Contact: Peter Sexton (207) 764-3361; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – Working in collaboration with businesses in northern Maine, UMaine Cooperative Extension Crops Specialist Peter Sexton has completed a pilot project that successfully converted Maine-grown seed crops into 1000 gallons of the alternative fuel biodiesel. The project offers an exciting glimpse into Maine’s potential […]
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Contact: Laurie Connell (207) 581-2470; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine — Potato wart, a highly contagious fungal disease of potatoes, can not only ruin a potato crop, it can destroy the agricultural value of the soil it infects for decades. So virulent that it has been listed as a threat to the nation’s biosecurity […]
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Contact: Philip Dunn (207) 581-2326; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – Eighteen students from the Construction Management Technology and Civil and Environmental Engineering programs competed in the 17th Annual Associated Schools of Construction Region I Bidding Competition held in Fairfield, NJ on November 9-12, 2006. Facing tough competition from more than a dozen schools, […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Steven Weinberger, an executive with 25 years of experience in personnel, labor relations and benefits, has been named Assistant Vice President for Human Resources at the University of Maine. A Connecticut native who most recently worked as executive director of the 18,000-member United Faculty of Florida bargaining […]
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Contact: Pauleena MacDougall, 581-1848; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — After studying and touring the closed and functionally abandoned Eastern Fine Paper mill as part of their “Save Our History” project, about 90 Brewer Middle School students are scheduled see a modern paper-making operation during a visit Tuesday to the University of Maine. Three groups of […]
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Contact: Barbara Blazej, 581-2625; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO, Maine — The University of Maine Peace Studies Program, in conjunction with Witness for Peace, is inviting anyone who is interested to join a delegation to Venezuela March 4-13, 2007. The trip, which focuses on the theme “Exploring the Complexities of the New Venezuela,” “comes at a […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — University of Maine student leaders who participate in Alternative Spring Break (ASB) community service programs all around the country are planning a week-long fundraiser to benefit an organization that serves local communities. The second annual ASB Camp-in for Crossroads starts at 8 a.m. Sunday Dec. 10 in […]
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Contact: Catherine Schmitt, 581-1434 ORONO, Maine — Paul Anderson, director of the Maine Sea Grant College Program, has been elected president of the Sea Grant Association, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to furthering the Sea Grant program concept. Through membership in the Sea Grant Association, the University of Maine and other academic institutions that participate […]
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Contact: Prof. Mark Brewer at 581-1863 ORONO — The James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation, a federally endowed and privately funded program designed to strengthen instruction about the Constitution in the nation’s schools, will award generous fellowships in 2007 for master’s degree level graduate study of the framing and history of the U.S. Constitution. College seniors […]
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Contact: Jolynn Stevens, 207-532-0506 HOULTON, Me.–Jolynn Stevens, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension Nutrition Aide from Ludlow, was honored recently at the National Extension Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (NEAFCS) 2006 annual session. Stevens provides nutrition education for families in southern Aroostook County as part of UMaine Extension’s Eat Well Program. She received the […]
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