The Ticket, 92.9 reported the Toronto Maple Leafs selected University of Maine men’s ice hockey recruit Nolan Vesey in the sixth round of the NHL draft. Vesey is a forward from North Reading, Massachusetts.
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Pen Bay Pilot promoted a live science storytelling event that University of Maine marine biology graduate student Skylar Bayer is co-producing at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 17, at Frontier in Brunswick. Five scientists, including UMaine alums Jennifer McHenry and Ryan Elizabeth Cope, will share experiences of being caught “On the Hook” for The Story Collider, […]
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David Handley, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension specialist of vegetables and small fruits at UMaine’s Highmoor Farm in Monmouth, was interviewed for a Portland Press Herald article about this year’s strawberry season. Handley said conditions have been ideal starting last fall and continuing through this week, when many farms in the Augusta area are […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on two studies conducted by researchers at the University of Maine’s Sustainability Solutions Initiative (SSI) on women’s knowledge of the dangers and health benefits of eating fish while pregnant. The researchers found pregnant women are learning how to safely eat fish after early warnings about the dangers turned many off […]
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James Breece, an economics professor at the University of Maine who is a member of the Bureau of Economic Analysis advisory group, was interviewed for a Portland Press Herald article about a statement issued by Gov. Paul LePage that equated Social Security with welfare, and his following clarification of the statement. LePage criticized the newspaper […]
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Steve Coghlan, an associate professor of freshwater fisheries at the University of Maine, was mentioned in a Morning Sentinel article about the Maine Trout Unlimited Trout Camp in Solon. The weeklong camp is sponsored by Trout Unlimited, a national organization that works to conserve coldwater fisheries. Throughout the camp participants fish, learn to tie flies […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald, WVII (Channel 7), WLBZ (Channel 2) and WABI (Channel 5) reported on comments made during a Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce meeting by Susan Hunter, who will take office as the new University of Maine president on July 7. Hunter said UMaine has many research and development projects […]
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The Bangor Daily News and WABI (Channel 5) reported on the 20th annual Maine Child Welfare Conference held at the University of Maine. Child welfare professionals gathered at the conference to learn about potential risk factors affecting the well-being of children. This year’s conference was focused on teaching child protection caseworkers, nurses, social workers, students […]
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The Bangor Daily News covered a Penobscot River rafting trip by University of Maine researchers and students who are noting changes in the waterway by using sonar technology to study the riverbed. “Primarily, we’re interested in the structure of the bottom of the Penobscot River and the changes to that bottom as a result of […]
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The Maine Public Broadcasting Network spoke with Timothy Waring, an assistant professor of social-ecological systems modeling at the University of Maine, about a consumer survey on local foods. The survey was conducted by Waring and other researchers at the Maine Food Strategy. The survey found Mainers are going out of their way to buy more […]
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