Contact: Chet Rock, 581-2218; April Mulherin, 778-7081 ORONO — The University of Maine and the University of Maine, Farmington, are collaborating to offer a five-year dual degree program resulting in liberal arts and engineering degrees. Beginning in the fall of 2009, students can spend three years pursuing a bachelor of arts degree at Farmington, then […]
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Contact: Mark Hutton at (207) 933-2100 ORONO, ME—University of Maine Cooperative Extension has published a vegetable pest management guide for home gardeners, “Pest Management for the Home Vegetable Garden in Maine” (bulletin #2188). Based on research conducted at UMaine’s Highmoor Farm in Monmouth, a Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station, the booklet covers pests and […]
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Contact: Joe Carr (joecarr@maine.edu) ORONO – The Institute for Molecular Biophysics will sponsor a technical workshop on UMaine’s advanced microscopy capabilities on Wednesday July 29 in the Hess Lab (Rooms 15/16 and 19/20 Bennett Hall). The open house, which will showcase FPALM (Flourescence Photoactivation Light Microscopy) technology, is scheduled for 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The microscope […]
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Contact: Naomi Jacobs, (207) 581-3823; Charlsye Diaz, (207) 581-3839 ORONO – University of Maine students looking to boost their resumes can now add a professional writing credential to their degrees, according to Naomi Jacobs, chair of the English Department. The credential, an 18-credit minor in professional writing, provides training and hands-on experience in writing. “The […]
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Contact: Gordon Nelson, 581-4799; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The University of Maine Department of Auxiliary Services is holding a second yard sale, on July 8, to dispose of remaining discarded student property and office and residence hall furniture that’s being replaced. The sale at Stewart Commons on Hilltop Road is from 8 a.m. to […]
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Contact: EJ Roach, (207) 581-1316; Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine is participating in the Yellow Ribbon GI Education Enhancement Program (Yellow Ribbon Program), which is a provision of the Post-Sept.11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008. This voluntary program willhelp fund tuition expenses that exceed the highest public in-stateundergraduate […]
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Contact: Rick Kersbergen, (207) 342-5971, richardk@umext.maine.edu Waldo, ME—Interest in growing organic grains has sparked research development within the University of Maine and the farming community in the Northeast. UMaine has received several research and development grants to investigate growing organic grains for both livestock feed and for an increasing demand for human consumption. A series […]
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Contact: Gail Dana-Sacco, 581-1417 ORONO — Gail Dana-Sacco, Ph.D, director of the University of Maine’s Wabanaki Center, has been selected as a fellow in the 2009 Daniel Hanley Center for Health Leadership program, a mentorship program established to identify and train emerging leaders in the field of health across the state. The program is designed […]
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Contact: Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental & Watershed Research, (207) 581-3244 The 2009 Diadromous Species Restoration Research Network Science Meeting will be held July 22 to 24 at the University of Maine to help shape dialogue about the future of diadromous species restoration and research. The three-day event will feature guest speakers and […]
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Contact: Douglas Gardner, (207) 581-2846; Stephen Shaler, (207) 581-2886; Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777 ORONO – Researchers at the University of Maine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center recently were issued a patent for technology that could change the way we build homes and other structures, while cutting the economic losses caused by natural disasters. The […]
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