Comments from Ellen Libby of UMaine Cooperative Extension are included in a Tuesday Lewiston Sun Journal story about the increasing number of school gardens around Maine. Libby says the trend falls into line with national initiatives related to healthy living and dealing with childhood obesity issues.
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The University of Maine Canadian-American Center has received a four-year grant for $1,678,000 to support a National Resource Center on Canada and provide foreign language and area studies fellowships for graduate students studying in Canada.
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The Bangor Daily News reports that the UMaine System Board of Trustees approved Monday funding for a plan that would use gas from an Old Town landfill to power UMaine’s steam plant, potentially saving up to $17 million. The board also gave approval for $3.7 million in additional funds for the renovation of Stewart Commons […]
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A national program to help farmers, farmworkers and farm family members with chronic health conditions or disabilities is now up and running in Maine, the Bangor Daily News notes.
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The Morning Sentinel notes Kate McCarthy of UMaine’s Cooperative Extension will speak Tuesday about how to safely preserve food.
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine System Board of Trustees today authorized the University of Maine to conclude negotiations on a 20-year energy agreement that could potentially save the university $13 million- $17 million while reducing the university’s carbon footprint by more than 40 percent. UMaine has been negotiating […]
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UMaine will host at 2 p.m. Thursday a conference about a $1.4 million U.S. Department of Commerce grant which will improve broadband access in Washington County. The Bangor Daily News reported Monday on the grant to Machias-based Axiom Technologies.
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A Maine Sunday Telegram report on issues related to arsenic and groundwater in Maine notes that UMaine biochemist Julie Gosse is leading a study investigating the potential link between well water arsenic and asthma. More information is in an April UMaine news release announcing a grant to support that study.
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Geral Coulombe’s “Maine Observer” column in the Sept. 12 Maine Sunday Telegram described life as a newly-married student and Korean War veteran at UMaine in the 1950s. Coulombe, a retired school administrator who lives in Connecticut, wrote about the “South Apartments,” mostly occupied by married students but also by some faculty members. Those professors included […]
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The New York Times Sunday Sept. 12 “City Room” blog detailed this summer’s analysis of the remains of an 18th century ship, discovered in a New York City landfill near the World Trade Center site. UMaine marine archaeologist Warren Riess has been one of the lead researchers working to determine the origin of that wreckage, […]
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