Campus Announcements

UMaine photographer/videographer Patrick Wine wins a CASE Best of District I award

The Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District I, which represents the New England states, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces in Canada, has awarded Patrick Wine, a photographer/videographer with the University of Maine Division of Marketing and Communications, a Best in District I award in the Photography Category.   Wine, who has worked […]

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Mitchell Center to host talk on Maine Sustainability Hub Oct. 24

The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk titled “The Maine Sustainability Hub: Building a Sustainability Community at UMaine” at 3 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 24. Starting in spring 2021, a group of UMaine faculty and students began imagining a sustainability hub that would organize […]

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Third annual campuswide food drive to benefit Black Bear Exchange

A campuswide nonperishable food drive to benefit the University of Maine Black Bear Exchange food pantry will be held Nov. 1–Dec. 16, sponsored by UMaine Auxiliary Enterprises and the Green Campus Initiative.  Donation boxes will be located in the University Bookstore, Bear Necessities Fan Shop, Bear’s Den, Hilltop Market, in the Hilltop and York dining […]

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Acheson memorial service Oct. 27

A memorial service for University of Maine professor emeritus James Acheson, who held a joint appointment in the Anthropology Department and the School of Marine Sciences, will be held at 3 p.m., Oct. 27 in Buchanan Alumni House on campus. A reception will follow. Acheson passed away June 28 at the age of 84.  

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Hutchinson Center to host Going Green: Sustainability in Business workshop Oct. 21

Registration is open for an in-person professional development program, Going Green: Sustainability in Business. This online workshop, part of the University of Maine Hutchinson Center’s professional development program, will be held from 8:30 a.m–4:30 p.m. Oct. 21 at the Hutchinson Center in Belfast.  This workshop will help participants understand current business sustainability strategies and how […]

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UMaine RIBHPC hosts free, live webinar on trauma-informed primary care Oct. 21

The University of Maine Rural Integrated Behavioral Health in Primary Care (RIBHPC) training program is hosting a free, live webinar “Fostering Resilience & Recovery: Advancing Trauma-Informed Primary Care” on Friday, Oct. 21, 9–10:30 a.m.  Addressing trauma is now the expectation, not the exception, in primary care. Trauma-informed primary care settings can help establish more appropriate […]

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​​Maine Hunger Dialogue, Climate Action Summit in Augusta Oct. 21

University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Campus Compact will hold the two-day 2022 Maine Hunger Dialogue and Climate Action Summit starting at 9:30 a.m. Oct. 21–22 at the University of Maine at Augusta, Randall Student Center, 70 University Drive.  The “Maine Hunger Dialogue and Climate Action Summit: Safeguarding Food Systems from a Warming Planet” […]

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Funding available for projects that support agricultural well-being

The Maine Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network (FRSAN) is seeking applicants for Small Grants to Support Maine Agricultural Well-Being. The deadline to apply is Nov. 15. Applications are available online in English, Spanish and Haitian Creole. University of Maine Cooperative Extension manages the Maine FRSAN program, which is offered through the Maine Department of […]

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