Contact: Brian Roth, (207) 581-2861 or brian.roth@maine.edu ORONO, Maine – A diverse group of forest landowners, managers, forest products companies, conservation organizations, and state agencies had a first-hand look Thursday at research focused on options for sustainably managing Maine’s northern forests into the future during a field tour hosted by the University of Maine’s Cooperative Forestry […]
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The University of Maine Scientific Diving Program has received a $5,000 donation in memory of Distinguished Maine Professor and Professor Emeritus of Marine Sciences John H. Dearborn, and in recognition of his contributions to marine and underwater science.
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National Weather Service officials visited the University of Maine last Friday to officially convey “StormReady” recognition to the university. This designation, valid for three years, means that UMaine has met NWS standards for natural disaster preparedness.
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Researchers have long been interested in waste products as sources of biofuel. In Maine, those waste items could include treetops and limbs deemed by the forest products industry as unusable and often left behind in the woods.
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A Community Conversation with President Paul Ferguson Thursday, Oct. 27, 3 p.m. Hauck Auditorium University of Maine President Paul Ferguson will offer his perspectives and first impressions of UMaine as he nears the end of the first quarter of his inaugural year.
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Maine author Jim Nichols will read from his latest work, “Hull Creek,” at 4:30 on Tuesday Oct. 25 in Room 120 of the University of Maine’s Little Hall.
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The University of Maine Foundation held its 77th annual meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011 at the university in Orono. Ellen Stinson, who was re-elected as Foundation board chair, told the more than 250 guests that the Foundation experienced a 20 percent return on investments in the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2011. The […]
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The number of schoolchildren in Maine for whom English is a second language — some 4,800 — increased in the past year by 53.3 percent, while K-12 populations in the state declined by 8 percent in the same period, according to state education data.
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ORONO, Maine – The estate of the late artist and former University of Maine designer and illustrator Arline Thomson is holding an art sale Friday and Saturday to benefit the UMaine Honors College.
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Portland musician and composer Eliott Cherry will bring his moving dramatic reading of “A Finished Heart” UMaine’s Black Box Theater in the Class of 1944 Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 19, from 5:30-7 p.m. The reading is 75 minutes, followed by facilitated discussion with the author. The event is free and open to the public.
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