Damian Brady and Chris Davis will present “Aquaculture in Maine: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Seafood Production” at 10:30 a.m. Aug. 9 in Brooke Hall at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole. The two will discuss using buoys that monitor water quality to find prospective sustainable aquaculture sites in Maine. Brady is […]
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Since 2000, the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Maine Harvest for Hunger program has donated nearly 3 million pounds of produce to help address food insecurity in the state. In addition to donations from home and community gardeners, farmers and UMaine Extension Master Gardener Volunteers, contributions come from field-gleaning teams statewide to aid hunger relief […]
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Six female and four male University of Maine ice hockey players are American Hockey Coaches Association All-American Scholars. Ali Beltz, Jillian Flynn, Carly Jackson, Ally Johnson, Lydia Murray and Anna Zikova earned the honor, as did Sam Becker, Mitchell Fossier, Rob McGovern and Keith Muehlbauer. To qualify, the student-athletes earned a 3.6 grade-point […]
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From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6, several law enforcement drug detection K-9 teams will participate in training exercises outside on the south end of the Facilities Management complex and in Coburn Hall. For more information, contact Lt. Robert Norman, UMaine Police Department, 581.4040; norman@maine.edu.
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The Maine Business School is now an authorized testing center of Certiport, a leading provider of certification exam prep and delivery in widely used programs, including Microsoft Office, Adobe, Autodesk and Intuit QuickBooks. “According to members of the MBS Advisory Board, certification in Excel and other programs is an essential part of a career today,” […]
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Steven Cohn, professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Maine, died July 29 from complications of Parkinson’s disease. He was 79. He joined the UMaine community in 1971 and taught until 2014. A tribute to his life and legacy is on the Department of Sociology website.
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Phishing emails attempting to deceive individuals are an ongoing problem, on and off campus. University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias students, faculty and staff are reminded to be vigilant about carefully checking links and file attachments, and about protecting passwords. In 2018, the top two phishing schemes directed at members of the […]
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Eleven students from six Maine high schools and area home-school programs started the summer in various Belfast Bay locations as part of an intensive three-week STEM research course offered through the University of Maine’s Early College Program. The students came from Belfast Area High School, Hermon High School, John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor, […]
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University of Maine women’s basketball players Dor Saar and Anna Kahelin will compete Aug. 3–11 at the FIBA U20 European Basketball Championships in Prishtina, Kosovo. Kahelin plays for Team Finland, which opens with Greece on Aug. 3. Saar plays for Team Israel, which gets underway Aug. 4 with Croatia. Saar has played for five years […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Oxford County will hold a workshop on raising backyard poultry 1–3 p.m. Aug. 7 at the UMaine Extension office in South Paris. UMaine Extension livestock specialist Colt Knight will discuss poultry breeds, housing, health and nutrition. Prospective and beginning small-scale egg producers will gain a general understanding of what […]
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