Raising awareness of the impact of farming practices and food processing on human health is the focus of a day-long conference Oct. 19 at the University of Maine, organized by the Maine chapter of the Fulbright Association. “From Farm to Healthy Body: A Sustainable Model for the Planet and the Individual” will be held from […]
Read more
The University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast will offer a grant writing certificate program from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 30–Oct. 4. Nonprofit leaders, executive directors, municipal officials, board members and others interested in creating high-quality grant proposals for their organizations are invited to register. The program provides an opportunity to acquire the […]
Read more
Karl Kreutz, professor in the Climate Change Institute and the School of Earth and Climate Sciences, attended the annual meeting of the University of the Arctic (UArctic) in Stockholm, Sweden from Sept. 18–20. The University of Maine Climate Change Institute is a member of UArctic — a cooperative network of universities, colleges, research institutes and […]
Read more
WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) included the University of Maine in its National Voter Registration Day roundup. In cooperation with the national nonpartisan Campus Election Engagement Project, members of UMaine UVote will recognize National Voter Registration Day by tabling on the Mall. The group will help students register to vote. Students also will have the […]
Read more
The University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast is offering a professional development program on the power of group work 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Sept. 27. “Helping People Change: The Power of Groups” will focus on gaining insight into therapeutic or curative factors that make groups work; appreciating the power of group work; predicting, normalizing and […]
Read more
University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Piscataquis County is holding a free winter care workshop for small-scale poultry producers. The program will be offered twice Sept. 26 — 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m. and 6–8:30 p.m., at the UMaine Extension office in Dover-Foxcroft. Workshop topics will include poultry breeds, housing, health and nutrition, demonstrations of various waterers […]
Read more
University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host a free yoga class for gardeners and farmers 6–7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, at the University of Maine Regional Learning Center, 75 Clearwater Drive, Falmouth. Brie Weisman, Maine AgrAbility specialist, OTR/L, and owner of Adapt-Able Living in Rumford, will instruct the class. She’ll demonstrate ways to incorporate yoga […]
Read more
Researchers with the University of Maine Climate Change Institute will take part in a sold-out conversation Sept. 24 hosted by the Bangor Daily News. Maine’s upcoming bicentennial has the BDN editorial board thinking about how the state’s climate has changed in the past 200 years, and what the next 200 years could look like, according […]
Read more
The Bangor Daily News previewed a talk with University of Maine researchers in the editorial, “A focus on climate change is welcome, but now it’s time for action.” Climate change — and the need for action to combat it — will be a particular focus for the next week, the editorial states. While bringing attention […]
Read more
WABI (Channel 5) spoke with Seanna Annis, associate professor of mycology at the University of Maine, for a report on the annual Fall Fest at Hirundo Wildlife Refuge in Old Town. On Sept. 21 and 22, the refuge offered a variety of activities to celebrate the season, including a fungi foraging workshop that aimed to […]
Read more