UMaine Student-Run Greenhouse Growing Greens for Campus Dining Halls
UMaine student-run greenhouse growing greens for campus dining halls
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Channel 5 Features UMaine School Counseling Program
University of Maine assistant professor of counselor education Dennis Lin was interviewed for a Channel 5 (WABI) news report on a peer counseling program at UMaine, which trains students at the Piscataquis Community Secondary School and the Blue Hill Harbor School to learn about and employ counseling skills to help fellow students deal with troubling […]
Read morePlanetarium Show on Mayan Calendar Featured
A Bangor Daily News article about the debate over whether the world will end Dec. 21, 2012, as some infer from the ancient Mayan calendar, included comments from UMaine Maynard F. Jordan Planetarium Director Alan Davenport, who is presenting “2012: Prophecies of the Maya” at 7 p.m., Friday nights through Dec. 14. Several people who […]
Read moreHudson Museum Tour, Mayan Calendar Talk
The Bangor Foreign Policy Forum is presenting “Mexico, the Maya, and the End of Time?” a free public talk by speaker Angela Thompson, assistant professor of history at East Carolina University, at 2:45 p.m., Monday, Dec. 17 in the Bodwell Lounge of the Collins Center for the Arts. Thompson, who once taught at UMaine, will […]
Read moreUMaine Experts Offer Holiday Seasonal Advice
University of Maine specialists are available with consumer advice and ideas on a variety of holiday-related issues and activities, as plans are made for end-of-the-year gift giving, celebrations and seasonal decorations. Leslie Forstadt, UMaine Cooperative Extension child and family development specialist, is available at 207.581.3487 in Orono to discuss alternative gift giving when budgets are […]
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Statewide Photo Contest Will Highlight the Finest Poultry Coops
Statewide photo contest will highlight the finest poultry coops.
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2012 Maine Indian Basketmakers Sale, Demonstration Dec. 8
UMaine event features Maine Indian culture, tradition and basketmaking.
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Murray Hall Honeybee Colony Offers Important Biological Lessons
Honeybee colony offers important biological lessons.
Read moreAnnual UMaine Bookstore Ornaments Available
The University Bookstore at UMaine has selected the Orono Student Nurses’ Association (OSNA) as the 2012 recipient of proceeds from the annual commemorative holiday ornament sale. OSNA is a pre-professional organization for nursing students at UMaine that offers a strong mentorship program essential in the progression from a student to a professional nurse, according to […]
Read moreNational Food Writer to Speak on Decline of the Tomato
Author and award-winning national food writer Barry Estabrook will give a free public presentation on how modern industrial agriculture “has ruined the tomato in all ways — gastronomic, environmental and in terms of labor abuse” at 2:15 p.m., Friday, Dec. 7, in 100 Corbett Business Building. The talk is part of the seminar series of […]
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