Outreach

Top Gun entrepreneurship program to include aquaculture startups, Mainebiz reports

Mainebiz reported the Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development and its partners are expanding next year’s Top Gun entrepreneurship program to include companies in the aquaculture sector. MCED announced applications are now being accepted for Top Gun 2018, an acceleration program that has helped more than 175 startups since 2009, according to the article. Partnering with […]

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Morse to speak at ocean sustainability exhibition, Times Record reports

The Times Record reported Dana Morse, an ​aquaculture research​er ​with Maine Sea Grant who works at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center, will be the keynote speaker at the Bath Middle School Ocean Sustainability Exhibition. Seventh-grade students will host the event at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 14. The exhibition shares the seventh grade marine ecosystem […]

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Class to focus on growing grapes commercially in Maine

An introduction to growing grapes commercially in Maine is scheduled 10:30 a.m.–3 p.m. Jan. 11, at the Augusta Civic Center, 76 Community Drive. Designed for growers interested in small-scale grape production, topics include basic site requirements and preparation, plant selection and care, trellising and pruning options, and nutrient and pest management. University of Maine Cooperative […]

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Yarborough speaks with Ellsworth American about Maine blueberry market glut

David Yarborough, a wild blueberry specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was interviewed by The Ellsworth American for the article, “Market glut hits blueberry growers hard.” This year, many wild blueberry growers in Hancock and Washington counties left portions or entire fields unraked as the price of berries plummeted, according to the article. A […]

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Students volunteering throughout the country with Alternative Breaks

University of Maine students with Alternative Breaks, a student-led organization that promotes community involvement, are spending the upcoming winter and spring breaks volunteering throughout the United States. Since 1998, UMaine’s Black Bear Chapter of Alternative Breaks has organized trips for students to provide volunteer service to others. This year, the nonprofit is deploying six groups […]

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Learn effective meeting skills at UMaine Extension workshop

University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Sea Grant announce that a five-session workshop for people seeking to build effective meeting skills begins Jan. 4, at Sanford City Hall, 919 Main St., Sanford. The remaining sessions are scheduled for Jan. 18; Feb. 1 and 15; and March 1 (snow dates are March 8 and 15). […]

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Aerial view of engineering buildings on UMaine's campus in Orono

Design team named for Engineering Education and Design Center

Editor’s note: Story updated Dec. 7. The team of WBRC Architects Engineers, based in Bangor, and Ellenzweig, an architecture and planning firm in Boston, has been selected to design the Engineering Education and Design Center at the University of Maine, proposed to be upward of $80 million. The team, which includes five other Maine firms […]

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Media report on UCU initiative to aid University of Maine System food pantries

WVII (Channel 7) and WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) reported on a University Credit Union campaign that focuses on food insecurity on Maine campuses. Throughout December, UCU is rallying support for the five University of Maine System-based food pantries as they approach the busy winter season. For it’s “Ending Hunger on Campus in Maine” campaign, […]

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UCU campaign to benefit Black Bear Exchange, other campus food pantries

The University of Maine’s Black Bear Exchange food pantry and clothing swap is one of several campus organizations around the state that are receiving donations as part of a University Credit Union initiative. Throughout December, UCU is shining a light on food insecurity on Maine campuses and rallying support for the five University of Maine […]

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UMaine Swimming and Diving team collecting goods to send to troops

The University of Maine Swimming and Diving team is raising funds and collecting goods to send care packages to troops deployed overseas. The team plans to have the packages ready to ship by Dec. 8 in hopes they will reach the troops by Christmas. Donations of items are being accepted in offices of the coaching […]

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