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UMaine project will live stream total solar eclipse from the stratosphere 

When Noah Lambert of Bar Harbor enrolled at the University of Maine, launching a giant balloon 90,000 feet in the air to livestream a total solar eclipse wasn’t an activity he imagined being able to do during his college career.  For the past year, Lambert and nine other undergraduate and graduate students have been designing […]

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Extension’s White interviewed by BDN on farm animal sex education

Bangor Daily News interviewed University of Maine Cooperative Extension assistant professor and Maine sustainable agriculture and livestock educator Rachel White on how to talk to homesteaders or other people about sex education with animals on the farm. “I always bring it back to basic biology,” said White. “I am a very scientific person.”

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BDN interviews Birkel, Koehler on climate change impacts in Maine

University of Maine Cooperative Extension associate scientist Glen Koehler and Mainte State Climatologist Sean Birkel were interviewed by the Bangor Daily News on how the climate is changing and the impacts of it on Maine. Koehler, who is also a member of Maine Climate Council, said the warming trend of the state’s average annual minimal […]

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Gill interviewed by Nature on concept of using the term ‘Anthropocene’

Nature interviewed University of Maine associate professor of terrestrial paleoecology Jacquelyn Gill on the concept of using the term “Anthropocene,” which defines the age of irreversible human impacts on the planet, in light of a decision by geologists to not mark Anthropocene as an official period in Earth’s geological timeline. “It’s a term that belongs […]

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UMaine Partners for World Health celebrating new campus space

The grand opening of the new on-campus home for the University of Maine Partners for World Health (PWH) club will be held Thursday, March 21 at 4 p.m. in the Keyo Building, where UMaine’s chapter is now located.  Student members will be present along with invited campus administrators, professors and representatives from the encompassing, Maine-based […]

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UMaine Nursing commits to healthcare, well-being ahead of National Health Workforce Well-Being Day

The National Academy of Medicine Collaborative is recognizing Monday, March 18 as the inaugural Health Workforce Well-Being Day, and the University of Maine School of Nursing is reaffirming its commitment to advancing health workers’ well-being through research and education opportunities for students, faculty and staff. The UMaine School of Nursing emphasizes the importance of supporting […]

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News Center interviews Charney on bobcat population in Maine

News Center Maine interviewed University of Maine assistant professor of conservation biology Noah Charney for details about the bobcat population living in Maine. Following a car accident in which a bobcat was injured and taken to Saco River Wildlife Center for recovery, Charney said the state has a large number of bobcats and they thrive […]

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