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The Ā鶹“«Ć½ is preparing to play host to a unique weekend of problem solving. UMaine is the site for America East Hackathon 2019. Known as Hack AE, the event takes place March 2-3 on the Ā鶹“«Ć½ Campus in Orono. Scores of students from all over the country will be landing in […]

The 3rd annual America East hackathon, Hack AE, will take place on Saturday, March 2 ā€“ Sunday, March 3, 2019 at the Ā鶹“«Ć½. Hack AE is a 24-hour civic hackathon designed to bring America East students together to build software and hardware projects that address real-world challenges facing our neighborhoods, cities, states and […]

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Faculty, staff and teaching assistants are invited to submit proposals to present at the University Collaborative Faculty Institute on May 16thĀ on the UMA campus. The focus of this yearā€™s InstituteĀ  ā€œInnovative Teaching and Learning with What we Haveā€ ā€“ focusing on creative ways that faculty have used tools like Zoom, Blackboard, Kaltura, Google Apps for […]

Friday, November 2 @ 3:00 pmĀ –Ā 5:00 pm At the Hackerspace in the Memorial Union TheĀ UMaine HackerspaceĀ is exciting to showcase the connection between the Internet of Thing (IoT) and small agriculture in a 2 hour showcase.Ā  Low cost remote agricultural sensors, database management solutions, and apps are beginning to make an impact on small farms. Come […]

FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency) will be performing a TEST of the Wireless Emergency Alerts System (WEA) in the form of a cell phone alert message at 2:18 PM this afternoon. Please be aware that this is ONLY a test. FEMA will also make a test of the better-known Emergency Alert System (EAS) over […]

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Do not see your class roster in your Blackboard shell? Ā Did you make it available to your students? In order to have your class roster auto-populated to your Blackboard course shell, you will need to make it available. Click here to follow the instructions. Once made available, it will take 12-24 hrs for the course […]

This is a reminder from The US:ITĀ BlackboardĀ Support TeamĀ that the Blackboard Upgrade will be taking place on Monday, August 20, at 7:30 pm. TheĀ upgradeĀ process will run through the night, into the morning ofĀ August 21st. Full service should be restored byĀ 10 amĀ on Tuesday. During theĀ upgrade,Ā BlackboardĀ will be inaccessible by students, faculty, and staff. Notification will be sent out […]

This is to inform you that UMS ITĀ will be officially launching the new Zoom web conferencing service tomorrow, Wednesday, August 8. This service provides professional quality web conferencing across Mac, PC and mobile devices. As an addition, it is possible to dial into Zoom meetings from Polycom-equipped meeting rooms. Starting August 8, you will find […]