Mainebiz reported on the members of the Top Gun Maine 2017 Class announced by the Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development (MCED), University of Maine, Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council and MaineStream Finance. This year marks the first time sessions will convene in Portland, Bangor, Rockland and the Lewiston-Auburn regions, according to the article. Since the program […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the fifth annual Bangor Humanities Day hosted by the University of Maine Humanities Center. Free events to celebrate art, literature and history for participants of all ages were offered at venues including the University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor Public Library and Maine Discovery Museum. Organizers told WABI the […]
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This spring, the University of Maine Department of Art will offer a five-week, after-school art program for children in grades K–8. ArtWorks! gives children an opportunity to explore the world of art through viewing and hands-on experiences with a variety of visual media. All classes will be taught by UMaine students, under the supervision of […]
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The Bangor Daily News reports the Maine Center on Aging at the University of Maine will use two new online certificate programs to help community leaders, social workers, nurses and others better support Maine’s growing population of older adults and their families. The online courses help professionals earn the Center on Aging’s Interprofessional Graduate Certificate […]
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Olivia Gambocarto, sustainability outreach coordinator at the University of Maine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News about what people can do to reduce their energy consumption and make their homes more sustainable during the winter. Gambocarto recommends caulking windows and doors and adding insulation to prevent heat from escaping. She also suggests using energy-efficient LED […]
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The Associated Press and Lancaster Farming reported on an upcoming rural energy workshop in Dover-Foxcroft to educate homeowners, farmers and business owners about how they can more efficiently power their properties. The Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District will host the workshop on Feb. 17 in partnership with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s […]
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More than 500 attendees, including sea farmers and marine researchers from the Damariscotta area, attended the Northeast Aquaculture Conference & Exposition held Jan. 11–13 in Providence, Rhode Island. “There was a really good number of producers and scientists, including a lot of young people there, both from the entrepreneur side and science side,” says Dana […]
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For tens of thousands of years, the warm, sticky natural asphalt that occasionally bubbled to the Earth’s surface in the area now called Los Angeles was a death sentence for some ice age animals. Woolly mammoths, camels, rabbits, horses, bison, sloths, rodents, snails, turtles, birds and saber-toothed cats perished after becoming mired in the liquid […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H Science Saturday that offered middle school students the opportunity to explore aquaculture and marine science research. Participants were able to play games and perform experiments similar to those conducted in UMaine research labs. Topics covered included the creation of waves and the business […]
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Richard Brzozowski, University of Maine Cooperative Extension food system program administrator, was mentioned in the Portland Press Herald article, “Locally raised Maine meat is not in short supply,” as part of the “Green Plate Special” column. Analysts with the Reinvestment Fund presented findings of a recent study geared toward optimizing the state’s red meat supply […]
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