Sheila Pendse, a project development associate in the Dean’s Office of the University of Maine College of Engineering, is leading a project that aims to engage female middle school students from rural Maine communities in forest bioproducts research programs and STEM careers. The Engineering Information Foundation recently awarded Pendse $12,540 to create a Sustainable Energy […]
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The Bangor Daily News, WABI (Channel 5) and WLBZ (Channel 2) reported on the annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast sponsored by the Greater Bangor Area NAACP and the University of Maine. Wabanaki reconciliation was the focus of this year’s keynote address by Esther Attean and Denise Altvater, advisers to the Maine Wabanaki-State […]
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The Kennebec Journal covered an online marketing session for farmers led by Tori Jackson at the 74th Maine Agricultural Trades Show in Augusta. Jackson, an associate professor with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke about the importance of marketing a farm like any other business. “The first thing you want to do is sell […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported Ten Bucks Theatre Company and Orono Community Theatre are coming together for the first time to offer Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” at the Cyrus Pavilion Theater on the UMaine campus. The Cyrus Pavilion Theater was named after Orono Community Theatre director Sandy Cyrus’ late husband and former UMaine […]
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Programs and services offered by the University of Maine and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension were mentioned in articles about the Maine Agricultural Trades Show in Augusta. The Kennebec Journal reported on a talk given by a state inspector who described how to obtain a home food processing license in order to sell homemade […]
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Maine youth are invited to describe their “Growing the Taste of Maine” garden in the Portland Flower Show student essay contest. Three prizes ($50, $30 and $20) will be awarded in each of three age categories (6–9, 10–13 and 14–18). Essays will be judged on creativity, focus and passion in describing the garden and what […]
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Three experts will discuss sourcing, selecting and preparing seafood and seaweed Saturday, Feb. 21, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Cumberland County office, 75 Clearwater Drive, Falmouth. Barton Seaver, Hillary Krapf and Sarah Redmond will share their knowledge about Maine seafood and edible seaweed during the February edition […]
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Sarah Nelson, a researcher with the George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine, spoke with Valley News for an article about high school students in Hartford, Vermont who are acting as citizen scientists to study the presence of mercury in the environment. Nelson, who studies environmental water quality issues, works […]
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VillageSoup reported the Camden Conference has announced that seats for the 28th annual conference at the Camden Opera House are sold out. The Feb. 20–22 event, “Russia Resurgent,” will also be live streamed at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast and the Strand Theatre in Rockland. Seats are still available at the remote […]
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The Weekly and The Maine Edge previewed events that are scheduled as part of the University of Maine Humanities Center’s third annual Downtown Bangor Public Humanities Day on Jan. 24 with a kickoff event Jan. 23. Free events for participants of all ages will be offered at venues including the University of Maine Museum of […]
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