The Maine Sheep Breeders Association and University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer sheep shearing schools in March and April. Four instructors will teach beginner sheep shearing from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 5 at Wolfe’s Neck Farm, 184 Burnett Road, Freeport. The $45 per person fee includes a shearing manual and lunch. […]
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Orono, Maine — More than 60 artists will take to the stage in the University of Maine School of Performing Arts production of the award-winning Broadway hit “Urinetown, The Musical,” Feb. 19–28. in Hauck Auditorium. The satirical comedy by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis is the story of a bureaucracy run amok when a water […]
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The University of Maine Department of Art will host two Maine-based artists in February as part of its Print Residency program. From Feb. 8–12, sculptor Anna Hepler and painter Meghan Brady will work in collaboration at UMaine. The artists are scheduled to give informal presentations on their art and processes at 9 a.m. and 12:30 […]
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The University of Maine Intermedia MFA program is accepting applications until Feb. 28 for the fall 2016 semester. The Intermedia MFA program provides students with advanced study and practice in interdisciplinary art. It is a studio-centered creative interdisciplinary program committed to research, experimental technological production, a well as the individually guided development and production of […]
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The Cohen Institute for Leadership & Public Service at the University of Maine will host a lecture on the 2016 presidential election on Feb. 11. L. Sandy Maisel, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Government at Colby College, will speak at 4 p.m. in Little Hall, Room 140, two days after the New Hampshire […]
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The University of Maine is partnering with the Orono Police Department to launch Heads Up, a pedestrian and crosswalk safety campaign. In 2015, the state experienced the highest number of pedestrian deaths in almost 20 years. On campus and in Orono, officials have received numerous complaints of “near misses” of pedestrians in crosswalks, as well […]
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UMaine’s Cutler Health Center has public health information online about two viruses in the news: seasonal influenza and Zika. For more information on the availability of a flu vaccine, UMaine community members can call 581.4000.
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The University of Maine Department of Art is accepting applications for the after-school ArtWorks! Program. As it has for more than 30 years, UMaine’s Art Education Program will offer the program for students in grades K–8. ArtWorks! provides children an opportunity to explore the world of art through hands-on experiences with a variety of visual […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension has published a new bulletin about creating new plants that covers seed production and storage, soil conditions, transplanting and dissemination by cuttings and divisions. “Plant Propagation in Maine” was edited and revised by David Sorensen, University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension educator emeritus, and Kate Garland, UMaine Extension horticulturist. For […]
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The University of Maine has named cross country and track athlete Jesse Orach of Gorham and women’s basketball player Sigi Koizar of Vienna, Austria the recipients of the 2016 “M” Club Dean Smith Awards. The awards are presented annually to the top male and female student-athlete with outstanding academic and athletic achievement along with citizenship […]
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