UMaine Cooperative Extension nutrition and physical activity expert Kate Yerxa was interviewed Tuesday morning on WZON-FM (103.1), discussing strategies for healthy eating under constrained finances.
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Contact: Steve Evans, (207) 581-3818 ORONO — Poet and former UMaine graduate student Rachel Perry will receive the University of Maine-based National Poetry Foundation’s first annual Millay Prize for Poetry at a ceremony and reading Thursday, Sept. 30 at 7:30 p.m. in Soderberg Auditorium in Jenness Hall. Internationally acclaimed poet and essayist Ann Lauterbach, who […]
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Nory Jones and Harold Daniel of the University of Maine’s Maine Business School offered comments for a Sept. 26 Bangor Daily News article about the importance of high-speed broadband access to business and tourists in Maine.
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UMaine Prof. Alan Cobo-Lewis has received the “Buddy Award” from the Maine Down Syndrome Network for contributions to the quality of life, awareness and acceptance of people with Down Syndrome. The organization presented the award to Cob-Lewis on Sunday at its buddy walk in Capitol Park in Augusta. More information is online here.
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Contact Catherine Schmitt, 207-944-1587 PORTLAND, Me – As waterfront advocates from around the United States convene here this week at a national symposium on working waterways and waterfronts, the City Council is considering whether or not to change Portland’s waterfront zoning, and Maine citizens are six weeks away from voting on a new $9.75 million […]
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Contact: Aaron Putnam (207) 581-2166 An international science journal this week published a paper, authored by a UMaine Ph.D. candidate, which claims to resolve a long-standing debate about the end of the last ice age in New Zealand. Aaron Putnam, a glacial geologist in UMaine’s Department of Earth Sciences and Climate Change Institute, was the […]
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Three University of Maine women’s ice hockey players – sophomore forward Brittany Dougherty, first-year forward Jenny Kistner and sophomore goaltender Brittany Ott – have been honored with Women’s Hockey East weekly awards. Dougherty was named the Pure Hockey Player of the Week, Kistner is the Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Week while sophomore goaltender Brittany […]
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Staff members from UMaine’s Highmoor Farm will be on campus on Friday Oct. 8 for the farm’s annual fall harvest sale. Varieties for sale will include McIntosh, Cortland, Macoun, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Gala and Honey Crisp apples, along with several varieties of pumpkins and squash. The sale will run from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. near […]
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The registration deadline for the 2010 Fall for Walking Program coordinated by the HealthyU Employee Wellness Program at UMaine has been extended to Oct. 1. The 12-week program is designed to help members of the UMaine community become more active or remain active by logging daily exercise through Dec. 19. Program administrator Taylor Bloedon recommends […]
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Contact: Ivan Fernandez, 581-2932 ORONO — Ivan J. Fernandez, professor of soil science and cooperating professor of forest resources at UMaine is being honored with a lifetime appointment as a fellow in the Soil Science Society of America, an honor bestowed on only .3 percent of its more than 6,000 members. He’ll receive his award […]
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