The University of Maine Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) Omega Mu chapter invites teams to compete in a “Humvee Push” from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23 to raise money for the United Service Organizations (USO) to support U.S. troops. The team that pushes a Down East Emergency Medical Institute (DEEMI) Humvee 20 yards in […]
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Increasing environmental uncertainty coupled with rapidly changing market conditions in the Gulf of Maine raise important questions about the ability of Maine’s commercial fishermen to adapt. How resilient is the industry to these shifting waters? Who is best positioned to adapt and who is most vulnerable? “We have started to explore these questions by studying […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported the Bangor Land Trust will hold a tree identification walk through a portion of the Walden-Parke Preserve at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 23. Steven Sader, a professor emeritus of forest resources at the University of Maine, will lead the walk, which will cover about a mile and should last about 90 […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a daylong workshop on deer health in Maine and the safe processing of venison 8:45 a.m.–4 p.m. Sept. 30 at the University of Maine’s J. Franklin Witter Teaching and Research Center, 160 University Farm Road, Old Town. The hands-on program is designed for both new and experienced hunters […]
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Morning Ag Clips reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H in Waldo County will hold a live 4-H auction and bake sale beginning at 1 p.m. Oct. 14 at Dirigo Grange in Freedom. Waldo County businesses and individuals donated to make the auction possible and all proceeds support Waldo County 4-H scholarships and programs. […]
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The technique, nutrition and safe preparation of smoked whole chicken will be the focus of a seminar Sept. 27 presented by three University of Maine Cooperative Extension experts. The smoked chicken seminar will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the J. Franklin Witter Teaching and Research Center, 160 University Farm Road, Old […]
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Silas Walsh, a graduate research assistant at the University of Maine Center on Aging, was interviewed by the Bangor Daily News for an article about end-of-life discussions. “Topics related to aging and death are uncomfortable, and it’s easier to push decisions down the road and not think about it,” Walsh said, adding that 75 percent […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on five exhibitions slated to open Sept. 15 at the University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor. The exhibits “provide a wealth of different colors, textures, attitudes and approaches to experience, from boldly abstract camera-less photography to bright, sensual, figurative paintings,” the article states. Photography is a medium […]
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The Sun Journal reported a new 4-H livestock show will debut at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 18 during the 177th annual Farmington Fair. The Politically “Cow-rect” Livestock Show will test the cow-showing skills of some local politicians and town officials, according to the article. The livestock show will follow the annual 4-H show taking place […]
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The National Science Foundation has awarded a one-year, $100,000 grant for continuing a University of Maine citizen-science project aimed at protecting lake water quality in the state. The grant will help extend the project, which began in 2015 with funding from UMaine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, into 2018 and beyond. Maine […]
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