The Maine Edge published a University of Maine release about research by Damian Brady, an assistant professor in the School of Marine Sciences at the Darling Marine Center. The National Science Foundation recently awarded Brady and colleagues a $266,309 grant to advance UMaine high-performance computer modeling tools to aid timely forecasts of storms and effective […]
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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, was quoted in a Portland Press Herald article on a proposed U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredging project in Searsport. Although the project aims to improve and upgrade Maine’s second-busiest port, it has […]
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The Maine Edge advanced the 2015 Hispanic Heritage Month Lecture Series to be hosted by the University of Maine and CHISPA Centro Hispano throughout September and October. All lectures will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays starting Sept. 17 at UMaine’s Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium, 165 Barrows Hall. The events are free and open […]
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The Associated Press spoke with David Yarborough, a blueberry specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and professor in the School of Food and Agriculture, for an article about how machines are taking the place of migrant workers in Maine’s blueberry industry. A push toward mechanization is reducing the number of migrant farmers who […]
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Greg Porter, a professor of agronomy at the University of Maine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article about what it takes to develop new potato varieties. For the last eight years, Porter has led UMaine’s potato breeding program, looking for the right combination of consumer marketability and disease and pest resistance, according […]
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The Sun Journal spoke with Jonathan Rubin, a professor of resource economics and policy at the University of Maine, for articles about gas and heating oil prices in Maine. In the article, “All gassed up: Price outlook good, according to analysts,” Jeff Pelton, the East Coast senior petroleum analyst for GasBuddy.com, said for the first […]
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Several University of Maine students and Robert Dana, UMaine’s vice president for student life and dean of students, spoke with WABI (Channel 5) for the report, “Transgender rights at school sparking conversation.” According to the report, UMaine has taken measures on campus to make LGBT students feel comfortable. “The really cool thing that I like […]
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The Associated Press reported University of Maine researchers are working on a two-year project to increase the state’s crop of locally grown plums. The project — funded by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry — is identifying suitable plum varieties for Maine’s climate that would help diversify the state’s apple farms. The project […]
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University of Maine student Samantha Morse wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled “Poliquin’s vote may make it harder for Mainers to afford college.” Morse grew up in Peru, Maine, and is a graduate of Dirigo High School. She is a third-year political science major at the University of Maine and communications […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported members of the fraternity Sigma Phi Epsilon at the University of Maine camped out on campus for four days to benefit Spruce Run-Womancare Alliance, a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving people affected by domestic abuse. The students said they have been outside 24 hours a day to symbolize that domestic abuse […]
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