The University of Maine’s sixth annual March Against Domestic Violence will begin at noon Wednesday, Oct. 2 on the Mall in front of Fogler Library. The Maine Business School (MBS) Corps sponsors the march. Partners are Title IX Student Services, Student Life, UMaine Athletics, UMaine Army ROTC, Rising Tide Center, Partners for Peace, and other […]
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WABI (Channel 5) spoke with Seanna Annis, associate professor of mycology at the University of Maine, for a report on the annual Fall Fest at Hirundo Wildlife Refuge in Old Town. On Sept. 21 and 22, the refuge offered a variety of activities to celebrate the season, including a fungi foraging workshop that aimed to […]
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NOAA National Sea Grant Program awarded $16 million for 42 projects nationwide that comprise the 2019 Sea Grant National Aquaculture Initiative. Maine Sea Grant, researchers at the University of Maine, other institutions, and partner organizations received $1.6 million to lead four of the projects in collaboration with aquaculture industry, management and community partners. Maine Sea […]
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Rachel Hobbs and J. Andrew Cormier spent their summers as interns at the Challenger Learning Center of Maine in Bangor, working with youth in STEM-focused summer camp programs with the hope of encouraging campers to aspire to higher education and careers in these fields. Hobbs, of Presque Isle, Maine, is a fifth-year secondary education major […]
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With the launch of the Maine State Library’s Reciprocal Borrowing Program, University of Maine faculty, staff and students may now use their MaineCards at nearly 70 libraries throughout Maine. The Maine Reciprocal Borrowing Program allows library users with a valid library card from one participating library to visit another participating library to check out materials […]
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In celebration of Maine’s upcoming bicentennial, more than 50 works that share a strong connection to — and/or vision of — the state will be featured in the exhibition, “Framing Maine: Artists’ Perspectives on Place,” running Oct. 4 to Nov. 15 in Lord Hall Gallery at the University of Maine. In a wide range of […]
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The University of Maine Graduate and Professional Center, or the Maine Center, has launched a podcast series devoted to complex and emerging issues in law, business and policy. “The Greater Good” features Maine Center-affiliated students, alumni, faculty and community guests. Each week, experts explore how law, business and policy contribute to the greater good of […]
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Skowhegan natives E. James “Jim” Ferland and Eileen P. Ferland are the formerly anonymous donors whose $10 million investment will help construct the Engineering Education and Design Center at the University of Maine. The new facility will be named in honor of the couple. The announcement was made by University of Maine Foundation president and […]
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University of Maine and town of Orono community members are encouraged to participate in an annual contest to become the “most outdoorsy” campus community in the country. The Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education (AORE) Campus Challenge allows more than 100 communities nationwide to go head-to-head in the most outdoor activities completed from Sept. 16 […]
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The Maine Sea Grant College Program and University of Maine scientists Rick Wahle and Damian Brady are project leaders in the $2 million Sea Grant American Lobster Initiative from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and National Sea Grant to understand physical and chemical changes affecting American lobster in the Gulf of Maine. The initiative […]
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