More than 50 works by Maine fiber artists will be featured in the exhibit “Hanging by a Thread,” Sept. 6–Nov. 22 in the H. Allen and Sally Fernald Art Gallery at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. Works demonstrating techniques and forms will include wall hangings, wearable art and vessels. Artists represented in […]
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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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The Republican Journal reported three Maine high schools will participate in a yearlong, tuition-free pre-calculus course as part of the University of Maine’s Early College Academ-e high school pilot program. Students at Searsport District High School, Dirigo High School in Dixfield and Massabesic High School in Waterboro will be able to take the course, which […]
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Eleven students from six Maine high schools and area home-school programs started the summer in various Belfast Bay locations as part of an intensive three-week STEM research course offered through the University of Maine’s Early College Program. The students came from Belfast Area High School, Hermon High School, John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor, […]
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Penobscot Bay Pilot announced that registration is open at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast for more than 300 fall undergraduate and graduate courses, both live and via distance education. Need-based Hutchinson Center scholarships are available. The deadline for scholarship applications is Aug. 20. For more information or to schedule an advising appointment, […]
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In this year’s Maine Government Summer Internship Program, 63 students have been placed in full-time, paid summer internships. Of them, 18 are interning in municipal or county governments, and 45 are interning at state agencies. Students in the program attend undergraduate or graduate programs and are either Maine residents or are enrolled in a college […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will present the free seminar “Swine 101: Raising Pastured Pork” in 10 locations, from Presque Isle to Falmouth, in July and August. A smoked pork meal will be provided. Colt Knight, UMaine Extension assistant professor and state livestock specialist, will talk about breed selection, reproductive information, nutrition, fencing, housing and […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot advanced “Hanging by a Thread,” an exhibit of more than 50 works by Maine fiber artists to be hosted in the H. Allen and Sally Fernald Gallery at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast from Sept. 6 to Nov. 22. A free opening reception will be held 5:30–7 p.m. […]
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Gayle Zydlewski will talk about “Marine Science for Maine People: With a Surprise or Two” at 10:30 a.m. July 12 in Brooke Hall at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole. Zydlewski directs the Maine Sea Grant College Program, a state-federal partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Maine Sea Grant […]
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