Outreach

UMaine Center on Aging, Lenard Kaye Included in BDN Article

The Bangor Daily News interviewed Lenard Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging, for an article on Forbes’ ranking of Bangor as one of the best places to retire. Kaye said he was not surprised by the ranking, citing low crime rates, cleanliness, low cost of living and natural beauty as reasons […]

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Channel 5 Covers Summer Camp Fair

Channel 5 (WABI) spoke with Maine Bound Coordinator Lisa Carter during the 2013 Maine Summer Camp Fair for Kids at the New Balance Student Recreation Center on campus Wednesday evening. Representatives from about 65 camps from all over the state spoke with prospective campers and their parents. Some camps brought hands-on examples of activities that […]

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Author Nina Shengold to Give Reading as Visiting Artist

Author Nina Shengold will present a public reading with University of Maine Intermedia MFA students from 5–7 p.m., March 15 at Coespace, 48 Columbia St., during the Downtown Bangor Artwalk. The event, “Eat Your Words: A Literary Potluck,” is part of the Spring 2013 Visiting Artist series, co-sponsored by the UMaine Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series. […]

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Stancioff Cited in Maine Gardener Column

Tom Atwell’s Maine Gardner column March 4 in the Portland Press Herald focused on the the Signs of the Seasons program, coordinated by University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Sea Grant. The program that trains volunteers to monitor plant and animal species is led by UMaine Extension Climate change educator Esperanza Stancioff and Beth […]

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