ORONO – Thomas Pickering, former U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation and undersecretary of state for political affairs in the Clinton administration, will speak at the University of Maine at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 7.

The Bowdoin graduate will talk about the current relationship between the United States and Russia in a lecture to be given in the Minsky Recital Hall. The lecture will be open to the public and free of charge. For information call 581-3743.