WVII (Channel 7) spoke with Jeffrey Hecker, the University of Maine’s executive vice president for academic affairs and provost, at the Maine Career Connect Workforce Development Summit. “The university, every year, we bring in faculty and professionals from around the world to come work at the university,” said Hecker, who took part in a panel […]
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Morning Ag Clips published a University of Maine Cooperative Extension news release announcing a five-session course on raised bed and container gardening which begins 9–11 a.m. May 18 at the Somerset County Extension office in Skowhegan. UMaine Extension staff and Master Gardener volunteers will lead the hands-on series; remaining sessions will be held June 15, […]
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National Geographic reported on a recent study conducted by Rachel Lasley-Rasher, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center. She found a common species of plankton in the northern Atlantic Ocean, Temora longicornis, becomes intoxicated when it consumes the toxic algae, Alexandrium fundyense. Plankton under the influence swim faster and on a […]
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WLBZ (Channel 2) reported more than 500 University of Maine students will showcase their work during the 2016 Student Research Symposium at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor on April 27. The event for both undergraduate and graduate students offers an opportunity to speak with Maine residents, including those who could benefit from the research, […]
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LGBTQ Services at the University of Maine was featured in a WVII (Channel 7) report about transgender issues. The group is hosting Pride Week, a series of on-campus events praising individuality. Amy Schmitt, a work study student for LGBTQ Services, said the week provides the opportunity for the community to “celebrate everything that makes people […]
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Lenard Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging and professor in the UMaine School of Social Work, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “Why this year’s older candidates may be less stressed, more optimistic presidents.” Kaye is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy […]
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Centralmaine.com published a University of Maine news release announcing Jade McGuire, of Augusta, was recently named the Outstanding Graduating Student in the College of Education and Human Development. McGuire, an honors student majoring in elementary education, with a concentration in mathematics, will receive a bachelor’s degree with high honors at UMaine’s 214th Commencement May 14. […]
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Lisa Liberatore, regional program coordinator for Top Gun, visited the WVII (Channel 7) studio to speak about a meet-and-greet event set 6–8 p.m. Thursday, April 28 at First National Bank in Bangor. Top Gun is an entrepreneurship accelerator program offered by the Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development and University of Maine. “We’re looking for those […]
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The Sun Journal reported on Androscoggin and Oxford county students who won awards at the statewide National History Day (NHD) competition held at the University of Maine in April. NHD is an academic program that promotes critical thinking, research and presentation skills through project-based learning for students of all abilities. Approximately 340 students from 35 […]
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The Ellsworth American published a review of the Bangor Symphony Orchestra’s season-closing concert and semi-staged performance of Giacomo Puccini’s “La Boheme.” The four-act opera was performed at the Collins Center for the Arts. In addition to the orchestra, the production featured the University Singers and UMaine’s Oratorio Society, as well as the Bangor Area Children’s […]
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