Three University of Maine marine science students authored an article about developing camaraderie and job skills in “Oceanography” magazine. Doctoral candidates Karen Stamieszkin, Melissa A. May and Alison Chase wrote about their experience creating the Marine Science Professional Development Club (MSPDC) and planning three student retreats at the seaside Darling Marine Center in Walpole. “Indeed, […]
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About 80 cadets in the University of Maine Army ROTC program will take part in a field training exercise April 15–17 at the Maine National Guard Plymouth Area Training Site in Plymouth. The three-day, two-night training is designed to test the cadets’ resiliency, critical thinking and leadership skills, which are practiced and developed through cadet-led […]
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The 22nd annual HOPE Festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 23 at the University of Maine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center. With a theme of “Creating the Future: Art and Social Change,” this year’s event will focus on creativity — storytelling, art, poetry, puppets, sculpture and film — with […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Somerset County Soil and Water Conservation District will offer a no-till corn planter clinic 10 a.m.–noon Friday, April 22, at Hewett’s Farm, 678 East River Road, Skowhegan. With many Maine dairy farmers reaping the environmental and economic benefits of switching to no-till corn planting, it is critical […]
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A bus accident with multiple injuries will be the focus of a disaster simulation April 27 at the the University of Maine for students in the School of Nursing and University Volunteer Ambulance Corps (UVAC). The event, from 1–4 p.m. on campus, will feature a simulated bus accident and 31 actors with a range of […]
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University of Maine graduate students and faculty will make more than 60 presentations about emerging climate change research on topics from lobsters to deer ticks at the 24th annual Harold W. Borns Jr. Symposium on April 14–15, in Stodder Hall. The symposium namesake, Professor Emeritus Harold “Hal” Borns, founded the Climate Change Institute at UMaine […]
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Reference Services at Fogler Library has created an online guide for anyone preparing posters, presentations or papers for conferences. The tool may be particularly helpful to students participating in the 2016 UMaine Graduate and Undergraduate Student Research Symposium on April 27 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor.
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The Department of Sociology and Office of Multicultural Student Life are among the latest programs to upgrade to the university’s new website template. The Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research and Newman Center also recently upgraded. The new umaine.edu and related pages debuted in summer 2015. For more information on the UMaine website conversion, contact Mike […]
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University of Maine students can enjoy authentic cuisine from France, Regional Italy and the Mediterranean at three on-campus dining locations during UMaine Dining’s Taste of the World on Thursday, April 7. During the annual event, menus, decor and music at each dining facility — Hilltop Commons, York Commons and Wells Central — will spotlight a […]
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Undergraduate students from the School of Marine Sciences will present the research they conducted for their capstone projects on Thursday, April 7 in Wells Conference Center. Students prepared posters to explain their research, and will be available to answer questions from 3 to 5 p.m. An award ceremony will follow.
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