UMaine Calendar

2025 Student Exhibition
2025-04-16 09:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-17 09:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-18 09:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-21 09:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-22 09:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Lord Hall Gallery, Lord Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME, 04469, United States
Lord Hall Gallery is proud to host the Department of Art’s 2025 Student Exhibition. This show highlights diverse artwork made by students at UMaine who have taken undergraduate courses in the Department of Art. The exhibition runs from April 7rd through May 2nd and a public reception will be held on Friday April 11th from 5:00-7:00pm. During the reception, selected students will be honored with awards. This event is free and open to the public; all are warmly welcomed to attend and refreshments will be served.
Lord Hall Gallery is free, accessible, and open to the public Monday-Friday from 9am-4pm.

Earth•Life•Health Celebration of Excellence
2025-04-16 14:30 - 16:00 | Wells Conferemce Center, ME, United States
The College of Earth, Life, and Health Sciences (ELH) at the University of Maine invites you to its Celebration of Excellence on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Wells Commons. This end-of-year celebration honors the college’s exceptional faculty, staff, and undergraduate and graduate students. An Ice Cream and Popcorn Social will follow the program. This free event is open to all students, staff, and faculty.
RSVP online using this registration link

Baseball vs University of Maine - Farmington
2025-04-16 16:00 - 18:00 | Mahaney Diamond, University of Maine, Orono, ME, 04469, United States
For full schedule click here.

Planning a Preserving Garden – Patten
2025-04-16 17:30 - 19:00 | Veterans’ Memorial Library, 61 Shin Pond Road, Patten, Maine, 04765
University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Veterans’ Memorial Library are offering a preservation garden planning workshop from 5:30-7 p.m. on April 16 at the library, 61 Shin Pond Road in Patten.
The workshop is designed for home gardeners interested in future food preservation activities. Participants will learn how to choose the best produce varieties for canning, how much to plant for their household size and an overview of preserving methods like canning and freezing. The workshop will be led by Extension experts in food preservation and horticulture.
There is no cost for the workshop, but pre-registration is preferred on the event webpage. Registered participants will receive a follow-up email with relevant resources. If you need a reasonable accommodation, please contact Julie Buhler at veteransmemoriallibrary2021@gmail.com or 207-528-2164. Receiving requests for accommodations at least 7 days before the program provides a reasonable amount of time to meet the request, however, all requests will be considered.

Integrated Pest Management Spring Update for Christmas Tree Producers Webinar
2025-04-17 11:00 - 13:00 | https://calendar.umtraining.lv-o-wpc-dev.its.maine.edu/event/integrated-pest-management-spring-update-for-christmas-tree-producers-webinar/
University of Maine Cooperative Extension is hosting two virtual presentations covering current pest management challenges in Christmas tree production from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. on April 17.
During this virtual webinar, UMaine Extension Forage Educator Jaime Garzon will discuss the potential of alfalfa, clovers and birdsfoot trefoil for use as continuous ground cover in Christmas tree plantations. In the second hour, Extension Sustainable Agriculture Educator Brett Johnson will describe the biology of an economically significant Christmas tree pest, the balsam gall midge, followed by methods for scouting and control.
Registration is required by phone at 207.342.5971 or on the event webpage. For more information or to request a reasonable accommodation, contact Billiejo Pendleton at billiejo.pendleton@maine.edu.

7th Annual Libby Lecture in Natural Resource Policy
2025-04-17 15:00 - 17:00 | Bangor Room, Memorial Union, University of Maine, Orono, ME, 04469, United States
Attempting to Center indigenous People in Marine Sciences
Abstract: Dr. Marco Hatch, Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences at Western Washington University and Principal Investigator for the Coastal Communities and Ecology Lab will present his recent research and share some of the work being done to braid Indigenous knowledge and mainstream science. He will draw on examples from his research on clam gardens, shellfish biotoxins, and climate adaptation to discuss the importance of systems level change for removing institutional barriers to community-based partnerships.
Reception will follow the talk at 4:00pm in the Totman Room, Memorial Union.
Dr. Hatch is marine ecologist with a Ph.D. in Biological Oceanography from Scripps Institution of Oceanography and a member of the Samish Indian Nation. His research weaves traditional ecological knowledge and marine science through the exploration of food systems. He is a Pew Marine Conservation Fellow and co-PI for the Native Food, Energy, Water Systems INCLUDES Alliance, which was funded by the NSF. Dr. Hatch is on the Board of Trustees for the Washington Chapter of the Nature Conservancy and an Advisory Committee member for the UN Decade Northeast Pacific Collaborative Center.

Maine Public Health Career Panel and Networking Event
2025-04-17 17:30 - 19:30 | Memorial Union, University of Maine, Orono, ME, 04469, United States
Maine Public Health Association, the University of Maine Career Center, the UMaine Health Professions Club and the Institute of Medicine will host a career panel and networking event on April 17, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. in room 300, Memorial Union.

