In an article about Caribou’s first snowmobile festival and its prospective economic impact, the Bangor Daily News cited a 2020 University of Maine study titled “The Economic Contribution of Snowmobiling in Maine.”
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The Portland Press Herald and News Center Maine reported that the University of Maine plans to open a research center this year to test for harmful forever chemicals and guide the science needed to help Maine farmers dealing with contaminated wells, herds and fields.“Maine is leading the way on PFAS, but there is so much […]
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The Fish Site noted that Ian Bricknell, professor of aquaculture biology at the University of Maine, is the co-editor of a new book about sea lice biology and control.
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The Portland Press Herald reported that the University of Maine will receive $6.2 million in federal funding to research ways to control tick populations, identify emerging tick species and expand public health efforts as Lyme disease cases have reached record-high levels in Maine. Griffin Dill, director of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Tick Lab, […]
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The Sun Journal reported on the University of Maine’s role in a Maine State Library project to digitize French language newspapers published in Maine. The article noted that the Franco-American Collection of the University of Maine also has extensive holdings of the newspaper Le Messager, which was published between 1880 and 1968. Jacob Albert, a […]
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In a segment about the opioid crisis in Maine, WMTW-TV (Channel 8 in Portland) highlighted the University of Maine’s Professional Opioid Workforce Response Program, which has been training students to take on jobs in substance use treatment and prevention since 2019. Elizabeth Armstrong, assistant professor of social work and the program’s director, told WMTW that […]
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The Bangor Daily News and Piscataquis Observer noted that the University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H staff in Penobscot County will hold a youth public speaking workshop on Saturday, Jan. 21. The in-person workshop is scheduled from 2–4 p.m. at the Penobscot County Extension office, 307 Maine Ave., Bangor.
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In a roundup of the year’s climate stories, Maine Public cited an interview with Ivan Fernandez, a professor of soil science at the University of Maine, where he said that snow in Maine has decreased by 7% and will decrease by another 20%–40% by 2050. The article also noted that, according to the University of […]
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The Mount Desert Islander promoted an event about how Mount Desert Island’s tourism industry is adapting to climate change, featuring Lydia Horne, who received her Ph.D. at the University of Maine studying the topic.
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Hannah Carter, dean of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke to Maine Public about the federal budget bill including $8 million to the University of Maine to study “forever chemicals” and their impact in the state. “Because farmers want to farm their lands. They don’t want it to sit there. And we want them […]
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