A long-time educator and leader in social work, whose research and advocacy influenced state and federal policy, has been named the 2024 Distinguished Maine Professor, the University of Maine’s most prestigious faculty accolade. Sandra Butler, professor and director of the School of Social Work, will be honored at the Alumni Achievement Awards Dinner and Celebration, […]
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The Portland Press Herald, WABI TV (Channel 5 in Bangor) and WHDH (News 7 in Boston) reported on the ongoing display of World War II-era love letters in Fogler Library at the University of Maine. One couple sent in nearly 500 letters following a plea from the library’s first head of special collections on the […]
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The Boston Globe featured University of Maine alumni Patrick Breeding and Amber Boutiette, who founded the skincare company Marin and started a lotion product made with lobster glycoprotein in an article about the decline of fisheries in New England.
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Jon Doty, assistant superintendent of RSU 34, the school district for Old Town, Alton and Bradley, received the inaugural Robert A. Cobb Award for Extraordinary Service to the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Maine. The award was presented at the college’s Pinning and Recognition Ceremony on Friday. Doty received his […]
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Orono Brewing Company is serving one of Maine’s pest experts Jim Dill twice by brewing his favorite style of beer and donating to tick research. The new JD Brown Ale, which is inspired by and named after Dill, University of Maine Cooperative Extension pest management specialist, will be tapped and served at both OBC locations […]
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Bangor Daily News highlighted the University of Maine School of Forest Resources when discussing the educational background of Larry and Barbara Beauregard, who were selected as 2024 Maine Outstanding Tree Farmers of the Year.
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As a lifelong baseball fan, Delaney Colson landed her dream internship at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York last summer after earning her undergraduate degree in history and secondary education from the University of Maine. “It was really the perfect intersection between both of my majors, combining teaching and education with […]
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News Center Maine featured a new product from Marin, the Portland, Maine-based skincare startup and spin-out from the University of Maine, called Glycoprotein Lip Treatment. It’s a new lip treatment made with marine glycoproteins, an upcycled byproduct of lobster processing.
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Marin, the Portland, Maine-based skincare startup and spin-out from the University of Maine, has launched a new lip treatment made with marine glycoproteins, an upcycled byproduct of lobster processing. The company’s new Glycoprotein Lip Treatment comes in two varieties, unscented and blueberry french toast, and drops just in time for dry skin season. Like Marin’s […]
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WMTW reported on Jonathan Moody of MSAD 54 in Skowhegan, Canaan, Mercer, Smithfield, Cornville and Norridgewock being named Maine’s 2024 Superintendent of the Year. According to the article, “Moody holds a master’s degree in educational leadership from the University of Maine and a bachelor’s degree in secondary education from the University of Maine in Farmington.”
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