“Ticks in Maine” is the topic of a free University of Maine Cooperative Extension webinar 1–2:30 p.m. Thursday, June 25. Griffin Dill and Dr. Beatrice Szantyr will lead the webinar. Dill manages the Tick Lab of the Cooperative Extension Diagnostic and Research Laboratory and coordinates the Integrated Tick Management Program, including the tick identification and […]
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Maine’s higher education leaders have collaborated on a statement of principles for safely reopening their campuses this fall that summarizes the $4.5 billion impact and essential functions of the state’s 38 colleges and universities. The Framework for Reopening Maine’s Colleges and Universities in Fall 2020 includes strategies and practices that can be implemented in partnership […]
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An online workshop series for educators, “Service Learning/Community-Based Learning: Making It Work for Your Students, Your Community, Your University,” will be offered in July to University of Maine System faculty members and graduate students. Linda Silka, Senior Fellow at UMaine’s George Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions; Lois-Ann Kuntz, associate professor of psychology at the University […]
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University of Maine Raymond H. Fogler Library will host a free webinar about managing personal finances during the COVID-19 pandemic 1–2 p.m. Tuesday, June 16. Topics will include starting a budget, understanding financial literacy and the effect of the pandemic on retirement planning. A question-and-answer session will follow the presentations. The webinar will feature presentations […]
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News Center Maine and other area television stations covered a community gathering May 31 to protest the death of George Floyd and racism in the U.S. The event was held at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King Memorial Plaza at the University of Maine. Floyd died in police custody May 25 […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot highlighted the help University of Maine Cooperative Extension faculty provided the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry in authorizing 90-day grants of inspection to three Maine-based custom slaughter operations through its Maine Meat and Poultry Inspection program. The department granted temporary authorizations to Hatch’s Custom Meat Cutting, Crystal, Watson’s Custom […]
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Philip Edelman, University of Maine assistant professor of music education in the Division of Music in the School of Performing Arts, has been named co-recipient of the Music Educator of the Year award at a virtual ceremony hosted last week by the Maine Music Educators Association (MMEA). The other co-recipient of the Music Educator of […]
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“The Bog Walker’s Companion: A Guide to the Orono Bog Boardwalk” has been published by the University of Maine Press. The 166-page book, edited by Jerry Longcore, James Bird and Robert Klose, features 22 essays covering the following topics: Ice-age origins of the Caribou Bog and the global carbon cycle; ecology; hydrology; fungi; lichens; mosses; […]
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University of Maine students Nolan Altvater, Hailey Cedor, Nola Prevost and Katherine Reardon have been named the fall 2020–spring 2021 Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center (MHC) undergraduate fellows. Fellows receive $4,000 a semester for two consecutive semesters while they work on their chosen humanities projects and serve as humanities ambassadors to peers, the campus […]
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A University of Maine researcher and six graduate students are helping Maine state officials estimate the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. Andrew Crawley, an assistant professor of regional economic development with the UMaine School of Economics, and his students are working with the State Economist’s Office to develop forecasts for how much COVID-19 will […]
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