In an article about the Marine Mammal Commission’s new study showing there is no risk of entanglement for right whales by offshore wind turbines, WGME-TV (Fox 23 in Portland) noted that University of Maine researchers had previously stated that there was no entanglement risk to the right whale because the line for these floating turbines […]
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In reporting on Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ new Maine Offshore Wind Roadmap, the Union of Concerned Scientists, WMTW-TV (Channel 8 in Portland) and and Offshore Wind noted the University of Maine’s role in designing floating platforms for offshore wind turbines. In launching the plan, Mills spoke from the Maine State House with a model of the […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Republican Journal, Fiddlehead Focus and CentralMaine.com shared that the annual S-T-R-E-T-C-H Your Teaching Workshop, a low-cost professional development program for all preK to 12 educators, will be held March 18 at the Hutchinson Center in Belfast. Register online or by contacting Donna Kennison, mimiken7@gmail.com.
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The Bangor Daily News reported that Roberto Lopez-Anido, the Malcolm G. Long ’32 Professor of Civil Engineering, has been named the 2023 Distinguished Maine Professor, the university’s most prestigious faculty award. Lopez-Anido will be honored at an Alumni Achievement Awards and Recognition Ceremony on April 28 at Wells Conference Center.
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Morning Ag Clips noted that Glenda Pereira, assistant Extension professor, assistant professor of animal science and dairy specialist at the University of Maine, will present at the Herd Health and Nutrition Conference April 3–4 in East Syracuse, New York. Pereira’s presentation will focus on a comparison of crossbreds with holsteins for confinement and pasture production […]
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The Bangor Daily News featured the Ash Wednesday ceremony at the University of Maine Memorial Union led by Rev. Kyle Doustous, who is also known as “Father Kyle” and serves as the Roman Catholic chaplain at Maine’s flagship campus. Doustous is also the pastor of the Parish of the Resurrection of the Lord, which serves […]
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News Center Maine, Mainebiz and the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel featured the induction of Sandra Caron, University of Maine professor of family relations and human sexuality, into the Maine Women’s Hall of Fame. Caron is scheduled to be inducted in a ceremony at 2 p.m. March 18, in the Farber Forum in Jewett Hall […]
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Mainebiz reported that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a $10 million grant to a collaborative research team from the University of Maine, the University of Georgia and lead-site Purdue University to help landowners and stakeholders better adapt their forests to increasingly complicated economic and climate conditions in the eastern U.S.
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The Bangor Daily News advanced a talk by James Eric Francis Sr., Penobscot Nation’s director of cultural and historic preservation, tribal historian and chair of the Penobscot Tribal Rights and Resource Protection Board, titled “Penobscot Sense of Place: An exploration of Indigenous landscapes in the Dawnland.” The University of Maine Senator George J. Mitchell Center […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot promoted an upcoming professional development program offered by the University of Maine Hutchinson Center titled “Teaching From the Heart: Nonviolent Communication in the Classroom.” The program, which costs $195, will be held at 9 a.m. April 28 at the Hutchinson Center in Belfast. Visit the center’s website for more information.
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