Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention Substance Abuse Prevention Services will hold four regional meetings across the state to engage communities and higher education institutions in exploring collaboration in drug prevention efforts. The two-hour meetings will be opportunities to talk about the needs and resources regarding alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention in communities […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension series “From Scratch: Your Maine Kitchen” concludes with a workshop about cooking with beer from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 19, at the UMaine Extension Cumberland County office, 75 Clearwater Drive, Falmouth. Extension educator Kathy Savoie and food preservation community education assistant Kate McCarty will lead the workshop. […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Grass Farmers Network (MGFN) will host the 12th annual Maine Grazing Conference 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Saturday, March 19 at Kennebec Valley Community College’s Alfond Campus, Route 201 N/Skowhegan Road, Hinckley. Keynote speaker Sarah Flack, whose new book “The Art and Science of Grazing” will be available this […]
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Registration is open for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s annual Maine Grain Conference, to be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, at Northern Maine Community College, 33 Edgemont Drive, Presque Isle. Post-harvest handling is the theme of the conference designed for farmers, crop advisers and others involved in the agricultural […]
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Over the past couple of weeks, several University of Maine centers and programs have upgraded to the university’s new website template. Newly launched websites include: Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies Levesque Lab Howell Biointerface and Biomimetics Lab Aroostook Farm Blueberry Hill Farm Roger Clapp Greenhouses & Littlefield Garden Highmoor Farm Rogers Farm J. […]
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The Penobscot County Conservation Association (PCCA) of Brewer, Maine will be sponsoring its 78th Eastern Maine Sportsmen’s Show March 11–13 at the Memorial Gym and Field House. The show will include over 120 exhibitors of canoes, fishing and fly-tying equipment, hunting dogs, taxidermy, boat and marine supplies, outdoor wear, archery, camping, backpacking, ATV’s and other […]
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University of Maine marine scientists shared their research findings at the 2016 Ocean Sciences Meeting last week in New Orleans at the same time a tornado and hail battered the Big Easy, which, on average, is 6 feet below sea level. Heather Leslie, director of the UMaine Darling Marine Center, said nearly 4,000 participants were […]
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A professor at the University of Maine and a postdoctoral researcher at The Jackson Laboratory have been awarded a fellowship geared at promoting active learning techniques to improve biology education. Michelle Smith, an assistant professor in UMaine’s School of Biology and Ecology, and Christopher Baker, a genetics researcher at The Jackson Laboratory, earned a Promoting […]
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University of Maine Professor of Higher Education Elizabeth Allan this week will lead the second of two free webinars on hazing prevention, sponsored by the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Healthy Students. A December webinar led by Allan featured a […]
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Rebecca Schwartz-Mette, assistant professor of psychology, and two Ph.D. students in clinical psychology — Melissa Jankowski and Hannah Lawrence — attended the SIENA Winter School in Zurich, Switzerland, a four-day course in longitudinal social network analysis. The advanced statistical approach can be used to examine peer influence within social networks. A UMaine Regular Faculty Research […]
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