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UMaine senior helps document seabird discovery during Project Puffin internship

Senior Eily Buchanan helps document first razorbill chick on Eastern Egg Rock.

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UMaine launches free program to address rural special education teacher shortage

From lobster trap to tee box: UMaine researchers turn discarded shells into golf tees

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In researching organ failure prevention, UMaine Ph.D. student earns prestigious fellowship

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Tiny ocean plankton holds clues to the future of Maine lobster

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UMaine summer interns make real-world impact at Bangor Savings Bank

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They came for college. They became Mainers.

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I’ll take UMaine alumni for $200: 2005 graduate to appear on ‘Jeopardy!’

UMaine researchers to develop new math to better understand bladder dysfunction

Documentary highlighting UMaine’s role in national hazing prevention movement coming to campus

Portugal decriminalized drugs 25 years ago, but the real lesson is what it built around this policy

To control weeds in your garden, late summer and early fall is the best time to make a difference

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‘The Maine Question’ podcast explores how Maine can expand its healthcare industry

UMaine’s Cooperative Research Unit earns Excellence in Science award from U.S. Geological Survey

UMaine nursing professor elected treasurer of National League for Nursing

UMaine forestry expert co-authors national guidance on disaster preparedness

UMaine’s Zillman Art Museum opens five new exhibits

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News Center highlights free program to address rural special education teacher shortage

Financial Post interviews Tijerina on economic ties between Maine and Canada

Down East speaks with Wason and Weiskittel on the future of Maine’s forests

Martha Stewart highlights Singh in story on shrubs to plant in October

The Art Newspaper speaks with Sandweiss on the strongest El Niño in decades

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Why fall yard care could start with doing less – but not nothing

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UMaine study explores whether music can help older adults maintain brain health

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New UMaine facility to help Maine track microplastics in seafood, water and soil

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UMaine NSF-funded project to bring emerging technologies into rural Maine classrooms

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How UMaine research is strengthening the state’s economy, improving lives and preparing communities for the future

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Election officials are fighting wavering voter trust by making mundane processes visible and recruiting citizens to help

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