Contact: Len Kaye, (207) 262-7922; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO, Maine – The first-in-the-nation pharmaceuticals mail-back program launched in 2007 by the University of Maine’s Center on Aging with partnering agencies has been refunded for another two years, and will more than double in size and scope as a result. In the new phase of […]
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Contact: John Mahon, 581-1968 ORONO — John Mahon, Maine Business School director and dean of the College of Business, Public Policy and Health, has received a unique award for a paper he published more than a decade ago in the scholarly journal “Business&Society.” During the 20th annual meeting of the International Association for Business & […]
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Contact: Lobster Institute Associate Director Cathy Billings – (207) 581-2751 or cell (207) 949-2028 When: 3 p.m. Monday, July 13 Where: DiMillo’s Floating Restaurant, 25 Long Wharf, Portland, ME 04101. What: The Lobster Institute at the University of Maine and Mariner Beverages of Portland will introduce Big Claw – a new wine specifically designed to […]
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Contact: Chet Rock, 581-2218; April Mulherin, 778-7081 ORONO — The University of Maine and the University of Maine, Farmington, are collaborating to offer a five-year dual degree program resulting in liberal arts and engineering degrees. Beginning in the fall of 2009, students can spend three years pursuing a bachelor of arts degree at Farmington, then […]
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Contact: Mark Hutton at (207) 933-2100 ORONO, ME—University of Maine Cooperative Extension has published a vegetable pest management guide for home gardeners, “Pest Management for the Home Vegetable Garden in Maine” (bulletin #2188). Based on research conducted at UMaine’s Highmoor Farm in Monmouth, a Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station, the booklet covers pests and […]
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Contact: Joe Carr (joecarr@maine.edu) ORONO – The Institute for Molecular Biophysics will sponsor a technical workshop on UMaine’s advanced microscopy capabilities on Wednesday July 29 in the Hess Lab (Rooms 15/16 and 19/20 Bennett Hall). The open house, which will showcase FPALM (Flourescence Photoactivation Light Microscopy) technology, is scheduled for 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The microscope […]
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Contact: Naomi Jacobs, (207) 581-3823; Charlsye Diaz, (207) 581-3839 ORONO – University of Maine students looking to boost their resumes can now add a professional writing credential to their degrees, according to Naomi Jacobs, chair of the English Department. The credential, an 18-credit minor in professional writing, provides training and hands-on experience in writing. “The […]
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Contact: Gordon Nelson, 581-4799; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The University of Maine Department of Auxiliary Services is holding a second yard sale, on July 8, to dispose of remaining discarded student property and office and residence hall furniture that’s being replaced. The sale at Stewart Commons on Hilltop Road is from 8 a.m. to […]
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Contact: EJ Roach, (207) 581-1316; Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine is participating in the Yellow Ribbon GI Education Enhancement Program (Yellow Ribbon Program), which is a provision of the Post-Sept.11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008. This voluntary program willhelp fund tuition expenses that exceed the highest public in-stateundergraduate […]
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Contact: Rick Kersbergen, (207) 342-5971, richardk@umext.maine.edu Waldo, ME—Interest in growing organic grains has sparked research development within the University of Maine and the farming community in the Northeast. UMaine has received several research and development grants to investigate growing organic grains for both livestock feed and for an increasing demand for human consumption. A series […]
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