The University of Maine’s Campuses for Environmental Stewardship groups will present student service-learning projects from 3–5:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10 in the Hill Auditorium, Barrows Hall. Students, faculty and community members will be in attendance. Projects to be discussed include: The Penobscot River dam removal and restoration, and building sustainable energy communities by providing low-cost […]
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Josette Babineau, head coach of the University of Maine field hockey team, has been named the 2015 Northeast Region Coach of the Year by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA). Under Babineau, UMaine set a school record for most wins in a season with 19. The team also reached the America East Conference Championship […]
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The Intensive English Institute, Counseling Center and the Undergraduate Program Curriculum Committee are among the latest programs to upgrade to the university’s new website template. The new umaine.edu and related pages debuted in late August. For more information on the UMaine website conversion, contact Mike Kirby at mike.kirby@maine.edu or 581.3744.
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The University of Maine’s fraternity Alpha Tau Omega is hosting its 5th annual Blue and Gold Christmas, a competition-based philanthropy event that collects toys, clothing items, books, nonperishable food and monetary donations for Crossroads Ministries, a resource center in Old Town, Maine that assists low-income families facing food insecurity and homelessness. “We wanted to make […]
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Jan. 15 is the deadline to apply for University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers program training in Androscoggin, Sagadahoc and Oxford counties. The 14-week training will be held 1–4 p.m. Thursdays from Feb. 25 to May 26, at the UMaine Extension office, 24 Main St., Lisbon Falls. The program provides participants with at […]
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https://youtu.be/eEaSZmurmoA Transcript One of the most advanced marine fish hatcheries in the country is the University of Maine’s Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research (CCAR). Located on Taunton Bay in Franklin, Maine, CCAR’s extensive facilities house aquatic hatcheries, with warm and cold water fish populations (brood stock). The center hosts several aquaculture business incubators, where entrepreneurs […]
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The University of Maine German Club — Deutscher Verein — will hold its annual traditional Weihnachtsmarkt, or Christmas market, at the University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12. Holiday treats — including cookies, stollen (holiday bread) and Gluhwein (alcohol-free mulled wine) — and traditional […]
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Computer science students at the University of Maine will showcase original games they have created on Thursday, Dec. 10. Two video game exhibitions will be held in the Soderberg Center of Jenness Hall on the UMaine campus. The events are free and open to the public. The first exhibition will run from 8 to 9:15 […]
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The University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor will host a Winter Art Factory from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5. The art-making event will include several stations for wrapping, creating ornaments and other seasonal projects. The family-friendly workshop is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Kat […]
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History graduate student Edward Andrew Kobylarz digitized and transcribed a wide selection of documents from the Paul W. Bean Collection as a part of a summer internship in Fogler Library’s Special Collections Department. Color scans and searchable text allow researchers a new way to access letters, pamphlets and other documents that provide a glimpse of […]
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