The Portland Press Herald interviewed Mark Brewer, professor of political science at the University of Maine, and Rob Glover, a UMaine associate professor of political science, about Maine politicians showing their support for the lobster industry after Seafood Watch put American lobster on its “red list” of seafood to be avoided because it claims the […]
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The Maine Monitor quoted Darren Ranco, professor of anthropology at the University of Maine, in an article about toxic PFAS compounds concentrating over time in landfills near the Penobscot Indian Reservation, which threaten both the health of tribal members and traditions that bound them through millennia to the waterway they know as “pαnawάhpskek.” “Our holy […]
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Michael Socolow, associate professor in the University of Maine Department of Communication and Journalism and former assignment editor at CNN, spoke to The Hill about the major changes at CNN in recent weeks that have sparked chatter in media and political circles about the network’s new corporate ownership pulling it to the political right. “A […]
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The Camden Herald reported that Rockport’s Fran Woodworth, who is enrolled in the 4+1 program in the School of Policy and International Affairs (SPIA) at the University of Maine, was awarded the Boren Fellowship to study Portuguese in Salvador, Brazil.
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The journal Science published a perspective paper by University of Maine researchers Daniel Sandweiss and Kirk Maasch about how El Niño influences the presence of fauna and human predation of it. In their piece, Sandweiss, a professor in the Anthropology Department and Climate Change Institute, and Maasch, a professor in the School of Earth and […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that University of Maine Intermedia Programs’ annual faculty exhibition “ARTworkers” will be on display through Sept. 16 at the Innovative Media Research and Commercialization Center. The exhibit features a mobile research lab by Susan Smith, director of Intermedia Programs, and advised by Associate Vice President of Research Ali Abedi, also […]
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The Ellsworth American noted that the Bucksport Historical Society will present a free lecture by University of Maine history professor Liam Riordan titled “History and Commemoration of the Statehood Era” at 7 p.m. Sept. 15 at the Elm Street Congregational Church’s Brown Hall, 31 Elm St. in Bucksport.
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The University of Maine’s School of Policy and International Affairs (SPIA) and the Climate Change Institute (CCI) will partner with the American Security Project (ASP) and Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) for an in-person public panel “Consistent and Compelling: Maine’s Model for Mitigating Climate Change” 4–5 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 14, at Buchanan Alumni […]
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“It’s not going to be easy, but it’s going to be worth it.” This is the best advice 17-year-old Brady Barker of Holden has ever received and he stands by it, especially as it applies to his experience in the University of Maine’s Early College program. Barker started taking Early College classes as a first-year […]
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The Canadian-American Center at the University of Maine received two grants from the Department of Education totaling $1.55 million to continue offering programs, and incorporate new ones, as a National Resource Center on Canada. The Canadian-American Center is the lead institution for the Northeast National Resource Center on Canada, which also includes the State University […]
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