Editor’s note: Due to extensive rain in the past two weeks, the traditional Maine Day oozeball (mud volleyball) game has been canceled and is expected to be rescheduled. University of Maine community members will take part in a day of service on Maine Day, May 1. As part of the annual spring cleanup tradition, UMaine […]
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WVII (Channel 7) covered a candlelight vigil for victims of the Sri Lanka Easter Sunday attacks at 5 p.m. April 25 on the steps of Fogler Library at the University of Maine. Students and community members gathered to support one another during this difficult time, the report states. “Whether you’re Muslim, Catholic, Jewish; whether you’re […]
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The Daily Bulldog advanced a program about how to grow highbush blueberries led by Dave Fuller, an agriculture and nontimber forest products professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension. The program will be at 6 p.m. May 1 at the Phillips Public Library, and will cover everything from plant choice to pruning, the article states. […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer media training for farmers 9:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. April 29 at Kennebec Valley Community College Harold Alfond Campus in Hinckley. The workshop, designed for farmers and others interested in building media relations, will include best practices for working with media, telling a farm’s story in print and on social […]
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“We have data, what could we do with it?” is the theme of second Training for Observation and Research in Coastal Habitats (TORCH) workshop 9 a.m.–4 p.m. April 27 at the Darling Marine Center in Walpole. Topics to be covered at the hands-on data workshop will include data quality control, working with data sets in […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported members of the University of Maine chapter of the Society of Women Engineers will participate in the Future Women of STEM program offered at the Challenger Learning Center in Bangor 2–5 p.m. April 27. The SWE students will lead a question-and-answer session at the program, which is aimed at girls ages […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Anne Lichtenwalner, director of the University of Maine Animal Health Laboratory and associate professor of animal and veterinary sciences, for the article “If a chicken’s egg doesn’t look quite right, it could be a lash egg.” A lash egg is not an egg at all, but an egg-shaped expulsion […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported the University of Maine is recognizing Sexual Assault Awareness Month through the Clothesline Project and Denim Day. The Clothesline Project, an installation on the Mall, features shirts with unique, handmade designs made by survivors that depict stories of violence and the struggles to overcome abuse, WABI reported. The project is a […]
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Morning Ag Clips and the Biddeford Journal Tribune previewed University of Maine Cooperative Extension plant sales on May 18. The 25th annual Cumberland County Master Gardener’s Plant Sale will be held 8 a.m.–noon at the Barron Center in Portland, Morning Ag Clips reported. Master Gardener Volunteers will help attendees select plants to best meet their […]
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Morning Ag Clips and The Penobscot Times announced registration is open for the annual 4-H@UMaine weekend event for youth in grades 6–10, scheduled for 3 p.m. May 31 through 4:30 p.m. June 1. Registration is requested online by May 3. The event will feature interactive workshops with topics including marine biology, space exploration, the science of […]
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