On July 29, the 25 University of Maine Mandela Washington Fellows will complete their program at the UMaine Public Management Institute and travel to the Mandela Washington Fellowship Summit in Washington D.C., where they will join the other 975 fellows from host institutes across the nation. The three-day event marks the culmination of the 2017 […]
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University of Maine marine microbiologist Jeremy Rich will talk about fertile clusters of life flourishing on the dark deep-sea floor at 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 28 in Brooke Hall at the Darling Marine Center. Deep-sea hydrothermal vents — hot springs on the ocean floor — have fascinated scientists and the public since they were discovered […]
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The second annual SEA Fellows Symposium will be held Wednesday, Aug. 16 at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole. The 2 p.m. symposium will highlight research of students, researchers and industry and community partners from around the state. The event, which will conclude by 5 p.m., includes an optional tour of the […]
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The University of Maine InterChemNet (ICN) project has purchased crystallography instrumentation that will support opportunities for students in the second-semester general chemistry lab course, CHY 124. Starting in January 2018, the instrumentation will be used in multiweek project- and inquiry-based lab experiments. Crystallography, which uses a single crystal X-ray diffractometer, has been an essential tool […]
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Heather Leslie will be the featured “Chats with Champions” speaker at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 25 at Skidompha Library in Damariscotta. The director of the University of Maine Darling Marine Center will draw on her research in Maine and Mexico to discuss how the emerging science of marine resilience is changing how people understand and […]
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Maine Sea Grant is working with the town of Penobscot, Maine Coast Heritage Trust, The Nature Conservancy, NOAA, and others on several fish passage projects in the watershed of the Bagaduce River, a tributary of Penobscot Bay. Construction of new fishways at Pierce and Wight ponds, scheduled to begin this summer, will improve fish passage, […]
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The Wilson Center for Spiritual Exploration and Multifaith Dialogue welcomed the Rev. Lauren Seganos Cohen as its new director on July 1. Cohen comes to the Wilson Center with a passion for higher education and multifaith engagement. She was the inaugural interfaith service coordinator at Juniata College in Pennsylvania, facilitating undergraduate opportunities for interfaith and […]
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Maine Sea Grant has started a new collaboration with The Working Waterfront newspaper, published monthly by the Rockland, Maine-based Island Institute. The “Estuary Beat” column provides short updates on science and environment news, research and events in Maine’s coastal rivers, bays and harbors. Written by Catherine Schmitt, Sea Grant communications director, the goal of the […]
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This summer, the Lord Hall Gallery on the University of Maine campus will host exhibitions by two of Maine’s leading artists, both of whom live in Port Clyde. The Susan Groce and Antonia Small exhibits will be on display from July 24 through Sept. 22. A free public reception for the artists will be held […]
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University of Maine community members are invited to attend the 2017 Mandela Washington Fellows Ignite Talks presentation July 24 at Hauck Auditorium. From 1-4 p.m., each of the 25 fellows will deliver a three- to-five-minute, TEDx-style presentation on a concept or topic. Subjects to be discussed include women’s empowerment, water quality and access, health systems […]
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