University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering an eight-hour ServSafe Food Protection Manager course 9 a.m.–5 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 26 at the Cumberland County Extension office, 75 Clearwater Drive, Falmouth. The course will help prepare students for the ServSafe Food Protection Manager Certification exam. The exam will immediately follow the course. This nationally-recognized certification […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk, “PFAS: A New Fish Tissue Issue,” at 3 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 2. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “forever chemicals,” is a group of human-made chemicals that can be toxic and remain in the […]
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College and high school students and their teachers from across the state are invited to participate in the 2023 Maine Hunger Dialogue and Climate Action Summit 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Oct. 11 at the Wells Conference Center at the University of Maine. The one-day conference, sponsored by University of Maine Cooperative Extension, the Maine Campus Compact, […]
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Graduate students from University of Maine Intermedia Programs will project digital animations on the walls inside Fort Knox from 10:30 a.m.–noon Saturday, Sept. 30. The artwork in the exhibition, titled “A Work of Light and Shadows,” was created using specialized software and projectors to create a digital skin that can be applied to irregular surfaces […]
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The University of Maine College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture will host its inaugural science communication workshop, Visual Storytelling Essentials at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 3 at the Bumps Room in the Memorial Union. This workshop will teach participants to take photos and videos that they can use to show the beauty of […]
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Cam Hasselbaum, of Bellingham, Massachusetts, was named this year’s Maine Policy Scholar at the University of Maine. One student from each of the University of Maine System’s campuses is selected for the program. Each scholar conducts a policy research project that is relevant to Maine. Following a year of study, the scholars present a solution […]
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The University of Maine’s comprehensive safety strategy provides students with multiple ways of calling for assistance or reporting incidents. One of the technologies employed by the university to protect students and the campus community are the blue light call boxes. “As part of a periodic campuswide review, the blue light call boxes are checked to […]
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A new docu-series about Maine nature by Aislinn Sarnacki, a lecturer with the University of Maine Department of Communication and Journalism, is premiering Maine Public television at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14 Maine Public television. “Borealis” is a multimedia outdoors series that explores the state as Sarnacki and her colleagues, hike, bike, fish and surf. […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk, “Unlocking the language of change: Understanding social-ecological challenges in Maine’s wild shellfish fisheries,” at 3 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 25. Speaker B Lauer will share her journey in understanding the diverse meanings of coastal and fisheries “access” […]
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Faculty from the University of Maine Intermedia Programs are showcasing their latest work — a diverse array of analog and digital media demonstrating contemporary artistic practice — during their 2023 symposium at the Innovation Media and Innovative Media Research and Commercialization (IMRC) Center. The exhibition includes artwork from Sheridan Kelley Adams, Arturo Camacho, Bethany Engstrom […]
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