Veterans and University of Maine students Ashley Wilson and Joseph Miller were quoted in a Bangor Daily News article about decreasing membership of veteran groups in Maine. Wilson, who retired from the Navy in January 2012 after eight years and two tours in Iraq, is a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. […]
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Roy Ulrickson III, a graduate student in his final year of the University of Maine’s Master of Social Work program, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled “Infrastructure to education: Ingredients for rural Maine’s economic resurgence.” Ulrickson of Dexter is a former member of the Dexter Planning Board.
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University of Maine oceanographers are part of a collaborative international team studying the microscopic world of plankton. During expeditions from 2009 to 2013 aboard Tara, researchers collected 35,000 samples from the world’s oceans. Data generated from the samples are providing unprecedented resources — including a catalog of several million new genes — expected to transform […]
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Grad student, Foster Center tenant is winner of two business competitions.
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CBC News reported on research by Jesica Waller, a University of Maine master’s student in marine biology, that focuses on the effects climate change may have on lobster. Waller is working with a University of Prince Edward Island professor to determine why lobster larvae are growing more slowly, according to the article. The researchers test […]
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The University of Maine Humanities Center has awarded summer research grants to two UMaine students. Taylor Cunningham, an English major and Honors student with a minor in folklore studies, was awarded the Sandy and Bobby Ives Research Award. Elisa Sance, a doctoral candidate in history, was awarded the center’s graduate student research award. Each award […]
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The Weekly published a University of Maine news release about a Hampden-based family that at Commencement earned its ninth UMaine degree among six immediate members. On Saturday, Margaret McCollough received a bachelor’s degree in sustainable agriculture. She is the daughter of Catherine Elliott, a sustainable living specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, and […]
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The Associated Press and Maine Public Broadcasting Network were among news organizations to report on the University of Maine’s 213th Commencement. M. Peter McPherson, president of the Washington, D.C.-based Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, delivered the Commencement address and received an honorary degree. Dana Connors, executive director of the Maine State Chamber of Commerce, […]
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Joe Miller, a University of Maine graduate student studying history, was featured in a Bangor Daily News video series on veterans who talk about what coming home meant to them. Miller, a captain in the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, served three tours in Iraq, according to the report. After serving, he looked to Maine […]
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The Maine Public Broadcasting Network reported on soil research being conducted by Corianne Tatariw and Kaizad Patel, University of Maine students who are pursuing doctoral degrees in ecology and environmental science. Tatariw and Patel are researching how seasonal climatic changes from winter to spring affect soil nutrient cycling and therefore the biology, chemistry and physical […]
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