The Republican Journal reported a young African leader from Djibouti, who is part of the Mandela Washington Fellowship Program, will stay in Belfast this weekend with local hosts. Aichia Ali is one of 25 young leaders from Sub-Saharan Africa who are spending six weeks at the University of Maine’s Public Management Institute to participate in […]
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Morning Ag Clips published a University of Maine news release announcing the University of Maine J.F. Witter Teaching & Research Center will host a livestock tour and field day 1–6 p.m. July 12 at 160 University Farm Road, Old Town. Tours will include the center’s horse and dairy facilities, and pastured sheep and poultry flocks. […]
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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 to complete a 10-minute, […]
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The Association of Chief Academic Officers (ACAO) announced Jeffrey Hecker, the University of Maine’s executive vice president for academic affairs and provost, is among 32 provosts and chief academic officers nationwide who have been selected to participate in the ACAO Digital Fellows Program. Supported by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the […]
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Bob Steneck, a professor of marine sciences at the University of Maine, was included in a Free Press article about the current state of Maine’s lobster industry. Dave Cousens, president of the Maine Lobstermen’s Association, has been fishing out of South Thomaston for 50 years, according to the article. He started recording water temperatures from […]
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The Republican Journal reported the public is invited to view the “Celebrating Sprouts” children’s art exhibit on display through July 21 at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. More than 24 framed artworks highlight the creativity of preschoolers ages 2 to 5. The pieces were completed during the recent school year at Broadreach […]
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Boothbay Register published a University of Maine news release announcing a Darling Marine Center talk about sea scallops and Maine’s fishing and farming industry. Dana Morse, an Extension associate with Maine Sea Grant and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, will speak at 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 7 in Brooke Hall. Morse’s work includes educational […]
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University of Maine J.F. Witter Teaching & Research Center will host a livestock tour and field day 1–6 p.m. July 12 at 160 University Farm Road, Old Town. Tours will include the center’s horse and dairy facilities, and pastured sheep and poultry flocks. Each tour lasts one hour and includes demonstrations and a question-and-answer session. […]
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The Sun Journal spoke with University of Maine nursing student Natalie Bolduc of Dixfield for an article about her volunteer trip to Costa Rica. Bolduc was one of 15 UMaine nursing majors who traveled to the Central American country during spring break to provide health care to those in need, according to the article. “They […]
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Kathy Hopkins, a University of Maine Extension professor, was quoted in a New Mexico State University news release about Food Camp for Kids. The program, for children ages 9–14, is hosted by NMSU’s College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences’ Cooperative Extension Service in Valencia County. Campers learn about the agricultural industry in their county […]
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