Simply Straws wants to make the world a better place, sip by sip, with eco-friendly glass straws. And the University of Maine is taking part in the company’s #PledgeAgainstPlasticStraws 2018 Campus Challenge. Throughout the month of April, campuses nationwide are invited to ditch plastic straws to reduce plastic pollution. It’s estimated in the U.S. that […]
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Lily Calderwood is the the new University of Maine Cooperative Extension wild blueberry specialist and assistant professor of horticulture. Calderwood most recently worked with Cornell Cooperative Extension as a commercial horticulture educator. Her research interests include sustainable agriculture, soil health and integrated pest management, and farmer-to-farmer learning. In her first year with UMaine Extension, Calderwood […]
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“Innovation, Infrastructure and Digital Learning” will be the focus of a presentation at 9 a.m. April 6 in 57 Stodder Hall by Casey Green, founding director of the Campus Computing Project. The event is sponsored by the Division of Academic Affairs, and the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning. The Campus Computing Project is […]
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The 2018 Educational Advertising Awards has recognized the University of Maine and Bret Stern Productions for the creative development of the 2017 UMaine Viewbook and Accepted Students Informational Folding Piece. The Educational Advertising Awards recognize institutes of higher learning and their advertising agencies for their programs and materials that display exceptional quality, creativity and message […]
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The Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine is offering a variety of performances throughout the 2017–18 season. Tony Award-winning Broadway hit “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” will be performed at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 4. The comedy tells the story of Monty Navarro, a “gentleman” who secures his place […]
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Graduate students in the University of Maine’s Food Science and Human Nutrition Program and Dietetic Internship took their expertise to Augusta this winter to help Maine’s legislators make informed decisions regarding nutrition policy. Emily Duran-Frontera, Anna Wright, Elizabeth Kowash and Mackenzie Clapp culminated the communication effort by helping to host the Maine Academy of Nutrition […]
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The University of Maine Office of International Programs (OIP) helps support faculty teaching and study abroad programs. Among the faculty funded this year: Amy Blackstone, professor of sociology, was selected as a Universities Studies Abroad Consortium (USAC) Visiting Professor for summer 2018 in Viterbo, Italy. OIP has designated USAC scholarship funds to support several UMaine […]
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The Kaohsiung American School (KAS) String Orchestra will perform at the University of Maine on March 30. The 7:30 p.m. performance in Minsky Recital Hall also will feature the University of Maine Orchestra. Pieces to be performed include “Flight of The Bumblebee” by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, “Marche Slav” by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, “Russian Sailor’s Dance” by Reinhold […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a five-session tractor safety course in multiple locations this spring, including in Cumberland, Kennebec, Penobscot, Knox and Waldo counties. Participants will learn how to handle tractors and equipment safely, how to avoid hazards, and how to minimize the chances of accidents. The classes are designed for adults and […]
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Nancy MacLean, the distinguished William H. Chafe Professor of History and Public Policy at Duke University, will deliver the annual Howard B. Schonberger Peace and Social Justice Lecture at the University of Maine on March 29. MacLean’s lecture, “The Origins of Today’s Billionaire-Funded Radical Right and the Crisis of Democracy,” will begin at 5:30 p.m. […]
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