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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Mainebiz reported the Maine Center for Entrepreneurs and its partners — the University of Maine, The Lewiston Auburn Economic Growth Council and Gulf of Maine Research Institute — have named 10 winners of the 2018 Top Gun Program’s semi-final pitch events. Regional pitch events were held in Bangor, Brunswick, Lewiston/Auburn and Portland. Participating entrepreneurs presented […]
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The University of Maine College of Education and Human Development’s Reading Recovery program will celebrate its longtime collaboration with the Galen Cole Family Foundation at two upcoming events. The annual Reading Recovery Cole Family Celebration will be held May 18 at the Cole Land Transportation Museum in Bangor. Members of the statewide education community will […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension has released the seventh installment of “Growing Maine,” a series of short documentaries highlighting Maine food producers and farm families. The latest video in the series tells the story of 16-year-old entrepreneur who founded Simply Macarons by Jaelin. The macaron is a French meringue-based, filled sandwich cookie — not to […]
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A toddler’s sneaker, a backpack, a copy of “El Diaro de Ana Frank.” These are some of the objects left behind by thousands of people migrating to the United States through the Sonoran Desert. Documentary photographer Michael Hyatt photographed these and other abandoned items to bear witness to a perilous — sometimes fatal — journey: […]
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WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the University of Maine and Penobscot Nation. During a ceremony at the Hudson Museum, UMaine President Susan J. Hunter and Penobscot Nation Chief Kirk Francis signed the MOU formalizing their collaborations in the past decade to help […]
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The Ellsworth American reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s free Dining with Diabetes Down East series will take place every Thursday in June at the UMaine Extension Hancock County office. The free program is open to anyone with Type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes, and their family members and caregivers. Participants will learn how to […]
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The Republican Journal reported that starting May 14, the University of Maine will offer free summer courses in a variety of subjects for qualifying high school juniors and seniors at the Hutchinson Center in Belfast. Through a partnership between the Maine Department of Education and the University of Maine System, tuition will be waived for […]
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