The Lincoln County News and Windham Eagle shared online gardening resources from University of Maine Cooperative Extension, including its garden and yard website and the April 2024 Maine Home Garden News newsletter.
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The University of Maine Raymond H. Fogler Library, in collaboration with the Counseling Center and Student Wellness Resource Center, will host a free talk about cannabis and mental health featuring Maine Office of Cannabis Policy Director John Hudak 6-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 18 at the Salon, located on the second floor of the library. […]
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University of Maine students are seeking donations and recruiting volunteers for Welcome to Housing, a nonprofit homegoods bank in Old Town, during tabling sessions on Fridays April 12 and 19 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Memorial Union. Snacks and information about Welcome to Housing will also be available during the tabling sessions, organized by […]
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Maine Public and WABI detailed the efforts of the University of Maine High Altitude Ballooning program to capture images and data of the April 8 total solar eclipse using a balloon with testing camera, data collection, control and tracking systems attached to it. The article from Maine Public stated the biggest challenge for the ballooning […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk, “Doing Research with Society – Addressing complex water-related challenges in South Africa,” on Monday, April 15 at 3 p.m. South Africa is confronted by complex water challenges, including declining water quality and quantity, habitat degradation, biodiversity loss, […]
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The 2024 Presidential Awards recognize outstanding teaching in wildlife ecology, pioneering research in biodiversity, significant public engagement and research focused on voting, innovation in aquaculture and extraordinary impact on young entrepreneurs and communities across Maine. Lindsay Seward, a principal lecturer in wildlife ecology, received the Presidential Outstanding Teaching Award. Brian McGill, professor of ecological modeling, […]
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Along the rocky shores of Acadia National Park are 24 known archaeological sites that preserve the history and heritage of Wabanaki people. Many of the sites house pottery sherds, tools, animal bones and other artifacts that showcase ancient Indigenous culture from a bygone age. Sea level rise, flooding and storms are eroding these sacred and […]
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This year’s Acadia Science Fellows are two graduate students from the University of Maine: Peter Howe, student in the School of Forest Resources, and Marisa Monroe, research assistant in the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Conservation Biology. Peter Howe is creating a Northern Forest Historical Atlas with photogrammetric analysis of archival aerial photographs of the […]
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FOX 22/ABC 7 (Channel 7) highlighted the University of Maine’s annual education career fair, where nearly 45 employers from across Maine and 70 students from the UMaine, Husson University, Eastern Maine Community College, the University of Maine at Augusta, and the University of Maine at Farmington met inside the Wells Conference Center to discuss educational […]
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Media outlets including Portland Press Herald, ABC News, Smithsonian Magazine, New England Public Media, KTRE (Channel 9 Texas), WABI (Channel 5 Bangor), News Center Maine, Bangor Daily News, Maine Public, FOX 23, Voice of Maine, and WGME (Channel 13 Portland) highlighted University of Maine students, faculty and staff participating in the April 8 total solar […]
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