Peter Hardy, a math professor at the University of Maine at Farmington, will share his family’s road trip to 48 states in 48 days during a talk Thursday evening at the university. Standing at the Grand Canyon are, from left, Hardy’s mother-in-law, Wei Ling of China; his children, Alex and Cassidy; his wife, Meng Hardy; […]
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UMF president welcomes new members to Board of Visitors
FARMINGTON — University of Maine at Farmington President Kathryn A. Foster has welcomed four new individuals to the UMF Board of Visitors. Sven Bartholomew, Todd Chamberlain, Marjorie Murray Medd and Paul Spizzuoco were selected to serve three-year terms on the board by the University of Maine System Board of Trustees. They will join Lisa Laflin, […]
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Chamber group salutes Schubert
The Arts Institute of Western Maine is sponsoring a Maine Mountain Chamber Music concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, in Nordica Auditorium at the University of Maine at Farmington. Pianists Yuri Funahashi, left, and Stephen Pane, right, are among the peformers. Others include violinist Keiko Tokunaga, bassist Carolyn Davis Fryer, cellist Elisabeth Anderson and […]
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Exhibition on political resistance at UMF Mantor Library
FARMINGTON — The Shiretown Bookers, the Community Friends of Mantor Library, in affiliation with the University of Maine at Farmington, announces their upcoming exhibition, “Robin, Zorro, and Horton: Political Resistance in Literature.” It will run from Oct. 1 through Dec. 16 in the Bookers’ display area of Mantor Library, 116 South St. The opening reception is […]
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UMF starts up Public Classroom Series with talk on fish farming, future
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington will once again welcome the public to the UMF Public Classroom Series, a selection of informative and insightful talks and discussions by university faculty exploring contemporary issues. This semester’s first talk is “What’s on Your Dinner Plate? A Story of Fisheries, Fish Farming and the Future,” by […]
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University system plans $1.2 million investment in statewide student financial literacy
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine System plans to invest $1.2 million to expand the University of Maine at Farmington’s successful Peer-to-Peer Financial Literacy Program across the state’s seven public universities. Eventually, it will make peer-based financial education available through partnerships with community colleges and local schools. The five-year expansion would train students throughout the system as […]
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Nominations sought for UMF cultural archive
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington invites members of the community to participate in the first in a series of statewide opportunities to nominate their favorite cultural work to UMF’s New Commons Project. “A commons is something that belongs to all of us, a communally held resource from which no one can be […]
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Native amphibians, reptiles topic of UMF talk
FARMINGTON – Western Maine Audubon’s first talk of the fall season will be on amphibians and reptiles native to Maine. It will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 13, in the North Dining Hall at the University of Farmington by Matthew Chatfield of Belfast, an associate professor of conservation biology at Unity College. […]
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'Art on Campus' brings emerging artists to UMF
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington kicks off the 2017-18 school year with a vibrant new arts initiative that brings the creative works of emerging artists to the UMF campus, year-round. The new UMF “Art on Campus” program exhibits the expressive work of two artists per semester in UMF’s Mantor Library. Artist talks will […]
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Fall talk on amphibians, reptiles of Maine
FARMINGTON — Western Maine Audubon’s first talk of the Fall season is by Matthew Chatfield, who will speak on amphibians and reptiles native to Maine. The talk will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 13, in the North Dining Hall at the University of Maine at Farmington. It is free and open to the public. […]