The University of Maine College of Education and Human Development will host the Symposium on Gender in Higher Education from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3 in the Wells Conference Center on the UMaine campus. The professional development conference will explore issues of gender in higher education with a focus on intersectional approaches […]
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WVII (Channel 7) spoke with a Corinth farmer who followed advice from the University of Maine for a report on this year’s pumpkin harvest. Despite poor harvesting reports around the state due to wet weather, Beverly Tate said her fields are doing well after following a tip from UMaine to cut pumpkins from vines with […]
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece, “Suicide prevention is not what you think,” by Charles McKay, a clinical intern and graduate assistant at the University of Maine Counseling Center and Touchstone Resources. UWire also carried a piece by McKay previewing a free seminar on relationship skills that is being offered by the center.
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Working with children who experience bullying will be the focus of a conference for Maine school counselors and leaders that is sponsored by the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development. The free professional development opportunity will take place 9 a.m.–2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27 in the Wells Conference Center on the Orono […]
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The Weekly Observer, serving Sanford, Springvale, Acton and Lebanon, previewed a five-week introductory beekeeping course that will start Oct. 15 in Springvale. The York County Beginner Bee School is co-sponsored by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine State Beekeepers Association.
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A five-part series of workshops provided by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension titled “From Recipe to Market: Cashing in on Value-Added Opportunities” was previewed in the Portland Press Herald “Food & Dining Dispatches” column. The workshops begin Oct. 3 in Falmouth.
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WABI (Channel 5) reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering free Eat Well Nutrition Workshops starting in October in Dover-Foxcroft to help people improve their eating habits.
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The Maine Folklife Center’s Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) Oral History Project, which includes 50 interviews with people associated with the start of MOFGA and the group’s Common Ground Country Fair, was mentioned in two more entries of the Portland Press Herald blog “The Root: Dispatches from Maine’s food sources,” following “PART ONE […]
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WABI (Channel 5) previewed upcoming weekend shows at the Maynard F. Jordan Planetarium at the University of Maine in Orono. Friday night’s show is titled “Ice Worlds” while Saturday’s three shows will focus on space and Earth.
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The University of Maine Department of Mathematics and Statistics will host number theorists from New England, Québec and beyond to present and discuss their research during the 2013 Maine-Québec Number Theory Conference Oct. 5–6. Approximately 60 participants are expected to attend the event’s 38 scheduled lectures in Neville Hall on campus. Barry Mazur, a Harvard […]
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