The University of Maine is one of three hosts of BIOGEOMON, a gathering of international scientists, students and researchers who study how biogeochemical research, including monitoring, modeling and experiments, support an understanding of how chemical and physical climate change influences the environment on our planet. Around 400 people are expected to attend the conference, which […]
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Wayne Astbury, an accountant in the University of Maine’s Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, passed away on July 1, according to a Bangor Daily News obituary. Astbury had been a UMaine employee for 42 years and was elected a member of the National Association of Accountants in 1968. A celebration of his life will […]
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The University of Maine has named Seth Woodcock its new associate athletic director for development. Woodcock, who worked in development at Maine Medical Center for the past nine years, will assume the role as the lead major gift fundraiser for athletics at UMaine. A native of Farmington, Maine, Woodcock is a 1995 graduate of Mt. […]
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In Maine and elsewhere, the field of seaweed cultivation is experiencing increased interest from aquaculturists, harvesters, researchers and those in the business of making products from marine macroalgae. This is due to some innovative research being conducted in the region, and because Maine now has the first and only commercial kelp aquaculture operation in the […]
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University of Maine Professor and Chair of the Department of Computer Science George Markowsky’s tutorial on cybersecurity tools is one of the featured tutorials at WorldComp’12, an international conference held in Las Vegas for computer science, computer engineering and applied computing that is expected to attract more than 2,000 participants from all around the world. […]
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The University of Maine is hosting its annual Maine Summer Transportation Institute, a hands-on, interactive program to teach youngsters about some of the exciting careers in engineering and transportation. About 20 area middle-school students are participating in the institute, which runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday until July 20. Students are […]
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University of Maine football coach Jack Cosgrove will host “Coach Cos’s Football 101 For Women” from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 2 in the Alfond Lounge inside Alfond Arena. The interactive workshop is designed to teach women basic football such as offensive and defensive strategies as well as what to look for […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the University of New Hampshire will host a pasture walk from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 10, at Balfour Farm in Pittsfield. The event will include presentations about organic dairy farms, pasture intakes and dairy cow diets. The pasture walk is open to the public and […]
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Photographs from the recent book coauthored by Paul Mayewski, the director of UMaine’s Climate Change Institute, will be displayed July 6-28 in a San Francisco art gallery. The Canessa Gallery will show restored period photographs and other images from “Journey Into Climate: Adventure, The Golden Age of Climate Research, and the Unmasking of Human Innocence,” […]
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Recently the University of Maine recognized 2,026 students for achieving Deans List honors in the Spring 2012 semester. Of the students who made the Deans List, 1,728 are from Maine, 242 are from out of state, and 56 are from foreign countries. Listed below are students who received Deans List honors for the 2012 Spring […]
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