University of Maine associate professor Denise Skonberg and graduate student Dhriti Nayyar are working with a Bristol company to study the shelf life and nutritional values of aquacultured sea vegetable products. Maine Fresh Sea Farms, a startup based on the Damariscotta River, is one of five Maine companies to share $471,571 in Value Added Producer […]
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The Mount Desert Islander reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a youth gardening program May through September in Somesville. “Kids Can Grow!” is designed for children ages 7–12 and offers monthly hands-on gardening classes, as well as materials and help for each participant to build their own raised bed. Master Gardener volunteers […]
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Student research was displayed during the 6th annual Undergraduate Research and Academic Showcase on April 14. The event, sponsored by UMaine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR), was open to any undergraduate at the university and featured 121 presentations from 229 students in the form of 92 posters, 16 oral presentations or performances, and 13 exhibits. […]
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UMaine ranked in the top 50 environmentally responsible colleges by Princeton Review.
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The Weekly Packet reported on a group of eighth graders from Blue Hill Consolidated School who created a documentary on Joan of Arc that won an award at the statewide National History Day (NHD) competition. NHD is an academic program that promotes critical thinking, research and presentation skills through project-based learning for students of all […]
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More than 200 students in grades 6–9 throughout the state will take part in an out-of-this-world collaborative engineering design challenge Saturday, April 11, at the University of Maine. Hosted by the Maine Center for Research in STEM Education at the University of Maine (RiSE Center), the 2015 Student Summit encourages participants to successfully transport a […]
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Basil and Harriet Heanssler and their family, long-time owners of Conary Cove Lobster Company in the Sunshine area of Deer Isle, Maine received the Lobster Institute’s Industry Partner Award. The award recognizes companies that have a substantial history of working with and supporting the Lobster Institute in its mission to ensure a healthy, sustainable lobster […]
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A public recognition ceremony to honor statewide winners of the 2015 National History Day competition will be held April 7 in Augusta. The 3:30–4:30 p.m. event is hosted by the Maine State Archives, Museum and Library and will be held in the Cultural Building atrium. The free event and reception are open to the public. […]
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University of Maine professors and Center for Research on Sustainable Forests leaders Sandra De Urioste-Stone and Robert Lilieholm are conducting a survey under the Bay-to-Baxter initiative. The study seeks to identify sustainable economic development pathways for the Penobscot River corridor that protect and leverage the region’s natural resources and quality of place. De Urioste-Stone, leader […]
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The Ellsworth American reported University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator and professor Marjorie Peronto and her husband Reeser Manley, who teaches for the UMaine Extension Master Gardener Program, will give a public talk in Ellsworth about how to grow organic fruit crops. The gardening experts and co-authors of “The New England Gardener’s Year,” will share […]
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