The University of Maine Museum of Art has announced its fall exhibitions, running Sept. 13 through Dec. 21. “Way Stations” features new abstract paintings by New York-based artist Joan Belmar. Spherical forms, often filled with transparent textural passages, populate Belmar’s compositions and are combined with segmented lines, dots and portal-like constructions. “Circles represent the infinite,” […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers program will host its annual Field Day 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Sept. 7 at Rogers Farm demonstration garden in Old Town. Activities include workshops, a new backyard hops demonstration garden, botanical crafts, Maine-grown melon taste tests, a book walk, expert tips on growing peppers and butterfly gardens, […]
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Tyler-Ann Harris of Indian Island, Maine had the chance this summer to work with the International Rescue Committee in Sacramento, California as a Volunteer Coordination and In-Kind Donation Intern. “I have a passion for working with systems, particularly systems that are based in human sciences. Having a career of getting to make positive, lasting changes […]
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In 2018, Patrick Pittis was eager to land a job in the entertainment industry after earning a graduate degree in Writing and Producing for TV at Loyola Marymount University. He did. As an usher at a movie theater. The pay was good. And between cleaning seats and trash cans, he got to watch films for […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will hold a mechanical weed control field day 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Sept. 12 at Rogers Farm in Old Town. Designed for farmers, crop advisers and others in the agricultural community, this hands-on event will feature tool demonstrations and research results for vegetable and field crop production from local, national and […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a 40-hour basic mediation training beginning 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Sept. 23 at the University of Maine, 1 York Complex. The training continues at the same location Sept. 24–25 and Oct. 2–3. The hands-on, interactive training will include demonstrations, discussions, exercises, videos and role-play practice with mediation scenarios. Scheduled […]
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State-of-the-art geospatial data collection and modeling to assess, monitor and forecast the quality, health and value of Maine forestlands is the focus of a new NASA-funded project led by the University of Maine. The three-year project, funded by a nearly $750,000 NASA grant, is led by Parinaz Rahimzadeh, assistant professor of remote sensing of natural […]
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Three University of Maine Cooperative Extension staff members were recent guests on WGAN’s “Positively Maine” podcast — Hannah Carter, dean of UMaine Extension; Richard Brzozowski, food system program administrator; and Lani Carlson, Maine AgrAbility coordinator. The show focused on the reach of UMaine Extension across the entire state, especially through programs like Maine AgrAbility and […]
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WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) covered the University of Maine men’s basketball team’s participation in a National Root Beer Float Day fundraiser at the Courtyard by Marriott hotel in Bangor to support the Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center’s Children’s Miracle Network Hospital. Marriott International is CNM’s longest-standing corporate partner, according to WVII. […]
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A series of nature walks will be offered at the Orono Bog Boardwalk beginning Aug. 10. All walks will begin at the start of the boardwalk, and participants are asked to meet at the cabin. To register, email james.bird@maine.edu with “Boardwalk Walk” in the subject line, and provide a telephone number in case of a […]
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