In recognition of National Public Health Week, the Maine Public Health Association will host a day-long, virtual workshop titled “Equity and Ethics in Public Health Research and Evaluation” from 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 6 via Zoom. The University of Maine Institute of Medicine is one of the event sponsors. Register online for this […]
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The University of Maine Collins Center for the Arts will host a Maine Indie Music Showcase, featuring four Maine-based bands, at 8 p.m. April 15. The event will include performances by headliner GoldenOak, a folk-inspired band with music rooted in the natural landscape; Gnocchi, a rock band from Orono; Midnight Breakfast, an indie-soul sextet; and […]
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The University Volunteer Ambulance Corps (UVAC) will host an open house event on April 10 from 8 a.m.–1 p.m. at UVAC’s bay in the Cutler Health Building. The event will mark the arrival and installation of new equipment, including a donated wireless router, safety equipment and software that will be installed in an ambulance. This […]
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The 2023 Annual UMaine Student Symposium for Research and Creative Activity will be held on Friday, April 14, from 9 a.m.–3 p.m. at the Collins Center for the Arts. The event will showcase the research and creative work being done by University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias graduate and undergraduate students across […]
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Established in 1935, the University of Maine Honors College is one of the oldest continuously running honors programs in the U.S. Its students, who are among the top undergraduates at UMaine, explore texts, ideas, the arts and current events through an interdisciplinary lens in an academically rigorous environment. Their class sizes are small and emphasize […]
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Fogler Library and Office of the Vice President for Research will host the online Research Impact Challenge from April 10–14. This online, asynchronous program is open to all, with particular relevance for faculty, staff and graduate students. Each day for five days, participants will receive an email with tasks designed to build and curate scholarly […]
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The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders is hosting a public presentation of the film “The House We Lived In,” with a post-screening talk and Q&A with the filmmaker Tim O’Donnell and his father. A decade in the making, O’Donnell confronts family, memory and addiction as he chronicles his father’s journey to recover lost memories […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a webinar for home gardeners on growing unique fruits in Maine from 6–7:15 p.m. on April 11. Join orchardist and nurseryman Jesse Stevens for Beyond the Apple: Growing Unique Fruit in Maine, a webinar focused on lesser known perennial and woody crops. For 15 years, Stevens has been […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk, “Rural Maine Feels the Heat,” on Monday, April 10 at 3 p.m. Speaker Brian McGill, professor at the Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions and the School of Biology and Ecology at the University of Maine, will present […]
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The Maine Food Waste Solutions Summit, Maine’s annual food waste education event, is scheduled for Friday, April 14, from 10 a.m.–noon via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. Food waste has economic, social, environmental and climate impacts. Nearly 40% of food produced in the U.S. is never eaten, […]
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