Richard Barron, the head coach of the University of Maine women’s basketball team, had his head shaved for the Play4Kay Initiative after Wednesday’s game against Hartford at Alfond Arena.
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Cranberry research by University of Maine food science and human nutrition professor Vivian Wu and colleagues were cited in a blog in the Huffington Post about the multiple health benefits of antioxidant-rich cranberry juice. In addition to improving cardiovascular health, cranberries also fight infection. Wu studies ways cranberries can be used to slow or eliminate […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor and blueberry specialist was interviewed form a Bangor Daily News report on the 2011 blueberry harvest in Maine. Yarborough said he expects the delayed but forthcoming USDA tally to conclude last year was a normal year for blueberry growers, with crops estimated at more than 80 million pounds. Contact: […]
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The status of energy production and use in Maine, and the major components of the state’s energy policy, are summarized in a new paper published today by the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine. “Energy in Maine”, written by Policy Center research associate Catherine Dickerson, focuses on energy consumption and production […]
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The recently released USDA Plant Zone Hardiness Map, updating the previous 26-year-old zone map, reflects rising mean temperatures throughout the country, including Maine, where gardeners must carefully consider possible temperature dips as they anticipate spring planting.
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Click here to see all Climate Change blog entries. The last two weeks have been extremely busy and productive. In the last blog entry we were about to leave for the 18,270-foot camp. We headed up on Feb. 1 and although we had waited for a break in the winds we were met by some strong gusts. The camp […]
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University of Maine School of Marine Sciences associate research professor Lee Karp-Boss had the opportunity Saturday to meet with Ban Ki-moon, the secretary general of the United Nations, and spark his interest in oceanography using hands-on activities she co-developed at UMaine.
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The northeasterly storms that frequent the Maine coast in winter and spring can bring dramatic changes to sandy beaches, coastal marshes, and bluffs. The waves and flooding that accompany strong storms threaten coastal property with erosion and wind and water damage.
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University of Maine professor of higher education and national pacesetter for hazing research Elizabeth Allan was interviewed for an in-depth article on hazing in The Chronicle of Higher Education. Allan, co-author of a national study on hazing with colleague UMaine research professor Mary Madden, said hazing is so ingrained in tradition that many participants simply […]
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The Bangor Daily News published a feature story about two UMaine students’courtship and a very public proposal. Engineering major Sean Carter of Ellsworth popped the question last week to math graduate student Rachel Rier of Lubec in The Weekly, a supplement to the Bangor Daily News. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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