Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Three University of Maine climate change researchers are among the authors of a new report, developed in collaboration with researchers from Ohio State University, that expands the scientific record of Antarctic snowfall and demonstrates that there has been no statistically significant change over 50 years (Monaghan et. […]
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Contact: Extension Educator Richard Brzozowski, (207) 780-4205 Cincinnati, OH — Two University of Maine Cooperative Extension faculty members were recently recognized for their exemplary work by the National Association of County Agricultural Agents (NACAA). They were honored at the 2006 NACAA annual meeting and professional improvement conference in Cincinnati in late July. Extension Prof. Rick […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at 581-3571; Meg Malmberg at 338-8000 BELFAST — As the University of Maine’s Hutchinson Center prepares to begin its seventh academic year in Belfast, students, faculty members and staff members will host an open house at the Belmont Ave. facility from 4-6 p.m. on Wednesday Aug. 22. UMaine offers courses and entire […]
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Contact: Gleason Gray at (207) 942-7396 STILLWATER, Me.–This year’s Garden Gathering, a day of horticultural workshops, activities and educational displays, will take place on Saturday, Aug. 19 at Rogers Farm, the University of Maine
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Contact: Gretchen Faulkner, 581-1904, Brian Robinson, 581-2174 ORONO — Artifacts from Maine archaeology digs over the last 30 years, representing life from between 300 and 11,000 years ago, are currently on display through Sept. 10 at the University of Maine’s Hudson Museum in the Maine Center for the Arts. The exhibit — “From the Ground […]
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Contact: David Munson (207) 581-3777 UMaine Prof. Barry Goodell, of the Wood Science and Technology Program and the Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center, has received the prestigious Gottshalk Award from the Forest Products Society, a worldwide technical organization in forest products and wood science. The award, named for the society’s first president, is the “society’s […]
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Contact: Laura Kenefic (207) 581-2794; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – The American Chestnut Foundation, working together with UMaine and the U.S. Forest Service, has established a new chestnut orchard at the Penobscot Experimental Forest in Bradley, Maine. The goal of the orchard is to develop a new strain of chestnut trees that are […]
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Contact: Roberta Laverty (207) 581-2110; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO–UMaine’s AEWC Center has recently partnered with Old Town Canoe and the Maine Technology Institute to develop and test a new line of Old Town composite canoes and kayaks. With Maine Technology Institute seed grant funding and AEWC Center expertise, Old Town Canoe will develop, refine […]
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Contact: Charlene Herrick (207) 581-3204; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine — The UMaine System Board of Trustees recently approved the establishment of the new Center for Research on Sustainable Forests. The new center will offer forestry and environmental researchers both on and off campus with new opportunities for research and collaboration, complimenting the efforts […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Two University of Maine colleges will be under new leadership when classes begin for the fall semester, as two veteran UMaine deans have announced their plans to step down. G. Bruce Wiersma, a UMaine graduate who has served as dean of the college now known as the […]
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