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Peas in February? In Maine?

Campus farm turns four-season Can peas really grow in the winter in Maine? They did at Saint Joseph’s, where farm manager Michial Russell and his team worked hard to preserve life on the farm, even if it meant keeping an indoor “secret garden” and shoveling their way to the outdoor greenhouses. Russell and his crew [...]

2021-10-07T10:10:11-04:00May 1st, 2010|Categories: Spring 2010|Tags: , , , |

Earth Day 2010

Required class about Planet Earth proved to be ahead of its time Before sustainability became a buzz word and colleges nationwide wholly embraced the green movement, Saint Joseph’s stood on unique ground nine years ago when it decided to require an environmental science course for all juniors. The course came about at the urging of [...]

2021-10-07T10:10:12-04:00May 1st, 2010|Categories: Spring 2010|Tags: , , , |

College and consortium members receive $500,000 to battle invasive plant

The Maine Milfoil Consortium, which includes Saint Joseph's College, recently received $500,000 in federal funds to fight an invasive aquatic plant that has infested 26 Maine lakes, including one cove of Sebago Lake. The group, which came together two years ago to address variable-leaf milfoil's threat to Maine lakes, will use the money to control [...]

2021-10-07T10:10:13-04:00May 1st, 2009|Categories: Fall 2009|Tags: , |

Professor wins grant for geology research

Natural sciences professor Johan Erikson has received a two-year $50,000 grant that he and two student researchers will use to examine geologic processes affecting the mineral composition of early post-Ice Age sediments in Maine." The research has implications for interpretation of long-term climate changes and their effects on the landscape," says Erikson, who was trained [...]

2021-10-07T10:10:14-04:00May 1st, 2009|Categories: Spring 2009|Tags: , |

Faculty expertise spans the spectrum

Interview with science professor to air on TV An interview with environmental sciences professor Mark Green will appear on ResearchChannel this spring as part of a 14-part series about National Science Foundation-funded research on climate change. Dr. Green will discuss his research on how ocean acidification affects the survival of shellfish for the show's eighth [...]

2021-10-07T10:10:14-04:00May 1st, 2009|Categories: Spring 2009|Tags: , |