The Portland Press Herald, Maine Public, News Center Maine, Spectrum News and WAGM-TV reported that the University of Maine System campuses will no longer require vaccines starting in the May 2023 term, but will continue to encourage community members to get a COVID vaccine and booster shots. Yahoo News shared the PPH report. MSN shared the News […]
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Jon Ippolito, professor of new media at the University of Maine, spoke to WFVX-TV (Fox 23/ABC 7 in Bangor) about educators dealing with students using AI for assignments. According to Ippolito, the best solution for educators to prevent their students from abusing AI on assignments is to change the assignments themselves. “There’s a lot of […]
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In an article about the impact of the dwindling cedar supply on logging in Maine, the Bangor Daily News cited a University of Maine report that found that even though Maine logging industry contributed an estimated $582 million to the state economy in 2021, certain factors — operational costs that nearly doubled, mills that closed, […]
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The Bangor Daily News noted that University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host a sustainable agriculture workshop on March 22 from 7:15 a.m.–4 p.m. at the University of Maine at Presque Isle Ballroom. Faculty and staff from UMPI, UMaine, and Extension will speak on topics that include interseeding and intercropping; managing potato virus Y and […]
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The Sun Journal reported that the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk, “Stepping up to the Plate: Innovations in Food Waste Reduction,” at 3 p.m. on March 20. ReFED’s Angel Veza will discuss some of the current barriers to food waste reduction faced by […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot noted that Liz Stanley from University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Knox and Lincoln counties will be teaching the basics of pruning small trees and shrubs at the Thomaston Garden Club’s Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop on March 20 at 4 p.m. at the Knox Museum in Thomaston.
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WABI-TV (Channel 5 in Bangor) and the Bangor Daily News reported that the University of Maine hosted the 82nd Eastern Maine Sportsmen’s Show.
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The Bangor Daily News and Piscataquis Observer reported that conservationist and author Ken Olson has donated his professional papers to the Fogler Library at the University of Maine, complementing materials the state’s largest library holds relating to the environment, resource conservation and policy in Maine and elsewhere.
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WABI-TV (Channel 5 in Bangor) shared that the Boys and Girls Club in Bangor received a donation from US Cellular that allowed them to take a tour of the behind-the-scenes technology used at a UMaine hockey game. WLOX-TV (Channel 13 in Biloxi, Mississippi), KWCH-TV (Channel 12 in Wichita, Kansas) and WBRC-TV (Channel 6 in Birmingham, Alabama) shared […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot noted that the UMaine Jazz Ensemble will perform at the Jazz in June festival, June 16–17.
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