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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WVII (Channel 7) reported Bangor High School students in the STEM academy will be able to conduct summer research internships with mentors, many of them University of Maine faculty members, thanks to a $54,000 grant from the Bangor Savings Bank Foundation.
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Cooking for Crowds workshop with Kathy Savoie was highlighted in the April 10 Dispatches column of the Portland Press Herald.
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Fenceviewer, the community news and information website for Maine’s Hancock County, carried an article about the countywide food drive organized by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Washington Hancock Community Agency. Organizers called the drive a success after collecting 12,350 items. Fenceviewer talked to Marjorie Peronto, educator at the University of Maine Cooperative […]
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WABI (Channel 5), WLBZ (Channel 2) and WVII (Channel 7) covered a teach-in conference held at UMaine on Sunday. The Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine and the Maine Alliance for the Common Good hosted the conference, “Budget for All — Why Not?” Activists discussed issues such as health care and student loan debt. […]
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WABI (Channel 5) spoke with Laurie Hicks, a UMaine art professor, at the annual Maine Art Association Conference on campus Saturday. Hicks spoke about the need to problem solve when it comes to funding for the arts.
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WABI (Channel 5) spoke with students in a University of Maine advanced art education course about their empathy and art project. The students are making and selling mugs to benefit the Hirundo Wildlife Refuge in Alton.
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