The University of Maine campus was packed Monday, Aug. 27 with thousands of visitors from around the country for the third Summer Tour, a UMaine admissions event that gave prospective students and their guests the opportunity to ask questions about UMaine, tour the campus, get a glimpse of student life and even skate on the […]
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Bangor TV station WVII reported on an appearance Friday of three artists participating in the Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium, which is being held this year in partnership with UMaine in the Steam Plant parking lot on College Avenue in Orono. Three of the sculptors spoke at an event in Acadia Hospital in Bangor. Contact: George […]
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In a story posted by WABI (Channel 5), President Paul Ferguson was quoted as saying, “The challenge of today is to show them as much of the breadth and depth of the University of Maine that they can get in one day and also just UMaine hospitality.”
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The following information from the Division of Student Affairs relates to parking and traffic on campus leading up to Friday, Aug. 31 and the Maine Hello. As the University of Maine prepares for the arrival of the Class of 2016 on Friday, Aug. 31 it is important to be aware of parking lot closures and […]
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The NickerNews.net website has quoted University of Maine Cooperative Extension veterinarian Anne Lichtenwalner in a report on mosquito-borne West Nile Virus, which can be fatal to horses, human and other animals. The article links to an Extension question and answer interview with Lichtenwalner, director of the UMaine Animal Health Laboratory, and her video about precautions […]
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The website Science 360 has featured a University of Maine news article about UMaine marine scientist Rhian Waller, who has been studying deep sea coral in the fjords of Chile. She is studying the reproductive ecology of corals and links to climate change, fishing and oil exploration as part of a research expedition funded by […]
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The website Science 360 has posted a University of Maine video of UMaine oceanographer Andrew Pershing discussing the importance of studying copepods, the tiny oceanic crustaceans that eat algae and become food for small fish and whales, and their roles in ocean ecosystems and the health of certain species of fish. Pershing says the variable […]
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A Sun Chronicle article about a Biddeford City Council discussion on renaming a local park to honor the Abenaki Indian tribes included historical information about early tribal confederations in Maine that was attributed to a UMaine research paper from the mid-1990s. The article identified the Penobscot, Androscoggin and Wawenock tribes as being part of the […]
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The Maine Public Broadcasting Network interviewed University of Maine Cooperative Extension blueberry specialist David Yarborough about the status of Maine’s wild blueberry harvest and Extension fruit tree specialist Renae Moran about apple crops. Yarborough said this year’s blueberries will exceed last year’s harvest and is approaching 95 million pounds. Moran told MPBN that a late […]
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The White House has named University of Maine economist Sharon Wagner a Champion of Change for leveraging her national service experience in AmeriCorps to become influential in her career. Wagner, an assistant professor in the School of Economics, served in AmeriCorps’ National Civilian Community Corps following her graduation from the University of Massachusetts. She was […]
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