Extend the fall harvest season by making fruit-based beverages from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 24, at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Cumberland County office, 75 Clearwater Drive, Falmouth. The “Drinking the Harvest” workshop includes making fruit shrubs, cider, juices and syrups. Instructors will be UMaine Extension educator Kathy Savoie, home food preservation […]
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Four public concerts featuring contemporary compositions performed by University of Maine faculty and visiting artists will highlight the 2015 Society of Composers Conference on campus, Oct. 22–24. The Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI) is a nearly 1,500-member national organization that focuses on new and contemporary music composition and performance. The regional event at UMaine will […]
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The Maine Public Broadcasting Network reported on a new lab in University of Maine’s College of Education and Human Development that enables students to teach in front of a virtual classroom of avatars in preparation of their student teaching in Maine schools. The new lab in Shibles Hall uses the program TeachLivE, a mixed-reality teaching […]
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Morning Ag Clips and the Associated Press reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension advises farmers to take inventory of livestock feed and forage resources before winter. Variable weather conditions this past year have created shortages in parts of the state. UMaine Extension maintains an online hay directory with listings of hay and silage for […]
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The University of Maine women’s basketball team, in partnership with Bangor Savings Bank, will hold a free Kid’s Clinic from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. UMaine players and coaches will offer skill instruction on their home court following an announcement at 4 p.m. The first 100 […]
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Perspectives on human-nature interrelationships will be explored at the 12th annual ESTIA Conference on Friday, Oct. 23 at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. Darren Ranco, Sherri Mitchell and Maria Girouard are keynote speakers for the conference titled “Deep Ecology: Ethical and Spiritual Principles.” ESTIA stands for EcoPeace, Sustainability, Teaching/Training and International Affiliations. […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension advises farmers to take inventory of livestock feed and forage resources before winter. Variable weather conditions this past year have created some shortages in parts of the state. UMaine Extension maintains an online hay directory with listings of hay and silage for sale. Extension resources on estimating feed requirements and […]
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WVII (Channel 7) spoke with University of Maine College of Engineering Dean Dana Humphrey about Open University Day, which is slated from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17. In celebration of the university’s 150th anniversary, the day will feature tours, presentations, performances and more at nearly 30 venues on campus, including labs, research […]
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The Maine Edge reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Somerset County will offer a six-session home landscape design course beginning 10 a.m.—noon, Saturday, Oct. 24 at the UMaine Extension office, 7 County Drive, Skowhegan. The five remaining classes are scheduled for 6–8 p.m. Nov. 3 and 17, Jan. 12 and 26, and Feb. […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported Rabbi Richard Address will deliver presentations in Greater Bangor, including at the University of Maine, for family caregivers, along with health care providers, spiritual leaders and others who interact regularly with older adults. Address is a proponent of “sacred aging,” his philosophy that people of any faith background — or […]
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