Local Wood WORKS (LWW) is a new initiative designed to promote sustainable timber harvesting and forest products around Maine. LWW’s mission is to advance forest-based local economies and support the long-term conservation and sustainability of Maine’s woodlands. Students in SFR 446: Forest Resource Policy are working with LWW partners and consultant Harold Burnett of Winthrop-based […]
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The Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine is accepting applications for the 2016 Maine Government Summer Internship Program. The 12-week program provides full-time, paid, summer work experiences in state or local/county agencies. For many years, the program has offered talented college students an opportunity to participate in and contribute to Maine […]
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The University of Maine recognized 2,216 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the fall 2015 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s List, 1,665 are from Maine, 468 are from 30 other states and 83 are from 25 countries other than the U.S. Listed below are students who received Dean’s List honors for […]
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Registration is open for Maine Summer Youth Music Camp (MSYM) at the University of Maine, continuing a 23-year tradition that attracts some of the state’s most talented middle school and high school musicians and performers. MSYM Junior Camp, July 10–15, and Senior Camp, July 16–24, is offered by UMaine’s School of Performing Arts and features […]
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For 15 years, University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s statewide Maine Harvest for Hunger (MHH) program has organized gardeners, farmers, businesses, schools and civic groups to grow, glean, and donate high-quality produce to distribution sites (pantries, shelters, community meals) and directly to neighbors in need, all in an effort to mitigate hunger, improve nutrition and health, and help […]
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UMaine’s rollout of the Maine Matters program and the Flagship Match financial aid packages reaffirms UMaine’s commitment to making higher education affordable for Maine students, and bringing the best and the brightest into the state — future leaders, community members and workforce. Maine Matters is aimed at reducing the cost of higher education for middle- […]
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Taking action is an emphasis of the second Maine Hunger Dialogue at the University of Maine on Nov. 6–7. About 150 students and staff from 17 universities and colleges throughout the state will pack 10,000 nutritious, nonperishable meals for food pantries. In addition, people from five college campuses and Mt. Ararat High School will report […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension advises farmers to take inventory of livestock feed and forage resources before winter. Variable weather conditions this past year have created some shortages in parts of the state. UMaine Extension maintains an online hay directory with listings of hay and silage for sale. Extension resources on estimating feed requirements and […]
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The Maine Elementary Sciences Partnership (MaineESP) received the 2015 Philip Marcoux Award from the Maine Science Teachers Association (MSTA) at its annual conference in Gardiner on Oct. 9. The award recognizes a science education professional or partnership that makes continuous and enduring contributions to science education; demonstrates capacity for creating and implementing successful science education-related […]
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Participants are being sought for an online aphasia communication group as part of a research project being led by Judy Walker, an associate professor of communication sciences and disorders at the University of Maine. The project aims to determine if people with aphasia — a disruption in the ability to communicate typically caused by a […]
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