A relatively empty downtown Bangor amid the Coronavirus outbreak. Photo by Rebekah Sands. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, downtown Bangor and its businesses are having to adapt to new regulations while trying to stay open to the…
Following spring break, the University of Maine System will be switching to remote learning through online classes, leaving many campus classrooms and offices empty…
Gabriel Prieto speaks on his research and discovery of a mass sacrifice of children in Huanchaquito, Peru in the 1400s AD in the Bodwell Lounge of the Collins Center on Tuesday, March 3. Photo by Antyna Gould On March 3, Archaeologist Gabriel Prieto gave a lecture about ritual sacrifice on Peru's coast to a packed room in the Bodwell Area in the…
Paige Mitchell, Ph.D. candidate and director of the Writing Center at the University of Maine, presents her experiences about helping women feel empowered and confident. She also spoke on her experience with teaching composition courses to women at the Penobscot County Jail. Photo by Antyna Gould
Campus & Community
On March 7 in the Margaret Smith Policy Center of the York Complex, Andrea Mercado and the American Association of University Women (AAUW) hosted a…
Visiting Professor Erin J. Kappeler of Tulane University explores the texts of modernist poet and activist Mary Austin, to show the concept of free verse poetry and cultural domination in Hill Auditorium on Wednesday, March 4. Photo by Antyna Gould. On March 4, Erin J. Kepler, a visiting professor from Tulane University, gave a talk on Native American poetry and innovation of language titled “Mary…
Students of the UMaine School of Performing Arts presented the play “A Wilder Night: Three One Act Plays by Thorton Wilder” in the last weekend of February. Photo by Will Bickford.
On Friday Feb. 28, cast members of the University of Maine School of Performing Arts (SPA) presented “A Wilder Night: Three One-Act Plays by Thornton…
Florentino Diaz Ahumada gives a talk about his time spent in China as a Latin man on Friday, Feb. 28 in the Memorial Union. Photo by Lauren Erlanson. On Friday, Feb. 28, students and faculty members gathered in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union for a presentation entitled “China and Latin America:…
Karen Sieber from the McGillicuddy Humanities Center educates an audience on the tools available online to find various information of African American history in the Multicultural Center on Wednesday, Feb. 26. Photo by Antyna Gould This Wednesday, Karen Sieber spoke at the weekly Lunch and Learn on Black Digital History. Sieber, a humanities specialist, discussed sites and resources for learning…
Four students speak to an attentive audience on how they experience racism in their daily lives in the Memorial Union on Thursday, Feb 20. Photo by Antyna Gould On Thursday, Feb. 20, students, faculty and community members gathered in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union for a student panel, titled “Experiencing Racism…
The works of eight UMaine faculty members are officially on display in the Lord Hall gallery as of Friday, Feb. 21 and will be on display until March 13. Photo by Will Bickford. On Friday, Feb. 21, the University of Maine’s Lord Hall Gallery hosted an opening reception for its Featured Faculty show, with the work of eight…