Renee Kelly, director of economic development initiatives at the University of Maine and codirector of the Foster Center for Student Innovation, was interviewed for a Portland Press Herald business article about how the tight job market is forcing young entrepreneurs to be creative and flexible. Several UMaine graduates in the Portland area also were interviewed […]
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With thousands of Maine residents and tourists preparing for Fourth of July grilling and picnicking, University of Maine Cooperative Extension food safety expert Jason Bolton in the UMaine Extension Bangor office is available to discuss food handling and cooking tips to keep food-borne illnesses at bay. Bolton also discusses food safety while camping or hiking […]
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The BloombergBusinessweek website carried an Associated Press article about UMaine researchers who are joining scientists from state agencies and nonprofits for five days at sea to map the ocean floor in an 800-square-mile, 300-foot-deep area, 15 miles off the Maine coast. The information is intended to aid in managing shipping, fishing, aquaculture and energy development. […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the University of New Hampshire will host a pasture walk from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 10, at Balfour Farm in Pittsfield. The event will include presentations about organic dairy farms, pasture intakes and dairy cow diets. The pasture walk is open to the public and […]
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Photographs from the recent book coauthored by Paul Mayewski, the director of UMaine’s Climate Change Institute, will be displayed July 6-28 in a San Francisco art gallery. The Canessa Gallery will show restored period photographs and other images from “Journey Into Climate: Adventure, The Golden Age of Climate Research, and the Unmasking of Human Innocence,” […]
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Recently the University of Maine recognized 2,026 students for achieving Deans List honors in the Spring 2012 semester. Of the students who made the Deans List, 1,728 are from Maine, 242 are from out of state, and 56 are from foreign countries. Listed below are students who received Deans List honors for the 2012 Spring […]
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The MarineLink.com website posted a photograph of UMaine School of Marine Sciences graduate student Jennifer McHenry along with a report about a new, technologically enhanced, remotely operated underwater vehicle McHenry and colleagues will use to broaden their abilities to study oceans and waterways. The article said UMaine’s Darling Marine Center is home to world-renowned research […]
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Channel 5 (WABI) interviewed Len Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging, and UMaine political scientist Amy Fried Thursday for a report on the U.S. Supreme Court vote upholding the Affordable Care Act. Kaye praised the decision and Fried noted that the court’s ruling also said states will not be required to […]
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University of Maine President Paul Ferguson has been elected to serve a two-year term on the steering committee of the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC). His term begins July 1. ACUPCC is a consortium of 677 colleges and universities committed to reducing carbon emissions and aggressively promoting energy efficiency. The 33-member steering […]
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In a Bangor Daily News article about the merger of Maine’s Agriculture and Conservation departments, UMaine professor of food science and nutrition Mary Ellen Camire commented that there may trial-and-error in the merger at first, followed by another reorganization. She also said she hopes food safety isn’t overshadowed as a priority in a larger department. […]
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