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Understanding the ebb and flow of Peru’s glacial past

Many thousands of years ago, as the world slowly began to thaw at the end of the last ice age, the landscapes of southern Peru were quite different than the ones University of Maine’s Gordon Bromley finds himself wandering about these days. Large domes of ice, blanketing the high and jagged peaks of ancient cordilleras, […]

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Food science, aquaculture innovation featured in Food Technology magazine

The October issue of Food Technology Magazine, published by the Institute of Food Technologists, includes a story, “Increasing the ‘Maine’ Sources of U.S. Aquaculture,” about University of Maine aquaculture initiatives focused on bringing nutritious foods to consumers. Highlighted in the article are the integrated research efforts led by Susan Brawley, Denise Skonberg, Balu Nayak, Angela […]

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In a time of transition, Leahy steps up to leadership role

Jessica Leahy has been named interim associate dean for research in the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture, and interim associate director of the Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station. She succeeds Frederick Servello, who will assume the position of interim dean for the college, and director of the Experiment Station following Edward Ashworth’s […]

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New Faculty: Valerie Herbert

The College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture brought a wealth of experience and expertise to its community when it welcomed new faculty this fall. Over the next few months we will feature a new faculty member every Monday and Wednesday to help you get acquainted with these new members of our community. Please join […]

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New Faculty: Kate Ruskin

The College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture brought a wealth of experience and expertise to its community when it welcomed new faculty this fall. Over the next few months we will feature a new faculty member every Monday and Wednesday to help you get acquainted with these new members of our community. Please join […]

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Harvest fall fun at Witter Farm with Cabot Creamery

The University of Maine J.F. Witter Teaching and Research Center will host Cabot Creamery Cooperative’s Open Farm Sunday from 11 a.m.–2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9. Members of the public are welcome to visit the farm for a family-friendly afternoon of free cheese, apples, games, and live bluegrass music. UMaine Applied Dairy Cooperative of Organized Working […]

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New Faculty: Pauline Kamath

The College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture brought a wealth of experience and expertise to its community when it welcomed new faculty this fall. Over the next few months we will feature a new faculty member every Monday and Wednesday to help you get acquainted with these new members of our community. Please join […]

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New faculty: Jennifer Seale

The College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture brought a wealth of experience and expertise to its community when it welcomed new faculty this fall. Over the next few months we will feature a new faculty member every Monday and Wednesday to help you get acquainted with these new members of our community. Please join […]

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Department of Defense Scholar to develop policy to build climate resilience

Outside her childhood home in Boulder, Colorado, Kimberley Rain Miner used to cover one eye to block from her sight the utility box located among trees and the boulders dropped by glaciers. Miner, now an Earth and climate sciences Ph.D. student at the University of Maine, imagined being in a completely natural environment. And for […]

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