The University of Maine recognized 2,163 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the spring 2015 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s List, 1,710 are from Maine, 377 are from 31 other states and 76 are from 22 countries other than the U.S. Listed below are students who received Dean’s List honors for […]
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A new device on the market, developed by O’Brien Medical in Orono in collaboration with the University of Maine Advanced Manufacturing Center, has the potential to improve detection of diabetic peripheral neuropathy that can lead to limb loss. ETF128, an electronic tuning fork named one of the Top 10 innovations in podiatry by Podiatry Today […]
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Growers and marketers of hay and hay products are reminded to update their listings on the University of Maine Cooperative Extension online hay directory. “Extension has maintained the hay directory for many years and growers and consumers have found the resource valuable,” says Rick Kersbergen, UMaine Extension educator in Waldo County. Kersbergen also advises having […]
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Jacquelyn Gill, assistant professor of paleoecology and plant ecology at the University of Maine, will appear in a new five-part PBS program on human evolution. Gill will be featured in the premiere episode “Americas,” airing 9 p.m. Wednesday, June 24. “First Peoples” is a global detective story that traces the arrival of the first Homo […]
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The Office of the Vice President for Research will be hosting an Aging Initiative Workshop, 9-11:30 a.m., June 22 in the McIntire Room, Buchanan Alumni House. Interested members of the UMaine community are strongly encouraged to participate. RSVP to Rowena Clukey, rowenac@maine.edu, if you are able to attend. Maine has the highest median age of […]
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Nominations are invited for the Maryann Hartman Awards for Maine Women of Achievement and the Maryann Hartman Young Women’s Social Justice Award. Each year since 1986, the Maryann Hartman Awards Ceremony has celebrated significant contributions of Maine women in a variety of fields. The awards are named after Maryann Hartman, a University of Maine associate […]
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Make liquid nitrogen ice cream and race rubber band boats at the University of Maine Physics Department’s fifth Science Summer Camps. Other camp activities include visiting the Emera Astronomy Center, building bridges, making kaleidoscopes, constructing bottle rockets and attending the Mainely Physics Roadshow. Each themed week of camp is designated for youth in one of […]
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The 3rd Annual Children’s Book Drive to benefit Literacy Volunteers will be held from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. June 23, at Briar Patch Book & Toy Store, 27 Central St., Bangor. The rain date is June 25. All proceeds and books collected will benefit Literacy Volunteers of Bangor, a program aimed to help adults […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H in Oxford County hosts its June Jamboree Livestock Clinic from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, June 13, and from 9 a.m. to noon Sunday, June 14, at Fryeburg Fairgrounds, 1154 Main St., Fryeburg. The clinic, for 4-H club members and leaders, offers sessions on sheering sheep, showing market […]
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The Maine Writing Project (MWP) led by Kenneth Martin in the College of Education and Human Development has received $10,000 for the second half of a two-year SEED Teacher Leadership Development Grant from the National Writing Project. MWP, founded in 1997, is one of almost 200 university-based organizations in the National Writing Project that support […]
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