The Atlantic featured a conversation with Morgan Talty, associate professor of English at the University of Maine, about his debut novel “Night of the Living Rez.” “I find that mentoring and editing and working with other writers is rejuvenating for me. I have to do it. It charges my batteries for the creative work. I’m […]
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In an article about a local horse sanctuary, the San Marcos Daily Record (San Marcos, Texas) cited a University of Maine Cooperative Extension survey about the price of equine ownership, which found that it costs about $4,000 a year to keep a horse.
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The Bangor Daily News noted that Bruce Pratt, a lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Maine, will participate in the Bangor Area Maine Authors’ Book Fair on Dec. 10, from 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Pratt is an award-winning writer and poet whose first novel is titled “The Serpents of Blissfull.”
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University of Maine researchers co-authored an article for Issues in Science and Technology about collaborating with Maine tribes to study mudflats to illustrate how community-university partnerships can strengthen deliberative and democratic practices. The article was written by David Hart, director of the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions and a professor in the […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Daily Bulldog, Piscataquis Observer, Zipe Education, WGME (Channel 13 in Portland), WFVX (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) shared a new University of Maine study that shows educators in Maine’s rural schools are struggling to meet the mental and emotional needs of their students due to a lack of resources and institutional […]
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The Bangor Daily News wrote a feature about how the University of Maine’s Zillman Art Museum ended up in downtown Bangor. The museum was founded in 1946 by longtime UMaine art professor Vincent Hartgen, but by the late 1990s, it had already well outgrown its on-campus location at Carnegie Hall with the nearly 6,000 works […]
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Zipe Education shared a profile about Evan Warburton, a University of Maine undergraduate studying the underground fungal networks that support forest ecosystems on Maine’s coastal islands. “I want to find a way to apply what I’m finding out to forestry practices. If you leave certain trees that don’t have as much value in the lumbering […]
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The Bangor Daily News wrote a feature about Morgan Talty, assistant professor of English at the University of Maine, whose debut book “Night of the Living Rez,” has received an avalanche of accolades since its release in July. The book was named one of the New York Times’ 100 best books of 2022. “I hear […]
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Phys.org, Knewz and the Bangor Daily News shared a University of Maine study that shows wild turkeys will adjust their movements in inclement winter weather to increase their odds of survival, but their behaviors may change as the climate continues to warm. “Our results emphasize how winter severity is a limiting factor for turkey populations […]
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In an article about minimizing exposure to PFAS, the Maine Monitor cited the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s “Understanding PFAS and Your Home Garden” website. According to the UMaine Extension, risks from eating homegrown produce will depend on three factors: the level of PFAS in the soil, the type of crop grown and the volume […]
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