University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H will host its annual June Jamboree, beginning at 5 p.m. June 14 at Fryeburg Fairgrounds. The event closes after lunch June 16. The jamboree, open to all Maine 4-H families, is designed to help youth learn about the care, health and wellness of livestock; fitting and showmanship; and zoonotic […]
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University of Maine junior Emmeline Willey is one of six student interns assisting with summer daily operations at the Maine Department of Education in Augusta. The Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine administers the Maine Government Summer Internship Program. “We are delighted to welcome these precocious leaders to our Department of […]
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University of Maine baseball players Cody Laweryson and Nick Silva were chosen by Major League Baseball squads June 5 during the First-Year Player Draft. The Minnesota Twins picked Laweryson, a right-handed pitcher from Moscow, Maine. Laweryson, who attended Upper Kennebec Valley High School in Bingham, Maine, earned America East All-Tournament and First Team selection honors […]
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The University of Maine is hosting the first Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center (TIDC) Conference on June 6–7 at the Donald P. Corbett Business Building. The goal is to share groundbreaking, next-generation research that will positively impact the durability of transportation infrastructure, increase the lifespan of transportation assets, and save money for departments of transportation based […]
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Darien Mizuta will discuss how shellfish filtration is affected by environmental factors — including temperature and food quality and quantity — at 6 p.m. June 12 in the library at the Darling Marine Center in Walpole. Mizuta is a postdoctoral research associate at the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Laboratory in Milford, Connecticut. Her talk […]
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The Honors College Servant Heart Research Collaborative, in conjunction with Honors students who have been awarded the Davis Foundation Projects for Peace grant, will travel to Sierra Leone June 7–19 to work with local partners on the observation and implementation of two projects created by the collaborative. Stephen Kaplan, a rising sophomore computer science major, […]
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A new University of Maine Research Reporting Dashboard provides UMaine community members access to information on research activity data, including proposal submissions and awards. With a UMaine username and password, users can view, export and print customized research reports using filters, such as by department, date and other historical data. With its continuous content updates, […]
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The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) has announced that Chebacco, the annual magazine of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society, is the recipient of a Leadership in History Award. Now in its 74th year, the award is the most prestigious recognition for achievement in the preservation and interpretation of state and local […]
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Celebrating the union of diversity, imagery and poetry, internationally acclaimed poet Richard Blanco will give a free public talk and reading at 5:30 p.m. June 8 at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. Blanco also will sign copies of his books, including his latest, “How to Love a Country.” In 2013, President Barack […]
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A free workshop for registered dietitians (RD) in Maine was offered as an outreach effort by the University of Maine’s Dietetic Internship program in May. A second workshop will be offered in August to meet the high demand. The Dietetic Internship is housed within the School of Food and Agriculture in the College of Natural […]
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