The Machias Valley News Observer announced that Margaret La Farge’s new exhibit “Scientific Illustrations” will be displayed during December in the Art Gallery in Powers Hall at the University of Maine at Machias. La Farge’s painstaking attention to detail and heartfelt appreciation for the natural world is evident in her exquisite black-and-white renderings of wildlife […]
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Bangor radio station Z107.3 promoted the Milk-A-Cow event 4–6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7 at Witter Farm on University Farm Road. The public is invited to learn about cattle, watch University of Maine students milk the large domesticated ungulates, and get a chance to milk a cow by hand. Cost is $2 per youth, $4 per […]
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Ellsworth radio station Star 97.7 advanced University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s workshop “Winter Care of Backyard Poultry” 1–3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12 at the Extension office in Ellsworth. “Storey’s Guide to Raising Chickens,” an optional coursebook, may be preordered for $20. For more information and to register, call 207.667.8212.
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The Republican Journal announced the University of Maine Hutchinson Center will offer a six-session certificate program, Foundations in Restorative Practices, beginning Dec. 5–6. Subsequent dates are Jan. 10, Feb. 13–14 and March 13. People in primary, secondary and post-secondary education, social work, family services, corrections, criminal justice, policing, nonprofits, health care and community development could […]
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A number of media organizations, including the Associated Press, Maine Public, Bangor Daily News, News Center Maine, WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) covered the William S. Cohen Lecture titled “Defense and Diplomacy in an Uncertain World” with former Secretary of Defense Cohen and former Secretary of State John Kerry. The Portland Press Herald […]
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The Republican Journal advanced the “Public Speaking for Business and More” program from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Nov. 7 at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. Nonprofit leaders, business leaders, educators, municipal officials, members of the clergy and others interested in becoming a more effective speaker are invited to register for the […]
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Marcella Sorg, a forensic anthropologist and research professor with the University of Maine Department of Anthropology, Climate Change Institute, and Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, was quoted in the New York Times article “Epstein’s Autopsy ‘Points to Homicide,’ Pathologist Hired by Brother Claims.” In August, the New York City medical examiner’s office said Jeffrey Epstein […]
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EMS World magazine highlighted the University Volunteer Ambulance Corps (UVAC) and five other university-based, student-run ambulance services. UVAC is one of the more than 250 college-based emergency medical services (EMS) units in the United States, according to the National Collegiate EMS Foundation. The 70-member UVAC, which has two ambulances staffed by EMTs and paramedics, annually […]
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The current issue of the ANA-Maine Journal includes University of Maine nursing student Lauren Martin’s paper about a service learning experience. Martin and three classmates in a Community Population and Healthcare course raised more than $2,500 and collected more than 500 pairs of pajamas, underwear and socks for infant and youth patients at Northern Light […]
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The Sun Journal announced the University of Maine Early College Program is offering an outdoor leadership pathway program for western Maine high school students to earn UMaine college credits tuition-free. The three-credit Wilderness First Responder course will be offered from Nov. 12 to June 18 at the University of Maine 4-H Camp and Learning Center […]
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