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SUMMARY:Prompts & Circumstance: Prompt Engineering
DESCRIPTION:To use AI well\, you must familiarize yourself with some important strategies for creating meaningful and specific prompts. This workshop will focus on strategies for prompt engineering to ensure you get useful and relevant outcomes. \n(To register and get Zoom link\, https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc0glnj2CG9xs7w3tWOwPiiZBxCUVLT9wdKh90478DYJhXPmw/viewform)
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LOCATION:Fogler Library Classroom 1\, 91±¬ÁÏ\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops,Online Events
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SUMMARY:AI Literature Review Tools
DESCRIPTION:Interested in using AI for your Literature Reviews? Join Fogler Library to learn best practices and ways to ensure you use those tools responsibly in your searching and synthesis. \n(Register and find the Zoom link here)
URL:/calendar/event/ai-literature-review-tools/
LOCATION:Fogler Library Classroom 1\, 91±¬ÁÏ\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops,Online Events
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SUMMARY:4-H Intro to Artificial Intelligence Club
DESCRIPTION:The 4-H Intro to Artificial Intelligence Club will provide an introduction to what artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are. This will be a 6 session series for ages 9+ that focuses on the foundations of AI\, including introduction to AI\, pattern recognition\, human versus machine learning\, AI in daily life and ethical awareness. Participants will take a closer look at how these are currently being used\, learn about what AI does well and what it does not do well and considerations for using AI. \nArtificial Intelligence has incredible capabilities. This series will reveal some opportunities and challenges of this emerging technology in a safe learning environment. In this club\, youth will explore this emerging powerful technology with guidance and support from 4-H staff. \n\n\nAges: Youth ages 9-18 \n\n\nDates/Times: Wednesdays\, February 25 – April 1 from 4:00 – 5:00 pm \n\n\nCapacity: Limited to 10 youth \n\n\nRegistration deadline: February 12\, 2026 \n\n\nRegister here! \nContact sarah.sparks@maine.edu for more information.
URL:/calendar/event/4-h-intro-to-artificial-intelligence-club/2026-02-25/
LOCATION:/calendar/event/4-h-intro-to-artificial-intelligence-club/2026-02-25/
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops,Online Events
ORGANIZER;CN="91±¬ÁÏ Cooperative Extension":MAILTO:extension@maine.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T183000
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UID:10004013-1772044200-1772049600@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:What's Next? Planning Your Transition to Retirement
DESCRIPTION:Program Description:\nRetiring from a career is a significant emotional and psychological adjustment for many. Many courses and resources address topics such as financial planning for retirement\, legal issues\, and the physical transitions of aging. This course will focus instead on emotional well-being during your retirement transition and next chapter. \nWe will provide skills and resources for social-emotional development to soon-to-retire professionals\, or those newly retired. Enhance resilience and transition-coping skills. Establish new social connections with other course participants. \nProgram Benefits:\nThis online retirement exploration program has an interactive\, experiential learning delivery\, allowing discussion and individual reflection & exploration. This course will introduce strategies for you to: \n– Develop your skills and access resources\n– Enhance your resilience and coping skills\n– Clarify your values and identify your strengths\n– Invest in your social and psychological portfolio-building\n– Review life change stages and adopt self-care strategies \nTopics Covered:\n1. Psychological and philosophical topics of aging\n2. Caring for your brain and heart – wellness resources beyond your medical care\n3. New connections – build and maintain relationships outside of work\n4. Resilience and coping skills during caretaking and loss\n5. Finding out what’s next –exploring work\, learning\, and volunteer opportunities; developing existing or new hobbies.\n6. Adventures near and far\n7. Overview of other resources beyond these course topics \nWho Should Enroll:\nThis course is designed for individuals who are contemplating retirement or who are newly retired. (We will not cover planning the legal or financial aspects of retirement in this course; there are other places to work on those processes.) \nProgram Details:\nInstructor: Pat McCabe\, MS\, MEd is a New Hampshire-based human resources partner with 24 years of experience asking future retirees: What are your plans for after you retire? With master’s degrees in Counseling and Higher Education Administration\, she has been connecting people to resources at non-profit organizations and in higher education since shoulder pads and big hair were in fashion. \nProgram Dates & Times\nFeb. 4\, 11\, 18\, 25\, Mar. 4\, 11\, 2026\n6:30–8:00 pm ET\nRegister by