A showcase of current research and creative projects in the humanities, “2020 Visions: The Humanities at UMaine,” will be held on Jan. 31 from 2–5 p.m. at the Buchanan Alumni House. The event, sponsored by the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center, is free and open to the public. “We want to make sure that […]
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The Maine Autism Institute for Education and Research will host a pair of two-day workshops in March and April for families, service providers and individuals with autism. The public is invited to the PEERS Friendship Boot Camps, led by Sarah Howorth and Deborah Rooks-Ellis, special education faculty members with the University of Maine College of […]
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Three Maine Science Festival Pop-Up Events are planned for January, ahead of the full festival March 18–22. Science on Tap Hits the Road: Fermentation Edition, 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23, Orchard Girls Cidery, 375 Main St., Kingfield. Jennifer Perry, University of Maine assistant professor of food microbiology, will give an overview of fermentation, and Orchard […]
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Blue mussels can change patterns of gene expression to make more proteins that help with heat stress and facilitate energy production. This ability makes wild blue mussels (genus Mytilus) somewhat resilient to higher ocean temperature, acidification and less food, says Sarah Kingston, a visiting professor in the School of Marine Sciences at the University of […]
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For generations, indigenous Wabanaki people hunted, caught fish, and harvested clams and oysters along the coast of what’s now called Maine. And they left behind middens — heaps of shells — that sometimes contain tools, ceramic shards and bones of animals. Alice Kelley and Bonnie Newsom are in a race against time and tides to […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension has been awarded $38,764 by a one-year State of Maine Department of Environmental Protection Waste Diversion Grant to develop a statewide pilot program to recycle agricultural greenhouse plastic. The grant proposes that a voluntary recycling program can achieve a high percentage of grower participation, and affordably divert and recycle a […]
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Maddy Jackson’s Saturday morning routine as a young girl included Cap’n Crunch and “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends.” “As an only child, I had lots of imaginary friends,” says the University of Maine senior from Hermon, Maine. “It’s such a silly cartoon. But it inspired my imagination and creativity. It sticks with me.” Elizabeth “Liz” […]
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Graduate students in the Master of Science in Human Development program at the University of Maine have created a business plan for a recovery café at the Bangor Area Recovery Network (BARN). BARN is a nonprofit community recovery center that offers support services to people in addiction recovery and others affected by alcohol or drug […]
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The 2020 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Celebration will be held on Jan. 20 at the University of Maine, co-sponsored by the Greater Bangor Area Branch NAACP and the UMaine Division of Student Life. Doors open at 8 a.m. in Wells Conference Center; the two-hour event begins at 8:30 a.m. Tickets are $20 per […]
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Students, faculty and staff are invited to visit with licensed therapy dogs on the first floor of Fogler Library from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11, Thursday, Dec. 12 and Monday, Dec. 16.
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