Contact: Rick Kersbergen (207) 342-5971; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – When it comes to producing organic milk in Maine, UMaine Cooperative Extension researcher Rick Kersbergen is definitely the farmer’s friend. Assisting the state’s organic milk producers with everything from forage crops to farmyard pests, Kersbergen has made it his mission to provide agricultural […]
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Contact: Tucker Kimball (207) 582-4790; Rick Kersbergen (207) 342-5971; David Munson (207) 581-3777 GARDINER, Maine — The Maine Technology Institute board of directors recently approved a cluster enhancement award aimed at stimulating Maine’s organic dairy farm industry. The $78,000 award, matched by a co-investment of $827,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, went to UMaine […]
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Contact: Dorothy Croall (207) 581-2829; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine — For more than two decades, UMaine Biochemistry professor Dorothy Croall has studied a critically important family of enzymes known as calpains. The enzymes are thought to be important contributors to basic cellular functions, as well as to the pathology of cancer and several […]
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Contact: Steven Adam (207) 581-2262; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine — When it comes to making the most of energy resources, UMaine alumus George Sakellaris is a man with a plan. Known across the country as one of the foremost leaders in the development of comprehensive energy plans for business and industry, Sakellaris was […]
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Contact: Dave Munson at (207) 581-3777 Neuroscientist to discuss teen brain development Contacts: Kay Hyatt (207) 581-2761, David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine — How many frustrated parents have asked their teen-agers, “What in the world were you thinking?” Well, the kids probably weren’t thinking, at least not in the way adults reason. They might […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207 )581-3571 ORONO — University of Maine President Robert A. Kennedy announced today that he has selected Edna Mora Szymanski, dean of the College of Education at the University of Maryland, College Park, to be UMaine’s new senior vice president for academic affairs and provost. Szymanski began her academic career in […]
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Contact: Richard Kersbergen, 800-287-1426, richardk@umext.maine.eduEric Gallandt, 207-581-2933, gallandt@maine.edu ORONO
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Contact: Ben Slayton, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, (207) 228-1638, Ben@gmri.orgJoe Carr, (207) 581-3571, joecarr@maine.edu Andrew Pershing, Ph.D., Brings Ecosystem Modeling Expertise to the Gulf of Maine PORTLAND AND ORONO, Me. — The University of Maine and the Gulf of Maine Research Institute today announced the hiring of marine ecosystem modeler Andrew Pershing, Ph.D. This […]
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Contact: Kay Hyatt, (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — A new resource to help schools keep students enrolled and on track toward graduation and encourage those who have dropped out to return to school will be available for participants at the 2006 Dropout Prevention Summer Institute taking place July 24-25 at the University of Maine. The […]
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Contact: Kay Hyatt, (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — Children in grades kindergarten-12 can boost their reading and writing skills during a University of Maine summer program taking place June 26-July 27 at Old Town Elementary School. Designed for area students who would benefit from additional literacy instruction, the program is a long-standing tradition of the […]
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