The Tri-Town Weekly published an article on Limbeck Engineering, the winners of the $5,000 Bruce Fournier Family Foundation technology prize at the 2015 UMaine Business Challenge. College students and former Freeport High school students Travis Libsack, Nick Nelsonwood and Liam Wade, along with Freeport High School senior Josef Biberstein won the prize for their company, […]
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The Ellsworth American reported on a cooking lesson for third-graders that was held as part of an initiative between FoodCorps and Ellsworth Elementary-Middle School (EEMS). The Maine FoodCorps program is the state branch of a national program that teaches healthful eating, expands school-based gardens and increases locally grown food in school cafeterias. The University of […]
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The University of Maine will hold the annual Clean Sweep Sale 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Friday, May 22 and 8 a.m.–2 p.m. Saturday, May 23 in York Commons. Furniture, rugs, electronics, appliances, housewares, books, bedding, shoes and clothing will be among the items for sale. Items were donated by the university or students who moved out […]
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The Bangor Daily News and WLBZ (Channel 2) interviewed Dr. Jonathan Shay, a nationally recognized psychologist and author of two popular books on combat trauma and the trials of homecoming for veterans and their families, who will give two public addresses at the University of Maine on May 13. Shay spoke about post-traumatic stress disorder […]
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Approximately 150 youth will experience college life at the annual 4-H@UMaine event from 3 p.m. Friday, May 15 until 4:30 p.m. Saturday, May 16, at the University of Maine. Youth ages 12–17 from 10 Maine counties will explore campus, stay overnight in residence halls, eat at dining halls, swim at the New Balance Recreation Center […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported Dr. Jonathan Shay, a nationally recognized psychologist and author of two popular books on combat trauma and the trials of homecoming for veterans and their families, will give two public addresses at the University of Maine on May 13. Shay will speak to the fifth annual Conference of the Maine […]
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The Bangor Daily News cited a University of Maine Cooperative Extension video for the article “Want compost? Let worms make it for you.” The worm composting video features UMaine Extension educator and professor Marjorie Peronto who offers tips on how to get started. Worm composting — or vermicomposting — is where earthworms eat and digest […]
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The Maine Autism Institute for Research and Education at the University of Maine will receive more than $150,000 from the Maine Department of Education to continue its work as the state’s first autism institute, according to a Maine DOE news release. The funds are in addition to the $209,802 the department and UMaine’s College of […]
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Organizers of the University of Maine’s inaugural Black Bear Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K are seeking volunteers to assist on race day and at packet pickup, as well as host cheer stations along the route. The races begin at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, June 21 and will start and finish on the UMaine track located at […]
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Joe Miller, a University of Maine graduate student studying history, was featured in a Bangor Daily News video series on veterans who talk about what coming home meant to them. Miller, a captain in the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, served three tours in Iraq, according to the report. After serving, he looked to Maine […]
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