Karen Keim was a recent guest on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio show. Keim is the associate director of the Maine Educational Opportunity Center and Maine Educational Talent Search, a federally funded program that works with adults to help them go to college, based at the University of Maine. The show’s topic was programs to […]
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The Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel profiled an incoming University of Maine student who plans to enroll in the Division of Music for the upcoming fall semester. Nathanael Batson, a senior at Lawrence High School, is the 2019 Section I recipient of the National High School Heart of the Arts Award, and is eligible to […]
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Seacoast Online cited University of Maine Cooperative Extension in an article about the beginning of spring planting season. While it’s still too early to plant outdoors, some tasks can be done ahead of time, like soil testing. UMaine Extension recommends testing soil at least once every three years. The UMaine Analytical Lab offers kits to […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot advanced a University of Maine Hutchinson Center program, “Past Trauma and Current Relationships: Integrating Nonviolent Communication and Interpersonal Neurobiology,” to be held 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. May 6 and 7 at the center in Belfast. The program will benefit participants from a variety of fields including for-profit and nonprofit sectors, education, health […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Sean Birkel, Maine State Climatologist and a research assistant professor at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, for the article “Why Maine is seeing more record high temperatures.” According to a study by the Associated Press, Maine has broken five daytime record high temperatures for every record low temperature […]
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The Republican Journal advanced a two-day workshop on mindful leadership 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. April 5 and 26 at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. Participants will learn practical ways to bring mindfulness to daily work life, including tools and techniques for implementing mindfulness to enhance focus, clarity, relationships and results at work. The […]
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Morning Ag Clips previewed two University of Maine Cooperative Extension two-part workshops on healthy soils for home gardeners and farmers. “Introduction to soils for farmers and gardeners” will be held 5–7 p.m. March 20 at UMaine Extension in Springvale, and 5–7 p.m. April 2 at UMaine Extension in Falmouth. It will focus on methods for […]
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The Republican Journal reported registration is open for Rural Living Day on April 6 at Mount View High School in Thorndike. The event will feature 22 workshops with topics including making traditional Amish sausage, growing ginger and turmeric, beekeeping and creating herbal concoctions, the article states. Organized by the Waldo County Extension Association, part of […]
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The Republican Journal and the Penobscot Bay Pilot reported the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast will offer “Public Speaking for Business and More,” a professional development program, from 8 a.m.–3:30 p.m. May 3. The program is designed for nonprofit leaders, business leaders, educators, municipal officials, members of the clergy and others interested in becoming […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on a University of Maine staff presentation at the Maine Science Festival in Bangor on March 16 in an article about a middle school student who aspires to have his invention patented. Rachel Knapp, a science and engineering librarian at UMaine’s Fogler Library, and Renee Kelly, UMaine assistant vice president […]
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