The University of Maine Club Softball Team will compete in the 2023 National Club Softball Association World Series, which will be held May 18–21 in Columbus, Georgia. The Black Bears, led by club President Haley Clemons of West Newbury, Massachusetts, will enter the conference with an overall 18–0 record this season, which includes a 15–0 […]
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The University of Maine Institute of Medicine has awarded summer fellowships to nine graduate students to support their research in health science and biomedicine. The fellowships, which include up to $6,000 for a stipend, one graduate credit and health insurance, will allow graduate students to conduct their research full time during the summer months alongside […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host a Field Day from 10 a.m.–noon on Saturday, June 10 at the UMaine Gardens at Tidewater Farm, 200 Presumpscot Point Road, Falmouth. Come experience the gardens at Tidewater Farm, learn about UMaine Extension’s work, ask gardening questions and participate in hands-on demonstrations with Extension staff and Master Gardener […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteer program’s interactive plant sales map has been updated just in time for planting season. The “2023 Spring Plant Sale Fundraisers in Maine” map allows users to search for plant sales throughout the state by location, date or name in alphabetical order.The listings also include garden tours. […]
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The Maine Department of Education and Educate Maine announced the 2023 County Teachers of the Year at a ceremony in the Hall of Flags at the Maine state capitol this week. Among the 16 members of the 2023 class were five teachers with degrees from the University of Maine or the University of Maine at […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension has released new resources and practical information for home gardeners getting ready for the 2023 growing season. New featured articles and videos include pruning forsythia and lilac bushes, information about the browntail moth mitigation fund and a new 2023 map of plant sales and garden tours. May is also the […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a new series of online workshops about preserving Maine foods throughout the summer and fall. The first in the series, Canning Low-Sugar Jams and Jellies, will be held from 1–1:45 p.m. June 8. Additional topics for webinars in the “Preserving the Maine Harvest” series will include canning, freezing, […]
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The Professional Employees Advisory Council (PEAC) is soliciting the University of Maine community for nominations for this year’s Outstanding Professional Employee Award, given to a professional employee whose actions and achievements go beyond normal work responsibilities and have provided outstanding service to their field, the university and the community. A professional employee must be nominated […]
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Noah Charney, assistant professor of conservation biology at the University of Maine, authored a new book titled “These Trees Tell a Story: The Art of Reading Landscapes” that will be published on May 16 by Yale University Press. Framed by a series of interactive field walks through ten New England ecosystems, “These Trees Tell a […]
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The University of Maine’s Center for Research on Sustainable Forests (CRSF) will host the final event of its 2022–23 Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) Research Forests Webinar and Field Tour series on May 10 and 12. The program theme will be Climate & Carbon Friendly Forest Management, with panelists from the AMC’s research team: David Publicover, […]
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