Join us to discuss careers in public health and learn more about various aspects of public health (e.g., global health, health equities, advocacy, etc.) through a panel discussion with experts in the field and to ask questions about the job search process.

Four panelists will present and answer questions:

Jamie Comstock, Health Promotion Manager, Bangor Public Health
Katherine Darling Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Health Sciences, University of Maine School of Nursing
Catharine MacLaren Ph.D., Vice President, Talent and Diversity, Northern Light Health
Elizabeth McLellan RN, MSN, MPH, Founder and CEO of Partners for World Health

Undergraduate and graduate students are all welcome to attend. Join us for presentations, networking and refreshments. Please register online by Monday April 7 through Career Link to help us plan for room setup and catering.

For questions about registration or access to Career Link, please reach out to Robin Delcourt in the Health Professions office or Tanya Pinkham in the Institute of Medicine

Steven Page
2025-04-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Collins Center for the Arts, 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono, ME, 04469, United States
Close the season with the founder and former lead singer of the incredibly popular and multi-award winning band Barenaked Ladies. Hear new songs and fan favorites. “Steven Page’s distinctive and powerful tenor is among the most instantly recognizable voices in popular music today.”- BroadwayWorld
Join us for a pre-concert discussion from 6 – 6:30 p.m. with Steven Page!

Maine Food Waste Solutions Summit
2025-04-18 10:00 - 12:00 | ME
Zoom registration information will be posted shortly.
The Maine Food Waste Solutions Summit is Maine’s statewide event focused on ending wasted food and food loss in our state. The Summit brings together our state’s key food system participants—farms, businesses, feeding partners, community leaders, and nonprofit organizations – to focus on ending food waste in Maine.
This year, we will highlight the bottom line economic benefits that Maine communities, schools, businesses, and households are achieving by simply remembering that food is always a valuable resource packed with energy and nutrients – it is never waste!
Attendees are encouraged to bring questions and ideas, as each session will feature Q&A time – and our always lively online group chat will be moderated by our Mitchell Center team to encourage sharing between speakers and participants.
Summit Overview:

Keynotes: National and Local Wasted Food Solution Updates
Maine Food Resource Management: An Economic Opportunity
Maine “Success Stories”
Interns at Work: Maine Wasted Food Solution Pilots

Join us for this statewide Summit to learn why and how to end wasted food and food loss – and build a stronger Maine food system with simple individual and community action!
Food waste data is grim: 40% of food produced is never eaten, yet 1 in 8 Maine households suffer from food insecurity. Food is the single largest component of Maine’s solid waste system at 30%. And 97% of that waste ends up in landfills where it releases contaminants and produces methane gas—threatening our water and climate. Food waste also squanders valuable resources like energy, labor, soil, and nearly 25% of U.S. freshwater supplies which are used to produce food that is never eaten.
Please contact Susanne Lee at susanne.lee@maine.edu for additional information.

Maine Wasted Food Solutions Summit
2025-04-18 10:00 - 12:00 | Zoom Web Conferencing
The Maine Wasted Food Solutions Summit is Maine’s statewide event focused on ending wasted food and food loss in our state through solutions that benefit everyone. The Summit brings together our state’s key food system participants: farms, businesses, feeding partners, community leaders, and nonprofit organizations – to discuss best and highest uses for our valuable Maine food resources at every stage… “Maine Food: Too Good To Waste.”
This year, we will specifically highlight the bottom-line economic benefits that Maine municipalities, schools, businesses, and households are achieving by simply remembering that food is always a valuable resource packed with energy and nutrients. It is never waste!
Attendees are encouraged to bring questions and ideas, as each session will feature Q&A time – and our always lively online group chat will be moderated by our Mitchell Center team to encourage sharing between speakers and participants.
Please go to the summit web page for additional information and to register.

Sock Puppet Workshop
2025-04-18 11:00 - 15:00 | Student Wellness Resource Center, Room 145, 145 Memorial Union, Orono, ME, 04469, United States
Make sock puppets with us!

Baseball vs UMBC
2025-04-18 15:00 - 17:00, 2025-04-19 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-04-20 12:00 - 14:00 | Mahaney Diamond, University of Maine, Orono, ME, 04469, United States

Infectious Disease Colloquium
2025-04-18 15:15 - 16:30 | Bennett Hall, Bennett Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME, 04469, United States
Sponsored by Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Institute of Medicine
Speakers: Two doctors from Northern Light
Scott Melton MD, Infectious Diseases, Northern Light Health
Mark Abel, MD, Infectious Diseases, Preventive Medicine, Northern Light Health
Both speakers will talk about their work on infectious disease and what an epidemiologist does in a hospital. The discussion will include ties to the work Sam Hess, Ph.D., does in physics and Melissa Maginnis, Ph.D., does in biology.

