The Weekly reported that Andrew Moreira, a senior at Old Town High School, recently earned first place in the High School Poster Competition at the 2015 Maine Sustainability and Water Conference. Moreira’s poster, “Recovering Organic Acids from Water Through Extraction and Precipitation,” derives from the research he conducted through his Maine EPSCoR (Experimental Program to […]
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WABI (Channel 5) and The Weekly reported a Bangor senior center’s rooftop garden has been selected as one of several University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteer projects this season. The Hammond Street Senior Center’s garden will receive support from the volunteers through assistance with garden planning, soil preparation, planting, establishment of space-saving structures, […]
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The Weekly and The Maine Edge reported on scheduled public star shows in June at the University of Maine’s Emera Astronomy Center. The Maynard F. Jordan Planetarium shows are held 7 p.m. Fridays and 2 p.m. Sundays. Friday nights in June feature “Undiscovered Worlds” and Sunday afternoons feature “Little Star that Could,” for younger sky […]
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WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on the 2015 Top Gun Regional Pitch Competition and Product Showcase at the University of Maine Foster Center for Student Innovation. Two regional entrepreneurs — Matt James of CourseStorm and Chuck Donnelly of RockStep Solutions — were selected by a panel of judges to compete in the […]
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The University of Maine will host an annual six-day undergraduate student leadership training program for women that aims to educate and empower young leaders. Maine NEW (National Education for Women) Leadership runs from Thursday, May 28 through Tuesday, June 2 at the Orono campus with trips to Augusta and Skowhegan. A diverse group of 28 […]
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The University of Maine is accepting applications for the Maine Summer Transportation Institute. The free program for area middle school students will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 6–17. It is designed to introduce students at an early age to careers in engineering and Maine’s transportation industry. About 20 accepted students will participate […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported the U.S. Department of Education has selected the University of Maine to receive $250,000 in funding for The Mentoring and Advanced Preparation for Maine’s Early Intervention Scholars (MAPME) program. U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King announced the award in a press release. The program will help Maine increase the number […]
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Bill Green of WLBZ (Channel 2) reported on the University of Maine School of Forest Resources’ three-week forestry summer camp. As part of the course, students used skyline logging in Acadia National Park to improve the views from scenic vistas along Park Loop Road. Skyline logging is a West Coast technique that involves stringing a […]
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WABI (Channel 5), the Bangor Daily News, Sun Journal, Daily Bulldog and The Maine Edge reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering a free tick identification service. Maine’s tick population has been growing steadily since the late 1980s, along with tick-borne diseases such as Lyme disease, according to the reports. UMaine Extension also […]
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Rob Glover, an assistant professor of Honors and political science at the University of Maine, wrote an article for the Bangor Daily News titled “5 ways to keep recent college grads in the Bangor area.” The article cited research conducted by Glover’s students Cameron Huston, Sarah Nicols, Spencer Warmuth and Gareth Warr. The students worked […]
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