Down East magazine interviewed University of Maine paleoecologist Jacquelyn Gill for its “My Favorite Place” story. For Gill, that’s Gorham Mountain in Acadia National Park. The story notes that the Vermont native first fell in love with Acadia on an eighth-grade field trip, and as an undergraduate at the College of the Atlantic, the park […]
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The Portland Press Herald, Bangor Daily News and 92.9 FM The Ticket reported University of Maine head football coach Joe Harasymiak has been named a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Award, given annually to the national coach of the year in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision. Harasymiak, in his third year at the helm of […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported better-than-expected investment income, cost-cutting and an increase in tuition revenue from out-of-state students helped put an extra $15 million into the University of Maine System in the past fiscal year, according to system officials. The University of Maine, the system’s flagship campus, saw higher-than-expected revenue from out-of-state students, contributing to […]
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The Associated Press, Mainebiz, WABI (Channel 5) and Fiddlehead Focus reported the Caribou Russet potato, developed by the University of Maine, is now available in more stores throughout New England. The Caribou Russet first went to market in the fall of 2016 and has seen its popularity explode in the last two years, according to […]
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Keith Kanoti, forest manager for the University of Maine School of Forest Resources, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for the article, “Wet weather dampens this season’s firewood supply.” For firewood, wetness presents a problem from the start, according to the article. In addition to waterlogging the stock once it is stacked, rain compromises the […]
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The October 2018 issue (Vol. 26, No. 10) of Landings, the newsletter of the Maine Lobstermen’s Community Alliance, reported on the retirement of Bob Bayer, former director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine. Bayer, 74, grew up in New York and earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in animal science at the University […]
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A Northern Light Health release about the company’s recent inclusion in a digital badging initiative mentioned the University of Maine. “We have to find ways to not only attract new employees or talent, but we need to make sure the talent is the right fit. So, we became involved in this project with Education Design […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot previewed two photography exhibits to be on display in Belfast at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center’s H. Allen and Sally Fernald Art Gallery Dec. 7–March 28. “Kosti Comes Home: An Exhibit of Maritime Images by Maine’s Iconic Photographer Kosti Ruohomaa” will focus on Maine coastal and maritime works, according to […]
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The Bangor Daily News quoted Rhian Waller, an associate professor at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center, in an article about sea squirts. Sea squirts, or tunicates, are small, tube-like creatures that attach to rocks or other structures and often live in bunched colonies, according to the article. They are growing in number in […]
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Morning Ag Clips published a University of Maine Cooperative Extension news release advancing sessions of a farm communications workshop beginning 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Dec. 5 at Kennebec Valley Community College in Fairfield. The workshop, led by UMaine Extension human development specialist Leslie Forstadt, and family and community mediation director Karen Groat, is intended for farmers, […]
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