Outreach

‘Frozen’ Screening on Football Stadium Scoreboard Postponed

Due to predicted thunderstorms, the University of Maine’s free screening of the movie “Frozen” originally slated for Wednesday, July 23 has been rescheduled for 8 p.m. Thursday, July 24. The movie will be played on the Harold Alfond Stadium’s new high-definition scoreboard. The event is free and open to the public.

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Media Report on UMaine Museum of Art’s New 17-Year Lease

WABI (Channel 5) and the Bangor Daily News reported the University of Maine Museum of Art has begun a new 17-year lease with Eastern Maine Development Corporation, maintaining the downtown Bangor location it has occupied in Norumbega Hall for more than a decade. The lease was approved by the University of Maine System Board of […]

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‘Frozen’ to be Screened for Free on New Football Stadium Scoreboard

The University of Maine will screen the movie “Frozen” on the Harold Alfond Stadium’s new high-definition scoreboard at 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 23. The event is free and open to the public. The 30-by-20-foot video board is located in the end zone next to the field house parking lot facing Morse Field at Alfond Stadium. […]

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Press Herald Interviews Coffin About Free Tomato Plants

The Portland Press Herald spoke with Extension educator Donna Coffin about the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Piscataquis County handing out free tomato plants. In June, staff members and volunteers handed out 220 cherry tomato plants and donated 50 to prisoners at the Charleston Correctional Facility, hoping to inspire new vegetable gardeners, the article […]

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‘Frozen’ to be Screened on New Stadium Scoreboard, AP Reports

The Associated Press reported the University of Maine will screen the movie “Frozen” on the Harold Alfond Stadium’s new high-definition scoreboard at 8 p.m. July 23. The free event will be the first at the football stadium since the addition of the 30-by-20-foot video board. The Portland Press Herald, The Republic, WLBZ (Channel 2) and […]

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Bridge Year Program Focus of BDN Article

The Bangor Daily News published an article on the Bridge Year Program, an educational collaborative involving the University of Maine that aims to increase the number of Maine students who earn a college degree by giving them access to college classes during their junior and senior years in high school. The program began in 2012 […]

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UMaine Student Writes Op-Ed for BDN

Christopher Burns, a University of Maine student studying English, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News, titled “Older adults have addictions, too. Is Maine ready to address the problem?” Lenard Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging and professor in the UMaine School of Social Work, was quoted in the […]

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UMaine Museum of Art Extends its Lease in Downtown Bangor

The University of Maine Museum of Art has begun a new 17-year lease with Eastern Maine Development Corporation, maintaining the downtown Bangor location it has occupied in historic Norumbega Hall for more than a decade. “On behalf of the people of Bangor, I just want to say how excited we are to have the University […]

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Spaces Still Available for Summer Marine Science Program, Free Press Reports

The Free Press reported spots are still available for Dive In, a two-day summer immersion program offered to college-bound high school students who are interested in marine sciences. The program, which will be held Aug. 4–5, will offer hands-on, field-oriented activities at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole and the UMaine campus […]

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UMaine Extension Hosts ‘Preserving by the Pint’ Author

University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host author Marisa McClellan 7–9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21, at the UMaine Extension Cumberland County office, 75 Clearwater Drive, Suite 104, Falmouth. McClellan, author of “Preserving by the Pint: Quick Seasonal Canning for Small Spaces,” will demonstrate urban canning and preserving techniques. “Teaching city dwellers and home cooks how […]

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