Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — U.S. Senator Susan Collins will visit the University of Maine on Thursday, March 23 to deliver the annual Senator Margaret Chase Smith Lecture on Public Affairs. The talk, which is free and open to the public, is scheduled for 3:30-4:45 p.m. in UMaine’s newly renovated Hauck Auditorium. […]
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Contact: Louise Kirkland, 207-942-7396, 1-800-287-1485 ORONO–In 2005, the United States Senate passed a resolution designating the second full week of March as Extension Living Well Week. During the week of March 12-18, Extension family and consumer sciences professionals will make special efforts to teach individuals and families how to improve their quality of life. The […]
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Contact: Jill Coffren at (207) 645-3248 ORONO — Maine families are needed to host Japanese exchange students, ages 12 to 18, for four weeks this summer as part of a two-way exchange program sponsored by the Maine 4-H program. The Japanese youth will stay with their American host families from mid July to mid August. […]
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Contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — Overall, Maine students are optimistic about their future, expect to go to college and are confident they will achieve their goals, according to preliminary survey results from the National Center for Student Aspirations (NCSA) at the University of Maine. However, many of these same grade 6-12 […]
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Contact: George Manlove at 207-581-3756 (Calendar excludes some events, including athletics) Mar. 4 Florida Sea Kayaking 8 a.m., from Maine Bound-UM Outdoor Education Center; this trip is designed to provide participants with an unforgettable way to explore the waterways and wildlife of the Everglades National Park in southern Florida from the deck of a sea […]
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Contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — The National Youth Sports Program (NYSP), which has offered free summer camp experiences to area youth for 13 years at the University of Maine, is among programs eliminated in recent federal budget cuts. While the University will work with the Maine Congressional delegation to restore funding […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 BOSTON–Former Maine state Sen. Mary R. Cathcart of Orono became chair of the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) on Feb. 25. Cathcart served three terms in the Maine House of Representatives and four terms in the Maine Senate representing communities in Penobscot County before she was term-limited […]
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Contact: Christopher V. Davis, 207-581-2263 The Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center is offering $5,000-$25,000 grants to parties that wish to pursue research that will improve Maine’s economy through the advancement of the commercial and public aquaculture. Potential applicants include production farms, individual water farmers, vendors to the Maine aquaculture industry, non-profit organizations, municipalities (including shellfish committees), […]
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Contact: Frank S. Wertheim, Extension Educator, 1-800-287-1535 AUBURN–The 13th Annual Maine Garden Day will take place on Saturday, April 8 at Central Maine Community College in Auburn. Maine Garden Day, sponsored by University of Maine Cooperative Extension, is the largest one-day educational home gardening workshop event in Maine. Over thirty workshops will be offered on […]
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Contact: Edwin Nagy, 581-2981; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — UMaine engineering students and faculty displayed their art masterpieces in the annual “Art by Engineers” exhibit, held in the Engineering and Science Research Building through the month of February, to celebrate the relationship between science and art. The second annual show was put on by the […]
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