University of Maine Fogler Library has received an $800,000 gift from the estate of Lee Gagnon, a member of the Class of 1959, to support an endowed memorial fund in honor of his parents, according to University of Maine Foundation President/CEO Jeffery Mills. The Lionel J. Gagnon and Germaine Fortin Gagnon Memorial Fund will provide […]
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Eastport Health Care Inc., now has two locations in Machias with a new pediatric clinic located on the first floor of Sennett Hall at the University of Maine at Machias. EHC UMM Pediatrics opened Feb. 28 with hundreds of new patients, newborn to age 18, and a clinical support staff led by Alfred Wakeman, a […]
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The President and CEO of the University of Maine Foundation is one of two leaders being honored with the national 2022 CASE Commonfund College and University Foundation Award. Jeffery Mills, Ph.D., President and CEO of the University of Maine Foundation, will be recognized for his contributions at the 2022 CASE Conference for College and University […]
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Undergraduate students from across the nation will learn about sustainable aquaculture in Maine through the lens of Indigenous science and traditional ecological knowledge in a new University of Maine initiative funded by the United States Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). AquEOUS: Aquaculture Experiential Opportunities for Undergraduate Students, led by the […]
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The University of Maine has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Nova Scotia Community College to create a pathway for undergraduate students to transfer to UMaine to earn a bachelor’s degree. This is the ninth community college transfer agreement with UMaine and the first MOU in recent years with a Canadian community college. Academically […]
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No matter how environmentally and economically sustainable a system claims to be, it can’t truly be positively transformative without considering the people in it. A team of University of Maine researchers set out to see how social justice plays a role in the “circular economy,” and what steps might be taken to improve the approach […]
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A long-time member of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H program for youth development won a national award for showing cattle. At the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado on Jan. 14, Lauren Pride and her heifer calf PFF Krew won Grand Champion Percentage Aberdeen Female in the Junior Show. She also won […]
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Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau visited the University of Maine Feb. 18 for tours, discussions with students and a meeting with UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy as a Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center. Since 2006, the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center has hosted distinguished policymakers from Maine as guests on […]
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Generating renewable energy is important to meeting climate goals, but making sure that projects are planned in a way that is mindful of the environment is equally important. Research shows that measuring acoustic activity from bats might be the most efficient way to keep land-based wind energy turbines from killing the nocturnal creatures while getting […]
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Editor’s note: This story was updated on Feb. 23, 2022. Over the past few years, browntail moth caterpilllars have been an itchy scourge to Maine’s residents and visitors. New research shows that with climate change, the problem is only going to get worse. The browntail moth is an invasive pest that feeds on the foliage of a […]
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