University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a webinar for home gardeners on growing unique fruits in Maine from 6–7:15 p.m. on April 11. Join orchardist and nurseryman Jesse Stevens for Beyond the Apple: Growing Unique Fruit in Maine, a webinar focused on lesser known perennial and woody crops. For 15 years, Stevens has been […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk, “Rural Maine Feels the Heat,” on Monday, April 10 at 3 p.m. Speaker Brian McGill, professor at the Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions and the School of Biology and Ecology at the University of Maine, will present […]
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The Maine Food Waste Solutions Summit, Maine’s annual food waste education event, is scheduled for Friday, April 14, from 10 a.m.–noon via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. Food waste has economic, social, environmental and climate impacts. Nearly 40% of food produced in the U.S. is never eaten, […]
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Four Maine Business School students competed in the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute Research Challenge state finals in early March. The annual global competition offers students real-world experience as research analysts. For the full story, visit the Maine Business School website.
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Maine Sea Grant is co-hosting the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Fisheries and Plankton Acoustics Symposium with NOAA, ICES, and the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development through March 30 at the Holiday Inn By the Bay in Portland. The aim of this symposium, entitled “From Echosounders to the Cloud: […]
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University of Maine will host Fresh Check Day on April 3, from 11 a.m.–2 p.m. in the atrium outside of the bookstore in the Memorial Union. Fresh Check Day is a concept created by the Jordan Porco Foundation that brings the whole campus community together to “check-in” on the mental health and wellness of college […]
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Rob Glover, associate professor of political science, and Jordan LaBouff, associate professor of psychology, both at the University of Maine and the Honors College, will present a webinar, “Understanding Poll Workers, the Unsung Heroes of Our American Democracy” on March 31, noon–1 p.m. with Maine Conservation Voters. Glover, LaBouff and Carrie Levan, assistant professor of […]
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A number of University of Maine students and faculty members will present at the 2023 Maine Sustainability and Water Conference at the Augusta Civic Center on March 30. UMaine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions is the lead organizer of the event. For more information and to register, visit the event webpage. Session […]
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Screenings of a filmed version of the opera “I Give You My Home,” with music and libretto written by Beth Wiemann, professor of music and director of the McGillicuddy Humanities Center, will be screened in venues across New England in March and April. The piece, inspired by the life and work of Rose Standish Nichols, […]
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The Department of Art’s 2023 Student Exhibition will open in Lord Hall Gallery from April 3–28. The gallery is free, accessible and open to the public Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. A public reception will be held on Friday, April 7 from 5–7 p.m. Refreshments will be served. This show is a celebration of […]
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