In an article about the first-ever auction of offshore wind leases in California, Cal Matters spoke to Habib Dagher, founding executive director of the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center. “There’s a lot of opportunities, but there’s also some challenges. California has deeper waters than any other areas with these floating turbines so […]
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The Bangor Daily News, MaineBiz, Engineering News-Record: New England and WABI-TV (Channel 5) reported that the Governor’s Energy Office’s Clean Energy Partnership program awarded the University of Maine $266,669 for OffshoreWind4Maine, an initiative led by Amrit Verma, assistant professor of mechanical engineering. The program will offer hands-on curricula that will give high school and UMaine […]
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The Sun Journal and CentralMaine.com shared that the Oxford County Soil & Water Conservation District (OCSWCD) and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will hold a public meeting of the Oxford County USDA Local Working Group on Dec. 14, 10 a.m. at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Oxford County Office.
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The Sun Journal, CentralMaine.com, Turner Publishing Incorporated and the Bangor Daily News reported that Ben Brooks, a University of Maine senior from Monmouth majoring in electrical engineering technology with a concentration in power engineering, is one of 75 students in the U.S. to be awarded an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers scholarship. Brooks plans […]
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Ivan Fernandez, professor at the University of Maine School of Forest Resources and Climate Change Institute, was a panelist on Maine Public’s show Maine Calling about the importance of soil in human lives and for the planet.
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WABI (Channel 5 in Bangor) reported that the University of Maine’s Witter Teaching and Research Center hosted its Witter Wonderland event on Sunday. The University of Maine Drill Team and Maine Animal Club invited the public to celebrate the holiday season. “It’s really good to see the kids having a good time. We’ve had Bananas […]
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In an article about what would happen if ticks disappeared from the planet, Grunge cited a bulletin from University of Maine Cooperative Extension noting that guinea fowl can be used to manage tick populations.
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In an article about tussock caterpillars, House Digest cited information from University of Maine Cooperative Extension that notes tussock caterpillars are not poisonous or venomous. Their prickly hairs can cause rashes on the skin, and children are more likely to develop the rash than adults. You can wash the hairs away with soap and water, […]
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The Bangor Daily News shared that the University of Maine Clinical Psychology Doctoral Training Program has received a national award for its multifaceted effort to recruit and retain more in-state students from diverse backgrounds. The American Psychological Association of Graduate Students named UMaine the 2022 recipient of its Student Diversity Initiative Award, which includes $2,500 […]
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In a column about wreath making in Maine, the Ellsworth American cited an online tutorial from University of Maine Cooperative Extension about making fir wreaths.
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