The schedule for tomorrow’s Maine Day has been updated: 8:15 a.m. – Parade The parade will be happening rain or shine. Groups are encouraged to dress up/design a float (on a trailer, in the back of a truck, just walking, etc) to fit in with the theme of Survivor/Castaway. There will be trophy prizes for […]
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Two Penobscot Marine Museum photography exhibits — “Lincoln County Through the Eastern Eye” and “Animal Tales” — are on display at the H. Allen and Sally Fernald Art Gallery at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast through June 30. The show is free and open to the public, 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m., Monday–Friday. “Animal […]
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The University of Maine Alumni Association has announced its 2022 Alumni Achievement Award winners. Award recipients include a medical products engineer who ramped up production during the pandemic and a former Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. The full list of honorees is on the Alumni Association website. Award recipients will be recognized […]
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Two University of Maine and two University of Maine at Machias students will receive $200 bookstore vouchers for participating in this spring’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Climate Survey, sponsored by the campus DEI Councils and the University of Maine System DEI Steering Committee. The four bookstore voucher winners, selected randomly from among all students who […]
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The 2022 Black BearTHON, the University of Maine’s annual charity dance-a-thon, will take place April 29 from 8 p.m.–midnight in the New Balance Student Recreation Center. Black BearTHON is a student-led organization that raises funds and awareness throughout the year for sick and injured kids treated at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center, a member […]
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University of Maine Early College has partnered with the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture to develop a Climate Change Online Career Pathway. The 15-credit Pathway consists of a set of core courses (nine credits) in geology, economics and English, and six credits of recommended electives. Climate Change joins a portfolio of 30 pathways […]
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Jacquelyn Gill, associate professor in the School of Biology and Ecology and the Climate Change Institute, and Kit Hamley, Ph.D. candidate in the Climate Change Institute, are co-authors on a research paper that was recently selected as the winner of the Ecological Society of America’s W.S. Cooper Award for a study of seabirds in the […]
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Allen and Sally Fernald of Camden, Maine have long been advocates for the University of Maine. Since graduating in 1954 and 1955, the owners and publishers of Down East Magazine have donated to various capital campaigns, sponsored art galleries and poetry readings, and led alumni groups and fundraising drives. In Episode 10 of Season 6 […]
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Registration is open for an innovative four-week college STEM research course for qualified high school students (rising 11th–12th grade), offered by the University of Maine, July 18–Aug. 11, at the UMaine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. Introduction to Integrated Science and Career Exploration (INT 188) will meet on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m.–1 p.m. […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a webinar for home gardeners about designing welcoming landscapes, noon–1:15 p.m. April 29. “Designing Welcoming Landscapes” will provide an overview of questions and considerations when evaluating a garden space, with specific examples of ways to make landscapes more fun, comfortable and safe for all ages. Clair Ackroyd, garden […]
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