The Portland Press Herald reported on the UMaine Center on Aging at the University of Maine receiving $30,000 from the John T. Gorman Foundation for its Senior Companion Program.The program offers homebound seniors volunteer companions who spend 15 hours with them each week, an effort to help reduce their isolation and help them live at […]
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In the absence of face-to-face gatherings, the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine held the Maine Talent Showcase, an online talent contest. Contestants were encouraged to use social distancing practices to create videos that highlighted their own talents, rather than singing along to pre-produced soundtracks. The pool of more than 100 […]
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MaineToday Media and the Bangor Daily News reported on Amy Vachon’s free basketball coaching webinar for girls and women from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, June 14. The University of Maine women’s basketball coach organized a panel of female hoop coaches for the workshop in order to create awareness, support, empowerment and the number […]
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The Associated Press, Portland Press Herald, Sun Journal, Bangor Daily News, WABI, WGME, Maine Public and WVII (Channel 7) reported that Maine higher education leaders released a framework for reopening the state’s colleges and universities in a way that prioritizes fall on-campus learning. WMTW and The Courier of Montgomery County ran the AP story. Joan […]
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Daily Bulldog posted a media release announcing a free University of Maine Cooperative Extension ”Ticks in Maine” webinar led by Griffin Dill and Dr. Beatrice Szantyr will be held 1–2:30 p.m. Thursday, June 25. Online registration is required. For more information or to request a reasonable accommodation, contact Donna Coffin, 207.262.7726, donna.coffin@maine.edu. News Center Maine, […]
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“Ticks in Maine” is the topic of a free University of Maine Cooperative Extension webinar 1–2:30 p.m. Thursday, June 25. Griffin Dill and Dr. Beatrice Szantyr will lead the webinar. Dill manages the Tick Lab of the Cooperative Extension Diagnostic and Research Laboratory and coordinates the Integrated Tick Management Program, including the tick identification and […]
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Fogler Library has published a list of book recommendations provided by University of Maine faculty. The Read Like a Professor booklists include the suggestions by faculty members across many departments. To compile the lists, faculty members were asked to name their favorite books and those college students should read. In addition to the book recommendations, the booklists include brief explanations […]
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The world needs help. And University of Maine researchers from diverse disciplines collaborate to address the complex needs of society. Stakeholders are key, too. When they’re involved from the start, they help develop effective, insightful solutions. In this episode of “The Maine Question,” host Ron Lisnet talks with David Hart and Linda Silka from the […]
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The Piscataquis Observer featured the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s “One Tomato” program that seeks to introduce or reintroduce folks to gardening. “Tomatoes are a pretty friendly plant. They’re generally pretty easy to grow and take care of,” says Trisha Smith, community education assistant with the Piscataquis County office of the University of Maine Cooperative […]
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People were encouraged to send ticks to the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab for identification (free) and testing ($15) in the Wiscasset Newspaper column “Prevention is Key to Staying Tick-free This Summer.”
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