John Rebar, executive director of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Maine Public Broadcasting Network for a report about a proposed rule by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to crack down on the use of pesticides when bees are on a farm. With about 90 percent of all honeybees living in hives […]
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WAGM (Channel 8 in Presque Isle) reported on the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s 4-H STEM Ambassador program. Four students at the University of Maine at Presque Isle are 4-H STEM Ambassadors. They are trained to facilitate hands-on science, engineering, technology and math (STEM) activities with children 8–14 years old. Through 4-H STEM Ambassadors, youth […]
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A University of Maine photo of the 213th Commencement was featured in the column “Speak up. Stand up. Stand out,” on the Maine Community Foundation’s blog Real Time. The article, a college commencement address, was written by Meredith Jones, president and CEO of the Maine Community Foundation. The article’s accompanying photo shows University of Maine […]
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Jim Dill, a pest management specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was quoted in reports by WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland) and NECN on climate change affecting the region’s tick population. The Natural Resources Council of Maine presented a report by the National Wildlife Federation which states warmer winters “serve as a welcome […]
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A Portland Press Herald article on the closing of a substance abuse recovery center in Westbrook mentioned an analysis released by the Maine attorney general’s office and conducted by Marcella Sorg, a research professor of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine. Mercy Hospital plans to close the center in part […]
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The Weekly reported that Andrew Moreira, a senior at Old Town High School, recently earned first place in the High School Poster Competition at the 2015 Maine Sustainability and Water Conference. Moreira’s poster, “Recovering Organic Acids from Water Through Extraction and Precipitation,” derives from the research he conducted through his Maine EPSCoR (Experimental Program to […]
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WABI (Channel 5) and The Weekly reported a Bangor senior center’s rooftop garden has been selected as one of several University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteer projects this season. The Hammond Street Senior Center’s garden will receive support from the volunteers through assistance with garden planning, soil preparation, planting, establishment of space-saving structures, […]
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The Weekly and The Maine Edge reported on scheduled public star shows in June at the University of Maine’s Emera Astronomy Center. The Maynard F. Jordan Planetarium shows are held 7 p.m. Fridays and 2 p.m. Sundays. Friday nights in June feature “Undiscovered Worlds” and Sunday afternoons feature “Little Star that Could,” for younger sky […]
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The Associated Press, Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald and Maine Public Broadcasting Network reported University of Maine President Susan J. Hunter has agreed to extend her two-year post for an extra year. University of Maine System Chancellor James Page and the system board of trustees requested that she continue her work through June 30, […]
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WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on the 2015 Top Gun Regional Pitch Competition and Product Showcase at the University of Maine Foster Center for Student Innovation. Two regional entrepreneurs — Matt James of CourseStorm and Chuck Donnelly of RockStep Solutions — were selected by a panel of judges to compete in the […]
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