UMaine Cooperative Extension nutrition specialist Brenda Bracy are included in a Portland Press Herald story about Cooking Matters for Maine. That initiative provides low-income families with access to expertise about how to prepare healthy, affordable and tasty meals.
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The Free Press Online site features a story about an Oct. 30 Camden presentation by Prof. George Jacobson of UMaine’s Climate Change Institute, who also serves as the state climatologist. He provided data about Maine’s changing climate, along with perspectives about what Maine communities can be considering as they plan for a future with a […]
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Ian Bricknell, director of UMaine’s Aquaculture Research Center, will speak at UMaine’s next Research Cafe presentation, Thursday Nov. 18 at 4 p.m. in Fogler Library’s University Club. Bricknell will discuss “Where do sea lice on salmon farms come from and can we control them?”
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The UMaine Museum of Art will host an Art@Noon free gallery talk on Wednesday Nov. 3 at 12 noon. Museum director George Kinghorn will give a talk highlighting the current exhibitions Pablo Picasso: The Passionate Print, Selections from the Museum Collection and String Too Short to Use: Recent Works by Todd Watts. The museum is […]
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UMaine Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Robert Dana is scheduled for a Wednesday morning (7:40 a.m) interview on WVOM radio’s Dan and Renee Show. Listeners can tune in on AM 620 or 103.1 FM. An expert in substance abuse issues, Dana will discuss a new report about the relative dangers of […]
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Monday’s Day of the Dead celebration at UMaine was mentioned in a Bangor Daily News story. About 150 schoolchildren participated in a program at the Hudson Museum inside the Collins Center for the Art
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The Bangor Daily News reported on the unveiling of the 2010 UMaine bookstore Christmas ornament, which is dedicated this year to the student organization Habitat UMaine. All proceeds from ornament sales will go to Habitat UMaine, which is committed to helping those who live in substandard housing in the Bangor area. The University Bookstore Commemorative […]
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Contact: Sheila Pendse, 581-2225 ORONO — More than 90 girl scouts and 38 adult troop leaders will visit the University of Maine Saturday, Nov. 6, for a day of learning about engineering careers through activities, discussions and experimentation with UMaine students, faculty and staff. Activities planned for “Transforming Leadership: Engineering Their Future” include exploring hands-on […]
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Comments from UMaine small business expert Jim McConnon, a Cooperative Extension specialist and professor of economics, were included in a Bangor Daily News article Oct. 29 about the rise in entrepreneurial business ventures in recessionary times. Often, he says, individuals start their own businesses out of necessity. Micro-businesses and sole proprietorships are the backbone of […]
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Contact: Doug Allen, 581-3860 Political science professor James Warhola, an expert on religion and politics in Russia and Eurasia, will deliver a talk, “The Next Major War? Peace and War in the Caucasus Mountain Region,” Thursday, Nov. 4, from 12:30-1:45 p.m. in the Bangor Lounge in the Memorial Union. The public is invited to the […]
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