Jacquelyn Gill, assistant professor of paleoecology and plant ecology at the University of Maine, will appear in a new five-part PBS program on human evolution. Gill will be featured in the premiere episode “Americas,” airing 9 p.m. Wednesday, June 24. “First Peoples” is a global detective story that traces the arrival of the first Homo […]
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The Office of the Vice President for Research will be hosting an Aging Initiative Workshop, 9-11:30 a.m., June 22 in the McIntire Room, Buchanan Alumni House. Interested members of the UMaine community are strongly encouraged to participate. RSVP to Rowena Clukey, rowenac@maine.edu, if you are able to attend. Maine has the highest median age of […]
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Nominations are invited for the Maryann Hartman Awards for Maine Women of Achievement and the Maryann Hartman Young Women’s Social Justice Award. Each year since 1986, the Maryann Hartman Awards Ceremony has celebrated significant contributions of Maine women in a variety of fields. The awards are named after Maryann Hartman, a University of Maine associate […]
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Make liquid nitrogen ice cream and race rubber band boats at the University of Maine Physics Department’s fifth Science Summer Camps. Other camp activities include visiting the Emera Astronomy Center, building bridges, making kaleidoscopes, constructing bottle rockets and attending the Mainely Physics Roadshow. Each themed week of camp is designated for youth in one of […]
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The 3rd Annual Children’s Book Drive to benefit Literacy Volunteers will be held from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. June 23, at Briar Patch Book & Toy Store, 27 Central St., Bangor. The rain date is June 25. All proceeds and books collected will benefit Literacy Volunteers of Bangor, a program aimed to help adults […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H in Oxford County hosts its June Jamboree Livestock Clinic from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, June 13, and from 9 a.m. to noon Sunday, June 14, at Fryeburg Fairgrounds, 1154 Main St., Fryeburg. The clinic, for 4-H club members and leaders, offers sessions on sheering sheep, showing market […]
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The Maine Writing Project (MWP) led by Kenneth Martin in the College of Education and Human Development has received $10,000 for the second half of a two-year SEED Teacher Leadership Development Grant from the National Writing Project. MWP, founded in 1997, is one of almost 200 university-based organizations in the National Writing Project that support […]
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The University of Maine was recognized as one of the best colleges or universities for employers who want to hire high-quality engineering graduates. UMaine ranked fifth on College Recruiter’s list of the “Top 12 Hidden Gem Colleges for Employers Hiring Electrical and Communications Engineering Majors.” College Recruiter is the leading niche job board used by […]
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Tracy Vassiliev, a middle school science teacher at the James E. Doughty School in Bangor, and David Neivandt, a University of Maine professor, associate vice president for research and graduate studies, and director of the Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering, co-wrote Let Them Eat Cake … OE-Cake!, which was published in the April/May […]
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Enjoy the taste of summer fruits and vegetables all year long by taking the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Preserving the Harvest workshop 1–4 p.m. Wednesday, July 8, at the Franklin County UMaine Extension office, 138 Pleasant St., Farmington. UMaine Extension staff will lead the workshop, which will include hands-on, USDA-recommended food preservation methods, including […]
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