High Plains Reader noted that Morgan Talty, assistant professor of English at the University of Maine, will present at the 54th Annual University of North Dakota Writers Conference.
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The Bangor Daily News reported that the University of Maine has been designated a 2023–2024 Military Friendly School and ranked among the top performers nationwide in veteran student support and success during and after college.
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Lauren Jacobs, lecturer in outdoor leadership at the College of Education and Human Development, was featured in a magazine cover story by Gould Academy discussing her career in outdoor education and leadership.
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In an article about turning your home into a mini homestead, the Bangor Daily News notes that the University of Maine Cooperative Extension is a wonderful, free resource to help people get started.
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The Bangor Daily News shared information about how UMaine students can vote in Orono’s election over spring break. Orono voters can still cast an absentee ballot at Orono’s town office before 5:30 p.m. on March 9.
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Maine Public reported on a forest modeling study conducted by researchers from the University of Maine, the New England Forestry Foundation and the U.S. Forest Service. The study shows that Maine’s commercial forest landowners could increase annual carbon storage by at least 20% over the next 60 years while maintaining timber harvest levels. The findings […]
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The Washington Post used data from the University of Maine Climate Reanalyzer in an article about record temperatures in Greenland early this week, which were up to 50 degrees above normal in some places.
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The Portland Press Herald interviewed Jason Lilley, sustainable agriculture and maple professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, about this year’s promising maple sap run, which might yield above-average quantities for some producers. Lilley said producers in southern Maine and along the coast have enjoyed a few weeks of early runs, and the sap quality […]
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The Sun Journal reported that Colt Knight, state livestock specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, offered a class on raising pigs on Friday, March 3. One notable breed that Knight touched upon was the mangalitsa pig, a breed known for its extreme tufts of hair. This breed was one of the reasons Knight started […]
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Maine Public, News Center Maine, CentralMaine.com, Q106.5 FM, WGME-TV (Channel 13 in Portland), WABI-TV (Channel 5 in Bangor) and WMTW-TV (Channel 8 in Portland) reported on bill, L.D. 512, a bill that would provide 50% tuition vouchers to Maine residents who get a high school diploma between 2023 and 2025, live in Maine at the time they […]
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