UMaine Calendar
UMaine Calendar
Week of Events
Tour of Colby College Museum of Art
The Department of History and the McGillicuddy Humanities Center will sponsor a tour and lunch for students and faculty interested in visiting the Colby College Museum of Art on Saturday, April 9 at 10:30 a.m. Arranged by Professor of History Liam Riordan, the group will enjoy guided tours of two current exhibits. Everyone must get to the museum on the Colby College campus in Waterville […]
Maine State Science Olympiad for High School Students
The Maine State Science Olympiad is a nationwide STEM competition where teams of high school students compete in science-related events, with the top teams advancing up to national levels. Over the course of the daylong tournament, nine teams from six Maine high schools will compete in 23 STEM events in various subjects, including ornithology, forensics, […]
Earth, Moon, and Sun
Earth, Moon, and Sun
Earth, Moon, and Sun is a fast-paced full dome demonstration of lunar phases, eclipses, day and night, the sun and other puzzling events with the help of a confused coyote. This program beautifully illustrates basic concepts like moon phases and seasons. Based on the trickster of Native American lore, Coyote is constantly corrected in his […]
The Rolling Stones: Living in a Ghost Town
The Rolling Stones: Living in a Ghost Town
The quintessential music of the Rolling Stones defined the generation that first heard them, now comes to the planetarium. Such songs as "Paint It, Black", "Gimme Shelter", and "You Can’t Always Get What You Want" alongside visuals are rolling into the planetarium. Tickets are $9 for general admission. Music programs may contain explicit lyrics, and […]
2022 Cohen Lecture: ‘The Importance of American Leadership in a Dangerous World’
2022 Cohen Lecture: ‘The Importance of American Leadership in a Dangerous World’
The William S. Cohen Institute for Leadership and Public Service cordially invites you to the 2022 Cohen Lecture, "The Importance of American Leadership in a Dangerous World" — a conversation […]
Deconstruction in the Classroom: The Yale School and the Post-Golden Age of American Higher Education (online)
Deconstruction in the Classroom: The Yale School and the Post-Golden Age of American Higher Education (online)
Gregory Jones-Katz is an American historian based at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. He earned his MA from the University of Maine and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Jones-Katz works in the fields of American intellectual and cultural history, the history of higher education and the global history of the humanities. […]
LGBTQ+ Diversity with Brian McNaught
LGBTQ+ Diversity with Brian McNaught
Professor of Family Relations and Human Sexuality Sandra Caron will be hosting LGBTQ+ diversity trainer Brian McNaught in her CHF 351: Human Sexuality class on Tuesday, April 5 at 12:30 p.m. The talk will take place in person at 100 DP Corbett and will also be available on Zoom: https://maine.zoom.us/j/4203418731. Named “the godfather of gay diversity […]
Human Dimensions of Climate Change Film Series: Climate Change: Ade on the Frontline in Bangladesh and Bhutan (online)
Human Dimensions of Climate Change Film Series: Climate Change: Ade on the Frontline in Bangladesh and Bhutan (online)
Ade Adepitan travels to the frontline of climate change, first through Bangladesh’s Ganges delta, under threat from increasingly extreme weather, and then to the remote Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan. Ade witnesses, and participates in, local interventions and innovations, and even discovers how Bhutan isn’t just carbon neutral, it’s carbon negative. Facilitated by: Baten Mohammed, PhD […]
Chamber Music
Chamber Music
The UMaine School of Performing Arts Division of Music presents its Spring 2022 Chamber Music concert, directed by Noreen Silver, live in Minsky Recital Hall on Tuesday, April 5 at 7:30 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. Contact noreen.silver@maine.edu for more information.
German Table
German Table
Language Tables will run through the Spring 2022 semester in 207 Williams Hall. Students, faculty members, and members of the community are invited to come and converse in an informal setting […]
French Table
French Table
Language Tables will run through the Spring 2022 semester in 207 Williams Hall. Students, faculty members, and members of the community are invited to come and converse in an informal setting […]
Mathematics Colloquium: Dr. Casey Pinckney: Independence Complexes of Finite Groups
Mathematics Colloquium: Dr. Casey Pinckney: Independence Complexes of Finite Groups
Casey Pinckney will be speaking in the colloquium for the Department of Mathematics and Statistics on Wednesday, April 6 at 3:15 p.m. in Barrows Hall, Hill Auditorium. Pinckney's talk will be on […]
Spanish Table
Spanish Table
Language Tables will run through the Spring 2022 semester in 207 Williams Hall. Students, faculty members, and members of the community are invited to come and converse in an informal setting […]
Socialism in 2022 (Zoom Panel)
Socialism in 2022 (Zoom Panel)
Sonja K. Birthisel, Director of the Wilson Center, The University of Maine Ian M. Mette, Associate Professor in Educational Leadership, UMaine Doug Allen, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, UMaine Go to umaine.edu/SocialistAndMarxistStudiesSeries for the Zoom link to join all programs and for more information about the Spring series
Sumak Kawsay: Andean Wisdom for Living in Harmony with the Earth (online)
Sumak Kawsay: Andean Wisdom for Living in Harmony with the Earth (online)
A conversation with Kichwa scholars and community leaders, Pascual Yepez and Cecilia Naula, from the Andes region of Ecuador. Our guests will share key themes from the Ancestral Knowledges and Sciences program at the ILADES Institute (Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Estudios Sociales “Los Andes”) in Quito. We aim to build a bridge across the Americas […]
Italian Table
Italian Table
Language Tables will run through the Spring 2022 semester in 207 Williams Hall. Students, faculty members, and members of the community are invited to come and converse in an informal setting where all topics, big or small, can be discussed in the designated language. All levels of language ability are welcome. Tables meet weekly when classes […]
Black Holes
Black Holes
The attraction of Black Holes is more than just gravitational. These mysterious graveyards of dead stars have fascinated generations. “Black Holes” explores the history, physics, and mystery of these reality-bending phenomena. Experience the bending of light, the skewing of perception, and the dizzying descent into a black hole. Tickets for planetarium programs are $7 for […]
Six Dead Queens and an Inflatable Henry
Six Dead Queens and an Inflatable Henry
The UMaine School of Performing Arts Division of Theatre and Dance presents Six Dead Queens and an Inflatable Henry, directed by Angela Bonacasa, live in the Cyrus Pavilion Theatre. Originally devised by Foursight Theatre, Six Dead Queens weaves together history and comedy in a tale of three Catherines, two Annes and one Jane — the […]
Six Dead Queens and an Inflatable Henry
Six Dead Queens and an Inflatable Henry
The UMaine School of Performing Arts Division of Theatre and Dance presents Six Dead Queens and an Inflatable Henry, directed by Angela Bonacasa, live in the Cyrus Pavilion Theatre. Originally devised by Foursight Theatre, Six Dead Queens weaves together history and comedy in a tale of three Catherines, two Annes and one Jane — the […]