FARMINGTON — Jeffrey Thomson, University of Maine at Farmington associate professor of creative writing, has been awarded the Hodson Trust-John Carter Brown Fellowship for 2014-15 by the C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience. This distinguished fellowship is a collaboration between the Starr Center at Washington College in Chestertown, Md., and the […]
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UMF students present climate adaptive plan to town
FARMINGTON — The impacts of climate change on the town was the focus of a recent presentation by University of Maine at Farmington students to the Board of Selectmen. After studying the potential for impacts in areas such as agriculture, wildlife, tourism, health and the economy, students from the UMF Climate Change and Society class […]
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UMF biology professor awarded Fulbright fellowship
University of Maine at Farmington professor Chris Brinegar has been awarded a Fulbright teaching and research fellowship that will take him to Ecuador in June. The university announced Wednesday that Brinegar, an adjunct associate professor in the university’s natural sciences division, will be a visiting professor at the Technical University of Loja, a Catholic university […]
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UMF graduation speaker: ‘Not a time for kicking back’
FARMINGTON — As monsoon-like rain swept the traditional University of Maine at Farmington commencement venue parking lot Saturday morning, 416 graduates received diplomas inside the Fitness & Recreation Center. UMF President Kathryn A. Foster, faculty, administrators and dignitaries led the procession of graduates marching to traditional bagpipe and drum music. Foster said that overall, 448 […]
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West Paris Library inviting UMF professor to speak on May 18
WEST PARIS — The West Paris Library will host a free presentation by UMF professor emeritus Dean Bennett at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 18, as part of their Celebrate the Maine Woods partnership. Bennett will read passages from his book, “Nature and Renewal: Wild River Valley and Beyond,” which focuses on the Wild River and […]
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Drivers advised of street closures for UMF graduation
FARMINGTON — A section of High Street and South Street will be closed Saturday, May 17, to ease congestion around graduation at the University of Maine at Farmington. High Street from Lake Avenue to Middle Street will close from 10 to 11 a.m., according to UMF police Chief Brock Caton. South Street will be closed […]
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Job fair planned at UMF
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington Career Services office and the Maine CareerCenter will host the first Western Maine Community Job and Resource Fair on Thursday, May 22. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to noon in the UMF Fitness and Recreation Center, 152 Quebec St. The fair is free and […]
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UMF art students sculpt beaver dam
FARMINGTON — Weaving sticks and litter around small logs and patting in a little mud, art students created a large sculpture of a beaver dam in Abbott Park at the University of Maine at Farmington. The university’s mascot is a beaver. The three students worked quickly Thursday, preparing the art piece before their instructor, assistant […]
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UMF campus rocks in Happy video
FARMINGTON — A video featuring students, faculty and staff at the University of Maine at Farmington and set to the popular song “Happy” is getting lots of views online. It’s mostly about fun, creator Abraham Turcotte, a UMF senior from Portland, said. They dance. They clap. They sing. And the world is watching. The video […]