The University of Maine recognized 2,298 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the fall 2016 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s List, 1,714 are from Maine, 523 are from 31 other states and 61 are from 27 countries other than the U.S. Listed below are students who received Dean’s List honors for […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Sea Grant College Program will partner with the Maine Aquaculture Association, Coastal Enterprises Inc. and the Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center to offer a training course for commercial fishermen and fishing families, looking to diversify their income, the Mount Desert Islander reports. The course will take place Tuesday, Feb. […]
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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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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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The Mount Desert Islander mentioned an ongoing study by University of Maine Professor of Economics Todd Gabe in its coverage of the debate in Bar Harbor over a proposal to increase cruise ship passenger limits on certain “trial dates” in 2018. Members of the city’s town council denied the request in a split vote on […]
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The Fright at the Fort course will be lit up with lasers Saturday, Oct. 22, courtesy of students and faculty from UMaine’s New Media program. Fright at the Fort runs from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online.
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The Maine Technology Institute (MTI) approved seven new grant applications in August, two of them to companies with ties to the University of Maine. According to an MTI news release, Sea & Reef Aquaculture based at UMaine’s Center Cooperative Aquaculture Research (CCAR) in Franklin, was awarded a $9,140 Business Accelerator Grant; and Alba-Technic, based in […]
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Dinner inspired by White House menus, a political comedy performance and the unveiling of a refurbished chandelier sculpture will be among the highlights of the Sept. 17 gala at the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine. The Capitol Steps will kick off the 31st season at the CCA with a humorous […]
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More than 2,000 first-year students at the University of Maine are expected to volunteer for community projects as part of the seventh annual Welcome Weekend Day of Service on Saturday, Aug. 27. The Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism coordinates the Welcome Weekend Day of Service on the first weekend students are on campus to […]
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Liam Riordan, a University of Maine history professor, will deliver the 2016 Deborah Pulliam Memorial Lecture at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine. Riordan’s talk, “The Promise and the Need: Humanities in the 21st Century,” will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4 in the 1954 Lecture Hall of the Harold Alfond Student Center. Riordan, […]
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