January 12 \nRegister Online\nNotify me when new dates are available\nPre-class work will be sent a week before the start of the program\, and after each session. \nModality:\nThis participatory program will be offered synchronously via Zoom—you’ll need access to a stable internet connection. Between classes\, there will be reading and exploratory assignments (as well as time during sessions to work on your proposals). Breakout sessions with other participants and one-on-one time with the instructor are built into the program. \nProgram Fee:\n$250 \nClass Capacity:\n20 maximum \nContact Hours:\n9 Contact Hours\nCertificate of Completion available after program completion \nAccommodations:\nFor more information or to request an accommodation\, contact us at um.continuinged@maine.edu
URL:/calendar/event/whats-next-planning-your-transition-to-retirement-3/2026-02-25/
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CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops
ORGANIZER;CN="Division of Lifelong Learning":MAILTO:um.continuinged@maine.edu
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SUMMARY:Building a Writing Life: Practical Routes to Publication
DESCRIPTION:Join Amy Halloran\, the 2026 Alan Miller Fund Visiting Journalist\, for a brief talk and open house about her practice of integrating writing with community. You’ll learn how to push your questions into projects\, and find homes for them in print\, online spaces\, and deeply nested in your community and interests. \nA writer and teacher who lives in Troy\, New York\, Amy Halloran is the author of The New Bread Basket (2015). She writes for Civil Eats\, The Crumb\, and The Times Union. Through her writing\, Halloran investigates food and place and is currently working on a project about t he twinned histories of the modern American loaf and the modern American woman. To invite people into the practice of writing\, she teaches community workshops. \nThe Alan Miller Visiting Journalist Program w a s established in 2007 in memory of Alan Miller\, a long-time professor of journalism at the 91±¬ÁÏ. The program is designed to bring working journalists into the classroom to inspire and educate our journalism students.
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LOCATION:Williams Hall\, Orono\, 04469\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts,Conferences & Workshops,Lectures & Seminars,Public Programs and Shows
ORGANIZER;CN="Ellie Markovitch":MAILTO:ellie.markovitch@maine.edu
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SUMMARY:York County Farmers' Network Series: Basics of Greenhouse Technology
DESCRIPTION:A beginner-friendly workshop introducing the fundamentals of greenhouse technology for Maine growers. Topics include: \n\nTypes of greenhouse structures and materials\nHeating\, cooling\, and ventilation systems\nBasic automation and environmental controls\nCommon challenges and low-cost solutions for small and mid-size farms\n\nThe session also covers how greenhouse systems can extend the growing season\, improve crop quality\, and support farm profitability. \nRegister here!  \nRegistration is required\, with a sliding scale fee ($0-$15) per session. \nUnless noted otherwise these workshops are located at the York County Cooperative Extension Office at 45 Kennebunk Road\, Alfred ME 04002 and include dinner.
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LOCATION:91±¬ÁÏ Cooperative Extension York County\, 45 Kennebunk Road\, Alfred\, ME\, 04002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops
ORGANIZER;CN="91±¬ÁÏ Cooperative Extension - York County":MAILTO:extension.york@maine.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260228T103000
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UID:10004111-1772274600-1772281800@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:Creating Habitat with Native Plants
DESCRIPTION:Native plants are important in attracting pollinators\, of all types to your garden. But what do you do once you have these wonderful life forms visiting your plants and looking to make a permanent home in your growingareas? By incorporating native plants which provide food\, nesting and overwintering shelter you create habitat. Learn about the many ways in which native plants can become central to the long-term biodiversity needs in your garden. A hands-on activity of sowing native plant seeds will follow the presentation. Open to all skill levels. \nBio:\nIvonne Vazquez is the owner/grower of Bas Rouge Farm & Forge a Native Plant Nursery in Orono\, Maine. She is a former Master Gardener Volunteer\, Licensed Registered Maine Guide/Recreation\, photographer\, garden writer\, speaker\, workshop presenter and teaches Basic Gardening at Bangor Adult Education. Ivonne holds certificates in Sustainable Landscape & Garden Management\, Permaculture Design and is a Certified Green Infrastructure Practitioner. To learn more visit basrougefarm.com
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LOCATION:Page Farm and Home Museum\, 91±¬ÁÏ\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops,Lectures & Seminars
ORGANIZER;CN="Page Farm and Home Museum":MAILTO:pagemuseum@maine.edu
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