ScienceNews reports on a study by UMaine’s Nilmini Gedivinne, who found that some of the leaves of some evergreen trees have a starter material for the anti-flu drug Tamiflu. The finding was reported Aug. 26 at the American Chemical Society’s fall meeting.
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Contact: Anne Lichtenwalner, 581-2789 ORONO – Consumers can do their part in protecting themselves from potentially contaminated poultry products, including eggs, by using common sense and sanitary food preparation practices. There also is a lot that can be done by Maine’s thousands of chicken owners. Large commercial henhouses, family farms or even small backyard chicken […]
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Comments from Mary Ellin Logue of the UMaine education faculty are included in a story posted on the MSNBC Web site, looking at issues related to aggressive play among boys and the ways in which teachers respond to it.
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A Monday Bangor Daily News story details some of the community service projects carried out by UMaine first-year students on Saturday. Some 1,200 students volunteered at dozens of area organizations and agencies Saturday afternoon. The story includes comments from Lisa Morin, UMaine’s Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism coordinator.
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Monday’s Lewiston Sun Journal includes a preview of a Sept. 13 UMaine Cooperative Extension program for western Maine business operators. Headed up by Extension’s Marc Edwards, the program will provide information and advice about marketing businesses to the tour bus industry that visits that part of the state during the fall foliage season.
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WABI broadcast a Saturday report about UMaine’s first-ever day of service for new first-year students. The members of the Class of 2014 spent several hours on Saturday providing service at the sites of community organizations in the Bangor-Orono-Old Town area.
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The Pride of Maine Black Bear Marching Band helped kick of the American Folk Festival on the Bangor Waterfront Friday night. A photo was featured on the front page of Saturday’s paper and several more are part of an online slide show on the newspaper’s Web site.
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The Bangor Daily News, WLBZ and WABI covered Friday’s Maine Hello activities, during which some 800 students, faculty members, staff members and alumni helped UMaine’s new first-year students move into residence halls. The highlight of Fall Welcome Weekend, Maine Hello starts a series of weekend activities aimed at helping the new students get acclimated to […]
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Media outlets covered Friday’s move-in day as first-year students filled up the reisdence halls in advance of the first day of classes, which is Monday, Aug. 30. WABI interviewed Vice President for Student Affairs Robert Dana and reported on the move-in process. The Bangor Daily News noted a 2 percent increase in this year’s first-year […]
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University of Maine engineering student Ashley Bailey is interviewed about Maine’s farming tradition in a story about the Union Fair.
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