WVII (Channel 7) reported the University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor offered a free craft activity over the weekend. Families were invited to make Valentine’s Day cards while visiting the museum, according to the report. Organizers told WVII that hosting family activities allows people to see what the museum has to offer.
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Mark Berry, president and CEO of the Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park, mentioned the organization’s partnership with the University of Maine during an interview with the Portland Press Herald. Berry said the institute, which is a nonprofit that works to inspire people to explore outside, has a partnership with UMaine that was developed through […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported high school teams from Maine and New Hampshire were set to compete at the Nor’easter Bowl — a regional ocean science competition — at the University of Maine over the weekend. Student teams were challenged with quick-answer buzzer questions and team challenge queries throughout the day. The winning team earns the […]
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Several media outlets covered the release of a report commissioned by the 126th Maine Legislature to study the effects of coastal and ocean acidification on species commercially harvested on the Maine coast. Rep. Michael Devin, a marine biologist at the Darling Marine Center, chaired the group and UMaine oceanographer Larry Mayer was a member of […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on a student digital narrative project in a University of Maine new media course taught by Associate Professor Joline Blais. The project was inspired by the BDN endeavor titled My Maine Culture. The student projects celebrated Maine’s sense of place and included memories of lobstering and becoming immersed in Maine’s […]
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The Pen Bay Pilot highlighted two University of Maine announcements in its education roundup. It ran a release announcing University of Maine Cooperative Extension is asking 4-H alumni to take part in a national contest to bring a $10,000 “Innovation Incubator” Science Sponsorship to Maine. The Maine Edge also ran the release. In addition, the online […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported the Municipal Review Committee (MRC) voted unanimously to enter a development agreement with Maryland-based company Fiberight that wants to build a solid waste processing facility in Hampden that will turn trash into biofuel. The MRC hired a team of students from UMaine’s Forest Bioproducts Research Institute (FBRI) led by Hemant […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported Sen. Susan Collins recently hosted the U.S. Senate’s first bipartisan lunch of the new legislative session. The taste of Maine lunch featured Maine lobster salad made from a special recipe from the University of Maine, chips made from Maine potatoes grown in Van Buren and Maine blueberry pie that was topped […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension was mentioned in an article by The Forecaster about the Portland School Department’s new school lunch campaign, “Choose School Lunch.” The program is a collaboration between the schools, Portland-based Cultivating Community, UMaine Extension and FoodCorps, a team of AmeriCorps leaders working to connect children with healthier food options, according […]
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The Tri-Town Weekly published an interview with Tori Jackson, an associate professor with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, ahead of her Feb. 10 talk on growing elderberries at the UMaine Extension office in Lisbon. Jackson will host the meeting for gardeners who either grow the berries or are considering growing the crop. “Elderberries are […]
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