A Tri-Town Weekly article on Coastal Studies for Girls, a science and leadership school, mentioned the facilities at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center. The program makes trips to the center to show students labs and give them the opportunity to meet and speak with scientists.
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Alan Davenport, director of Maynard F. Jordan Planetarium, spoke with the Bangor Daily News, WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) at a beam signing and raising at the future home of the Emera Astronomy Center, a $5.2 million observatory and planetarium being built on the University of Maine campus. More than 50 children from the […]
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The Bangor Daily News and WABI (Channel 5) included articles on the presence of 4-H members at local fairs. Members of 4-H, the youth development branch of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, celebrated the group’s 100th birthday at the Bangor State Fair and displayed results of hard work at the Northern Maine Fair in Presque […]
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Karen Hatch Gagne, University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator, spoke with WABI (Channel 5) at the fourth annual Positive Youth Development Institute in Bangor. The professional development conference gives Maine educators a chance to hear from students about ways to strengthen their relationships. Gagne said changes in education are really about youth voice, choice and […]
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Ellen Mallory, sustainable agriculture extension specialist at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine director of the Northern New England Local Bread Wheat Project, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for the article “How Skowhegan became Maine’s new bread basket” after the annual Kneading Conference was held in Skowhegan. Mallory spoke about the need […]
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Maine and New Hampshire EPSCoR receive $6 million to address health of coastal ecosystem.
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A Morning Sentinel article previewing this week’s Kneading Conference and Artisan Bread Fair in Skowhegan mentioned Ellen Mallory, University of Maine sustainable agriculture extension specialist and Maine director of the Northern New England Local Bread Wheat Project. Mallory is expected to give a presentation on the regional project and its goal to help farmers increase […]
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Older Mainers discover new role in community after joining Boomer Reporting Corps.
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Mainebiz reported Terry Porter, an associate professor in the Maine Business School at the University of Maine, has won a Fulbright Scholarship to research how and why businesses adopt sustainability practices. Porter will conduct her research at Cardiff University in the United Kingdom in spring 2014.
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Final group videos by student teams in the Upward Bound Math Science Summer Program will be presented from 8–11 a.m., July 26, Woolley Room, Doris Twitchell Allen Village. The high school students gained hands-on experience working with UMaine graduate students or faculty planning and designing sustainability solutions. This summer, those sustainability solutions included designing safe, […]
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