UMaine in the News

Provost Hecker Writes Op-Ed on Student Debt for Press Herald

Jeffrey Hecker, executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Portland Press Herald titled “Timely graduation could help cut UMaine student debt.” Hecker cited recent findings that show the amount of debt students accumulate while earning a bachelor’s degree depends on how long they […]

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Mayewski Delivers Keynote at Emergency Management Conference, Media Report

Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute (CCI) at the University of Maine, gave the keynote address at the seventh annual Maine Partners in Emergency Preparedness Conference in Augusta, according to media reports. The two-day event focuses on climate change implications for the state. The Kennebec Journal covered Mayewski’s talk that focused on the […]

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Food Safety News Interviews Wu About Latest Research

Vivian Wu, a professor of microbiology and food safety in the School of Food and Agriculture, spoke with Food Safety News about her latest research. Wu recently received a $4.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to improve processing technologies to enhance the safety and quality of fresh produce and low-moisture foods, […]

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Ippolito Wins Thoma Foundation’s Inaugural Digital Arts Writing Award, Media Report

ARTnews and Artforum reported Jon Ippolito, a new media professor at the University of Maine, has received a new prize for writers who concentrate on covering digital art. The Thoma Foundation, a foundation established by Carl and Marilynn Thoma, created the Thoma Foundation Arts Writing Fellowship Award to acknowledge those “who have contributed significantly to […]

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Press Herald Reports on UMaine Business Challenge Finalists

Finalists for the UMaine Business Challenge, the state’s largest student entrepreneurship competition, were announced in a Portland Press Herald blog post. One of the five finalists will receive a $5,000 award to help develop their idea into a business, according to the article. The UMaine Business Challenge was founded in 2011 by a group of […]

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Mount Desert Islander Advances Youth Gardening Program

The Mount Desert Islander reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a youth gardening program May through September in Somesville. “Kids Can Grow!” is designed for children ages 7–12 and offers monthly hands-on gardening classes, as well as materials and help for each participant to build their own raised bed. Master Gardener volunteers […]

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Maine Edge Reports on 2015 Valedictorian, Salutatorian

The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release announcing the 2015 valedictorian and salutatorian. Gwendolyn Beacham of Farmington, Maine, is this year’s valedictorian, and Katelyn Massey of Waterville, Maine, is the salutatorian. Beacham, a biochemistry major and Honors student, also was named the Outstanding Graduating Student in the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, […]

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BDN Publishes Op-Ed by Professor Emeritus Tjepkema

The Bangor Daily News published an opinion piece by John Tjepkema, professor emeritus in the School of Biology and Ecology at the University of Maine. Tjepkema’s article is titled “We must reduce our carbon footprints, but that’s only the beginning.”

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Porter, Student Speak with MPBN About New Potato Variety

Gregory Porter, chairman of the Department of Plant, Soil and Environmental Sciences; and Matt Schultheis, a student in Porter’s lab, spoke with the Maine Public Broadcasting Network for a report about a new potato variety created by UMaine and the Maine Potato Board. Porter described the Caribou Russett as having high quality for fresh consumption, […]

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Media Cover Zimmerman Fitness Challenge

The Bangor Daily News, WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on the 2015 1st Lieutenant James R. Zimmerman Memorial Fitness Challenge at the University of Maine. The event, hosted by the UMaine Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC), was established in 2011 to honor and remember Zimmerman, a 2008 UMaine graduate from Presque […]

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