Outreach

‘You’re the Expert’ podcast spotlights Townsend

A podcast of the 2017 Maine Science Festival headliner event, “You’re the Expert,” is now available online, featuring University of Maine professor Kristy Townsend. An interview with Townsend, an assistant professor of neurobiology, also is on the Maine Science Festival website. The 2018 headliner for the fourth annual Maine Science Festival, March 15–18 in Bangor, […]

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Ellis to lead poetry workshop in Rockland, Republican Journal reports

The Republican Journal reported Kathleen Ellis, who teaches English and in the Honors College at the University of Maine, will lead a poetry workshop at the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland. The Flexing Your Muscles workshop will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday, March 12–16, according to the article. Workshop participants […]

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Mainebiz announces 35 startups selected for Top Gun Maine 2018

Mainebiz reported the Maine Center for Entrepreneurs, University of Maine, Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, and the Gulf of Maine Research Institute have selected 35 businesses for the Top Gun Maine 2018, a statewide program that assists early-stage companies with high-growth potential. This is the first year that sessions will convene in Portland, Bangor, […]

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New York exhibition includes innovative device that got its start at UMaine

AFARI, a three-wheeled outdoor mobility device developed at the University of Maine and now manufactured by a Maine-based company, is one of more than 70 innovative designs in the “Access+Ability” exhibition on display through Sept. 3 at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City. From low-tech products that assist with daily routines to […]

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Republican Journal advances agricultural plastic recycling forum in Belfast

The Republican Journal reported the University of Maine Waldo County Extension Association is organizing an agricultural plastic recycling forum 1:30–4:30 p.m. Feb 10 at the United Farmer’s Market of Maine in Belfast. The ag plastic recycling work group is attempting to develop best practices for increasing the recycled plastic content from the waste stream of […]

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UMaine dance marathon, fundraiser to be held Feb. 10

The University of Maine’s Black BearTHON, a 12-hour dance marathon and fundraiser, will be held from 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10 to 1 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 11 in the Memorial Union. Since 2012, the annual event has raised more than $320,000 to help area hospitals support local children. The event, which in 2015 became the […]

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WABI covers Black History Month kick off at UMaine

WABI (Channel 5) reported the University of Maine began its celebration of Black History Month with opening remarks and a flag raising. Kirsten Daley, president of the UMaine Black Student Union, described the monthlong celebration as “a remembrance of our past and how it affects us today, but also a celebration of all of the […]

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BDN advances Downtown Bangor Public Humanities Day

The Bangor Daily News included Downtown Bangor Public Humanities Day in a roundup of local events happening the weekend of Feb. 2–4. Saturday events will include cultural offerings such as Irish music, a workshop on oral history, a poetry reading and guided tours of the University of Maine Museum of Art, the article states.

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