The University of Maine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center has been designated as an American Red Cross Learn-to-Swim facility, making it one of only four organizations in Maine to offer this official skills-based curriculum. The UMaine Aquatics program joins two other official Learn-to-Swim facilities in Farmington and one in Portland in offering the curriculum approved […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on Kerstin “Kris” Engman, a prolific midcoast painter and sculptor and part-time assistant professor of art at the University of Maine. Engman’s latest project, the Gilded Icon series, includes icon-style portraits of women around the world with important stories to tell, according to the article. “Each one of these is […]
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Sun Journal published a University of Maine Cooperative Extension news release about the 2017 4-H awards banquet held in Brunswick. UMaine Extension 4-H in Androscoggin and Sagadahoc counties hosted the event, which attracted more than 45 youth and families. The 2017 Exceptional Accomplishment Through 4-H Award was presented to Jordyn Maloy of Lisbon Falls. The […]
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Xi Sigma Pi, the forestry honors society at the University of Maine, is holding its annual Christmas tree sale at Nutting Hall through Saturday, Dec. 9. Profits from the sale will fund scholarships for students in the School of Forest Resources and the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology. Hours for the sale are […]
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The 23rd annual Maine Indian Basketmakers Holiday Market will be held Saturday, Dec. 9, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine. Award-winning members of the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance — which focuses on preserving the ancient art of brown ash and sweetgrass basketry and […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported researchers at the University of Maine and Ready Seafood Co. of Portland are working to examine what influences shell growth in Maine lobsters to see if they can speed up the shell-hardening process in recently molted crustaceans. In Maine, the summer catch is mostly soft-shell lobsters, or shedders, which sell […]
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Donna Coffin, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator and professor, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article about caring for backyard farm animals during the Maine winter. “In winter, water is the biggest thing,” Coffin said. “You need to figure out a way to get fresh water to the animals. There are […]
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Brian Beal of the Downeast Institute for Applied Marine Research spoke with WVII (Channel 7) about a new grant that aims to improve Maine’s mussel aquaculture industry. Beginning several years ago, fishermen started coming to the Downeast Institute because they were having trouble getting mussels to settle on their ropes, WVII reported. “They were looking […]
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Boston Spirit magazine cited the Maine Campus student newspaper for a report on the University of Maine’s annual Gay Thanksgiving potluck dinner. The event, which is run by UMaine’s LGBTQ Services and Wilde Stein: Queer Straight Alliance, is an annual tradition on campus, especially for students who don’t feel comfortable going home for the holidays, […]
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Boothbay Register reported Dana Morse, an aquaculture researcher with Maine Sea Grant who works at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center, will talk about the oyster harvesting process Nov. 28 in Newcastle. From 3 to 4 p.m., Morse will speak at the Lincoln Home about why the Damariscotta River produces some of the best-tasting […]
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