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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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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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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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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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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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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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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