Noah Loveless, Sarah Penney and Matthew Ryckman are the 2019–2020 Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center Undergraduate Fellows at the University of Maine. Fellows serve as ambassadors of humanities for their peers, the campus and beyond. They each will receive $4,000 for two consecutive semesters while they work on their respective research projects. Loveless, from […]
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Robert Dunlap, a University of Maine professor of chemistry from 1949–91, passed away Sept. 18 at the age of 97. Details about services are online.
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The kickoff meeting of the Maine Climate Council was Sept. 26 in Hallowell. A video of the meeting is online. It includes presentations by Ivan Fernandez, UMaine professor of soil science and Distinguished Maine Professor in the School of Forest Resources, Climate Change Institute, and School of Food and Agriculture, and other members of the council, […]
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The Collins Center for the Arts offers a variety of performances throughout the 2019–20 season. October events include a tribute to The Beatles, a magic show by illusionist Lyn Dillies, a concert by singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash, and more. Bruce Barth and Anat Cohen will be in concert in Minsky Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. Oct. […]
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The University of Maine’s sixth annual March Against Domestic Violence will begin at noon Wednesday, Oct. 2 on the Mall in front of Fogler Library. The Maine Business School (MBS) Corps sponsors the march. Partners are Title IX Student Services, Student Life, UMaine Athletics, UMaine Army ROTC, Rising Tide Center, Partners for Peace, and other […]
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Raising awareness of the impact of farming practices and food processing on human health is the focus of a day-long conference Oct. 19 at the University of Maine, organized by the Maine chapter of the Fulbright Association. “From Farm to Healthy Body: A Sustainable Model for the Planet and the Individual” will be held from […]
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The University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast will offer a grant writing certificate program from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 30–Oct. 4. Nonprofit leaders, executive directors, municipal officials, board members and others interested in creating high-quality grant proposals for their organizations are invited to register. The program provides an opportunity to acquire the […]
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The University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast is offering a professional development program on the power of group work 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Sept. 27. “Helping People Change: The Power of Groups” will focus on gaining insight into therapeutic or curative factors that make groups work; appreciating the power of group work; predicting, normalizing and […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Piscataquis County is holding a free winter care workshop for small-scale poultry producers. The program will be offered twice Sept. 26 — 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m. and 6–8:30 p.m., at the UMaine Extension office in Dover-Foxcroft. Workshop topics will include poultry breeds, housing, health and nutrition, demonstrations of various waterers […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host a free yoga class for gardeners and farmers 6–7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, at the University of Maine Regional Learning Center, 75 Clearwater Drive, Falmouth. Brie Weisman, Maine AgrAbility specialist, OTR/L, and owner of Adapt-Able Living in Rumford, will instruct the class. She’ll demonstrate ways to incorporate yoga […]
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