A discussion on current weather events and their relation to past, present and future climate trends will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8 in Bryand Global Sciences Center, Room 307. The talk will be led by Sean Birkel and Bradfield Lyon, research professors at the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute. The talk […]
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The Associated Press, Bangor Daily News, Penobscot Bay Pilot, Portland Press Herald, WLBZ (Channel 2) and Maine Public reported on Maine drug overdose death figures released by the state attorney general’s office. The number of Maine overdose deaths so far in 2017 is on par with last year, suggesting the numbers are leveling off while […]
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University of Maine Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students Robert Dana spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article about parents and students preparing for family weekends at colleges and universities around the state. “The separation of young people from their homes and parents and families and communities is a complex […]
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Renae Moran, a tree fruit specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was cited in a Mainebiz article about the state’s apple crop. According to the New England Apple Association, citing the U.S. Apple Association’s official 2017 forecast, Maine apple growers anticipate a crop of 1,024,000 boxes — or 43,008,000 pounds, based on 42 […]
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Machias Valley News Observer reported new and transfer students who arrived at the University of Maine at Machias last weekend participated in an annual UMM tradition of kicking off the school year with a community service project. “Last year we did something at the veterans retirement home, and one year we did some work on […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported two families have been selected for houses in Old Town through Habitat Bangor’s home ownership program. The city of Old Town donated two houses to the program last year, according to the article. One of the homes has been demolished to make way for a new one, and the other […]
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Mount Desert Islander reported on a joint project between the University of Maine and College of the Atlantic to study small- and medium-scale honey and maple syrup production in the state. The three-year project was awarded $498,462 by the United States Department of Agriculture in May. Jessica Leahy, a professor in UMaine’s School of Forest […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers will celebrate the growing season with a field day 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9 at Rogers Farm Demonstration Garden in Old Town. The event, which is free and open to the public, will feature garden workshops, activities, live music and homemade […]
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Mainebiz reported 32 summer fellows, including five University of Maine students and one University of Maine at Machias student, participated in the MDI Biological Laboratory 2017 summer fellowship program in research and lab facilities across the state. Twenty of the participants were supported by Maine INBRE, a network of 13 Maine educational and research institutions […]
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Photos of students power washing, scraping and painting buildings in Old Town during the University of Maine’s Welcome Weekend Day of Service were featured in the Aug. 31 print edition of The Penobscot Times. More than 2,000 first-year UMaine students were expected to volunteer for community projects as part of the eighth annual event. The […]
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