Contact: Pam LaHaye, Extension Educator, 207-342-5971, plahaye@umext.maine.edu WALDO, Me.–“Parents Are Teachers Too,” (PATT) a home-visiting program for new parents offered by University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Waldo County, recently received a grant from the Maine Children’s Trust, the statewide child abuse and neglect prevention organization. The grant specifically supports staffing of “My Time,” an […]
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Contact: David Munson, UMaine University Relations (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – UMaine doctoral student Leigh Stearns was recently selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as one of ten graduate students nationwide to participate in the 2006 International Astronautical Congress in Valencia, Spain in October. Organized by the International Astronautical Federation, the four-day event […]
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Contact: Charlene Herrick (207) 581-3204; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine — After more than a century of promoting responsible forest stewardship and research, UMaine’s Department of Forest Ecosystem Science and Department of Forest Management have merged to form the new School of Forest Resources. The new school creates a single point of contact for […]
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Contact: Merrill Elias (207) 581-2097; Michael Robbins (207) 581-2051; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine — In an ongoing, 30-year study that explores the connections between cognitive abilities and cardiovascular disease, UMaine psychology professors Merrill Elias, Michael Robbins, and Penelope K. Elias are defining the role of the amino acid homocysteine in cognitive function, discovering […]
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Contact: Matt Kasson (207) 581-2897; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – Matt Kasson, a master’s degree candidate in UMaine’s newly formed School of Forest Resources, is working to assess the future of Maine’s beech trees, having made it his mission to understand the disease that is rapidly turning one of the state’s top trees […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at 581-3571 Note: The following appears in the Maine Development Foundation’s newsletter: The Kenneth M. Curtis Leadership AwardRecognizing Extraordinary Achievements by Leadership Maine Graduates James(Jake) S. Ward IV, Executive Director of the Office of Research and Economic Development, University of Maine received the eleventh Kenneth M. Curtis Leadership Award at MDF’s Annual […]
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Contact: Cathy Billings, The Lobster Institute (207) 581-2751 ORONO — The Lobster Institute at the University of Maine has received a leadership challenge gift from Riverdale Mills, Inc. of Northbridge, Massachusetts, as part of the institute’s C.O.R.E. Campaign. The award challenges theInstitute to raise $100,000, which Riverdale Mills will then match with its contribution of […]
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Contact: Christopher Gardner at 207-581-4048; Joe Carr at 207-581-3571 The following is an alert message from the UMaine Dept. of Public Safety : The University of Maine Department of Public Safety is investigating an alleged assault that occurred on October 14, 2006 at approximately 9:45 p.m. It is reported that the male suspect grabbed a […]
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Contact: Richard Brzozowski, 800-287-1471 (in Maine), rbrz@umext.maine.edu BRUNSWICK, Me.–University of Maine Cooperative Extension has scheduled a FAMACHA training for 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 29 at Crystal Spring Farm, 277 Pleasant Hill Road in Brunswick. FAMACHA is a fairly new method of determining internal parasite pressure on individual sheep and goats by scoring eyelid blood […]
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Contact: Mazie Hough, 581-1225; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Marjane Satrapi, a contemporary graphic novelist and illustrator born in Teheran, is the 2006 Anne Margaret Johnstone Memorial Lecturer and will speak at the University of Maine Oct. 19 about her life and work. Satrapi will participate at 12:30 p.m., in 130 Little Hall, in “A […]
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