The Penobscot Bay Pilot and Republican Journal advanced a six-session program, “Foundations in School-based Restorative Practices,” to be offered at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast beginning June 27. Following sessions will take place June 28, Sept. 16, Oct. 25, Nov. 18 and Dec. 13, and all will be held 9 a.m.–4 p.m. […]
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Daniel Harrison, a professor of wildlife ecology at the University of Maine, was quoted in an Earth Touch News article about a pair of Canada lynx that a Maine resident found caterwauling at each other on the side of a road in Somerset County. Harrison said such behavior is common, and the noises are intended […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot announced the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast will offer an eight-week SAT preparation course, Prep Matters, beginning July 15. The course is designed for rising high school juniors and seniors who plan to take the SAT in fall 2019, and will meet 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m Mondays. “It is important […]
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WABI (Channel 5) quoted Kate Garland, a horticultural professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in a report on cold, wet spring weather and how gardeners are responding. Garland told WABI that people looking for gardening advice can attend a UMaine Extension spring planting workshop at 6 p.m. June 4 at Rogers Farm in Old […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot and Republican Journal reported the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast will offer a tuition-free early college course, Concepts of Oceanography, to qualified high school students this summer. The course is offered through a partnership with the Maine Department of Education and the University of Maine System, and will meet 3–8:15 […]
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The Bangor Daily News published an opinion piece by Amanda Bertana, an environmental sociologist and postdoctoral fellow at the University of Maine, titled “Think globally, act locally: Mainers are changing the world.” Bertana is the postdoctoral fellow for the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the country to […]
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The Des Moines Register cited a statistic from the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine in a report on seven orange lobsters being delivered to a subsidiary food distributor in Ankeny, Iowa. One in 30 million lobsters is orange, according to the Lobster Institute. The odds of finding a blue lobster are one in […]
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WABI (Channel 5) covered the Maine History Festival, held in conjunction with the Maine Statehood and Bicentennial Conference and hosted at the University of Maine. The conference is one of several events across the state to mark Maine’s 200th birthday in 2020. The festival took place May 31 at the Collins Center for the Arts, […]
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News Center Maine reported Julie Sanborn and her daughter, Anna Sanborn, graduated May 10 from the University of Maine, both receiving their master’s in educational leadership after having taken every class together. Anna is Julie’s only daughter and the two have always been close, according to News Center Maine. Julie has been teaching for 30 […]
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David Fuller, an agriculture and nontimber forest products professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was quoted in a New Hampshire Public Radio “Ask Sam” segment focusing on fiddleheads. “There’s literally an army of foragers out there harvesting fiddleheads for this market,” said Fuller. The typical fiddlehead forager “likes to be outdoors foraging, they may […]
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