Morning Ag Clips previewed a University of Maine Cooperative Extension spring planting workshop to be held 6–7 p.m. May 28 at Rogers Farm in Old Town. Participants will learn best practices for planting ornamental seedlings, dahlias, hops and vegetable transplants, and how to sow flower and vegetable seeds directly into the garden. The workshop will […]
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Mainebiz published a University of Maine announcement reporting a team of UMaine students from the Maine Business School won two awards at the 2019 International Collegiate Business Strategy Competition in California. The team won first place in “Written Documents” and second place in “Overall Performance” in one of five “worlds” competitions, the article states. The […]
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The University of Maine’s 217th Commencement ceremonies were included in a Bangor Daily News roundup of graduation ceremonies in Maine this weekend. More than 1,700 undergraduate and graduate students, including upward of 40 doctoral candidates, will be recognized at ceremonies May 10–11 in the Alfond Sports Arena, the article states. The Graduate School Commencement for […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Anne Lichtenwalner, an associate professor of animal and veterinary sciences and director of the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at the University of Maine, for an article about broody hens. When a hen is broody, she stops laying and sits on a clutch of eggs or other objects to try to hatch […]
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News Center Maine quoted Ali Abedi, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and president and CTO of Activas Diagnostics, a University of Maine spinoff company, in a report on a study the company is conducting. Abedi and others at Activas Diagnostics have developed a device called SleepMove, which is a fitted mattress sheet equipped […]
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WABI (Channel 5) mentioned the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab as a useful resource in a report on Lyme disease awareness. If people want a tick identified or tested for diseases, they can send it to the lab, which has “a wealth of easily accessible information and resources about Lyme disease and other […]
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WVII (Channel 7) covered a memorial on the University of Maine campus for two soldiers who were killed in Iraq by a roadside bomb on May 6, 2006. Staff Sgt. Dale Kelly Jr. and Staff Sgt. David Veverka, a UMaine senior, were members of the Brewer-based 172nd Infantry Regiment, also known as the “Mountain Battalion.” […]
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Jon Bomar, a doctoral candidate in biomedical engineering at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled “Confronting the graduate student mental health crisis.” Bomar is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the country to address public challenges […]
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The New York Times quoted Jaclyn Robidoux, a marine Extension associate with Maine Sea Grant at the University of Maine, in the article “The climate-friendly vegetable you ought to eat.” Kelp is nutritionally dense and actively benefits ocean health by mitigating excess carbon dioxide and nitrogen, and can provide income to small fisheries threatened by […]
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News Center Maine reported Bridget Ziegelaar, operations manager for NASA’s International Space Station Research Integration Office and Old Town native, will give the address at both the morning and afternoon ceremonies for the University of Maine’s 217th commencement May 11 in the Alfond Sports Arena. Ziegelaar received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from UMaine […]
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