The Bangor Daily News reported that University of Maine president Joan Ferrini-Mundy has announced the rebranding of the Office of Innovation and Economic Development as the Office of Strategic Partnerships, Innovation, Resources and Engagement, or SPIRE. SPIRE will focus on fulfilling the university’s service mission through a strong emphasis on strategic partnerships, and corporate and […]
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The Bangor Daily News, News Center Maine, MaineBiz, CentralMaine.com, Lincoln County News, Morning Ag Clips, WMAZ-TV (Channel 13 in Macon, Georgia) Spud Smart, Potato Pro, Potato News Today and Potato Grower reported that researchers at the University of Maine are currently exploring whether lobster shells can be used to combat soil pathogens like early dying […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Beth Calder, University of Maine Cooperative Extension food safety specialist, for an article about the dangers of certain outdated food preservation techniques, like water glassing eggs, canning better and animal feed fermentation. “With more research we are seeing a lot of these [older] methods are not safe practices. In both […]
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In an article about the polar vortex, the New York Times used a data visualization from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer.
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Mark Brewer, professor of political science at the University of Maine, spoke to the Portland Press Herald about Maine Republican Party Chairwoman Demi Kouzounas seeking a fourth term as leader of the state party after bruising election losses this November. Brewer said that it would be unusual for Kouzounas to be elected to a fourth […]
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The Bangor Daily News and Piscataquis Observer reported that researchers from the University of Maine and Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife are working together to develop new resources that will support current and future management strategies for wild turkey populations in the state. Building on the last project, the team now aims to […]
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Sonja Birthisel, lecturer in the University of Maine’s Ecology and Environmental Sciences department, was featured in the Maine Beacon for her work as a climate activist.
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot highlighted the University of Maine’s Emera Astronomy Center in an article about day trips in Maine.
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The Williston Observer, the Citizen, the Colchester Sun and the Milton Independent featured research from the University of Maine that examined animal personalities by looking at “synzoochory,” the dispersal of seeds by seed-caching animals.
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The Bangor Daily News and Maine Monitor highlighted that $120 million from the omnibus spending bill that passed the Senate on Thursday will go to various initiatives in the University of Maine System, including $33 million for UMaine’s Advanced Manufacturing Center and $8 million for PFAS research.
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