The Baroque Orchestra of Maine (BOOM) will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, at Minsky Recital Hall at the University of Maine. This is a “Closer to Home” concert — featuring two musicians who live and teach in Maine — in the John I. and Elizabeth E. Patches Chamber Music Series. In 2010, violinist […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension is seeking volunteers for its Eat Well program in Hancock County. Fifteen hours of hands-on training are scheduled 1–4 p.m. Thursdays, Nov. 5, 12 and 19; and Dec. 3 and 10 at the UMaine Extension office, 63 Boggy Brook Road, Ellsworth. Participants will be trained to teach others about food […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H in Hancock County is holding a 4-H Awareness Day 10 a.m.– 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17 at Tractor Supply Co., 461 High St., Ellsworth. The day will include science activities, horse and pony rides, and displays with food for sale from area 4-H clubs and groups. For more information […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry are co-sponsoring three fall workshops for new and future small-scale meat and egg producers. UMaine Extension educator Donna Coffin and assistant state veterinarian Beth McEvoy will cover poultry breeds, housing, health and nutrition for backyard meat and egg producers. Workshops are […]
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Mount Desert Islander reported Renee Kelly, director of economic development initiatives and co-director of the Foster Center for Student Innovation, was part of a panel discussion at the “Creating a Culture of Innovation” conference in Bar Harbor. The event was presented by the Maine Center for Creativity and The Jackson Laboratory in association with the […]
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https://youtu.be/aBgAB-kVDrs Transcript Chuck Donnelly, CEO of RockStep Solutions in Bar Harbor, Maine, has a software product that could potentially transform the way scientists and companies conduct their research. With CLIMB, the Cloud Information Management Bundle, organizations like pharmaceutical companies and university laboratories can immediately access their data anywhere in the world with a mobile device. […]
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Acadia Harvest Inc., a startup business housed at the University of Maine’s Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research (CCAR) in Franklin, was included in the Huffington Post blog article, “As Maine’s waters warm, a seafood investor fosters climate resiliency.” Coastal Enterprises Inc. (CEI), a nonprofit community development lender based in Wiscasset, has provided capital for a […]
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The University of Maine, in partnership with the Maine Technology Institute, is building a startup seed accelerator for Maine entrepreneurs. The pilot program, called Scratchpad Accelerator, starts Aug. 31 in Bangor. Scratchpad Accelerator will work with up to four high-potential, high-growth entrepreneurial teams to validate their customer base, value proposition and business model. The selected […]
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Paul Mayewski, director of the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, was included in WABI-TV5 coverage of the Maine Chapter of the Fulbright Association’s presentations on the Arctic and climate change in Castine. “We are already experiencing great change and that great change affects our health and our wealth,” said Mayewski. His talk was titled: […]
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Aquaculture Magazine published an article about Acadia Harvest, a commercial land-based, indoor fish farm, that’s partnering with the University of Maine and its Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research on an $8 million project to raise black sea bass and California yellowtail. “Ninety percent of our seafood today is imported. We’d like to change that. We […]
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