Announcing the 2022 Maine Impact Week Virtual Events

The Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School is pleased to invite you to an interesting series of virtual events happening during Maine Impact Week 2022! All event links are embedded in the descriptions below.

April 11

April 12

  • Finalists will pitch their innovative, early-stage business or business idea to a panel of judges and the audience in the season finale of the 2021-22 Big Gig series. The winning entrepreneur will walk away with a $5,000 prize. Registration is required. 

April 13

  • The Career Center will host Bangor Savings Bank and the University of Maine’s Cooperative Extension as they discuss internship programs and the impact of these programs on workforce development in Maine. An employer representative and an intern from each organization will be in attendance to share their experiences from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.  
  • The Microbes and Social Equity Group (MSE) is pleased to host Dr. Patricia Kaishian  as she presents her virtual talk titled “Deconstructing the individual: how science can materially advance using queer and feminist theory“ from 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM. Registration is required for this FREE event
  • Please join UMaine Cooperative Extension Professor Kathy Savoie, MS, RD, in “Cooking for Crowds,” a workshop from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM on safe food handling, designed specifically for volunteers. Participants receive Cooking for Crowds, a manual specifically designed for volunteer cooks; a certificate of attendance; posters; and an instant-read thermometer. This class meets the Good Shepherd Food Bank food safety training requirements. Registration is $15.
  • Cooperative Extension presents Horticulture Professional Kate Garland from 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM in Planting for Pollinators, as she offers practical tips for gardeners to be able to provide food, habitat and water resources to stem the decline of insects, native bees, and birds. Garland will offer a special focus on native plants and weave in best landscape management practices as well. Registration is FREE.

April 15

  • Sponsored in part by Portland Gateway and the Mitchell Center, the Maine Food Waste Solutions Summit 2022 is Maine’s annual food waste event that brings together our state’s key food system participants to equitably deliver economic, social, and environmental/climate benefits for all Maine people. This year’s summit, “Improving Maine’s Food System,” will feature keynote speakers Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, Maine’s First District Representative and leading supporter of bi-partisan legislation to end food waste, and Angel Veza of ReFED, a U.S. non-profit leader in identifying data-driven solutions to end food waste. 
  • Join us for the inaugural episode of the “Imagine That!” LinkedIn Live series. Portland Gateway Director Pips Veazey will chat with Dr. Habib Dagher, founding Director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC), about UMaine’s bio-based “factory of the future.” Tune into this bite-sized, 20-minute lunchtime conversation from 12:30 PM – 12:50 PM to learn about advancing large-scale, bio-based additive manufacturing using emerging technologies. This series will be a bi-weekly LinkedIn Live event, so be sure to check out the next in the series!

Bonus Event, April 16