The research and creative activities of more than 1,200 undergraduate and graduate students will be showcased at the second annual University of Maine Student Symposium April 24 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. The free public event will be held from 8 a.m.–6 p.m. and is organized by UMaine Graduate Student Government and the […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported the University of Maine 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Bryant Pond was awarded a six-year, $600,000 grant from the Lerner Foundation. Eight community organizations, each partnered with a local school district, will receive a grant as part of a larger effort to spur the post-secondary educational aspirations of rural […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported the University of Maine Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) will host a kickball tournament April 13 to raise funds for mental health services. The tournament, which is open to all UMaine students, is scheduled to kick off at 4 p.m. on Morse Field. The cost is $5 per individual and teams […]
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CEOs often strive to make their businesses bigger and better. Clint Relyea, a lecturer at the Maine Business School, takes a similar approach with the Third Annual International Trade Show — a culmination of his Introduction to International Business course at the University of Maine. Relyea says students are eager to showcase the exports, history […]
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WABI (Channel 5) covered a University of Maine sorority’s annual Cystic Fibrosis Carnival. About 100 people showed up for the Delta Phi Epsilon event, which raised more than $700 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, according to the report. Organizers said the event is all about raising awareness of the disease.
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The Bangor Daily News and WABI (Channel 5) covered the 23rd annual HOPE Festival at the New Balance Student Recreation Center on the University of Maine campus. “The festival is an opportunity to pursue [the Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine’s] goal of progressive movement-building in our community by making visible the underlying connections […]
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The Free Press reported researchers, technologists, lake volunteers and water quality specialists spoke about the connections between blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria, blooms and human health at the 2017 Maine Sustainability & Water Conference. Sponsored by the University of Maine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions and the U.S. Geological Survey, the annual water […]
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Amherst News and the Citizen-Record out of Nova Scotia, Canada, cited a data analysis by the University of Maine in an article on fish monitoring at the Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) tidal power site in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. The UMaine analysis found mean relative fish densities were the same after deployment of […]
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University of Maine graduate students and faculty will make more than 60 presentations about emerging physical, chemical, social and ecological climate change research, on topics ranging from lobsters to deer ticks, at the 25th annual Harold W. Borns Jr. Symposium on April 13–14 in Wells Conference Center. The symposium’s namesake, Professor Emeritus Harold “Hal” Borns, […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Kids Can Grow program was mentioned in the Portland Press Herald article, “Try these 3 ways to green your household.” The article offered three signposts to help ease the challenge of trying to live with a lighter environmental footprint. Under the tip, “Think in cycles,” the article suggested inviting […]
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