Graduate School

UMaine Moth Research Effort Cited in WGME Report

WGME (Channel 13) reported University of Maine researchers are working with the Maine Forest Service to track destructive winter moths that are returning to Maine. So far the moths have been found in Harpswell and Cape Elizabeth. The moths can be harmful to plants and crops, such as apples and blueberries.

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Press Herald Cites UMaine Grad Student in Destructive Moth Article

The Portland Press Herald spoke with Kaitlyn O’Donnell, a graduate student in entomology at the University of Maine, for an article on destructive winter moths returning to Maine. O’Donnell, who has been working in Harpswell for the last 18 months, said research there has revealed the moths prefer apples and oaks, and they haven’t been […]

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BDN Publishes Op-Ed by UMaine Grad Student

Charles Hastings, a graduate student in the University of Maine’s School of Policy and International Affairs, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled “Public-private partnership or corporate welfare? However you view it, Maine’s prosperity depends on it.”

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UMaine Student, Big Gig Winner Featured in BDN Column

Sarah Newcomb, a doctoral student in behavioral economics at the University of Maine and research assistant at UMaine’s Sustainability Solutions Initiative, was featured in a Bangor Daily News column about a shopper-friendly phone app she developed. Newcomb won the first Big Gig networking and pitch-off event in October with her proposed app, “Who’s Your Daddy?,” […]

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UMaine Grad Student Writes Op-Ed for BDN

Robin Barstow, a master’s of social work student at the University of Maine who also has a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology, wrote an opinion piece that appeared in the Bangor Daily News titled “In Maine, Thanksgiving dinner can be made with completely local ingredients.”  

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Jazz Ensemble to Pay Tribute to Former Student

The University of Maine School of Performing Arts presents the fall Jazz Ensemble concert Thursday, Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m. in Minsky Recital Hall. Under the direction of Jack Burt, the ensemble will perform jazz standards by John Coltrane, Miles Davis and others. In addition, it will perform “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” by Charles Mingus […]

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UMaine Grad Student Featured in BDN Blog

Bangor Daily News editorial page editor Erin Rhoda highlights University of Maine graduate student Rachael Joyce in a blog titled Arguably. Joyce, who is studying civil engineering and works at the university’s Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center developing offshore wind turbine technology, also assists her boyfriend with Volition Ski Co. — a startup company […]

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Media Advance University of Maine System Board of Trustees Meeting

The Bangor Daily News was among the news outlets that announced the University of Maine System Board of Trustees meeting Sunday and Monday, Nov. 17–18, at the University of Maine at Farmington. Trustees will vote on whether to approve a new doctoral program in communications at the University of Maine. The Portland Press Herald, The […]

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UMaine, UNH Perform One Play Simultaneously On Two Stages

Students in the University of Maine Intermedia MFA Program and the University of New Hampshire Department of Theatre and Dance will perform one play simultaneously at both universities by streaming audio and video, and using other technology, including social media. The universities will premiere the telematic multimedia performance piece “eStranged,” which is based on Albert […]

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Foster’s, Union Leader Advance Play to be Performed Simultaneously at UMaine, UNH

Foster’s Daily Democrat and Union Leader reported the University of Maine Intermedia MFA Program and University of New Hampshire Department of Theatre and Dance will premiere a telematic performance based on Albert Camus’ “The Stranger.” The play, called “eStranged,” will be performed simultaneously at both universities and will use video and other technologies to tell […]

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