University of New England

International Spotlight Series set for Spring
The Spotlight Series features areas throughout the world where people from the UNE community have lived, traveled, and studied. The next  is:

Monday, March 6 at noon
Spotlight on Central & South America
Presented by Latin American Studies Association
Ketchum Library, St. Francis Room, University Campus
FMI: 207-602-2461
Lunch will be served.
A complete list of events in this series.

UNE Hosts Portland Chamber
Music Festival Concert
The Portland Chamber Music Festival’s spring concert features performances of works by Mozart, Kodály and Shostakovich on Friday, March 3, 2006, at 7:30 p.m. at Ludcke Auditorium at the University of New England’s Westbrook College Campus, 716 Stevens Ave., Portland.

Admission is free for UNE students, faculty and staff members with I.D., as well as anyone age 21 and under. General Admission for all other adults is $10 at the door. More information

MIT Scholar Melissa Nobles to discuss racial categorization and political apologies
Scholar and book author Melissa Nobles will discuss the political origins and consequences of racial categorization in demographic censuses on Tuesday, March 7, 2006 at noon in the St. Francis Room, Ketchum Library on the University Campus of the University of New England in Biddeford.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology associate professor will also explore the political uses of official apologies. More Information

Experience UNE Days
The Admissions Office would like to announce the dates for our Spring 2006 Experience UNE Days. These student programs will provide opportunities for prospective students and their families to meet UNE administrators, current students, faculty and staff in an interactive environment.

Dates: Saturday, March 25, 2006 and Sunday, April 9, 2006

Preliminary Schedule
7:30 a.m.- 8:30 a.m. Registration
8:30 a.m.- 9:15 a.m. Welcome
9:30 a.m.- 10:50 a.m. Session I
11:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m. Lunch and Department Fair
1:10 p.m.- 2:20 p.m. Session II
2:25 p.m.- 3:35 p.m. Session III

Please direct any questions about the day or any questions from incoming students to either Pete Heeley or Janicanne Shane in the Admissions office.

Art Gallery Presents "The Holga Show"
The University of New England's Art Gallery presents "The Holga Show," six photographers' work with the Holga camera, on the University's Westbrook College Campus in Portland from Jan. 26 through March 5, 2006.
More information.

Art Gallery to host Student and Faculty Exhibition
The First Annual Student and Faculty Exhibition will be on view March 9- 26, 2006 at the Art Gallery on the Westbrook College Campus, Portland. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, March 9th from 5:00-7:00 p.m.

This exhibition marks a new era in the development of the Visual Arts at the University of New England. Works of art in a variety of media by students in the University’s art courses, as well as works by faculty, will be mounted in the gallery.  Art Gallery website.

Free health fair sponsored by medical school student organization
The public is invited to a Health Fair covering a wide range of medical and health topics on Saturday, March 11, 2006, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the Campus Center of the University of New England, 11 Hills Beach Road, Biddeford. Admission is free. The fair, titled “A Healthier LIFE, a Healthier YOU!,” is sponsored by Sigma Sigma Phi Honor Society at UNE’s College of Osteopathic Medicine.  More information.

Faculty panel: "Women in the Biological, Physical and Environmental Sciences"
In observation of Women's History Month, the University of New England's Women's Studies Program presents a panel discussion by six UNE faculty members about their experiences as women scientists on Wednesday, March 22, 2006, at noon in the St. Francis Room, Ketchum Library, University Campus. More information.

UNE Authors and Notes Series
"UNE Authors and Notes" - a series of talks and readings by University of New England faculty highlighting their writing and books - will be held this spring 2006 at the University Campus.

The third in the series will be:
Wednesday, April 5, 2006, noon, St. Francis Room, UC
Richard LaRue, D.P.E., Professor and Chair, Department of Exercise and Sport Performance
Jane O'Brien, Ph.D., OTR/L, Assistant Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy
More information.

People

Robert Chance, staff assistant in School of Social Work at the College of Health Professions, recently published his poem "Mountains of the Moon" in the Journal of Progressive Human Services [16(2),79].

David Livingstone Smith, of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, has been featured in the following Latin American publications recently: ‘Trecho do Livro Por Que Mentimos? de David Livingstone Smith’, Época [Feb. 27, 2006]; ‘Por que mentimos – Os fundamentos biologos e psicologos da mentira’, http://www.clicro.com.br/ [Feb. 28, 2006]; ‘Dólar desonesto’ By Nonato Cruz,  Estadadao do Norte [Feb. 28, 2006];  ‘Marea baja: mentirosa’, El Vigilia [Feb. 13, 2006];  ‘Nueves verdades sobre el egaño’  By María Jesús Ribas, Vanguardia [Jan. 28, 2006];  ‘¿La evolución favorece al embustero?’, El Universal [Jan 22, 2006] and  ‘A mentira faz parte da condição humana.’ By Luciene Correia,. Nova Mulher [Nov. 16, 2005].