UMaine Prof. Robert Causey was interviewed as part of a Friday WABI story about a clinic and check presentation at UMaine’s Witter Farm. The Maine Farriers Association, as part of a meeting, seminar and clinic at the farm, gave $1,500 to the UMaine equine program to support future educational programs that benefit UMaine education programs […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The Maine Farriers Association will present a cash donation to the University of Maine equine program on Friday, Dec. 10, as part of a series of events including a seminar, clinic and demonstration. Farriers have expertise in equine hoof care. Their functions include the placement of shoes […]
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The Lewiston Sun Journal reports on a new exhibit at the Maine State Museum in Augusta, commemorating the 300th anniversary of the wreck of the Nottingham Galley off the Maine coast near York. The exhibit includes video and photo depictions of the efforts of UMaine marine archaeologist Warren Riess, who recovered some of the ship’s […]
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Comments from Jim McConnon of the UMaine School of Economics faculty and Cooperative Extension are included in a Wednesday Lewiston Sun Journal report looking at the holiday retail season in Maine.
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Contact: Catherine Schmitt (207) 581-1434 or catherine.schmitt@umit.maine.edu ORONO, Maine – Two University of Maine Ph.D. candidates have been selected to join the group of Sea Grant/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries Service Fellows earning doctoral degrees in either fisheries population dynamics or marine resource economics, according to the NOAA National Sea Grant College Program. […]
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John Dearborn, UMaine professor emeritus of marine sciences, died on Wednesday Nov 24 at his home in Orono, as reported in a Saturday Bangor Daily News obituary. Born in Bangor, Dearborn earned a Ph.D. from Stanford University before joining the UMaine faculty in 1966. A renowned expert in marine animals, Dearborn made several research expeditions […]
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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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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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UMaine researchers Ivan J. Fernandez and Stephen A. Norton served as guest editors for the most recent volume of the journal Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, which featured “The Bear Brook Watershed in Maine — The Second Decade,” a special issue that includes a series of 10 papers about UMaine’s long-term, whole-watershed research project in eastern […]
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A Wednesday Seacoast Online story previews a Dec. 11 York event commemorating the 300th anniversary of the wreck of the Nottingham Galley on Boon Island, six miles off the coast of that southern Maine town. The story notes that UMaine marine archaeologist Warren Riess recovered several artifacts from that wreck in 1995.
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