A University of Maine Cooperative Extension bulletin was cited in a Bangor Daily News article about how to start healthy seedlings at home. The publication, “Starting Seeds at Home,” is full of good tips for gardeners, according to the article.
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The Bangor Daily News reported students in the University of Maine’s Construction Engineering Technology Program are helping with a Habitat for Humanity house renovation. Students in CET 458 Management of Construction are creating the design plans for a home in Bradley that was given to the Habitat for Humanity of Greater Bangor, according to the […]
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Boothbay Register published a LincolnHealth article about two students in the Maine Medical Center-Tufts University School of Medicine Maine Track Program. Maine Track Early Assurance reserves a limited number of seats per year for sophomores from University of Maine System institutions, Bowdoin, Bates and Colby. The program was established in 2008 with the hope that […]
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The Falkland Island News Network carried a WLBZ (Channel 2) report about the University of Maine’s Follow a Researcher program. For a second year, the University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H is offering the program that aims to connect K–12 students in Maine and around the country to UMaine researchers in the field. From Jan. […]
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WLBZ (Channel 2), WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on the University of Maine Career Center’s 18th annual UMaine Career Fair. More than 140 employers from Maine and around the country with job and internship opportunities exhibited at the fair. Several graduate and professional schools, as well as branches of the military, also […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported the Caribou Russet, one of three new potato varieties released by the Maine Potato Board and University of Maine in the past two years, is gaining traction in the market. Maine Potato Board officials voted in January to allow the board’s executive staff to discuss an international licensing arrangement for […]
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WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported accounting students in the Maine Business School at the University of Maine are offering free federal and state income tax filing assistance to the public, under the supervision of Martha Broderick, Esq., a lecturer of business and commercial law. Free help sessions will be available by appointment […]
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The Bangor Daily News published a feature article on musician and teacher Laurie Smukler ahead of her all-Bartok program at 3 p.m. Feb. 7 at the University of Maine’s Minsky Recital Hall. Smukler, who is on the faculty of The Juilliard School in New York City, will perform on violin with pianist Robert McDonald. The […]
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Alice Kelley, an instructor in the School of Earth and Climate Studies at the University of Maine, spoke with WLBZ (Channel 2) about a magnitude 3.3 earthquake that hit off the coast of Eastport. Kelley said it’s unusual to see seismic activity in the area. “For people who experience earthquakes frequently, this is actually rather […]
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The Bangor Daily News published an article about the academic success of members of the University of Maine women’s basketball team. Team member Sigi Koizar recently received the 2016 “M” Club Dean Smith Award, which is presented annually to UMaine’s top female and male student-athletes who have demonstrated outstanding academic and athletic achievement along with […]
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