One dozen University of Maine students in the Parks, Recreation and Tourism program in the School of Forest Resources ditched the classroom for a camp on Mount Desert Island May 16–20. The intensive one-week course, now in its second year, provides students field experience and an opportunity to meet professionals working in the parks, recreation […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension has released the second installment of “Growing Maine,” a series of short documentaries highlighting Maine food producers and farm families. The second video in the series tells the story of Doreen and John Simmons of Stoneheart Farm in South Paris, and two invaluable members of their farm family — border […]
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Register by June 1 for the Natural Science Illustration Workshop held July 11–15 at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole. The workshop is for people who want to illustrate a natural history journal with sketches or watercolor, hone skills and talents to create scientifically accurate drawings, or plan to bring art and […]
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The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has upgraded to the university’s new website template. The University of Maine Diversity Leadership Institute, Maine Food and Agriculture Center, Leadership Studies, Peer Relations Lab and Leslie Lab: Marine Conservation Science also recently upgraded. The new umaine.edu and related pages debuted in summer 2015. For more information on […]
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The University of Maine will host a competition for the Bangor region class of the Top Gun Entrepreneurial Accelerator May 18 at Seasons Restaurant in Bangor. Over the past three months, eight entrepreneurial teams from the area have been meeting with mentors and experts to develop their business and practice their “elevator pitch.” At the […]
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Henry Pogorzelski, a well-known University of Maine professor and mathematician, will be laid to rest during a ceremony on Tuesday, May 17, according to the Bangor Daily News. Pogorzelski, a professor and founder of the Research Institute for Mathematics, died Dec. 30 at a Bangor hospital. The 93-year-old, who was better known by students and […]
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A day after winning the America East Championship, the University of Maine softball team (28-19) was selected to play in the NCAA Regional in Athens, Georgia. UMaine will face the 16th-seeded host Georgia Bulldogs (40-17) at 3:30 p.m. Friday, May 20. The game will be shown live on ESPN3. Oklahoma State (29-24) and Northwestern (26-26) […]
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Chris Davis, executive director of the Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center, will instruct an “Applied Methods in Shellfish Farming Workshop” June 20–24 at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole. The intensive, hands-on workshop is intended to familiarize participants with practical methods used to cultivate commercially important bivalve molluscs, including oysters, mussels, clams and […]
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Samuel Borer, a double major in physics and mathematics at the University of Maine, has entered Xploration Station’s Student Astronaut Contest. Borer submitted a three-minute video explaining why he believes space exploration is important and why he should be selected to appear on “Xploration Station,” a television show on FOX that aims to excite viewers […]
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The University of Maine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center will offer free facility tours and equipment orientations May 16–20. UMaine community members are invited to visit the Rec Center throughout the week to meet with personal trainers who will lead 30-minute tours of the facility, including time for demonstrations on the cardio and weight equipment. […]
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