The website Horticulture Week cites research by UMaine’s Donglin Zhang in a story about invasive plants. Zhang says selecting vigorous American native woodland plans is one way of countering invasive aliens.
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Contact: Doug Babkirk at 712-1414 or doug.babkirk@maine.edu Unique UMaine initiative to engage children, families and communities in year-round educational programs FALMOUTH, Me. — The University of Maine Regional Learning Center plans to open in March of 2011 at Tidewater Farm in Falmouth. The center will offer sustainable living education programs for children, families and home-based […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine will be a host site for the international Sustainable Development Teach-in Day, scheduled for Friday, Dec. 3. Universities and other organizations will participate in the “inclusive event,” described in detail here. The teach-in aims to provide a mechanism for interested parties to share […]
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Contact: Louis Morin, 5812854 With a backdrop of UMaine’s School of Forest Resources’ annual holiday tree sale at Nutting Hall, forest resources instructor Louis Morin is available to discuss proper care of holiday trees to keep them healthy, robust and – more important – safe indoors during the holiday season. While many people like the […]
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The Bangor Daily News website features a report on a Thursday morning UMaine presentation by Jestina Mukoko, the executive director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project. That organization works to assess and monitor human rights abuses in that country. She is currently serving as the 2010 Human Rights Fellow at Colby College’s Oak Institute for the […]
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Contact: Fogler Library, 581-1666 Fogler library has announced extended hours for finals week, Dec. 8-17. They are: Wednesday, Dec. 8, 8 a.m. – Thursday, Dec. 9, 2:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 9, 8 a.m. – Friday, Dec. 10, 2:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 10, 8 a.m. – Saturday, Dec. 11, 2:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 11, 10 a.m. […]
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WABI television broadcast a Wednesday story about students the Habitat UMaine group, sleeping in a shanty on the Mall for several nights to raise money for Bangor’s Habitat for Humanity chapter.
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Prof. Jonathan Rubin from the UMaine School of Economics was interviewed for a Maine Public Radio story about Lee Academy’s decision to turn down a federal grant that would have funded a wood-pellet boiler. School officials were concerned that biofuels emissions standards would have created unmanageable operational costs.
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Comments from Doug Babkirk, associate director of UMaine Cooperative Extension, were included in a Falmouth Forecaster story about Extension’s plans for a new Cumberland County learning center and office facility in Falmouth. The University of Maine System Board of Trustees recently approved the Tidewater Farm Regional Learning Center, a collaboration involving UMaine, the Cumberland County […]
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Several media outlets, including MPBN mentioned UMaine’s pioneering research into deepwater offshore wind turbine technology after the National Wildlife Federation released a report Wednesday. The report made a case for the government to expedite permits for and invest in offshore wind projects. UMaine has received more than $20 million in federal funding for its work […]
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