The University of Maine has named its Outstanding Graduating Students for 2017. They include: Donald Bistri, Outstanding Graduating International Student in the College of Engineering Donald Bistri of Tirana, Albania is a mechanical engineering major who has been a student research assistant for two years in the Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC). At […]
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With Earth’s population of more than 7,495,217,688 increasing by one person every 15 seconds, there’s an intense demand for nutritious, high-protein food. Aquaculture — the farming of aquatic plants and animals — is helping to meet the need. And it’s the fastest-growing form of food production. In Maine, innovative research is being conducted to better […]
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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention are offering multiple sessions on tick- and mosquito-borne diseases. The training is designed to increase the number of community members who are informed about diseases spread by mosquitoes and ticks. Sessions will focus on insect identification and exposure prevention. People who […]
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Leadership has long been part of the student experience for University of Maine senior Kevin Bois. At Westbrook High School, Bois was involved in student government and Key Club. At UMaine, he took his leadership to another level. For the past four years, Bois has served in University of Maine Student Government. And for the […]
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For second-year University of Maine student Nina Mahaleris from Augusta, Maine, UMaine was close to home and provided generous financial aid. Best of all, after the first semester, she also found all the learning and engagement opportunities she desired in the UMaine student experience. “It definitely surprised me,” says Mahaleris, a double major in journalism […]
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During spring break, the University Singers will embark on a four-stop tour, March 13–17, before returning to the University of Maine for two concerts at Minsky Recital Hall March 25–26. The annual spring tour will include free concerts at the First Baptist Church of Bar Harbor, 7 p.m. Monday, March 13; Gray-New Gloucester High School […]
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Volunteer cooks will have four opportunities in March and April to learn how to safely prepare food for large numbers of people. University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Cumberland County will present the Cooking for Crowds — Food Safety Training for Volunteer Cooks workshop from 9 a.m. to noon March 28, April 5 and April […]
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University of Maine marine scientist Rick Wahle is co-chairing a June conference in Portland, Maine focused on the impact of the changing ocean environment and the global economy on the biology and business of lobsters. About 200 biologists, oceanographers, industry members and fishery managers from more than a dozen countries are expected to attend the […]
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Brady Davis, a University of Maine senior in the Maine Business School and Honors College, was awarded a Mitchell Scholarship upon graduating from Freeport High School in 2013. At UMaine, Davis became involved with the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions by way of the Honors College’s Sustainable Food Systems Research Collaborative project, […]
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Sigi Koizar, Jesse Orach and Sydney Veljacic were named the 2017 “M” Club Dean Smith Award recipients Monday, Jan. 30, at the 28th annual Scholar-Athlete Recognition ceremony. The award is named for Dean Smith, an electrical engineering major, captain of the 1989–90 UMaine men’s basketball team and winner of the 1990 NCAA Walter Byers Award as the nation’s […]
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