In a story on cool majors at Maine colleges and universities, the Sun Journal included the turfgrass science concentration added three years ago, as part of the environmental horticulture major at the University of Maine School of Food and Agriculture. Students choosing to pursue the turfgrass concentration spend their senior year studying at the Stockbridge […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the fifth annual Bangor Humanities Day hosted by the University of Maine Humanities Center. Free events to celebrate art, literature and history for participants of all ages were offered at venues including the University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor Public Library and Maine Discovery Museum. Organizers told WABI the […]
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As the state encourages more school districts to save money by sharing services, two UMaine professors spoke with Maine Public about the lessons that can be learned from school consolidation. Former Maine Governor John Baldacci first introduced the idea of merging districts in 2007 in an effort to save money by cutting down on administrative […]
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The University of Maine was mentioned in the Portland Press Herald article, “Potato chips you can feel better about eating,” as part of the “Green Plate Special” column. According to the article, potato chips are one of the least sustainable snack foods, requiring up to 90 gallons of water to move a spud from bud […]
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Nory Jones, a professor of management information systems at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Bangor Daily News editorial, “Changing time zone would further isolate Maine from the rest of the United States.” Several lawmakers are advocating that Maine should join the Atlantic time zone, which would require a positive vote on a […]
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University of Maine System Trustees will consider a proposal Monday to make the system’s campus in Machias part of UMaine, the Portland Press Herald reports. Under the plan, the Machias campus, which has struggled financially, “would become a college or branch campus of UMaine with a campus executive head/dean at Machias with administrative services and […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reports U.S. Sen. Angus King will be at the University of Maine Friday to help announce a forest bio-based manufacturing partnership between the university and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. During his visit, King will receive a private briefing on the project and tour the Alfond Advanced Manufacturing Lab for Structural Thermoplastics.
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Bob Steneck is cited in the February 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine, which includes a package on the importance of saving the world’s oceans. The University of Maine oceanographer was interviewed for an article about conservation of Buck Island off St. Croix in the Caribbean. Despite President John F. Kennedy creating an 880-acre Buck […]
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John Bear Mitchell, a lecturer and coordinator of the Wabanaki Center at the University of Maine, was quoted by the Bangor Daily News in a story on the LePage Administration’s plan to stop resettling refugees by March 4. Discontinuing participation in the federal resettlement program leaves the role of the Office of Multicultural Affairs at […]
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The Bangor Daily News reports the Maine Center on Aging at the University of Maine will use two new online certificate programs to help community leaders, social workers, nurses and others better support Maine’s growing population of older adults and their families. The online courses help professionals earn the Center on Aging’s Interprofessional Graduate Certificate […]
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