The University of Maine is on Money magazine’s list of 727 Best Colleges for Your Money in America. The listing is the latest of national rankings for UMaine, including Princeton Review and Fiske Guide this summer.
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The University of Maine Digital Communications Office offers weekly UMaine WordPress training at 10 a.m. Aug. 23 and 30, Sept. 6, 13, 20, and 27. The 90-minute sessions cover the basics of WordPress, including how to log in, create pages and edit header, footer and sidebar elements. Members of the university community are invited to […]
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Olivia Bogucki, a fifth-year University of Maine clinical psychology doctoral candidate, was awarded a scholarship through the 8th Annual Beck Institute Student Scholarship Competition. She was selected from a pool of more than 300 applicants to attend an intensive three-day workshop on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for depression and suicidality at the prestigious Beck Institute […]
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Amr Ismail, former University of Maine Cooperative Extension blueberry specialist, passed away Aug. 8. Ismail received his Ph.D. in plant science from UMaine, and remained there as a professor until 1984 before becoming executive vice president of the Maine Wild Blueberry Company in Machias and continuing to make advances in his career, according to his […]
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Marine phytoplankton are the inspiration for a new mobile application and educational game launched by University of Maine assistant professor of new media and intermedia Gene Felice. The app, called Phyto Heroes, is an outcome of an interactive art exhibit Oceanic Scales, developed by Felice and Jennifer Parker at University of California Santa Cruz, with […]
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More than 74 participants from 13 states and three other countries — Norway, Canada and New Zealand — are expected at the University of Maine Aug. 12-15 for the North American Blueberry Research and Extension Workers Conference. This is the second time that this national conference has been held in Maine; the first was in […]
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Rev. Rebecca Schlatter Liberty has been appointed director of the Wilson Center for Spiritual Exploration and Multifaith Dialogue for the 2018-19 academic year, effective Sept. 1. Rev. Liberty has experience with religious and spiritual life at several universities, including Stanford University and Santa Clara University. At Santa Clara, she served as a campus minister with […]
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This summer, Hancock County 4-H has been collaborating with the Center for Cooperative Aquaculture (CCAR) in Franklin and the University of Maine Center for Inclusion and Disability Studies (CCIDS) to offer a 4-H Aquaponics SPIN Club to high school youth in the Franklin area. The group meets at the CCAR facility weekly to care for […]
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The Division of Marketing and Communications offers studio portrait sessions for faculty, staff and students twice a month. Portrait photos can be scheduled between 8–9 a.m. on the first Tuesday of every month, and between 4–5 p.m. the first Wednesday of every month. The Marketing and Communications photo studio is in 213 Alumni Hall. To […]
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Two nature walks led by University of Maine biology professors will take place at the Orono Bog Boardwalk in August. Allison Gardner, an assistant professor of arthropod vector biology, will lead an informative walk and talk about ticks and mosquitoes at 10 a.m. Aug. 11. Attendees should meet at the cabin at the start of […]
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