VAST: A Cosmic Journey through Space and Time
2025-04-18 19:00 - 20:00 | Versant Power Astronomy Center, 167 Rangeley Rd., Orono, ME, 04469, United States
Space is unimaginably vast and incredibly beautiful. Thanks to our curiosity and quest for knowledge, we humans have been driven to explore space and learn more about the universe. There is still incredibly much left to explore. Join us on the journey, starting on Earth, venturing out in our solar system, and journeying all the way out to the edge of the known universe.
Narrated by Eva Rose.

Tickets for planetarium programs are $7 for Adults, $6 for UMaine Students/Veterans/Senior Citizens, and $5 for children under 12. Click here to view our calendar.
Tickets may be purchased online, by phone at 207.581.1341, or at our ticket box office prior to the show.

4-H Open House
2025-04-19 10:00 - 13:00 | Lafayette and Rawcliffe 4-H Science and Engineering Learning Center, 491 College Avenue, Orono, ME, United States
Open House at the Lafayette and Rawcliffe 4-H Science and Engineering Center.
4-Hers and families of all ages are invited to learn about the opportunities 4-H has to offer right here in Orono, Maine!
There will be fun activities – making seed paper you can plant at home, engineering and testing out straw rockets, and using chemistry to create groovy seaweed lava lamps!
This is your chance to meet the Center’s fabulous red-ear slider turtle, Frances, and rumor has it Coral the Seahorse will be making an appearance!
Learn all about our space, our touch tank, 4-H programs, 4-H STEM toolkits, and aquaponics.
No registration is required – just show up on Saturday, April 19 between 10:00 am – 1:00 pm at 491 College Ave in Orono, Maine.
If you have any questions, or to request a reasonable accommodation, contact Jessy Brainerd at jessica.brainerd@maine.edu or 207.581.3877.

Small Ruminant Parasite Management and FAMACHA Certification in Dover-Foxcroft
2025-04-19 12:00 - 16:30 | 1441 Dexter Road, 1441 Dexter Road, Dover-Foxcroft, ME, United States
University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a ruminant parasite management workshop and FAMACHA certification workshop on Saturday, April 19 from noon to 4:30 p.m. at 1441 Dexter Road in Dover-Foxcroft.
Producers of small ruminants (sheep, goats, llamas and alpacas) are invited to learn about common parasites and their management. Hands-on activities such as performing a fecal egg count on a microscope and practicing the FAMACHA protocol on live animals, will teach producers how to identify parasites and make informed management decisions. Farmers are encouraged to bring a fresh fecal sample from one sheep or goat to examine. Participants will become FAMACHA-certified and can purchase an anemia index card at the workshop upon certification.
Cost of the workshop is on a sliding scale from $50-$80 and includes light refreshments. Visit the program website to register. For more information or to request a reasonable accommodation, contact Sue Baez at 207.667.8212 or sue.baez@maine.edu.

Bébé Symphonique
2025-04-20 14:00 - 15:00 | Versant Power Astronomy Center, 167 Rangeley Rd., Orono, ME, 04469, United States
Bébé Symphonique is an experience that draws on the richness and power of orchestral music to create special moments of connection between babies and their parents, while promoting infant neurological development. Consisting of seven instrumental pieces to soothe and stimulate young children, Bébé Symphonique is a wonderful way for parents to connect with their children and relaxing classical music.
Watch the trailer here!

Tickets for planetarium programs are $7 for Adults, $6 for UMaine Students/Veterans/Senior Citizens, and $5 for children under 12. Click here to view our calendar.
Tickets may be purchased online, by phone at 207.581.1341, or at our ticket box office prior to the show.

Space Opera
2025-04-20 16:00 - 17:00 | Versant Power Astronomy Center, 167 Rangeley Rd., Orono, ME, 04469, United States
This interplanetary journey is set to The Planets orchestral suite by Gustav Holst. Take a memorable space adventure that begins with an alien spaceship in the vicinity the Earth that journeys outward to visit the entire Solar System and beyond.
The spacecraft narrates throughout the journey, providing information at each celestial stop. Terrestrial descriptions and interpretations of the heavenly bodies in art, music and philosophy are also touched on.
A unique exploration of our Universe through music, art, and science.

Tickets are $9 for general admission.
Music programs may contain explicit lyrics, and are intended for adult audiences. All music programs may contain bright flashing lights and fast-moving images, which have been known to trigger seizures with those with photosensitive epilepsy. Viewer discretion is advised.
Tickets may be purchased online, by phone at 207.581.1341, or at our ticket box office prior to the show.

