Registration is open for University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s 32nd annual Maine Potato Conference and trade show, Jan. 18–19, at Caribou Inn and Convention Center in Caribou. The conference is designed for potato producers, farm workers and crop advisers. Scheduled speakers include UMaine Extension crop and soil specialists, UMaine and UMaine Presque Isle researchers, Maine […]
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The Bangor Daily News posted a University of Maine Cooperative Extension release about its 952 Master Gardener Volunteers providing more than 35,000 hours for 2016 educational, food security projects. Volunteers supported 80 community gardens, 86 school gardens, 103 demonstration gardens and 56 programs involving 1,579 youth in horticulture activities. People participating in food security projects […]
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Sukhwinder Bali has been appointed University of Maine Cooperative Extension assistant professor and University of Maine at Presque Isle (UMPI) assistant professor of sustainable agriculture. Bali earned a master’s degree in soil science with a minor in botany from Punjab Agricultural University. She recently completed a second master’s degree in natural resource management from North […]
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The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has announced the recipients of the Research and Creative Activities Fellowships for 2016–17. The fellowships were developed to enhance and increase undergraduate student involvement in faculty-supervised research and creative activities, and are supported through the office of the Vice President for Research. Each fellowship provides a […]
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Tomorrow’s election will be a real-time learning laboratory for University of Maine students in an Introduction to Journalism class. The class, led by assistant professor and CLAS-preceptor journalism Joshua Roiland, is putting out the UMaine Telegraph, an online publication that will cover voting and election results in local, state and national races. Roiland’s 29 students […]
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The U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors, the United States Army Field Band based in Washington, D.C., will perform in a free public concert at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 11 at the Collins Center for the Arts. The concert is sponsored by a partnership of the School of Performing Arts, Collins Center for the Arts and the Bangor […]
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Read transcript The University of Maine’s potato breeding program, conducted in collaboration with the Maine Potato Board, is committed to cultivating new varieties of spuds — a process that takes more than a decade and involves the expertise of growers, entomologists, food scientists, agronomists and geneticists. Follow professor Gregory Porter to the University of Maine […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host a farm field day 3 p.m. Monday, Aug. 22, at UMaine’s Aroostook Research Farm in Presque Isle. Participants will meet at U.S. Agricultural Research Service, 59 Houlton Road, Presque Isle. Field day topics will include grain trials, potato breeding and the variety trial program, and crop rotation for […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will sponsor a small grain and cover crop informational meeting 6–8 p.m. Tuesday, July 19 at UMaine’s Aroostook Farm. Participants will meet at the UMaine Extension office, 57 Houlton Road, Presque Isle, and travel to the site. Presenters will discuss topics, including malt barley varieties, disease census of Maine small […]
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Read transcript Alumna Katie Keaton, ’16, embraced her undergraduate experience as a theatre major with a double minor in dance and business management. For Keaton, immersing herself in the performing arts at UMaine — both onstage and backstage — made her happy. The Caribou, Maine native was deeply involved in various UMaine clubs and organizations. She was a […]
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