The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release announcing the 11th annual International Dance Festival Feb. 21 at the Collins Center for the Arts. The performances, which are free and open to the public, will take place at 2 and 7 p.m. The event will feature performances by dancers from more than a […]
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John Bear Mitchell, Wabanaki Center Outreach and Student Development Coordinator at the University of Maine and University of Maine System Native American Waiver Coordinator, was quoted in a Morning Sentinel article about Penobscot organizers who want Skowhegan schools to stop using the Indian image as a sports mascot. Representatives of the state’s Wabanaki — the […]
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The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release about the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s farming course for military veterans. “So You Want to Farm in Maine?” begins March 17, at University of Maine at Augusta. Extension educators Tori Jackson and Caragh Fitzgerald, along with other area experts will teach the course, which […]
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WABI (Channel 5) and the Bangor Daily News reported about a dozen students from the University of Maine Woodsmen’s Team and Society of American Foresters Student Chapter volunteered their services for Maine’s newest wood bank in Belfast. At Maine Grilling Woods in Waldo, the students helped chop nine cords of firewood that was purchased through […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on a University of Maine 4-H Science Saturday workshop at UMaine’s Climate Change Institute. About a dozen children in grades six through eight helped design a canister to keep ice core samples gleaned from the Peruvian Andes frozen and intact for research. “Kids were eager to give me a recommendation on […]
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Lois Berg Stack, an ornamental horticulture specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was interviewed for the latest column in the Portland Press Herald’s Maine Gardener series. The column, “Sure, grow your own flowers for nuptials, but have a Plan B,” included advice from Stack and other gardening experts. “Plants are going to do […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on the University of Maine women’s basketball team’s annual Play 4Kay breast cancer awareness game. The team beat Stony Brook 57–49 and exceeded their $10,000 fundraising goal for the Kay Yow Foundation to support breast cancer research. Coach Richard Barron, who dyed his hair pink for the game, followed through […]
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A 2009 University of Maine climate change study was mentioned in a Seacoast Online article about state Rep. Lydia Blume, D-York, sponsoring a bill to help Maine’s coastal towns prepare for sea level changes. The report, “Maine’s Climate Future,” showed that Maine’s sea levels are rising and the frequency of severe storms will increase, according […]
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Mainebiz reported the Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine has named former attorney Nancy McBrady its new executive director. McBrady is expected to help grow and advocate for Maine’s wild blueberry industry, according to the article. She also will help the University of Maine Cooperative Extension obtain funding for research and development programs related to the […]
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WLBZ (Channel 2) covered the University of Maine Career Center’s 17th annual UMaine Career Fair at the New Balance Student Recreation Center. About 120 employers from Maine and around the country with job and internship opportunities exhibited at the fair. Several graduate and professional schools, as well as branches of the military, also were represented […]
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