Foster’s Daily Democrat previewed the upcoming plant sale by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in York County. The sale takes place May 18 in Springvale.
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The Bangor Daily News reported University of Maine officials have advised students and staff to be on the lookout for measles symptoms after being told by the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention that a recent out-of-state visitor to the campus has a confirmed case of the contagious respiratory disease. No cases of the […]
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Anne Lichtenwalner, assistant professor and extension veterinarian at the University of Maine, spoke with the publication Bovine Veterinarian about the National Mastitis Council’s upcoming regional meeting in Portland, Maine. Lichtenwalner is also the 2013 NMC regional chairwoman.
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WABI (Channel 5) covered a benefit concert performed by four University of Maine athletes at Moe’s restaurant in Bangor. The concert was held to raise money for a local effort to provide clean drinking water in Haiti.
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Maine Harvest for Hunger program was mentioned in a recent “Food and Dining Dispatches” column for the Portland Press Herald. The program is seeking gardeners willing to plant an extra row of produce this year to donate to local soup kitchens and food pantries.
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The Maine Edge previewed the upcoming HOPE Festival at the University of Maine in a recent article. The festival, which stands for Help Organize Peace Earthwide and is centered around Earth Day, is put on by the Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine and takes place April 27 at the New Balance Student Recreation […]
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WLBZ (Channel 2) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on Princeton Review’s ranking of the University of Maine as one of the most environmentally responsible colleges in the U.S. and Canada for the fourth consecutive year. Daniel Dixon, sustainability coordinator at UMaine, spoke about the ranking.
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The Portland Press Herald reported two officers from the University of Maine will attend a memorial service in Massachusetts for an MIT police officer who was shot and killed in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings. The officers will travel with a group of Maine police that will include about 30 Portland officers and […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Hollywood producer Lawrence Bender who will deliver the commencement address at UMaine on May 11. Bender spoke about his time as a student at the university.
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Foster’s Daily Democrat recently carried a report on the winner of the 2013 John M. Rezendes Annual Ethics Essay Competition. Gwendolyn Beacham of Farmington won the $2,800 prize for her essay “Ethics of the United States’ Clinical Trials in India.”
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