Bob Steneck, a professor in UMaine’s School of Marine Sciences, was listed in a news release as being part of a task force studying the impact of global fishing. The Lenfest Forage Fish Task Force released on April 1 its recommendation that fishing for herring, anchovy, and other forage fish in general should be cut […]
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A food drive being held at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Hancock County office in Ellsworth was the subject of a story on Bangor TV station WLBZ.
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ORONO — The University of Maine School of Forest Resources Woodsmen’s Team will host the 2012 Timbersports Meet Saturday, March 31 on the Orono campus.
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Bill Halteman, professor of mathematics and statistics at the University of Maine, was interviewed by the Lewiston Sun Journal for a story on the Mega Millions lottery, which is prompting unprecedented ticket sales in 43 states and territories because of the $640 million jackpot. Halteman calculated the odds of winning at 1 in 175.7 million. […]
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A recent expedition to Chile by Paul Mayewski, director of UMaine’s Climate Change Institute, and a team of other UMaine scientists, was featured in the Bangor Daily News. The article noted the group drilled ice cores in a crater inside an active volcano. Mayewski told the BDN the region is important because the glaciers there […]
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The Katherine Miles Durst Child Development Learning Center at the University of Maine recently earned accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). The center is one of the oldest university-affiliated laboratory schools in the country, providing students in UMaine’s education and early childhood programs the opportunity to learn through teaching […]
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The University of Maine Museum of Art will celebrate spring with three new exhibitions and the latest rotation of the museum’s permanent collection beginning April 6. The new exhibits will run through June 9.
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The Portland Press Herald ran a column about Sunday’s benefit hockey game for a scholarship in honor of Leroy Patterson, a 33-year veteran of the UMaine Department of Public Safety who died in January. Paul Culina, UMaine’s head athletic trainer, said Patterson was the epitome of what a university police officer should be. UMaine football […]
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Todd Gabe, a UMaine economist, was quoted in a Bangor Daily News article about the announcement that Maine’s earnings growth is ranked the worst among states. Gabe told the BDN his research has found areas that the economy places less value on today include sectors such as agriculture, construction, low-end manufacturing, fishing and forestry — […]
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UMaine labor historian Charles Scontras will be part of a panel discussion about Cesar Chavez, the labor activist who formed United Farm Workers 50 years ago, according to an advance in the Portland Daily Sun. A day of events to remember and honor Chavez will be held Saturday in Portland. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777
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