Events Archives - College of Earth, Life, and Health Sciences

College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture announces 2023 outstanding students, faculty and staff

The University of Maine College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture honored four undergraduate students for academic excellence, as well as nine graduate students, four faculty members, and three staff members at its annual Celebration of Excellence on April 26. Faculty award winners: Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award: Elizabeth M. Armstrong, M.S.W, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, School […]

College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture announces outstanding students, faculty and staff

Updated April 28, 2022. The University of Maine College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture honored 26 undergraduate students for academic excellence, as well as nine graduate students, four faculty members, and four staff members at its annual Celebration of Excellence on April 20. NOTE: Click on the image to watch a recording of the […]

Negotiate an international climate change agreement at the Hutchinson Center

Have you ever wondered what it might be like to sit at a table negotiating climate policy with nearly 200 representatives from countries throughout the world? University of Maine graduate students Anna McGinn and Will Kochtitzky, who attended the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poland last December, will facilitate a two-hour, interactive simulation […]

UMaine community members participating in fifth annual Maine Science Festival

The fifth annual Maine Science Festival will be held in Bangor and Orono March 13–17. The University of Maine is one of the major event sponsors. Several members of the UMaine community will lead workshops and participate in the program that draws science, innovation and creative achievement enthusiasts of all ages. “Ask a Researcher” will […]

Rigaud to talk at DMC about scientific diving with US Antarctic Program

Christopher Rigaud will provide an inside look at scientific diving with the U.S. Antarctic Program at noon Feb. 13 during a brown-bag seminar in Brooke Hall at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center in Walpole. Rigaud is UMaine’s diving operations manager and serves on the Scientific Diving Control Board of the U.S. Antarctic Program. […]

UMaine Hutchinson Center and Lobster Institute to show award-winning documentary ‘Lobster War’

The University of Maine Hutchinson Center and the UMaine Lobster Institute will present the documentary “Lobster War” at 6 p.m. Feb. 27. The film showing is free and open to the public. “Lobster War” is an award-winning, feature-length documentary about a conflict between the United States and Canada over waters that both countries have claimed […]

Klein, Bricknell to speak at Maine Science Festival Pop-up Events Jan. 31, Feb. 5

Sharon Klein, an associate professor in the University of Maine School of Economics, and Ian Bricknell, a professor of aquaculture biology at UMaine, will speak at upcoming Maine Science Festival Pop-up Events. Klein’s talk will be at 12:30 p.m. Jan. 31 at the Bangor Unitarian Universalist Church. She will discuss the science of window inserts […]

Witter Wonderland to feature pony rides, crafts, music

Members of the campus community and public are invited to attend Witter Wonderland, a barn-wide holiday event, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 2 at the University of Maine’s Witter Farm. Guests are encouraged to dress in holiday attire to meet the farm’s horses, cows and sheep. The event will kick off with a performance […]

2018 Staples Lecturer in Biochemistry to speak Nov. 15–16

David Bartel of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and Howard Hughes Medical Institute will visit the University of Maine Nov. 15–16 as the 2018 Staples Lecturer in Biochemistry. The Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences will host Bartel, who is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a leader in the study […]

UMaine to host ‘Dawnland’ documentary screening Oct. 29

The University of Maine will host the Orono premiere of the critically acclaimed documentary “Dawnland” at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 29. The showing will be held in 100 D.P. Corbett Business Building. Filmmakers and film participants are expected to attend. “Dawnland” is a documentary about cultural survival and stolen children — inside the first truth and […]