The University of Maine at Farmington is celebrating student research and creative projects with its annual Arts Week and Symposium Day events.

In culmination of their academic year, students will be presenting the results of their semester- or year-long research or creative focus throughout the week.

Arts Week events will feature a variety of art installations, performances, presentations and new media projects from Monday to Monday, April 15-22. The Symposium is a day-long series of campus wide events from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, spotlighting individual and course-based research, creative projects and inquiry.

Events are free and open to the public.

Arts Week events include:

Thursday, April 11 to Saturday, May 4.
“By Any Means Necessary” – The 2024 Visual Art BA Seniors Ongoing Exhibition
Flex Space, Emery Community Arts Center

Monday, April 15, 7 p.m.
Pixel Hunter – All UMF, All Student Video & Animation Festival
Performance Space, Emery Community Arts Center

Tuesday, April 16, 5 p.m.
Senior Presentations and Performances — A showcase of senior performing arts student’s artistry and accomplishment
Performance Space, Emery Community Arts Center

Wednesday, April 17, 2 p.m.
“By Any Means Necessary” — The 2024 Visual Art BA Seniors artist talks
Flex Space, Emery Community Arts Center

Thursday, April 18, 7 p.m.
Advanced Acting Monologues and Edward Albee’s Zoo Story directed by A.P. Mulrooney
Performance Space, Emery Community Arts Center

Monday, April 22, 5 p.m.
“Lucid” an interactive installation and performance art piece by Kelly Gentilo
Alumni Theater

UMF Symposium presentations are a spring celebration of undergraduate research and student achievement that is supported throughout the year by dedicated faculty and staff mentors. Individual and course-based Symposium projects will be presented by students from diverse academic disciplines across campus. They will share their original research findings, analysis and creative work in lectures, demonstrations and interactive poster sessions.

Some topics to be explored include “AI Past, Present & Future,” “The Art of Writing a Future Banned Book,” “The Great Count Out: A stolen election during the Gilded Age,” “Mathematical Modeling,” and “UMF Ghost Stories.”

Students will also explore the following contemporary science topics: “Effects of Climate Change in The Seeding Industry,” “Surveying for Invasive Smallmouth Bass Using eDNA,” “Climate Change Impacts on Ski Industries in Western Maine,” and “Regional Differences of Climate Change in Maine.”

This year’s UMF trustee professor is Timothy Breton, professor of biology and recipient of several significant National Science Foundation grants to continue his work on hormone receptors. Breton will present his talk, “Shining lights on genes and making maps with a microscope,” at 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, in Thomas Auditorium in UMF Preble/Ricker Hall.

The day’s events will also feature the awarding of the Walter Sargent Undergraduate Research Mentor Award.

For more information, visit umf.maine.edu.

 

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