Year: 2014

Exhibit, films highlight ‘Human Dimensions of Climate Change’

The Fogler Library at the University of Maine will display a “Human Dimensions of Climate Change” exhibit in late March and early April. The exhibit, in Fogler’s first floor hallway, highlights a selection of the library’s books, government documents and films that emphasize potential impacts of climate change on populations throughout the world. The exhibit […]

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Learn About Hayfield, Pasture Management

University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering a free workshop on hayfield and pasture management this spring around the state. Rick Kersbergen, UMaine Extension educator in Waldo County, will lead the “Got Hayfields?” workshops, which focuses on how to best manage hayfields and pastures to produce high-quality feed for livestock. Topics include weed control, managing […]

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New Music Performances at IMRC March 27–28

Contemporary musician Phill Niblock will give two performances at IMRC at 7 p.m., March 27–28, as part of the Spring 2014 Visiting Artist Series of the Intermedia MFA Program. Information about the performances is featured on the New Music World website.

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Author’s Keynote to Take Stock of ‘Living Sea’ at DMC

Fishermen, historians, marine scientists, authors, students, economists and fisheries managers will gather Saturday, April 26, for “Maine and The Mortal Sea: Taking Stock of the Past, Present and Future of Our Living Sea,” at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center (DMC) in Walpole. University of New Hampshire historian W. Jeffrey Bolster’s award-winning book “The […]

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UMMA Mentioned in Sentinel Piece About Marin

The University of Maine Museum of Art was mentioned in the Morning Sentinel’s article about modernist painter John Marin’s daughter-in-law giving nearly 300 watercolors, drawings and sketchbooks to the Arkansas Arts Center. UMMA has 26 pieces painted by Marin, who The New York Times described in 1953 as “America’s No. 1 Master.”

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Media Announce Women’s Basketball Postseason Selection

The Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald, and WVII (Channel 7) were among the media outlets to report on the University of Maine Women’s Basketball team’s selection for the Women’s Basketball Invitational postseason tournament. The Black Bears (16–14) host Bucknell (16–13) at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, at Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. Tickets are […]

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Huard Donates to Mini Fenway Renovation

The Morning Sentinel reported University of Maine alumnus John Huard is one of the donors for a $600,000 turf renovation project for the Harold Alfond Mini Fenway Park in Oakland. Mini Fenway is a two-thirds-scale replica of Fenway that opened in 2007, reported the Sentinel. Huard owns South Portland-based Northeast Turf, Hue Inc., a synthetic […]

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Brzozowski Comments on Mail Order Poultry Practice

Richard Brzozowski, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension poultry specialist, commented in a Morning Sentinel story about day-old mail order baby chicks that died en route from Pennsylvania to Mercer, Maine, when their delivery was delayed. Brzozowski said Maine farmers often rely on mail order chicks because there are no commercial hatcheries in Maine.

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