Seacoast Online reported horticulturists Reeser Manley and Marjorie Peronto, a professor with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, will talk about their book, “The Life in Your Garden: Gardening for Biodiversity” at 7 p.m. April 18 at the York Public Library. The authors will describe how to create gardens that will help stem the tide […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported the University of Maine 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Bryant Pond was awarded a six-year, $600,000 grant from the Lerner Foundation. Eight community organizations, each partnered with a local school district, will receive a grant as part of a larger effort to spur the post-secondary educational aspirations of rural […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported the University of Maine Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) will host a kickball tournament April 13 to raise funds for mental health services. The tournament, which is open to all UMaine students, is scheduled to kick off at 4 p.m. on Morse Field. The cost is $5 per individual and teams […]
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Several University of Maine students were interviewed by WABI (Channel 5) while enjoying the first warm weather of the season on the Mall. “It’s like campus came alive today,” said freshman Hunter LaVoie. “I’ve been out here for four hours straight and I’m just living it up, soaking up the sun,” said sophomore Micaela Phillips.
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Glenn Taylor, director of Dining Services at the University of Maine, was named a 2017 Source Award winner by the Portland Press Herald. The paper’s Source Awards honor the nonprofits, businesses and individuals who are working in Maine to find real-world solutions to environmental challenges. Taylor was given the Scion Award for his efforts to […]
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WLBZ (Channel 2) spoke with the University of Maine’s 2017 valedictorian, Allyson Eslin of Bangor, and salutatorian, Joshua Patnaude of Sanford. The two top students will receive a total of five degrees at UMaine’s 215th Commencement. Eslin, who is also an honors student, will receive three bachelor’s degrees in economics, political science and psychology; Patnaude, […]
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Bob Duchesne’s “Wild Maine” radio show on 92.9 FM The Ticket took a recent trip to the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center. The show focused on the center and its various research projects that could potentially reinvent Maine’s forest products industry. Stephen Shaler, director of UMaine’s School of Forest Resources and associate […]
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WABI (Channel 5) covered a University of Maine sorority’s annual Cystic Fibrosis Carnival. About 100 people showed up for the Delta Phi Epsilon event, which raised more than $700 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, according to the report. Organizers said the event is all about raising awareness of the disease.
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Ben Koehler, a senior mechanical engineering major at the University of Maine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News at the Eliot Lamb Memorial Souadabscook Stream Race in Hampden. Koehler, who took part in the race, said he works for the Maine Bound Adventure Center on campus and helps teach kayaking and paddling to students. “I […]
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The Bangor Daily News and WABI (Channel 5) covered the 23rd annual HOPE Festival at the New Balance Student Recreation Center on the University of Maine campus. “The festival is an opportunity to pursue [the Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine’s] goal of progressive movement-building in our community by making visible the underlying connections […]
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