The 30th anniversary of the University of Maine Sustainable Agriculture Program will be celebrated with a free barbecue and live music 3–7 p.m. Sept. 14 at Rogers Farm in Old Town. Alumni and community partners connected to the Sustainable Agriculture Program are expected to attend. UMaine began offering a bachelor’s degree in sustainable agriculture in […]
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Inclusive excellence in academia and developing strategic leadership skills among the millennial and centennial generations will be the focus of a keynote address by the University of Maine 2018 Libra Visiting Diversity Professor. Damon Williams, a founding architect of the inclusive excellence model for postsecondary institutions, will join the UMaine community Sept. 26–27 as the […]
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President Joan Ferrini-Mundy’s open office hours begin this month. The President’s message to the University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias communities regarding office hours is online, as is the form to request a 15-minute appointment.
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H is inviting teachers and volunteers from around the state to participate in the 11th annual 4-H National Youth Science Day challenge by hosting the experiment in their school, after-school program, library or 4-H club throughout the month of October. This year’s challenge, “Code Your World,” is a four-part activity […]
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Diatoms, sugar kelp, green crabs, lobsters and oysters are iconic organisms on our coast. Their roles in marine ecosystems, their importance as fished and cultured species and their responses to changing ocean conditions were topics of SEA Fellows’ research from Casco Bay to Eastport this summer. The third annual SEA Fellows Symposium featured the work […]
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A first-year class of at least 2,230 students moved in during this year’s Welcome Weekend with the help of more than 700 volunteers from the University of Maine community. The first-year students again make up one of the largest classes in UMaine history, and over 46 percent of them are from other states. This fall, […]
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Twenty Maine K–12 STEM teachers from 14 school districts are expected to be at the University of Maine Sept. 8 from 9 a.m. to noon for a STEM education workshop by the Maine Center for Research in STEM Education (RiSE). In their physical, life or Earth sciences classrooms, teachers use research-based materials from the RiSE […]
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Chadwick “Chad” Arms, a former dairy specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, passed away Sept. 2. Arms served in three states including Maine in his 40-year career with Cooperative Extension, retiring in 1998 as the UMaine Extension dairy specialist. Arms and his wife were leaders of a 26-member 4-H Club, the Riverside 4-H […]
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Prospects for peace on the Korean Peninsula will be the focus of a Sept. 13 lecture at the University of Maine by Kristin Vekasi, a UMaine assistant professor of political science. The free public lecture, from 4:30–5:30 p.m. in 120 Little Hall, will focus on the key background from the perspectives of major stakeholder countries […]
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The International Programs Office will hold a Welcome Assembly and Coffee Hour beginning at 4 p.m., Sept. 7. The event will begin in Minsky Recital Hall with brief remarks from UMaine and Orono leaders to welcome new and returning international students, research scholars, faculty and staff members, as well as friends of UMaine’s international community. […]
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