Contact: Nancy Strayer, Canadian-American Center, (207) 581-4220, George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO – The University of Maine’s Canadian-American Center has received a grant of $150,000 over three years to enhance support for several cartography projects and share geographic, cultural and environmental data with public schools, the tourism industry and the university. The grant, part of […]
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Contact: Vivianne Holmes, 207-353-5557 ORONO, Maine — Most women probably didn’t grow up thinking they were going to manage a forest, says Vivianne Holmes, University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator in Lisbon Falls. However, women who have purchased land with a woodlot or inherited a wooded parcel now find themselves having to think about growing […]
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Contact: Kay Hyatt (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — Reading Recovery is meeting its promise to bring the lowest performing first grade readers up to the average class achievement level — and perhaps beyond — according to University of Maine research. The study provides scientific evidence that Maine students completing the program not only reach or […]
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Contact: Philip Trostel, Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, 207-581-1651; Catherine Reilly, formerly of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, now with the Maine State Planning Office, 287-1479; Nick Houtman, UMaine Dept. of Public Affairs and Marketing, 207-581-3777 ORONO, Maine — A new report from the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine […]
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Contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs and Marketing, 207-581-3777 ORONO, Maine — Susan Brawley, professor of plant biology in the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences, has received the Geddes Simpson Award for making a major contribution at the intersection of science and history. Brawley will deliver the Geddes Simpson lecture at 3 […]
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Contact: George Manlove at 207-581-3756 QUeBEC CITY — University of Maine French professor Raymond J. Pelletier, the associate director of the UMaine Canadian-American Center, recently accepted a prestigious Canadian cultural award on behalf of an international educational association dedicated to promoting the language and study of Quebec and French North America. The American Council for […]
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Contact: Ann Barker, Dept. of Food Science and Human Nutrition, 207-581-1733 ORONO, Maine — University of Maine Food Science and Human Nutrition graduate student Ann Barker is looking for volunteers to participate in a study examining how wild blueberries affect cholesterol levels and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Volunteers must be at least 30 […]
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Contact: Laurie Connell, School of Marine Sciences, 207-581-2470 ORONO, Maine — Just like people, clams can be affected by the toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP), but scientists have now identified a mutation in clams that gives some protection. PSP toxins interfere with nerve function, and the mutation, which changes a single amino acid […]
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Contact: Barbara Blazej, (207) 581-2625, George Manlove (207) 581-3756 ORONO — A group of UMaine students and faculty who recently returned from an educational tour of Cuba over spring break will hold a public “teach-in” on April 12 to discuss their trip and impressions of the small socialist country 90 miles off the coast of […]
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Contact: Marilyn Lutz at (207) 581-1658 ORONO — Video programs and clips about Maine’s history and environment are now universally accessible over the Internet. The University of Maine’s Fogler Library, Maine Public Broadcasting Network and the Maine State Museum have partnered to create a new Web-based archive of educational video and other multimedia resources […]
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