Campus Announcements

Capps Part of Mexican Stream Ecology Collaboration to Study Urban Rivers

Krista Capps, a research assistant professor in the University of Maine Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology, is leading a project that aims to provide the foundation for greater understanding of urban rivers in developing countries. The project, “Mexican Urban Stream Ecology Collaboration (MUSE),” received a $60,690 grant from the National Science Foundation for […]

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UMaine Public Health Reminder

The University of Maine has been informed by the Maine Center for Disease Control about widespread influenza activity across the state in December and January. This activity includes both 33 newly reported outbreaks and increased hospital admission related to influenza across the state. These two metrics are indicators of the severity of illness this flu […]

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UMaine Career Fair Jan. 28

Editor’s note: Due to the predicted snowstorm, the UMaine Career Fair has been rescheduled to Wednesday, Feb. 11. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the New Balance Student Recreation Center. All previous employer registrations will be honored. The University of Maine Career Center will hold its 17th annual UMaine […]

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Campus Intersection Now a Four-Way Stop

The University of Maine Police Department advises campus motorists that two new stop signs have been installed on Munson Road where it intersects with Schoodic and Moosehead roads, making this now a four-way stop. The goal is to improve pedestrian safety in the area and along Munson Road, where there are numerous crosswalks. Drivers and […]

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Students Reminded to File Their 2015–16 FAFSA

The Office of Student Financial Aid reminds students that as of Jan. 1, they can file their 2015–16 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), which must be completed each year in order to receive financial aid at the University of Maine. March 1 is the University of Maine’s priority filing deadline for FAFSA. Students […]

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Ocean Garden Topic of Redmond’s Talk

Sarah Redmond, a marine extension associate with the Maine Sea Grant College Program at the University of Maine, will be a guest speaker at a free brown bag luncheon at noon Wednesday, Jan. 28, in Moore Auditorium at Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park. She’ll discuss “Our Ocean Garden: Sea Vegetables of Maine.” For more […]

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Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Jan. 19 on Campus

Wabanaki reconciliation will be the focus of a keynote address at the annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast on Jan. 19, sponsored by the Greater Bangor Area NAACP and the University of Maine. Doors open at 8 a.m. in UMaine’s Wells Conference Center. Tickets are $20; $12.50 for children 12 and under; free […]

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UMaine Researchers Aiding Efforts to Develop American Eel Aquaculture

University of Maine Marine Extension associates are involved in emerging efforts to develop aquaculture for American eel. Last October, scientists, eel biologists, eel merchants, entrepreneurs and government regulators attended a workshop on the eel industry sponsored by the USDA Northeastern Regional Aquaculture Center and organized by Barry Costa-Pierce (University of New England), Michael Timmons (Cornell […]

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Applications Due for March Master Gardener Training

Applications are due Feb. 19 for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers Program that starts March 5, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the UMaine Extension Piscataquis County office, 165 East Main St., Dover-Foxcroft. Live video conferencing of the training will be provided at Extension offices in Skowhegan, Fort Kent, Presque […]

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