Contact: Richard Brzozowski, 207-780-4205 PORTLAND, Me.–Got land? Let a farmer keep it productive. University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Farmland Trust have launched a pilot partnership to connect landowners in Cumberland County with farmers who need land. The goal is to develop a directory of available farmland for local farmers. If you have extra […]
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Contact: Amos E. Orcutt 581-5100 ORONO, Me.–A scholarship honoring the memory of the late Mary Esther Treat Clark, University of Maine Class of 1944, formerly of Winterport and Belfast, has been established at the University of Maine Foundation to assist students to students who are graduates of Maine high schools and who are majoring in […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — For the fourth consecutive year, the Princeton Review lists the University of Maine as one of the best choices for undergraduate education. The New York-based publisher announced the listings from its annual book, “The Best 366 Colleges,” earlier this week. Princeton Review rankings are based on several […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Since last April’s tragic Virginia Tech shooting incident, University of Maine public safety officials and others have been working to develop a comprehensive, multi-layered communication system for use in the event of a campus emergency. A Web-based service that delivers messages to cell phones and email addresses […]
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Contact: Owen Smith, 207-581-4389 ORONO — “Without Borders IV: Play, Fast Forward, Rewind,” the fourth in a series of annual exhibits involving UMaine art and new media students, and currently on display at the Lord Hall art gallery, presents a wide range of work that is a unique melding of culture, art and technology. The […]
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Contact: George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — A group of UMaine faculty members and students will present a Somali Narrative Project Readers’ Theater performance at the American Folk Festival in Bangor Saturday and Sunday. The performance, on the Maine Folklife Center Narrative Stage, is about Somali life, history and culture, and is scheduled Aug. 25, 4-5 […]
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Contact: Amy Witt, 207-780-4205 PORTLAND, Me.–University of Maine Cooperative Extension has developed “Hort Shorts & More,” a series of short courses and workshops for horticulture, agriculture and nature enthusiasts, offered in various locations in Cumberland County. The first session, offered Sept. 6 and 13 from 6-8:30 p.m. at Gorham Middle School, will be about preserving […]
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Contact: Richard Brzozowski, 207-780-4205 MONMOUTH, Me. –David Handley of University of Maine Cooperative Extension was honored by the National Association of County Agricultural Agents (NACAA) at their 2007 annual meeting and professional improvement conference, held July 15-19 in Grand Rapids, Mich. Handley, who represented Maine as its voting delegate at the conference, received the Distinguished […]
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Contact: Laura Lindenfeld, 581-1843; Gisela Hoecherl-Alden, 581-2081; George Manlove, 591-3756 ORONO — The University of Maine has received a $1.5 million, five-year grant to better prepare Maine teachers to work with a growing number of students just learning or still perfecting their English language skills. The U.S. Department of Education Title III grant will enable […]
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Contact: Mary Ellen Camire (207) 581-1627; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine — UMaine Food Science and Human Nutrition researchers Mary Ellen Camire, Dorothy Klimis-Zacas, Richard Cook, Alfred Bushway and Vivian Wu will be presenting the results of their research into the health benefits of blueberries in the annual meeting of the Bar Harbor Group […]
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