The Franco American Studies program at the University of Maine will host its fifth annual retreat of Franco-American writers and artists April 22–24 at the Darling Marine Center in Walpole. More than 30 attendees from New England, Quebec and New Brunswick are expected to attend. The event aims to gather members of the Franco-American creative […]
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University of Maine doctoral student Skylar Bayer and oceanographer Bob Steneck will deliver TEDx talks at separate events in May. Bayer, based at the Darling Marine Center in Walpole, will take the stage at TEDxPiscataquaRiver “On the Edge” on Friday, May 6, at 3S Artspace in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Bayer, a doctoral candidate in marine […]
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With spring’s arrival, University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering farm and tractor safety classes in cooperation with equipment dealers throughout the state. Originally designed for teenagers to learn how to operate farm equipment as part of their employment, the program now includes instruction for beginning farmers and new tractor owners who want to learn […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer multiple training sessions to those interested in identifying and recording seasonal changes in their communities in support of understanding Maine’s changing climate. Volunteers of all ages are invited to become citizen scientists through trainings offered around the state between now and the end of June. New this year, […]
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Registration is open for TORCH (Training for Observation and Research of Coastal Habitats), a workshop sponsored by the University of Maine Darling Marine Center, Maine Coastal Observing Alliance and Damariscotta River Association. The coastal and estuarine monitoring program will be held 8 a.m.–6 p.m. Sunday, April 10 at the Darling Marine Center in Walpole. The […]
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Why UMaine? What made you realize this was the place for you? Like many, although we’re forced to make a decision, I had no idea what to do when I finished high school. I was offered a scholarship at Johnson & Wales in Denver to pursue culinary arts, but it turns out that cooking for […]
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The Maine Center for Research in STEM Education (RiSE Center) at the University of Maine has been awarded more than $1.9 million from the National Science Foundation to create a model NSF Teaching Fellowship Program to improve STEM teacher recruitment, preparation, professional development and retention in rural high-need schools. This grant builds on the infrastructure […]
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For some, a picture is worth a thousand words. For Jesica Waller, it’s worth $500, the opportunity to introduce people to her research through beautiful art and to be published in “Popular Science” magazine. Her photograph of a 3-week-old American lobster won the People’s Choice Award and its accompanying cash prize in the Vizzies, a […]
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The University of Maine recognized 2,216 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the fall 2015 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s List, 1,665 are from Maine, 468 are from 30 other states and 83 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 marine scientists will participate in a presentation about water quality trends in local estuaries 5:30–6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14 at Damariscotta River Association’s Round Top Farm, 3 Round Top Lane, Damariscotta. Darling Marine Center oceanographer Larry Mayer and researcher Kathleen Thornton will show how water is sampled and tested as well as […]
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