The Huffington Post has a blog entry about research done by UMaine’s Andrew Pershing into the idea that whales can effectively sequester carbon, therefore removing it from the atmosphere. Pershing estimates that restoring whale populations could remove up to 160,000 tons of carbon annually.
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An online weight management program recently started at UMaine was mentioned in a newspaper story. Faculty in the food science and human nutrition department began offering the program for the first time this fall
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The staff at Fogler Library is reminding faculty members that it maintains a webpage expressly for them, with links to useful internal and external services and information. News items about the status of any library project requiring faculty input, new books on order and announcements of new databases on trial can be found there. There […]
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Contacts listed in text ORONO – September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, and as the school lunch and other child nutrition programs are set to expire Sept. 30, nutrition and fitness advocates are encouraging Congress to act swiftly to pass child nutrition bill for the President to sign. University of Maine exercise physiologists and […]
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The University Bookstore at the UMaine is joining with the American Library Association in its observance of “Banned Books Week” Sept. 25-Oct. 2 and encouraging public participation by reading a book under attack by would-be censors. A news release has additional information.
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Contact: Diane Genthner, 581-1744 ORONO — The University Bookstore at the University of Maine is joining with the American Library Association in its observance of “Banned Books Week” Sept. 25-Oct. 2 and encouraging public participation by reading a controversial book. Thousands of libraries and bookstores across the country plan to celebrate the freedom to read […]
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Contact: Amanda Ashe, 581-1480 UMaine’s Office of Research & Sponsored Programs will hold an informational workshop, “ORSP102: The Pre-Award Process,” Wednesday, Oct. 13 from 9-10:30 a.m. in Soderberg Lecture Hall, Jenness Hall. ORSP holds a series of workshops throughout the year for faculty and researchers about the process of securing and managing extramural funding and […]
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Contact: Jim Dill, (207) 581-3879; James Dwyer, (207) 764-3361 ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension researchers have received renewed U.S. Department of Agriculture Funding of $432,000 for potato late blight and pest management research and education for 2010. The program is overseen by co-principal investigators Jim Dill, an Extension pest management specialist in Orono, […]
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Sandy Butler, a UMaine social work professor, is quoted in a Bangor Daily News story about the Maine gubernatorial candidates’ focus on the issue of welfare. Butler says a report, which claims Maine is the most welfare-dependent state in the nation, did not distinguish between federal aid and state aid.
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The UMaine football team’s matchup this Saturday night against Syracuse helps give Black Bear student-athletes exposure and has become a critical piece of program funding, UMaine interim athletic director Steve Abbott told the Portland Press Herald. The Black Bears will face the Orange at 7:15 p.m. in the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, N.Y.
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