The University of Maine’s “Think 30″ program was mentioned in a Portland Press Herald article on college debt in Maine and around the country. Schools, including UMaine, have adopted new programs and policies aimed at helping students get through their college years more efficiently — keeping costs down without wasting time and tuition money — […]
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Kirsten Jacobson, a philosophy professor at the University of Maine, spoke about the importance of philosophy on Maine Public Broadcasting Network’s “Morning Edition.” Jacobson’s interview is the first in a series of interviews on what role the humanities play in our lives. All of the guests wrote articles in the special issue of Maine Policy […]
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Kate Garland, a horticulturist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension program, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article about public tours of the Hammond Street Senior Center’s rooftop garden. Senior center members and volunteers from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteer program recently built 17 raised beds for flowers, […]
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The University of Maine was mentioned in the Maine Public Broadcasting Network report, “Volunteers count bats in Maine in an effort to save them.” It’s estimated that between five to seven million hibernating bats, 80 to 90 percent of entire colonies in some cases, have been killed by white-nose syndrome, according to the report. BatME, […]
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Bruce Hoskins, an assistant scientist of plant, soil and environmental sciences at the University of Maine, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for the article, “Poor soil? Test now and be ready for next year’s planting season,” the latest column in the Maine Gardener series. Hoskins, who is the coordinator of the soil testing program […]
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WVII (Channel 7) spoke with students and organizers of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H livestock program at the Bangor State Fair. Students in the Penobscot County club are responsible for raising a cow to have the animal market ready in time for the fair, according to the report. “Overall it’s been a really […]
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University of Maine baseball head coach Steve Trimper announced Nick Derba, a former minor league catcher, has been promoted to associate head coach, the Bangor Daily News reported. “He’s going to be a head coach at a Division I school sometime in the future,” Trimper said. “The least I could do is make a title […]
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Joseph Kelley, a professor of marine geology in the University of Maine School of Earth and Climate Sciences and Climate Change Institute, spoke with The Free Press about his concerns over the proposal to dump almost a million cubic yards of marine dredge spoils from Searsport Harbor into deep holes on the seafloor near Islesboro. […]
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Marine science research and the Darling Marine Center’s 50th anniversary were the focus of a recent episode of the Maine Public Broadcasting Network’s “Maine Calling” radio show. Guests were University of Maine marine scientist Bob Steneck; Heather Leslie, the center’s new director; and Chris Davis, executive director of the Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center. The guests […]
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WGME (Channel 13 in Portland), the Sun Journal and the Daily Bulldog reported the University of Maine is assisting with a search for a teenage woman who went missing in 1986. The new search for Kimberly Moreau is a coordinated effort with state police, the Maine Warden Service, and local and county police, according to […]
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