Contact: Tim Dalton, 581-3237 ORONO — A former UMaine master’s student recently was awarded a first place national award and a second place regional award for her thesis on the effectiveness of new federal farm legislation. It is the first time a UMaine student has won such an honor, according to Timothy J. Dalton, associate […]
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Contact: Gleason Gray, 942-7396 or 1-800-287-1485 ORONO — Have you ever wished Maine’s growing season was longer? Learn how to extend it during the Garden Gathering at UMaine’s Rogers Farm on August 20. Master gardener Elliott Scott will feature a “how to” session on building a backyard greenhouse, constructing an 8 ft x 8 ft. […]
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Contact: Karen Cole, 581-4704, George Manlove, 581-3756 After 43 years, UMaine’s Hauck Auditorium is getting new seats and a facelift. Built in 1962 as one of the state’s premier auditoriums where university and community music and theater groups could call home, and serving as a site for lectures, ceremonies and movies, Hauck opened with 600 […]
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Contact: Donna C. Lamb, 207-564-3301 or 800-287-1491 (in Maine), dlamb@umext.maine.edu BUFFALO, N.Y.–Donna Lamb, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Educator in Piscataquis County, presented two well-received sessions during a recent national Extension conference. The National Association of County Agriculture Agents held its 90th Annual Meeting and Professional Improvement Conference July 17-21. in Buffalo, N.Y., with some 1,500 people in attendance. Lamb’s first […]
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Contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — Maine and the University of Maine’s Sports Done Right initiative are leaders in efforts to reform “a sports culture run amok,” according to today’s Parade magazine, carried in major Sunday newspaper around the country and reaching more than 75 million readers. The lead story, “Who’s Killing […]
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Contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — Basic reading and writing are no longer sufficient for today’s high school students who must demonstrate strong literacy and critical thinking skills to meet performance-based standards in all subject areas. The University of Maine’s Aug. 4-12 Adolescent Literacy Institute offers a national model course to help […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at 207-581-3571 ORONO — Moving Matters! is a 14-part series of fact sheets is intended for use as a teaching tool by nutrition and health professionals working one-on-one with individuals. The curriculum, which teaches the importance of physical activity, uses stages-of-change theory to structure fact sheets into precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, and action/maintenance stages. […]
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Contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — Upward Bound students will present the results of five weeks of Pushaw Lake water quality research on Tuesday, August 2, at the University of Maine. The presentations of data and findings begin at 2 p.m. in the Memorial Union Multi-Purpose Room, located on the bottom floor […]
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Contact: Caroline Tjepkema at (207) 581-3213 ORONO — Several Bangor area groups are doing their part to help protect the water quality of the Penobscot River by stenciling local storm drains. The stencils include the message “keep water clean — drains to river” and the website address www.thinkbluemaine.org, where people can go to learn more […]
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Contact: Dick Brzozowski, 207-780-4205 (Portland); Lois Berg Stack, 207-581-2949 (Orono) ORONO, Maine — Don’t let the unseasonably cool and wet weather of early summer 2005 fool you. There is still ample time to purchase, plant and establish perennials in Maine before the end of the season. Soil moisture is in good supply in nearly […]
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