Contact: Harold Daniel, 581-1933; Thomas Allan, 581-3164; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The newly formed University of Maine-based Center for Tourism, Research and Outreach (CenTRO) is developing a customer satisfaction survey for Maine campground visitors, which will help the state’s tourism industry get a comprehensive look at how well it is doing to attract and […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — For the third consecutive year, the University of Maine is listed by the Princeton Review as one of the best choices for undergraduate education. The New York-based publisher announced the details of its annual book, “The Best 361 Colleges,” earlier today. Princeton Review rankings are based on […]
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Contact: Debra Kantor, 207-474-0374, dkantor@umext.maine.edu SKOWHEGAN, Me.–Dr. Debra Kantor (formerly Debra Chadbourne), a medical anthropologist who has worked to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in Botswana, is returning to Somerset County to do youth development work for University of Maine Cooperative Extension. In her former position of project manager for Botswana at the Fran
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Three University of Maine climate change researchers are among the authors of a new report, developed in collaboration with researchers from Ohio State University, that expands the scientific record of Antarctic snowfall and demonstrates that there has been no statistically significant change over 50 years (Monaghan et. […]
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Contact: Extension Educator Richard Brzozowski, (207) 780-4205 Cincinnati, OH — Two University of Maine Cooperative Extension faculty members were recently recognized for their exemplary work by the National Association of County Agricultural Agents (NACAA). They were honored at the 2006 NACAA annual meeting and professional improvement conference in Cincinnati in late July. Extension Prof. Rick […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at 581-3571; Meg Malmberg at 338-8000 BELFAST — As the University of Maine’s Hutchinson Center prepares to begin its seventh academic year in Belfast, students, faculty members and staff members will host an open house at the Belmont Ave. facility from 4-6 p.m. on Wednesday Aug. 22. UMaine offers courses and entire […]
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Contact: Gleason Gray at (207) 942-7396 STILLWATER, Me.–This year’s Garden Gathering, a day of horticultural workshops, activities and educational displays, will take place on Saturday, Aug. 19 at Rogers Farm, the University of Maine
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Contact: Gretchen Faulkner, 581-1904, Brian Robinson, 581-2174 ORONO — Artifacts from Maine archaeology digs over the last 30 years, representing life from between 300 and 11,000 years ago, are currently on display through Sept. 10 at the University of Maine’s Hudson Museum in the Maine Center for the Arts. The exhibit — “From the Ground […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Two University of Maine colleges will be under new leadership when classes begin for the fall semester, as two veteran UMaine deans have announced their plans to step down. G. Bruce Wiersma, a UMaine graduate who has served as dean of the college now known as the […]
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Contact: Brenda Hall (207) 581-2191; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine — UMaine glacial geologist Brenda Hall’s accidental discovery more than ten years ago is proving to be an important key to understanding the ways in which the climate near the Antarctic coast has changed over time. Searching for particles of organic matter while studying […]
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