WLBZ (Channel 2) and WVII (Channel 7) reported members of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension will be offering free hands-on gardening advice this summer. UMaine Extension’s Penobscot County Master Gardeners will be on hand every Tuesday evening at the Rogers Farm Demonstration Garden in Old Town to answer questions for those who may have […]
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Ron Fournier, summer camp director of the University of Maine 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Bryant Pond, recently hosted an educational archery session with his wife Dee at the Maine Wildlife Park in Gray. Fournier, who is also a 4-H-certified shooting sports safety instructor for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, told […]
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The University of Maine Press recently published a map of the upper portion of the East Branch of the Penobscot River as part of the Thoreau-Wabanaki Trail, according to the Bangor Daily News. The map was created by Maine Woods Forever in an effort to revive interest in the river, which was an essential waterway […]
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The Margaret Chase Smith Library, operated and maintained by the University of Maine, will take part in a series of summer exhibitions and programs called “Central Maine Plays” that will focus on the history of games and other leisure activities. The programs will take place at eight central Maine museums and libraries and will focus […]
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Kate Garland, horticulturist with the UMaine Cooperative Extension, spoke with WVII (Channel 7) for the latest installment of its “Backyard Gardener” series. Garland gave advice on weeding.
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David Hart, research director of the Sustainability Solutions Initiative (SSI) and director of the Mitchell Center, and UMaine President Paul Ferguson coauthored the July 4 op-ed in the Bangor Daily News, “How UMaine is driving sustainability, research”. The op-ed highlighted the work of SSI in addressing statewide needs and hands-on learning opportunities for students through […]
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The Weekly recently published an article previewing this summer’s exhibitions at the University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor.
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on a new University of Maine partnership to enhance science education for rural Maine students. The Maine Physical Sciences Partnership, which kicked off last week, is part of a multimillion dollar grant from the National Science Foundation.
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The Bangor Daily News spoke to several University of Maine student-athletes and coaches about their work with youth during summer sports camps.
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Last month in Boston, University of Maine Sustainability Coordinator Dan Dixon accepted an Environmental Merit Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency New England on behalf of the university. The University of Maine is a charter signatory of the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), which was initiated in 2007 by Second Nature […]
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