The Portland Press Herald blog, “The Root: Dispatches from Maine’s Food Sources,” mentioned programs and advice offered by University of Maine Cooperative Extension on back-to-the-land pursuits.
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The University of Maine Humanities Initiative’s first weeklong development seminar will be held May 13-17 on campus, and in Bangor and Augusta. The interdisciplinary sessions, which are free and open to the public, will feature presentations by 37 participants, including UMaine faculty and staff, area teachers, city councilors, and leaders of regional arts and cultural […]
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Winners examine child protection outcomes of opioid-exposed infants.
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Challenges facing older veterans and the resources available to them in Maine will be the focus of the 8th annual University of Maine Clinical Geriatrics Colloquium May 13 on campus. The colloquium, “Serving Our Older Veterans: Today’s Clinical Issues and Best Practices,” will be held from 7:45 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. Monday, May 13 at […]
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Newburyport News of Massachusetts interviewed first-year chemistry student and Amesbury, Mass. native Bryer Sousa about winning a $10,000 Projects for Peace Grant from the Davis Foundation. Sousa, who researches water filters, will travel to Honduras in June to install filters in an impoverished region of the country. WaterWorld magazine and The Weekly also carried reports.
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The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington, W.Va. spoke to Lenard Kaye, director of UMaine’s Center on Aging, at the seventh annual Drug Prevention Summit on April 11 in Huntington, W.Va. Kaye, who presented at the summit, spoke about Maine’s prescription drug mail-back program.
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Fenceviewer, the community news and information website for Maine’s Hancock County, previewed a talk by Stephen Hornsby, University of Maine professor and historian. Hornsby will speak at Acadia Senior College in Bar Harbor on April 26.
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2013 Distinguished Maine Professor and Presidential Award winners named.
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WVII (Channel 7), WLBZ (Channel 2) and WABI (Channel 5) covered the Great Maine Bike Swap on Sunday at the University of Maine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center. Nearly 100 people volunteered and more than 1,000 people attended the annual event to sell and buy used bicycles.
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The Bangor Daily News previewed the Great Maine Bike Swap in a recent article. The annual event for people to sell and buy used bicycles runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, April 14 at the University of Maine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center.
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