Contact: Pauleena MacDougall, 581-1891 ORONO — Everybody knew “Brownie” Schrumpf, or at least they thought they did. A new biography by author and UMaine alum Karen Dodge Tolstrup, published by the Maine Folklife Center, fills in many of the details of the diminutive cook and Bangor Daily News columnist’s early life on a Readfield Depot […]
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Contact: Tom Mikotowicz, 299-8550 (cell), 581-1965 (voicemail) or miko@maine.edu ORONO — Donald Holder, a University of Maine alumnus, won a Tony Award last night for Best Lighting Design of a Musical for his work on Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “South Pacific.” Holder also received a nomination for Best Lighting Design of a Play for his work […]
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Contact: Donna Coffin, 207-564-3301, dcoffin@umext.maine.edu ORONO, Me.–Many Maine residents are having trouble meeting their needs for heating, transportation and food due to rising fuel prices. University of Maine Cooperative Extension has established a website, www.extension.umaine.edu/energy, to provide research-based information on saving money through energy conservation and alternative energy sources. Visitors will be able to access […]
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Contact: John Mahon, (207) 581-1968; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — The Paris-based international educational consulting organization Eduniversal has included the Maine Business School at the University of Maine among its recent selection of 1,000 of the world’s best business schools. The organization, a subsidiary of the international training and career guidance company SMBG in […]
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Contact: Shannon Martin, (207) 581-1281; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO, Maine — Six Tanzanian journalists will leave the southeast African nation June 15 to begin a unique a six-week training program at the University of Maine, where they will learn about U.S. news gathering and reporting techniques from UMaine faculty members and practicing New England […]
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Contact: Tom Weber (207) 581-3777 ORONO — Peter Jumars, the director of the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences, has received the Distinguished Service Award from the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. ASLO, a leading professional organization for researchers and educators in the field of aquatic science, recognized Jumars for his nearly 30 […]
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Contact: Patty Henner, 581-1400 ORONO — The University of Maine’s Page Farm and Home Museum is offering a week-long “Pathways to the Past” day camp June 23-27 — an innovative, hands-on half day program that immerses children ages 6-12 in activities considered fundamental for survival in earlier times in Maine history. “The Page Farm and […]
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Contact: Sandy Butler, 581-2382; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Home care workers provide a critical service helping Maine’s elders stay in their homes when they need extra personal care, but the labor pool serving that expanding population is shrinking at a time when it should be growing. Sandy Butler, professor of social work and coordinator […]
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Contact: Robert C. Causey, (207) 581-2782 ORONO — The University of Maine has successfully teamed up with Foxcroft Veterinary Service in a creative approach for dealing with the shortage of large animal veterinarians in Maine. In 2007 UMaine’s Maine Agricultural Center funded a study in equine reproduction that was designed to bring veterinary students to […]
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Contact: Richard Kersbergen, 207-342-5971 ORONO, Me.–The Maine Grass Farmers Network, with support from University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association and the Natural Resources Conservation Service, has organized a series of pasture walks designed to help new and experienced farmers learn about profitable grazing in Maine. On June 22 from 2-4 […]
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