The Christian Science Monitor reported on a new study that found soil health is improving in the United States and Canada because of a decline in acid rain. The study, which was published in the journal Environment Science and Technology, was led by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) with collaboration from researchers at the University […]
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WVII (Channel 7) spoke with Cynthia Erdley, a psychology professor at the University of Maine, for a report on a new study by Common Sense Media that found teenagers consume nine hours of media a day across multiple platforms. Erdley said many students watch TV or listen to music while doing homework, dividing their attention. […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported University of Maine students Maire Gardner and Abbie Allen, along with Portland artist Mike Lewis, painted pianos for the Queen City Piano Project. The project was organized by local arts nonprofit Launchpad, and was part of ARTober, a monthlong celebration of the arts in Bangor, according to the article. The […]
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The Times of India reported Doug Allen, a philosophy professor at the University of Maine, will attend an international summit on peace and harmony in Varanasi, India. The summit is organized by the Banaras Hindu University and will be held Dec. 18–20, according to the article. Narendra Modi, the prime minister of India, may also […]
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The London-based Times Higher Education published a review by University of Maine history professor Howard Segal on Ann Larabee’s “The Wrong Hands: Popular Weapons Manuals and Their Historic Challenges to a Democratic Society.”
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The Maine Edge reported the University of Maine Museum of Art (UMMA) in downtown Bangor will host Drop & Shop from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 28. The event allows parents to drop their children off at the museum while they do some holiday shopping on Small Business Saturday. Children aged 8–12 will […]
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Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Portland Press Herald article, “Without a majority vote, Lewiston’s mayoral race goes to a runoff.” Mayor Robert Macdonald and challenger Ben Chin will face each other in a runoff election Dec. 8 after finishing at the top of the field […]
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The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release announcing the university will recognize veterans with a week of events to coincide with Veterans Day, Nov. 11. The activities, which are coordinated by the UMaine Office of Veterans Education and Transition Services (VETS) and UMaine Veterans Association, will begin at 11:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. […]
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In the article, “Climate change in the Gulf of Maine,” the Bangor Daily News cited a scientific model for estimating the abundance of lobster in the Gulf of Maine that was created by Yong Chen, a professor of fisheries population dynamics at the University of Maine. According to the article, scientists sounded warnings for years […]
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The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release on recent research by University of Maine paleoecologist Jacquelyn Gill. The assistant professor in the School of Biology and Ecology and the Climate Change Institute says fossils and other records from the deep past provide evidence of widespread short- and long-term changes in community composition, […]
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