Contact: Sarah Nelson at (207) 581-3454 Madison, WI — Eleven different UMaine scientists, students and alumni who study various aspects of mercury pollution presented their work at the Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant earlier this month. Approximately 1,200 people attended the conference, the largest meeting dedicated to mercury pollution ever in […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The 176 Maine high school students who will take UMaine courses in the fall semester, through an innovative program known as Academ-e, will spend Thursday Aug. 24 on the UMaine campus in Orono. After an opening session during which they will learn more about UMaine and the […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO, Me. — A national college rankings publication rates the Maine Business School at the University of Maine at 150th on its list of the best undergraduate business programs in the U.S. The U.S.News & World Report rankings, which became public earlier this week, are based on assessments by […]
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Contact: Mary Dinsmore, Pine Tree State 4_H Foundation, Phone 207-581-3327, Fax 207-581-1387, mdinsmore@umext.maine.edu ORONO, Me. –During the week of July 9-15, 20 Maine youth delegates attended the National 4-H Program Citizenship Washington Focus (CWF), in Washington D.C. The motto of the program, “Better Citizens Today, Better Leaders Tomorrow”was reflected in the CWF itinerary, which included […]
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Contact: Harold Daniel, 581-1933; Thomas Allan, 581-3164; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The newly formed University of Maine-based Center for Tourism, Research and Outreach (CenTRO) is developing a customer satisfaction survey for Maine campground visitors, which will help the state’s tourism industry get a comprehensive look at how well it is doing to attract and […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — For the third consecutive year, the University of Maine is listed by the Princeton Review as one of the best choices for undergraduate education. The New York-based publisher announced the details of its annual book, “The Best 361 Colleges,” earlier today. Princeton Review rankings are based on […]
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Contact: Debra Kantor, 207-474-0374, dkantor@umext.maine.edu SKOWHEGAN, Me.–Dr. Debra Kantor (formerly Debra Chadbourne), a medical anthropologist who has worked to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in Botswana, is returning to Somerset County to do youth development work for University of Maine Cooperative Extension. In her former position of project manager for Botswana at the Fran
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Three University of Maine climate change researchers are among the authors of a new report, developed in collaboration with researchers from Ohio State University, that expands the scientific record of Antarctic snowfall and demonstrates that there has been no statistically significant change over 50 years (Monaghan et. […]
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Contact: Extension Educator Richard Brzozowski, (207) 780-4205 Cincinnati, OH — Two University of Maine Cooperative Extension faculty members were recently recognized for their exemplary work by the National Association of County Agricultural Agents (NACAA). They were honored at the 2006 NACAA annual meeting and professional improvement conference in Cincinnati in late July. Extension Prof. Rick […]
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