The University of Maine will hold the annual Clean Sweep Sale 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Friday, May 25 and 8 a.m.–2 p.m. Saturday, May 26 in Alfond Arena. Furniture, rugs, electronics, appliances, housewares, books, bedding, shoes and clothing will be among the items for sale. Items were donated by the university or students who moved out […]
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A video of Sandy Copel-Parsons, a 4-H community education assistant for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Machias, is included in the National Science Foundation’s 2018 STEM for All Video Showcase. Copel-Parsons is a representative for Maine 4-H, a partner in the STEM Guides program. The showcase is a way for more than 200 […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension offers information and tips for enjoying the warm weather and staying safe this Memorial Day weekend and beyond. Resources serve to educate readers on food safety for grilling and camping, cooking and pickling fiddleheads, protecting against insects, as well as growing produce and healthy lawns. Visit the UMaine Cooperative […]
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WABI (Channel 5) quoted Elizabeth Armstrong, an assistant professor in the University of Maine School of Social Work, in a report on an intimate partner violence conference in Belfast. Armstrong said the conference is, to her knowledge, the first training in the state to address new licensing requirements for social workers to complete 12 hours […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the Kleinschmidt Windstorm Challenge and the Maine Wind Blade Challenge, both held at the University of Maine on May 18. More than 300 middle and high school students from around the state brought their projects, which they had worked on extensively both in and outside of class, to the competitions, […]
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The Associated Press and Bangor Daily News reported the University of Maine will offer a volunteer training workshop for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s Maine Bumble Bee Atlas. The atlas is a five-year survey looking to document different species of bumble bees around the state, as well as their ranges and abundance, […]
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Members of local land trusts and municipal conservation and planning committees attended a recent vernal pool conservation workshop led by wetland ecologist Aram Calhoun at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center. Calhoun, a UMaine professor of wetland ecology and conservation, opened the workshop with a primer on the ecology of vernal pools and their […]
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Kristin Vekasi, an assistant professor of political science and international affairs at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Bangor Daily News article, “Maine companies grow in Asia despite Trump trade uncertainty.” Vekasi, who will be a featured panelists during the Maine International Trade Center’s Trade Day 2018, is cautiously optimistic about future trade […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported on the upcoming Abbe Museum Indian Art Market in Bar Harbor. The inaugural event will include as many as 75 artists from 40 tribal nations across North America in downtown Bar Harbor for a weekend celebration of Native culture, according to the article. The market comes at a time when […]
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A video about the University of Maine’s SMART INCLUDES program is included in the National Science Foundation’s 2018 STEM for All Video Showcase. The showcase enables more than 200 federally funded projects, transforming the STEM educational landscape, to share short videos of their work. Researchers, practitioners, policymakers and the general public are invited to post […]
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