Contacts: Alice Kelley (207) 581-2056; Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777 The University of Maine is reporting all kinds of shakes, rattles, and rolls, but it’s not just from the students returning to campus for the fall semester – it’s movements and vibrations of the Earth occurring worldwide that are being picked up by UMaine’s new seismometer. […]
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Contact: Lauren Mack (860) 992-8735; Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777 University of Maine pre-vet senior Lauren Mack sees a real problem arising when public safety officials are called out in horse emergencies and no one in the department is trained to handle horses. In the last six months in the Bangor area alone, a racehorse got […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571; Aimee Dolloff at (207) 581-3777 MONMOUTH — Events highlighting Maine’s rich agricultural history will take center stage on Wednesday Aug. 19 when the University of Maine hosts a centennial celebration of its Highmoor Farm in Monmouth. The state established the facility in 1909 to conduct research and demonstrations related […]
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Contact: Vicki Nemeth, Maine EPSCoR Director, 581-3399,maineepscor@umit.maine.eduJoe Carr, 581-3571, joecarr@maine.edu ORONO — Gov. John Baldacci and other state leaders joined University of Maine and University of Southern Maine officials on Wednesday morning to announce a $20 million National Science Foundation EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) grant for a wide-ranging new project called the […]
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Contact: Kristen Andresen, 581-3742 We humbly apologize, but the original version of this release contained an error. Laura Wood’s hometown is Scarborough, not South Portland. ORONO — Two University of Maine students have received theM orris K. Udall Scholarship. Established in 1992 to commemorate Udall’s 30 years of service in the U.S. House of Representatives, […]
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