Contact: Kyle McCaskill, 207-581-3185 ORONO, Me.—University of Maine Cooperative Extension has announced publication of Maine Home Garden News, a statewide newsletter designed to equip home gardeners with practical information on successfully growing vegetables, fruits and herbs, as well as flowers, lawns, shrubs and trees. The newsletter will be published monthly from March through October and […]
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Contact: Jasmine Saros, (207) 581-2112 University of Maine biology and ecology Professor Jasmine Saros has co-authored a paper detailing the importance of lakes and reservoirs in understanding climate change. Saros, also of UMaine’s Climate Change Institute, along with the first author listed on the paper Craig E. Williamson of Miami University and David W. Schindler […]
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Contact: Chet Rock, 581-2218; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — With research showing men make up 80 percent of the nation’s — and 86 percent of Maine’s — engineering undergraduates, the University of Maine is launching an initiative Feb. 16-20 aimed at reducing the disparity. UMaine’s College of Engineering and UMaine Cooperative Extension will host as […]
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Contact: Pete Jumars, (207) 581-4381; Sara Lindsay, (207) 581-2739; Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine — Two University of Maine researchers have received a nearly $500,000 grant to combine and broaden their studies of the seafloor by looking at the ecological and biological processes of the creatures that live there. The National Science Foundation awarded […]
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Contact: Ana-Ramona Gilbert, 581-1428 ORONO — In observance of Black History Month, lectures, discussions, a bake sale fundraiser and a poetry jam are some of the events are scheduled through Feb. 23 at the University of Maine. Events include: “Grandchildren of the Buffalo Soldiers” – Feb. 12, 4-6 p.m., 120 Little Hall; sponsored by the […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Robert Kennedy has announced that he will continue as the University of Maine’s president. Kennedy had been under consideration for the president’s job at Kansas State University, where he has been since Sunday as one of two finalists interviewing for that job. “While I appreciated the opportunity […]
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Contact: R. Dean Astumian, (207) 581-1024; Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3571 ORONO, Maine – University of Maine physics Professor R. Dean Astumian has received a Humboldt Research Award, one of the most prestigious scientific honors in Germany. The prize from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is given to distinguished foreign scholars in recognition of their lifetime […]
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Contact: Alan Parks, 581-2320; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The University of Maine’s Onward Program is inviting prospective new students to a series of informational workshops to explain opportunities the program can offer people who might not see a college degree on the horizon. Most Maine adults do not have a four-year degree, according to […]
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Contact: Karen Boucias, 581-3433; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO – The University of Maine’s fifth annual International Dance Festival is being held Saturday, Feb. 14, in the newly renovated Collins Centre for the Arts on the Orono campus, showcasing homeland dances and traditional costumes of some of the many international students at UMaine. Two shows are […]
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Contact: Gregory Zaro at 581-1857 PLEASE NOTE DAY CHANGE ORONO — Joe Kelley, chair of the University of Maine’s Department of Earth Sciences and a professor in UMaine’s Climate Change Institute, will present “The Rise and Fall of the Maine Coast: People and a Drowning Shoreline” from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19, at […]
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