The University of Maine Alumni Association will present the third annual Black Bear Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K on Sunday, June 4. Registration is open for all three races, which last year attracted about 600 runners from around the country, as well as Canada. The Black Bear Marathon was the only Maine race included in […]
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More than 250 students are expected to participate in two middle and high school STEM competitions Friday, May 19 at the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center: the Kleinschmidt Windstorm Challenge and the ninth annual Maine Wind Blade Challenge. The competitions, which showcase real-world, hands-on STEM innovation by middle and high school students […]
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Ethical dimensions of self-care in social work and human services will be the focus of a University of Maine School of Social Work workshop June 9 at the Hutchinson Center in Belfast. The experiential workshop, which will run from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., is designed to develop skills and understanding of the ethical responsibility […]
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A University of Maine video on the state’s aquaculture industry and related research was featured on Science360. For more than four decades, UMaine has conducted research and provided educational outreach related to the farming of aquatic organisms, such as finfish, shellfish or sea vegetables. In 2014, that support took a giant step forward with the […]
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Maine Startups Insider reported [Re]Produce, a company that wants to turn Maine farmers’ surplus into high-end locally sourced frozen food, won the sixth annual UMaine Business Challenge. Anita van Dam and Grace Burchard, both students at College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, took home the first-place $5,000 cash award, which van Dam said the […]
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Penobscot Bay Press reported Griffin Dill, an integrated pest management specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, will be part of a panel discussion about ticks in Blue Hill. The May 18 talk is hosted by the Blue Hill Heritage Trust as part of its Spring Speaker Series. All talks are free and open […]
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The Republican Journal reported Fort Knox State Historic Site and Penobscot Narrows Observatory in Prospect are now open for the 2017 season. Both attractions will be open daily until Oct. 31. Activities this season include a new event June 24, which will feature laser projection and performing artists produced by the Coaction Lab in association […]
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Bradfield Lyon, a research professor at the University of Maine, wants to understand how sea surface temperature patterns in the tropics may change due to warming caused by increasing greenhouse gases. Lyon says it’s not just an increase in ocean temperatures that matters, it’s how the warming may differ from one place to another, especially […]
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On Dante Baskett’s first day of classes in the University of Maine School of Performing Arts, he attended a recital lab overseen by Beth Wiemann. During the lab, Wiemann mentioned a local woman, Pat Steward, who writes country songs and was looking for help putting her lyrics to music. Baskett, who has mostly made music […]
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The Bangor Daily News and WABI (Channel 5) reported on a disaster simulation held at the University of Maine for students in the School of Nursing and University Volunteer Ambulance Corps (UVAC). The event featured a simulated active shooter and about 20 actors with a range of injuries to provide hands-on training for 40 UMaine […]
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