Outreach

Explore chemistry of color at 4-H Science Saturday

The chemistry of color will be explored at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H Science Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Nov. 21 in Aubert Hall at UMaine. In the extended session, middle and high school students will synthesize pigments and use them in chemistry and art experiments. Participants will utilize techniques and […]

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UMMA exhibit, Kinghorn cited in Free Press article on photo collection

The Free Press reported the Dowling Walsh Gallery in Rockland will open an exhibit of selections from the Bruce Brown Photography Collection organized by the Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA). The show is half of a two-part exhibition celebrating the collection of Bruce Brown, CMCA’s curator emeritus, who began collecting works by Maine photographers […]

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Dill to host discussion on insects in Bangor, Maine Edge reports

The Maine Edge reported Jim Dill, a pest management specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, will host a discussion on six- and eight-legged creatures at the Bangor Land Trust office at 7 p.m. Dec. 2. Attendees will look at and discuss spiders, ticks, mosquitoes, bedbugs, biting flies and more, according to the article.

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UMaine Biocar Team wins award at National Chem-E-Car competition

The University of Maine Biocar Team was one of two schools to receive the Golden Tire Award at the 2015 National Chem-E-Car competition at the University of Utah. The award, chosen by participating teams, went to schools that had the most innovative design. UMaine’s team — composed of 10 bioengineering students — brought their car […]

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Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow Rep. Sara Gideon to visit UMaine

Margaret Chase Smith Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow Rep. Sara Gideon will visit the University of Maine on Wednesday, Nov. 18. Margaret Chase Smith Distinguished Maine Policy Fellows are prominent individuals with a past or current career as a policymaker in the state. The Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center brings its fellows to campus for a […]

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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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