Outreach

Students prepare 10,000 meals for pantries, WABI reports

WABI (Channel 5) covered a meal-packing event held at the University of Maine as part of the Maine Hunger Dialogue. About 150 students and staff from universities and colleges throughout the state prepared 10,000 nutritious, nonperishable meals for college food pantries. “The organizers come and they bring all the bulk ingredients and then we work […]

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WABI covers 2015 Culturefest

WABI (Channel 5) reported on the 28th annual Culturefest held at the University of Maine. The UMaine Office of International Programs and International Student Association hosted the daylong celebration of cultures that featured international exhibits, food, children’s activities, a style show and performances. “The way we’re thinking about traditions, skin colors, food — it’s diversity. […]

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BDN publishes op-ed by Riordan on Ancient Greece, Veterans Day

Liam Riordan, a University of Maine history professor, board member of the Maine Humanities Council and director of the UMaine Humanities Center, co-wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News. In the article, “What we can learn from Ancient Greece on Veterans Day,” Riordan and Darryl Lyon, president of the Maine Infantry Foundation, cite […]

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Penobscot Bay Pilot reports Sher to speak at hospice, veterans conference

Penobscot Bay Pilot reported Roger Sher, a professor of molecular and biomedical sciences at the University of Maine, will deliver a keynote address at the 2015 Hospice/Veterans Partnership Conference on Nov. 20 at the Togus VA Medical Clinic in Augusta. The Maine Hospice Council and Center for End of Life Care, in partnership with the […]

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Mitchell Lecture on Sustainability featured on MPBN’s ‘Speaking in Maine’

The Maine Public Broadcasting Network aired the 2015 Senator George J. Mitchell Lecture on Sustainability as part of its “Speaking in Maine” public affairs lecture series. This year’s talk, sponsored by the University of Maine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, featured Colorado professor and author Roger Pielke Jr., who spoke about “When […]

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Water on Mars focus of Phi Kappa Phi panel discussion

The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi at the University of Maine will present a panel discussion on “Water on Mars” at 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20 at the Emera Astronomy Center. The talk will focus on the recent discovery of water flows on the planet and what may be ahead for human exploration of […]

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Kinghorn mentioned in Artscope magazine article on Miami art fairs

George Kinghorn, director and curator of the University of Maine Museum of Art (UMMA), was mentioned in an Artscope magazine article on upcoming international art fairs in Miami. Art Basel Miami Beach is the world’s leading art destination during the first week of December and several adjunct fairs are scheduled to operate that week in […]

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Post-grad students to speak at beekeepers meeting, BDN reports

Two University of Maine students were mentioned in a Bangor Daily News article on the Maine State Beekeepers Association’s annual meeting and conference set for Saturday, Nov. 14 at Hampden Academy. Two post-graduate students who work with Frank Drummond, an entomology specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and a UMaine professor of insect […]

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‘Cherry Orchard’ opening included in BDN roundup of weekend events

Theater performances at the University of Maine were included in the Bangor Daily News roundup “5 Things to do this Weekend.” UMaine’s School of Performing Arts opens the first weekend of its production of Anton Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard,” with performances set for Friday, Nov. 7 through Sunday, Nov. 8 at Hauck Auditorium, according to […]

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Phys.org, Maine Edge publish report on Blomberg’s bat population research

Phys.org and The Maine Edge carried a University of Maine news release on bat research by Erik Blomberg, an assistant professor in the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology at the University of Maine. Through his research, Blomberg wants to bring the massive declines in bat populations to the public’s attention, educate residents about […]

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