UMaine Facilities Management weekly update as follows: New Balance Student Recreation Center walkway repairs have been expanded and work resumes this week. Softball field construction and upgrade continue. Construction/renovation work on Holmes and Coburn halls continues, including removal of ledge. Hauck Plaza work will wrap up over the next few weeks. Memorial Union Marketplace southeast entrance repairs have been completed. […]
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Residents of the Bangor area and beyond can learn how to make their energy use more economical and renewable at the Orono Energy Efficiency Fair 9 a.m.–3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 22 at Wells Conference Center. The fair, hosted by the Town of Orono and UMaine’s Sustainability Office, will feature several lectures about different tools […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will hold a two-part workshop on building a high tunnel from 4–5:30 p.m. Oct. 17 and Oct. 24 at the Tidewater Farm demonstration gardens in Falmouth. This hands-on workshop will cover how to build a structurally sound high tunnel, including techniques for squaring your site, installing bows and baseboards and […]
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Katherine Allen, associate professor at the School of Earth and Climate Sciences and Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, was featured on the Maine Science Podcast’s latest episode. Allen discussed her research about the ocean, both in the geologic past and in the present. Allen was part of the introductory panel for the […]
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Continuing its dedication to providing local food to its visitors, University of Maine Dining announces that Portland-based Luke’s Lobster will be available at the Homecoming Black Bear football game in the concessions area. Luke’s Lobster will offer its Maine-style 4-ounce and 6-ounce lobster rolls, 8-ounce bowls of New England-style clam chowder along with chips and […]
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A book signing for “Just a Kid from Maine” will take place from 11 a.m.–noon Oct. 15 at the Bear Necessities Fan Shop. Authors Matt and Stephanie Mulligan will sign books and small football helmets.
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The Maine Business School (MBS) Corps at the University of Maine will host its ninth annual March Against Domestic Violence at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14 beginning at Stewart Quad. The march will occur along Long Road and the Mall and conclude at the Memorial Union. Also during the event, names of people killed in […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk about initiatives by the federal government to address climate change and environmental justice featuring David Cash, the New England regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), at 3 p.m. on Oct. 17. During his talk, titled […]
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In recent years, communities across Maine and the U.S. have discovered the presence of toxic chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, in their land and water. Also known as forever chemicals because they are difficult to destroy, PFAS have been incorporated in various products, including food containers, clothing, rugs, teflon pans, fabrics and […]
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The Mills Administration announced that Diane Rowland, dean of the University of Maine College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture, and Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station, is one of 15 individuals who will serve as members of the PFAS Fund Advisory Committee. The PFAS Fund Advisory Committee was assembled following the representation requirements described […]
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