Outreach

Sun Journal previews Franklin County 4-H Open Air Market

The Sun Journal announced that Franklin County’s 4-H Open Air Market is partnering with the Sandy River Farmers’ Market to give 4-H members ages 5-18 an opportunity to sell produce, baked goods and other items from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26, in the District Court parking lot on Main Street in Farmington.

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BDN advances Belfast organ concert that features Birch

The Bangor Daily News carried a release about Kevin Birch, a member of the music faculty at the University of Maine, being the featured organist at the 2017 Summer Organ Concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 27, at The First Church in Belfast, United Church of Christ. Birch also is organist and director of music at St. John’s Catholic Church in […]

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Nominations sought for Maryann Hartman awards

Nominations for the 2017–18 Maryann Hartman Award and the Maryann Hartman Young Women’s Social Justice Award will be accepted through Nov. 15, with a public celebration planned for March 28, 2018 at the University of Maine. Following a hiatus in 2017, the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program has partnered with UMaine’s Rising Tide Center […]

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UMaine students to live stream eclipse using high-altitude balloons, media report

The Boston Globe, WSB-TV (Channel 2 in Atlanta), NECN, WABI (Channel 5), WVII (Channel 7), WMTW8 , Bangor Daily News, The Free Press, Washington Post, and Pickens County Courier of South Carolina and reported University of Maine researchers and students from the school’s High Altitude Ballooning group will travel to Clemson, South Carolina to launch […]

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UMaine Composites Center spinoff company featured in BDN

Brewer engineering business Compotech Inc. was the focus of the Bangor Daily News feature, “Where the Bangor region’s future job growth will probably come from.” The article argues economic development in the Bangor area is likely to look like Compotech Inc., a business with 10 employees that got its start at the University of Maine. […]

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Pride of Maine Black Bear Marching Band to kick off American Folk Festival

The American Folk Festival on the Bangor Waterfront announced the University of Maine’s Pride of Maine Black Bear Marching Band will kick off this year’s event, which runs Aug. 25–27. UMaine’s marching band, composed of 116 musicians and directed by Christopher White, will lead a parade through the grounds starting at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. […]

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Eclipse

High Altitude Ballooning group to live stream eclipse at Clemson University

A University of Maine contingent will be in South Carolina on Aug. 21 to provide people around the world with a live view of the total eclipse from the edge of space. The engineering group is part of the NASA-sponsored project, “Great American Eclipse,” during which students from 55 teams nationwide will launch high-altitude balloons […]

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Free Press advances SEA Fellows symposium at Darling Marine Center

The Free Press reported the public is invited to the second annual SEA Fellows Summer Science Symposium at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center in Walpole on Aug. 16. The SEA (Science for Economic Impact and Application) Fellows program, initiated by UMaine and the University of Maine at Machias, “is a venue for undergraduate […]

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‘Meet the Black Bears’ football clinic, family movie night Aug. 22

The University of Maine football team will host its annual “Meet the Black Bears” free football clinic at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 22 at Alfond Stadium. Participants of all ages will have the opportunity to meet players and coaches, get posters and autographs, and join the team for a pizza party sponsored by Domino’s. Following […]

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