Campus Announcements

Trick or Trot on Oct. 25 at Witter Farm 

The University of Maine Standardbred Drill Team invites members of the UMaine community to the annual Trick or Trot 6–8 p.m. Oct. 25 at Witter Farm in Old Town. The free event will include family-friendly activities, candy and an opportunity to meet and have photos taken with the farm’s horses, cows, sheep and pigs. Students […]

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Traffic alert: Repaving on Park Street in Orono Oct. 22–23

A section of Park Street in Orono — north of the roundabout at Rangeley Road — will be reduced to one lane of traffic for repaving, Wednesday through Thursday, Oct. 22–23. UMaine community members need to plan accordingly. Commuters using that route should expect delays.

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Greenland trip with Mayewski focus of two-part podcast

“The Greater Good,” the podcast series of the University of Maine Graduate and Professional Center, has posted the first of a two-part series on a summer 2019 trip to Greenland by Paul Mayewski of the UMaine Climate Change Institute, Firooza Pavri of the University of Southern Maine Muskie School of Public Service and Charles Norchi […]

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Filmmaker to screen documentary about sex trafficking, host panel discussion

Award-winning filmmaker Vanessa McNeal will host a free public screening of her 2018 documentary “Gridshock” at 5 p.m. Oct. 24 in Hill Auditorium in Barrows Hall as part of Domestic Violence Awareness month.   In the film, McNeal, a survivor of sexual violence, explores the underpinnings of the thriving sex-trafficking industry, a global problem taking root […]

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UMaine named ‘most outdoorsy school’ in Northeast, second in nation

The University of Maine is the “most outdoorsy school” in the Northeast and the second “most outdoorsy” in the nation, according to the Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education (AORE). In this year’s AORE Campus Challenge, 98 universities competed for the title from Sept. 16 through Oct. 13, designed to help build a community of […]

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Symposium on Maine’s New Forest Economy on campus Oct. 23

A symposium on Maine’s new forest economy will be held Oct. 23 at the University of Maine, sponsored by UMaine, the Maine Forest Products Council and Forest Opportunity Roadmap/Maine (FOR/Maine). The 1–4:30 p.m. event in Wells Conference Center is free and open to the public. Online registration is required. It is being held during National […]

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Food entrepreneur workshops begin Oct. 23 in Bangor   

University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer half-day workshops for food entrepreneurs in multiple locations this fall. “Recipe to Market” topics include food entrepreneurship in the specialty food industry, business basics, an overview of the product development process, licensing and regulations, and food safety. The following sessions will be held 9 a.m.–noon: Oct. 23 at […]

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Community invited to UMaine Dining’s Fall Farm to Table Dinner

The University of Maine’s three dining halls will offer a Fall Farm to Table Dinner highlighting Maine grown and produced food Oct. 22. The public is invited to join UMaine meal plan participants 4:30–8 p.m. in Hilltop and York dining halls, and Wells Central. Dinner is $14.54 for adults; $6.40 for age 12 and younger. […]

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New 10-year Holt Research Forest Strategic Plan released 

The University of Maine Center for Research on Sustainable Forests has published the 2019–2029 Holt Research Forest Strategic Plan.  The strategic plan grew out of a recent National Science Foundation Biological Field Stations and Marine Laboratories planning grant that included an October 2017 Holt Research Forest Board of Visitors review to evaluate the research, educational […]

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Six doctoral students selected for health-related research fellowships 

Six doctoral students in the University of Maine Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering make up the first cohort supported by a $1.07 million National Institutes of Health’s Institutional Research Training Grant (T32). Awardees receive fellowships that include a stipend, tuition, university fees, health insurance coverage, as well as an allowance for travel and […]

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