4-H Agricultural Symposium for Maine Teens
2025-04-21 - 2025-04-22 | University of Maine Orono
University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host the 4th annual 4-H Agricultural Symposium for Maine teens on April 21–22.
The symposium is an overnight experience for youth ages 14-18. Participants will engage with industry professionals on the UMaine campus in Orono, develop leadership skills and nurture friendships with teens from around the state. Youth will participate in hands-on learning experiences like visiting a lab to examine parasites related to animal health, exploring cellulose nanomaterials from tree pulp at the Process Development Center, joining fun activities with Maine Bound Adventure and more.
Previous 4-H membership is not required. Assistance with transportation can be provided upon request. The program is free but space is limited. Registration is required at the program webpage.
For more information or to request a reasonable accommodation, contact Alisha Targonski at 207.622.7546 or extension.4hagleadership@maine.edu.

3-2-1 Liftoff!
2025-04-21 14:00 - 15:00 | Versant Power Astronomy Center, 167 Rangeley Rd., Orono, ME, 04469, United States
Elon the hamster loves science and doing experiments, which often fail in practice. One day Elon hears a crash. In his garden, he finds a crater with a damaged robot named 8 of 12 inside. How did it get here? Elon fixes the robot and finds out that he fell from a spaceship. Does Elon have the courage and wits you needed to go into space and back? Find out in 3-2-1 Liftoff!

Tickets for planetarium programs are $7 for Adults, $6 for UMaine Students/Veterans/Senior Citizens, and $5 for children under 12. Click here to view our calendar.
Tickets may be purchased online, by phone at 207.581.1341, or at our ticket box office prior to the show.

Talk - Reconciling with resilience: How Maine can bounce back from floods
2025-04-21 15:00 - 16:00 | Norman Smith Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME, 04469, United States
The talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall, UMaine, Orono.

Virtual attendance: Complete the registration form for Zoom connection information

Speaker: Emmett Gartner, Environmental Reporter, The Maine Monitor
Last winter’s devastating storms revealed just how vulnerable Maine communities are to flooding, whether they’re behind seawalls along the coast or nestled on rivers in the state’s mountainous interior.
In the aftermath of that flooding, Maine Monitor reporter Emmett Gartner traveled across the state to report on how effectively communities weathered the storms, speaking with local officials about their plans to fortify their towns against the rising seas and more frequent, intensifying storms brought on by climate change.
Join Emmett at the University of Maine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions on April 21 at 3PM as he discusses his reporting on the challenges Maine faces in building resilience to flooding and what solutions exist at the state and local levels to prepare Maine for what’s to come.
Emmett Gartner is an environmental reporter for The Maine Monitor and contributor to The Monitor’s weekly environmental newsletter, Climate Monitor. Having grown up on the Chesapeake Bay, Emmett has long been interested in stories of adaptation and accountability. He joined the newsroom in 2023 as a Roy W. Howard fellow and now explores how environmental policy aligns with Mainers’ lived experiences and where climate change complicates the status quo. Previously, he reported for a daily newspaper in western Maryland and spent separate summer stints working as a trail maintenance worker in Nevada, a wildland firefighter in Oregon and an environmental educator on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

Spire Issue #9 Release
2025-04-22 | ME
Spire: The Maine Journal of Conservation and Sustainability is publishing its ninth amazing issue! Spire issue #9 contains a variety of submissions, including art, poetry, photography, research, and personal stories. Access the latest issue and back-issues by clicking here.

IMRC Center Tour
2025-04-22 09:00 - 10:00 | Innovative Media Research and Commercialization Center (IMRC), Stewart Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME, 04469, United States
Join IMRC Center staff for a general tour of the facility’s event space, classrooms, common areas, audiovisual studios, and maker labs. The tour is anticipated to last approximately 45 minutes. Offered on the 4th Tuesday of each month.
Guests of any background, including UMaine students, faculty, and staff, community group representatives, business representatives, and members of the public may join a tour. Groups larger than 20, or individuals and small groups for whom the scheduled times are not convenient, please contact the IMRC Center to schedule an individualized visit. Register for a tour.

Tycho to the Moon
2025-04-22 14:00 - 15:00 | Versant Power Astronomy Center, 167 Rangeley Rd., Orono, ME, 04469, United States
Meet Tycho, a dog who doesn’t just howl at the Moon, but wants to go there. Blast off on an amazing ride into space with Tycho and his human friends, Ruby and Michael. Learn about day and night, space travel, the phases of the Moon and features of the lunar surface. Get a close-up look at the Sun, watch the effects of gravity, see the Earth from space and watch meteors shoot across the night sky.
For ages 3-8.

Tickets for planetarium programs are $7 for Adults, $6 for UMaine Students/Veterans/Senior Citizens, and $5 for children under 12. Click here to view our calendar.
Tickets may be purchased online, by phone at 207.581.1341, or at our ticket box office prior to the show.
