A Portland Press Herald article about the University of Maine System’s three-year-old effort to scrutinize and possibly eliminate any degree program with fewer than five graduates a year included information about UMaine programs. Officials at UMaine are looking at ways to collaborate with other departments or campuses to offer programs, and plans to fold majors […]
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Douglas Gardner, a professor of wood science and technology at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Bangor Daily News article about four companies — including UMaine — submitting proposals to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection on how to reuse 27,000 tons of fiber materials that have been stored in Warren for 14 […]
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Steven Barkan, a sociologist at the University of Maine, was interviewed for a Marketplace article about the abuse of generous store return policies. The article focused on “wardrobing,” when someone buys a product, uses it once and then returns it. Barkan said it’s possible people might see others get away with these returns from posts […]
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The Maine Public Broadcasting Network spoke with Ann Acheson, a researcher at the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine, about the latest census data on Mainers living in poverty. Acheson said poverty data from the American Community Survey is important to pay attention to, but tends to underestimate the degree of […]
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The Weekly previewed the Sept. 24 talk by retired University of Maine forestry professor David Field at the Buchanan Alumni House on campus. Field, who has been a longtime member of the Maine Appalachian Trail Club, will speak about the history of the Appalachian Trail in Maine. The Sun Journal also previewed Field’s Sept. 21 […]
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The Weekly Observer, serving Sanford, Springvale, Acton and Lebanon, previewed a five-week introductory beekeeping course that will start Oct. 15 in Springvale. The York County Beginner Bee School is co-sponsored by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine State Beekeepers Association.
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The latest post in the Bangor Daily News column “5 Things to do this Weekend,” mentions the Pretty Lights concert slated Friday, Sept. 20 at the Alfond Arena on the University of Maine campus.
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An entry in the Bangor Daily News blog “State & Capitol: Maine politics from the BDN State House Bureau” previews an eight-week lecture series called “Politics Then and Now, in Maine and the Nation” that will take place at the University of Southern Maine’s Muskie School of Public Service and Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Amy […]
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Steve Abbott, athletic director at the University of Maine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article about the factors that play a role in determining the salary of UMaine athletics coaches.
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A five-part series of workshops provided by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension titled “From Recipe to Market: Cashing in on Value-Added Opportunities” was previewed in the Portland Press Herald “Food & Dining Dispatches” column. The workshops begin Oct. 3 in Falmouth.
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