Sun Journal covered a Buckfield Board of Selectmen meeting where it was announced that University of Maine students will assist with the town’s Shedd Hollow Road bridge replacement project over Darnit Brook. The UMaine Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering chose the project as part of its capstone program, according to the article. The students […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in Androscoggin and Sagadahoc counties will hold a Garden Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7 at Topsham Public Library. The fair is designed for novice and experienced gardeners and will feature presentations by local experts and UMaine Extension Master Gardener Volunteers. Topics will […]
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Food waste and recovery will be the focus of the 4th Annual Maine Hunger Dialogue beginning at noon Oct. 20 and running until 2:15 p.m Oct. 21., at the University of Maine at Presque Isle. During the event, roughly 150 students and staff from 20 universities and colleges statewide will pack 10,000 nutritious, nonperishable meals for Maine food pantries. […]
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Boot Camp 2017 marked the fifth year of a popular three-day orientation program for first-year students in the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences. Thirty first-year marine science students spent time in, on and under the water with faculty and staff who will be their instructors at UMaine. Held the week before the beginning […]
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Maine Public reported the University of Maine was awarded a $300,000 National Science Foundation grant to help get more Native American college students to study STEM subjects. The grant will help establish a program to bring traditional knowledge and learning methods into higher education, according to the report. “One of the key elements of student […]
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The University of Maine School of Forest Resources, in conjunction with the Advanced Structures and Composites Center, will host meetings of two ASTM International committees and the Wood I-Joist Manufacturers Association (WIJMA) Oct. 3–5. Stephen Shaler, director of the School of Forest Resources and associate director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center, says welcoming […]
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University of Maine undergraduate students Katie Manzo and Julianna Ferguson have been chosen to receive this year’s Margaret Chase Smith Public Affairs Scholarship. Each student will carry out a yearlong research project with relevance to public policy in Maine. The project will culminate in a presentation at the 2018 UMaine Student Symposium, where they will […]
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The fourth annual March Against Domestic Violence will take place at noon Tuesday, Oct. 3, on the Mall in front of Fogler Library. The march is sponsored by MBS Corps, which partnered with UMaine Athletics, Student Life, Partners for Peace (formerly known as Spruce Run-Womancare Alliance) and other organizations. Following the march, remarks will be […]
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Youth Today mentioned the University of Maine at Machias in an article on Teen Science Cafes held around the country. Teen Science Cafe started with a National Science Foundation grant in 2007, according to the article. Each cafe meeting starts with a short presentation by a scientist or expert in a related field, followed by […]
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In August, educators from throughout Maine and across the eastern seaboard joined aquaculture researchers and industry partners for a three-day seaweed boot camp hosted by Maine EPSCoR at the University of Maine, in partnership with Ocean’s Balance and the Aquaculture Research Institute. The workshop’s innovative model was built to allow participants the opportunity to learn […]
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