A Mount Desert Island Historical Society news release noted the many contributions of University of Maine community members to its organization. Over the past few years, UMaine students, faculty and alumni have taken on expanded roles in the society, a regional nonprofit located about 90 minutes from UMaine’s campus in Orono. New Champlain Society Fellow […]
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School’s out for summer. But printmaking art created this past winter and spring by students at the Indian Island School is on exhibit in the Hudson Museum at the Collins Center for the Arts. “Art from the Indian Island School” will be displayed in the Minsky Culture Lab through Sept. 7, when a public reception […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported scientists in the University of Maine’s School of Food and Agriculture and Cooperative Extension are recruiting Maine residents to take part in a study about fermenting foods and beverages at home. Adults who make any of these foods at home, or would like to learn how to do so, are invited […]
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The University of Maine Darling Marine Center, aquaculture industry partners and the Damariscotta River Association invite community members to “Science for the People: Damariscotta Estuary Marine Science Public Forum” at 7 p.m. Monday, July 17 at Darrows Barn at Round Top Farm in Damariscotta. Presenters will provide synopses of research being conducted by the Sustainable […]
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Katharine Kirkpatrick was an avid community member, adventurer and dedicated volunteer. After her 2016 death, the Katharine M. Kirkpatrick 2002 Trust gifted $141,826 to the Orono Bog Boardwalk Campaign Fund held at the University of Maine Foundation. Her donation will provide 97 new boardwalk sections — including two interpretive stations and two wheelchair turnouts. In […]
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As virtual reality programs grow in popularity, more and more educators are using them to teach students about a variety of subjects, from science to geography to math. A team from the University of Maine recently released a beta version of one such program that allows students to learn geometry in a virtual 3-D space. […]
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The University of Maine was mentioned in a Bangor Daily News article announcing that after seven years of fundraising and construction, the $1 million restoration of the Orono Bog Boardwalk is nearly complete. The boardwalk is accessed from a trail in the Rolland F. Perry (Bangor) City Forest. Beginning in a forested wetland, the wheelchair-accessible […]
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Abraham’s Goat Farm and Creamery will host a pasture walk at 5:30 p.m. July 14 at 1000 Elm St. in Newport. Abraham’s Farm owner and operator Kaili Wardwell recently participated in an organic forage legume study conducted by Cornell University Extension associate Tatiana Stanton. The forage, birdsfoot trefoil, has shown antiparasitic effects in sheep and […]
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The Republican Journal reported the University of Maine Hutchinson Center and the Midcoast Leadership Academy have announced completion of the academy’s seventh program year and the graduation of 18 current and prospective community leaders. The nine-month community immersion program studies issues, challenges and opportunities affecting the midcoast region; building a strong network of leaders throughout […]
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A University of Maine professor of oceanography will give a talk titled “Plankton, Right Whales and Change in Gulf of Maine Ecosystem” at 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 14 in Brooke Hall at the Darling Marine Center. Recent changes in the timing and abundance of zooplankton coincide with changes in right whale sightings, says Jeffrey Runge, […]
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