An Associated Press report, which included a comment from Esperanza Stancioff of UMaine Cooperative Extension and Maine Sea Grant on the possible links between global warming and changes to the timing of the fall foliage season ran in several media outlets. USA Today included Stancioff’s comment that things are changing, but the question is how […]
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The Bangor Daily News ran a feature about the 30th anniversary of UMaine Cooperative Extension’s Senior Companion Program. Ann Swain, the statewide director of the program, was quoted about the volunteers who are connected with homebound senior citizens. Debra Eckart, the program administrator for Cooperative Extension, said in an interview the first site east of […]
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UMaine’s Faculty Research Funds Committee will review submissions for the Regular Faculty Research Funds Awards and the Scholarly Materials and Equipment Awards beginning November 18, 2011. Those who are interested can find information on the guidelines for submission, forms and due dates online. The program is open to tenured, tenure-eligible and soft-money faculty.
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Arthur Greenberg, a chemistry professor at the University of New Hampshire, will present a Wednesday, Oct. 12 UMaine lecture on the history of chemistry and alchemy. Greenberg’s lecture, which will feature the use of illustrations and anecdotes, is scheduled for 6:45 p.m. in 316 Aubert Hall. The talk is UMaine’s third annual ChemFest lecture, part […]
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The Orono Student Nurses Association and the UMaine police department are organizing a prescription drug return effort, scheduled for Saturday Oct. 29, 9-11 a.m. at UMaine’s Memorial Union. Unneeded prescription medicines may be turned over, provided they are in their original containers.
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Contact: Chris Rigaud, (207) 563-3146 ext. 232 or crigaud@maine.edu The University of Maine’s Scientific Diving Program will host the 2011 American Academy of Underwater Sciences Symposium, a gathering of international underwater scientists and diving professionals, Oct. 10-15 at UMaine’s Darling Marine Center in Walpole, Maine, and also at locations in the Portland area.
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Former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell will be at the University of Maine on Thursday Oct. 13 to participate in a lecture event on communication between scientists and the public. Free and open to the public, it begins at 12 noon at UMaine’s Wells Conference Center. Those interested in attending are asked to reserve a ticket […]
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Channel 5 (WABI) reported on UMaine’s Take Back the Night rally against domestic violence on Wednesday. Inclement weather forced some of the events into Memorial Union. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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UMaine Cooperative Extension and Maine Sea Grant climate change educator Esperanza Stancioff was quoted in an Associated Press wire story about the changes in timing to the arrival of fall foliage, and the possible link to climate change. Stancioff, who runs the “Signs of the Seasons” phenology project in which gardeners, 4-H programs, teachers, students […]
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Seacoast Online, the website for a number of newspapers in southern Maine and New Hampshire, reported on an open house held in South Berwick, Maine, noted the presence of a display by the UMaine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener program. The story said the UMaine table had a composting bin with worms, and children who were […]
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