The Maine Edge reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Somerset County will offer a six-session home landscape design course beginning 10 a.m.—noon, Saturday, Oct. 24 at the UMaine Extension office, 7 County Drive, Skowhegan. The five remaining classes are scheduled for 6–8 p.m. Nov. 3 and 17, Jan. 12 and 26, and Feb. […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported Rabbi Richard Address will deliver presentations in Greater Bangor, including at the University of Maine, for family caregivers, along with health care providers, spiritual leaders and others who interact regularly with older adults. Address is a proponent of “sacred aging,” his philosophy that people of any faith background — or […]
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The Bangor Daily News quoted a speech by Len Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging, in the article, “Aging expert: Boomers will demand new housing options.” Kaye, who spoke at the Maine Affordable Housing Conference in Bangor, said the generation born between 1946 and 1964 is entering retirement age, and housing […]
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The Maine Edge spoke with Maine humorist Tim Sample ahead of his two appearances as part of the University of Maine’s 150th anniversary celebration Saturday, Oct. 17, during Homecoming Weekend. At 7 p.m., Sample, will read passages from Stephen King’s new short story “Drunken Fireworks.” Sample, who narrated the recently released audiobook, also will talk […]
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Richard Brzozowski, a small ruminant and poultry specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with Tri-Town Weekly for an article about a controlled burn of a Freeport blueberry field, as suggested by the town and UMaine Extension in Cumberland County. Brzozowski said he connected town officials with David Yarborough, a blueberry specialist with […]
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Bangor’s Classic Rock Station I-95 (95.7 FM) advanced University of Maine Homecoming events slated for Oct. 16–18, including the Craft Fair, athletic events, star shows, performances and Open University Day. More information about Homecoming and Open University Day is online.
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece “‘Complete streets’ make Maine communities more walkable, bikeable, livable” by Susan Buzzell, an independent blogger and cyclist living in Orono, and Sandra Butler, a professor of social work at the University of Maine. Butler also is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy […]
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The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release announcing participants are being sought for an online aphasia communication group as part of a research project being led by Judy Walker, an associate professor of communication sciences and disorders. The project aims to determine if people with aphasia — a disruption in the ability […]
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Composites World, Politico, The Associated Press, Bangor Daily News, WABI (Channel 5), WLBZ (Channel 2), Q 106.5 FM, Portland Press Herald, Mainebiz and Lebanese Examiner reported Habib Dagher, founding director of the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center, is being recognized as a 2015 White House Transportation Champion of Change. The White House Champions […]
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The Lexington-Herald Leader reported Mick Peterson, a University of Maine professor of mechanical engineering and executive director of the Racing Surfaces Testing Laboratory, tested the safety of the Keeneland track in Lexington, Kentucky after three horses suffered fatal breakdowns. Peterson worked with officials to review testing and daily measuring procedures to ensure the safety of […]
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