Contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — Overall, Maine students are optimistic about their future, expect to go to college and are confident they will achieve their goals, according to preliminary survey results from the National Center for Student Aspirations (NCSA) at the University of Maine. However, many of these same grade 6-12 […]
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Contact: George Manlove at 207-581-3756 (Calendar excludes some events, including athletics) Mar. 4 Florida Sea Kayaking 8 a.m., from Maine Bound-UM Outdoor Education Center; this trip is designed to provide participants with an unforgettable way to explore the waterways and wildlife of the Everglades National Park in southern Florida from the deck of a sea […]
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Contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — The National Youth Sports Program (NYSP), which has offered free summer camp experiences to area youth for 13 years at the University of Maine, is among programs eliminated in recent federal budget cuts. While the University will work with the Maine Congressional delegation to restore funding […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 BOSTON–Former Maine state Sen. Mary R. Cathcart of Orono became chair of the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) on Feb. 25. Cathcart served three terms in the Maine House of Representatives and four terms in the Maine Senate representing communities in Penobscot County before she was term-limited […]
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Contact: Edwin Nagy, 581-2981; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — UMaine engineering students and faculty displayed their art masterpieces in the annual “Art by Engineers” exhibit, held in the Engineering and Science Research Building through the month of February, to celebrate the relationship between science and art. The second annual show was put on by the […]
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Contact: Christopher V. Davis, 207-581-2263 The Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center is offering $5,000-$25,000 grants to parties that wish to pursue research that will improve Maine’s economy through the advancement of the commercial and public aquaculture. Potential applicants include production farms, individual water farmers, vendors to the Maine aquaculture industry, non-profit organizations, municipalities (including shellfish committees), […]
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Contact: Frank S. Wertheim, Extension Educator, 1-800-287-1535 AUBURN–The 13th Annual Maine Garden Day will take place on Saturday, April 8 at Central Maine Community College in Auburn. Maine Garden Day, sponsored by University of Maine Cooperative Extension, is the largest one-day educational home gardening workshop event in Maine. Over thirty workshops will be offered on […]
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Contact: Roberta Laverty (207) 581-2110; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – Telestick LLC, located in Pownal, Maine, is working with UMaine’s Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center to develop and test a composite pole, called a “lurk,” to be used in telemark skiing. Several years ago, Telestick founder Matt Welch took up telemark, an increasingly […]
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Contact: Catherine Schmitt (207) 581-2434: Dave Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine –The National Sea Grant College Program has just announced that three graduates of the University of Maine System have received prestigious Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowships. More than 100 graduate students from throughout the country competed for the 10 positions available in […]
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Contact: Larry Mayer (207) 581-3321; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – While working on problems facing the clamming industry in mud flats, UMaine oceanographer Larry Mayer began to more fully appreciate the important connection between the preservation of organic matter and the presence of clays. He pursued this connection into the Gulf of Maine, […]
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