Outreach

PPH notes UMaine Athletics in piece about Small Business Spotlight Promotion 

University of Maine Athletics was mentioned in a Portland Press Herald story about The Willie Wags, a downtown Bangor business that won the KeyBank Small Business Spotlight Promotion. The store will receive $5,000 in marketing assets through UMaine Athletics and a $5,000 grant from KeyBank. The Willie Wags and KeyBank partnered with the Black Bears […]

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Media run release on Master Gardener Volunteer training in York County

The Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Seacoast Online and Morning Ag Clips posted a University of Maine Cooperative Extension release that announced applications are available for University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteer training in York County. Classes will meet from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Wednesdays from Jan. 29 through mid-June at the Kennedy Center in […]

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‘The Maine Question’ probes Mayewski’s explorations, discoveries

In Part 1 of this two-part podcast, “The Maine Question” asks what it’s like in the most remote, harsh and spectacular locations on Earth. Anyone with a thirst for adventure has likely dreamed of seeing the South Pole, Mount Everest, or the massive ice sheets of Greenland. Paul Mayewski has done all of that and […]

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Machias Valley Observer publicizes UMM student play

The Machias Valley News Observer advanced a play titled “The Dollar” that University of Maine at Machias students will perform at 7 p.m. Dec. 12 at the Performance Arts Center. The students are enrolled in instructor Eustacia Landrum’s Introduction to Theater course. The one-act comedy is free and open to the public. Improv performances will […]

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KJ, Morning Sentinel post Extension dairy forage conference release

The Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel issued the University of Maine Cooperative Extension release about its annual dairy forage conference from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18, at Governor’s Restaurant, 376 Main St., Waterville. Extension educators and industry experts will discuss managing diets with forages grown and harvested in challenging conditions and potential […]

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Morning Ag Clips previews Extension bee course in Springvale

Morning Ag Clips ran the University of Maine Cooperative Extension media release previewing its five-week Beginner Beekeeping Course beginning Thursday, Feb. 13, at Downs Conference Room in Springvale. Instructor Larry Peiffer will discuss honeybee colonies, hive construction, pests and diseases, honey production and seasonal management of the hive. Participants may observe area hives and gain […]

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BDN, WABI cover Witter Wonderland

WABI (Channel 5) covered the Maine Animal Club’s Witter Wonderland event this past weekend at the University of Maine Witter Farm. Visitors interacted with cows, pigs and sheep at the annual barnwide holiday event. The Bangor Daily News shared that the approximately 50 students in the Maine Animal Club, Drill Team and the Icelandic Sheep […]

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Scientists rank world’s most important, most threatened mountain water towers 

Scientists from around the world, including University of Maine Climate Change Institute director Paul Mayewski, have assessed the planet’s 78 mountain glacier-based water systems and, for the first time, ranked them in order of their importance to adjacent lowland communities, as well as their vulnerability to future environmental and socioeconomic changes.  These systems, known as […]

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Turner Publishing, Morning Ag Clips advance Extension dairy forage conference

Turner Publishing and Morning Ag Clips advanced the annual University of Maine Cooperative Extension dairy forage conference, which will be held 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Dec. 18 at Governor’s Restaurant in Waterville. The focus will be managing diets with forages grown and harvested in challenging conditions and potential health concerns for livestock. Additional topics […]

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