University of Maine Cooperative Extension will celebrate the fifth annual 4-H National Youth Science Days (NYSD) in October and November with a series of events designed to spark youth interest in science and future science careers. As part of 4-H NYSD, youngsters will participate in the 4-H Eco-Bot Challenge, a 2012 National Science Experiment in […]
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The University of Maine Intermedia MFA program will present A Tribute to John Cage, free film screenings dedicated to the music and creative legacy of American composer John Cage. The screenings are scheduled at 7 p.m. in 100 Lord Hall in October and November. The film series is part of an international celebration of the […]
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Channel 5 (WABI) reported on the UMaine College of Engineering’s Engineering Group Expo, an event held Monday designed to introduce first-year engineering students to clubs, societies and projects ongoing in the college. College of Engineering Dean Dana Humphrey said in an interview that faculty members hope students take advantage of the opportunities available through the […]
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Bloomberg Businessweek has posted an Associated Press article about this week’s Lobster Academy, a four-day conference co-organized by Robert Bayer, director of the UMaine-based Lobster Institute. The conference for lobster industry buyers and retailers is being held this year in New Brunswick, and was formerly called the University of Maine Lobster Institute’s Lobster College. Contact: […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator and cranberry specialist Charlie Armstrong was interviewed for a Bangor Daily News article on the 2012 cranberry harvest. Armstrong said growers expect the yield to exceed 2.5 million pounds, just shy of the 3 million-pound record set in 2010. He credited good weather and a mild winter for improved […]
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Channel 7 (WVII) joined a number of other area news organizations in covering the launch Sept. 27 of a high-altitude scientific balloon as part of the hands-on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) program at Bangor High School through UMaine. Professor of electrical and computer engineering Rick Eason was interviewed for the report. Students loaded the […]
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Owen Smith, director of UMaine’s Intermedia MFA program, was noted in a Maine Sunday Telegram article about Portland Ovations’ season-opening event, “Voyeur,” a new media blend of visual and performance art based on paintings by Edward Hopper and premiering Oct. 5–6 at the Institute for Contemporary Art at the Maine College of Art in Portland. […]
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The American Journalism Review has published a story about a new citizen journalism reporting program being overseen by the University of Maine Center on Aging to teach baby boomers journalism skills so they can report and blog about their community activities. Professional photographer Bill Kuykendall, a UMaine senior lecturer in new media and cooperating professor […]
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The Seacoast Online newspaper posted an article about a joint program of the Community Wellness Coalition in southern York County with University of Maine and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension services to offer a series of training workshops designed to help community group members become more effective advocates. The training includes skills and concepts […]
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An article in the Alaska Dispatch, originally published in the Christian Science Monitor, about hazing at secondary schools and universities becoming more frequent and more harmful than traditional pranks cited a 2008 study led by University of Maine researchers Elizabeth Allan and Mary Madden on behalf of the National Collaborative for Hazing Research and Prevention. […]
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