Aaron Weiskittel, an associate professor of forest biometrics and modeling and the Irving chair of forest ecosystem management at the University of Maine, was quoted in a CBC report about faster tree growth on Crown plantations, or replanted conservation land, in New Brunswick, Canada. A recent decision was made to place conservation protection on 150,000 […]
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Morning Ag Clips reported the 30th anniversary of the University of Maine Sustainable Agriculture Program will be celebrated with a free barbecue and live music 3–7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14 at Rogers Farm in Old Town. Alumni and community partners connected to the program are expected to attend. UMaine began offering a bachelor’s degree in […]
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Amy Blackstone, a professor of sociology at the University of Maine, was interviewed in the September 2018 issue of Population Connection magazine. Blackstone, who studies the child-free choice, child-free families, workplace harassment and civic engagement, spoke with the magazine about her research. “We’re told that parenthood is an important part of becoming an adult and […]
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Morning Ag Clips advanced an open house and tour of Faithful Venture Farm at 17 Borough Road in Searsmont from 5:30–7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18. The event is a collaboration between University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Waldo County Extension Association. The public is invited to tour the farm and learn about organic dairy […]
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The Falmouth Enterprise reports George Jacobson, a professor emeritus of biology, ecology and climate change at the University of Maine, will speak at a fall gardening forum in Cape Cod. The Master Gardener Association of Cape Cod will host the event at the Harwich Community Center in Harwich, Massachusetts from 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. […]
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Mainebiz and WVII (Channel 7) reported Nicholas Giudice, a professor of spatial informatics and the director of the Virtual Environment and Multimodal Interaction (VEMI) Laboratory at the University of Maine, and Hari Prasath Palani, a postdoctoral researcher in spatial informatics at UMaine, have released the first app through their startup company. Last October, Giudice and Palani […]
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The Associated Press quoted Jeffrey Runge, a research scientist in the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine, in an article about record warm temperatures in the Gulf of Maine. The Gulf of Maine is warming faster than the majority of the world’s oceans — it has warmed at a rate of about […]
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WABI (Channel 5) covered the annual Maine Hello move-in day for incoming first-year students at the University of Maine Aug. 31. Volunteers helped hundreds of new students move into their residence halls for the upcoming school year. WABI interviewed several students who said they were excited to come to UMaine and have new experiences. “Everyone […]
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The Associated Press reported Lisa Phelps, the former Maine 4-H Program leader, has been named interim director of University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Phelps took over Aug. 31, after the retirement of longtime director John Rebar, who had held the position since 2007. Phelps joined the UMaine Extension staff in 2001. A search for […]
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WABI (Channel 5) spoke with members of University of Maine’s Sigma Phi Epsilon about Rock Against Rape, a free concert hosted by the fraternity to raise awareness about sexual assault on college campuses. The concert, which was scheduled for Sept. 1, was slated to feature the Mallett Brothers Band and Zesty, according to the report.
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