Somerset County Cooperative Extension is hosting an open house on Saturday, May 6 from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. at 7 County Drive in Skowhegan. This free, public event will showcase many programs and services offered by Extension and other local organizations. Informational presentations will cover topics like maple sugaring, planting legumes as cover crops and gardening […]
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Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective multidisciplinary collegiate honor society, has awarded graduate research grants to three University of Maine students. Emma Erwin, a Ph.D. student in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences; Elizabeth Leclerc, an interdisciplinary Ph.D. student with the Department of Anthropology and the Climate Change Institute; and Dylan […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension is hosting a workshop on raising swine on April 26 from 11 a.m.–1 p.m. at the Somerset County Extension office, 7 County Drive, Skowhegan. Join Colt Knight, associate Extension professor and state livestock specialist, for Swine 101, a two-hour primer on raising pastured pork. Topics include breed selection, basic reproductive […]
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Editor’s note: Story updated April 18, 2023. The University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab is adding two new pathogens to its tick testing panels. The Tick Lab will now be screening ticks for Powassan virus and Heartland virus in addition to testing for the pathogens that cause Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, babesiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted […]
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Jessica Miller, professor of philosophy at the University of Maine, will be one of the guests featured in an episode of Maine Public’s radio show “Maine Calling” about blood donation at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, April 18. Millions of people need blood transfusions each year due to surgery, injury, disorders or disease. There is no […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H will offer an online special interest 4-H club on the science of sharks for youth ages 9–18, 4–5 p.m. on Tuesdays, May 16–June 6. Required registration for this special interest, or SPIN, club closes April 25. The 4-H Shark Club will cover topics such as types of sharks, how […]
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Food scientists at the University of Maine are seeking taste testers for a new seafood pasta recipe on Thursday, April 20. Bryson McDonough, a Master’s of Food Science student in the lab of associate professor Jennifer Perry, developed a sauce with green crab meat that will be served with garlic noodles. Green crabs, which originate […]
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The University of Maine will celebrate Earth Week 2023 starting April 16 with a slate of events on- and off-campus groups, compiled by UMaine’s Office of Sustainability and Green Campus Initiative. The week kicks off with a new and used outdoor gear sale sponsored by Maine Bound Adventure Center at 10 a.m. April 16. Other […]
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Spire: The Maine Journal of Conservation and Sustainability will release its seventh and largest issue online April 21 in anticipation of Earth Day. Spire is a graduate student-run, interdisciplinary online journal based at the University of Maine, and it features environmental art, poetry and essays from contributors across the state, including students, staff and alumni. […]
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The University of Maine Climate Change Institute has announced the graduate students who won awards for their research presentations during the 2023 Harold W. Borns Jr. Symposium. Ph.D. student Alessandro Mereghetti won first place for best overall talk for his presentation titled “Reconstructing Extinct Herbivore Community Structure Through High-Resolution Coprolite Analysis: An Insight into the […]
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