Will going abroad open a new chapter in your life? A conversation with Student Explorers and Study Abroad Advisors Listen to your fellow students share how international experience enriched their personal, academic, and career pursuits. UMaine study abroad advisors will discuss where the meaning of study abroad comes from, and the Major Scholarships Coordinator will share […]
Fogler Library will host a workshop on R, a widely used language and environment for managing, graphing, and analyzing data of all forms (e.g., spatial, quantitative, and qualitative). This introductory workshop is presented in collaboration with UMaine’s Advanced Computing Group. We recommend bringing fully charged laptops, with R (http://www.cran.r-project.org) and RStudio (https://www.rstudio.com) already installed. Laptops […]
Do you enjoy The Fault in Our Stars, The Hate U Give, Little Fires Everywhere, Fangirl, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, or other realistic stories about the present-day world? Come to the Fogler Library Student Book Club, where we'll be talking about contemporary realistic fiction and sharing recommendations for books we love! You don't […]
Do you enjoy Harry Potter, A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones, The Shannara Chronicles/Sword of Shannara, Lord of the Rings, or other stories about magic and magical worlds? Come to the Fogler Library Student Book Club, where we'll be talking about fantasy fiction, discussing our favorite fantasy worlds, and sharing recommendations for fantasy books we love! You don't […]
The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is a data archive of which the University of Maine is a member. Most people know ICPSR for its Summer Program classes or because they used data from the catalog for a long-ago research project. ICPSR is those things, and much more! Join us to find […]
Presented by Fogler Library and Wheatland Geospatial Programs, "Hierarchical Modeling and Analysis of Spatial-Temporal Data in R " will explore recent advancements in hierarchical random effects models using Markov chain Monte Carlo methods with application and examples for statistical ecology. The focus is on linear and generalized linear modeling frameworks that accommodate spatial and temporal associations. […]
Research data has value long after you publish an article. Where can you store your data to comply with funder requirements? How can you share it with future collaborators, or store sensitive data securely? Cloud data storage, a vital component of research data management, will help you meet these needs. At this workshop, learn about […]
This workshop will provide an overview of what a patent is and how to use freely accessible patent databases to conduct research on both current and historical patents. The workshop is geared towards a general audience and will include handouts and an opportunity to practice searching a patent database. Please register online to reserve your […]
As part of the Human Dimensions of Climate Change Film Series, a showing of the Years of Living Dangerously episode “The Surge” will be held at Fogler Library on Tuesday, April 3, from 6pm-8pm. In "The Surge," MSNBC's Chris Hayes shadows climate change skeptic, Republican Congressman Michael Grimm, for a year in Staten Island in the […]
Due to popular demand, Fogler Library will host a second session of the Fake News Workshop originally held on March 26! Space is limited and registration is required. Please share the online registration with students, faculty, or staff who wish to attend. Claims about fake news, bias, and misinformation have become much more prevalent in the […]
