Looking to give unique, locally crafted gifts this holiday season? Check out the Ye Olde Holiday Shoppe from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at the University of Maine Page Farm and Home Museum. Twenty-seven area artisans, including woodcarvers, bread-makers, felters, photographers, knitters, jewelers and quilters, will be selling their wares at the […]
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University of Maine data was mentioned in the USA Today report, “Snow way! U.S. ‘hammered’ by freak freeze, whiteout.” According to UMaine, the eastern half of North America is the only part of the Northern Hemisphere that’s experiencing dramatically below-average, frigid temperatures, the report states. Overall, the hemisphere is about 1.35 degrees warmer than average […]
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The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has named the 2014–2015 Research Fellows Assistants. The CUGR Research Fellows Program supports faculty efforts toward improving undergraduate research mentoring skills, expanding curricula to include research and scholarship experiences, and developing proposals for further funding specifically involving undergraduate students. Each student selected as a Research Fellow […]
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PBS NewsHour reported on research by University of Maine paleoclimatologist Karl Kreutz in a video titled “Scientists read layers of Alaska’s ice and snow to track climate change.” With support from the National Science Foundation, Kreutz and his team are working to reconstruct the climate history of the area around Alaska’s Denali National Park over […]
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The University of Maine was mentioned in a Mainebiz article about seaweed farming and the expansion of Maine Coast Sea Vegetables, a Down East company that sells sea vegetables as whole foods. According to UMaine’s Maine Sea Grant, there are more than 250 species of sea vegetables in the Gulf of Maine. Although most are […]
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WVII (Channel 7) spoke with Robert Dana, the University of Maine’s vice president for student life and dean of students, about the updated policy on sexual assault and harassment that recently was approved by the University of Maine System trustees. The policy strengthens the definition of “consent” to better align with new federal regulations. “What […]
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The Boothbay Register reported the Maine Coast Book Shop in Damariscotta will host a Nov. 28 book launch for Warren Riess, a research associate professor of history, anthropology and marine sciences at the University of Maine. When an 18th-century ship was unearthed during a 1982 pre-construction dig in Lower Manhattan, Riess was called in to […]
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The University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor will host its seventh annual Art Factory Family Fun Day on Saturday, Dec. 6. Members of the public are invited to drop by the museum anytime between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. to take part in the art-making event. Multiple art stations will be set […]
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An artifact from the University of Maine’s Hudson Museum was the focus of several media reports, including the CityLab article, “The indigenous art behind the Seahawks’ helmet.” The native mask, which is on loan to Seattle’s Burke Museum, may be the inspiration of the original team logo for the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks. The wooden Northwest […]
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Cynthia Erdley, a psychology professor at the University of Maine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for the article, “‘Let us give thanks’: Psychologists weigh in on importance of gratitude.” Erdley, who specializes in developmental psychology, said children 1 or 2 years old can be socialized to express thankfulness and will learn that it carries […]
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