Talks on adapting to climate change in forests and along coasts, creating a just and sustainable food future, restoring native alewife populations, and financing upgrades to wastewater infrastructure will all be part of the 2019 Maine Sustainability & Water Conference on March 28 at the Augusta Civic Center. The conference includes 14 concurrent sessions, a […]
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John Bear Mitchell presented “Notes From Home: A Penobscot Journey Through Maine History” on March 15 at Colby College. Mitchell, a citizen of Penobscot Nation from Indian Island, is a lecturer of Wabanaki studies and multicultural studies at the University of Maine and coordinator of the University of Maine System Office Native American Waiver and […]
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The 2019 Maryann Hartman Awards ceremony will include presentation of two new honors this year — the Sharon Barker Student Activism Award for University of Maine students, and an award for a local high school essayist inspired by a Maine feminist. Recipients will be recognized at the Hartman Awards ceremony at 5:30 p.m. March 27 […]
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Registration is open for the Maine Statehood and Bicentennial Conference May 30–June 1 at the University of Maine. In July 1819, a majority of voters in the District of Maine chose to separate from Massachusetts. Maine became the 23rd state in the nation in March 1820. Conference organizers see the bicentennial as an opportunity to […]
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The University of Maine recognized 2,388 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the fall 2018 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s List, 1,666 are from Maine, 669 are from 34 other states and 53 are from 25 countries other than the U.S. Listed below are students who received Dean’s List honors for […]
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University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias marine experts will give a 90-minute briefing to the 129th Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Marine Resources during its Jan. 17 meeting that begins at 1 p.m. The intent of the briefing is to provide an overview of the expertise and resources UMaine and UMM have […]
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Weather-based crop management tools are a strategy farmers can use to increase resilience to extreme weather. Farmers and service providers are invited to five sessions about using weather-based tools 9 a.m.–3 p.m. Jan. 17 at the Augusta Civic Center, Howard Room. The free sessions, to be held during the Maine Agricultural Trades Show, are sponsored […]
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Agriculture producers and service providers are invited to a free session noon–3 p.m. Jan. 17 at the Augusta Civic Center, Arnold Room, to discuss building agricultural leadership capacity in Maine during the 2019 Maine Agricultural Trades Show. The purpose of the initial meeting is to develop a framework that supports producers and service providers in […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will hold a strawberry school for commercial growers 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Jan. 17 at the Augusta Civic Center, during the 2019 Maine Agricultural Trades Show. Topics include basic site requirements, site preparation, plant selection, care of young plants, nutrient management, pest management and business management. The $25 per person fee […]
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The William S. Cohen Institute for Leadership & Public Service at the University of Maine will offer a new internship program for undergraduate students beginning in spring 2019. The internship will be with The Cohen Group in Washington, D.C. The Cohen Group was formed by former Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen to help enterprises […]
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