The Bangor Daily News has a preview of Thursday’s scheduled talk by Tina Boudreau, a UMaine Cooperative Extension program associate, at the Sebasticook Valley Health Diabetes Support Group’s meeting in Pittsfield. Boudreau will give advice on how to maximize the benefits of summer produce through healthy eating and harvest preservation. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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President Emeritus Bob Kennedy was profiled in a Saturday July 9 feature story on “Bill Green’s Maine,” a weekly magazine program that airs on WCSH in Portland and WLBZ in Bangor. In the story, Kennedy reflected on his seven years of service as UMaine’s president as Green, a UMaine graduate, added his perspectives on Kennedy’s […]
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University of Maine President Paul Ferguson was interviewed by WLBZ (Channel 2) about his first week in office.
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In a report about a free lunch program for youngsters, the Lewiston Sun Journal noted the participation of Eliza Cormier, a UMaine nutrition student who is volunteering with the grant-funded program, which provides a free breakfast or lunch to children up to 18 years old. The program is being held at the Rumford Elementary School. […]
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Justin Martin, an incoming College of Liberal Arts and Sciences-Honors College preceptor of journalism, wrote an opinion piece for the Christian Science Monitor. Martin wrote about his experiences as an American unable to find an academic job in the U.S. and deciding to accept an offer at the American University in Cairo. Martin wrote about […]
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UMaine sociology professor Kim Huisman was interviewed for a Bangor Daily News story about a new book she and other UMaine faculty and staff edited. The book, “Somalis in Maine: Crossing Cultural Currents,” which contains personal stories, ethnography and essays about interactions between Somali refugees and Americans in Lewiston, include pieces by Huisman, Mazie Hough, […]
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An I-95 (95.7FM) Cumulus Broadcasting Inc. reporter Interviewed Laura Wilson, a UMaine Cooperative Extension water quality and aquatic plants specialist today for a report on how residents and visitors can help protect lakes and streams from non-native invasive plants detrimental to water bodies. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension specialist and professor of economics Jim McConnon discussed the $35 million economic impact some 270,000 visiting cruise line passengers will have on Maine this summer in a Channel 5 (WABI) interview Wednesday. He also discussed a new webinar created by McConnon and UMaine School of Economics professor Todd Gabe with […]
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The Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance (MIBA) in collaboration with the Hudson Museum has received an Indigenous Contemporary Arts Programs grant from the National Museum of the American Indian to support the development of an exhibit of the next generation of Maine Indian basket makers.
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The Lewiston Sun Journal featured incoming UMaine first-year student-athlete Bri Hammond, who arrived on campus earlier this week to take summer classes and begin workouts with the UMaine women’s soccer team. Hammond, who attended Leavitt High School, said her dream had been to play college soccer, particularly at the Division I level. Contact: Jessica Bloch, […]
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