine’s rivers over 5 centuries takes us through a series of distinct periods of history and engages multiple sciences. […]
DEPSCoR Day
DEPSCoR Day
Join us for DEPSCoR Day at the Portland Art Museum, 7 Congress Sq. Portland, ME 04101, to learn about the Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR). - Learn […]
Trigger Warning – Book Talk and Signing by Robert Klose
Trigger Warning – Book Talk and Signing by Robert Klose
“This book has it all: Hair-raising suspense, love after loss, hot-button issues of the day and, my favorite, legal thrills! Having been an adjunct professor, I can say this is […]
WGS-Studies Healthcare Today in Maine
WGS-Studies Healthcare Today in Maine
The Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program is hosting an event discussing healthcare in Maine. A WGS-Studies Healthcare Today in Maine will feature reflections from two physicians, a certified clinical ethicist, and the Community Engagement Coordinator at the Mabel Wadsworth Center. The speakers will be followed by a Q&A.
Noah – Lecture
Noah – Lecture
Dr. Joshua Walton presents a series of public lectures on biblical archaeology, drawing on his experience in Israel. Lectures will be live-streamed as well, click here.
River In My Backyard
River In My Backyard
Kate Dickerson and the design team of the Maine Discovery Museum in downtown Bangor will join the McGillicuddy Humanities Center to discuss the museum’s new River In My Backyard exhibit and the design process the team used to bring it to life. This presentation is part of the MHC’s River Symposium for 2023-24, and is the first presentation in that series. You're invited to […]
The French Connection: The Ancestors and Descendants of Daniel Thibodeau and Rebecca Jandreau
The French Connection: The Ancestors and Descendants of Daniel Thibodeau and Rebecca Jandreau
The Franco-American Centre will host an event with author Dana Murch on October 27 at 1 PM at Crossland Hall. The presentation, titled The French Connection: The Ancestors and Descendants of Daniel Thibodeau and Rebecca Jandreau, delves into some of the research Murch did on the life and times of Acadian and Quebecois families for his book […]