WABI (CBS 5 in Bangor) and News Center Maine highlighted University of Maine students who volunteered to work at the polls during the general election on Nov. 5. Approximately 50 students with UMaine UVote helped register voters and cast their ballots at the Collins Center for the Arts, where the Orono town election was held. […]
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News Center Maine and WABI (Channel 5) covered the 2024 Culturefest hosted by the University of Maine Office of International Programs and International Student Association on Saturday, Nov. 2. The annual event invites UMaine students from all backgrounds to celebrate diversity and share their heritage with the community through food, dress, activities and exhibits.
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WABI (CBS 5 in Bangor) reported on the ongoing construction of Maine’s third robotic milking barn, which is being built at the University of Maine’s Witter Farm, part of the J. Franklin Witter Teaching and Research Center in Old Town. Planned to be completed by spring 2025, the robotic milking system will help UMaine students […]
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Island Ad-Vantages reported that a group of five University of Maine engineering students are designing a new causeway that connects Sunshine island to the rest of Deer Isle for a senior project. The causeway was damaged during storms and temporarily stranded Sunshine residents. The UMaine group is one of six participating in the redesign project, […]
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WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) featured Jim Settele, executive director of UMaine’s School of Policy & International Affairs, to discuss the foreign policy implications for the 2024 general election.
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Yankee Magazine highlighted a trip to France, in which Robert Dumas, food science pilot plant manager at the University of Maine School of Food and Agriculture, participated to learn about scallops. The feature story focused on parallels between Maine and France and the future of the scallop as Maine’s premier seafood.
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The Portland Press Herald interviewed John Daigle, professor of forest recreation management at the University of Maine School of Forest Resources, on brown ash trees. Scientists and Wabanaki tribes are collaborating to protect brown ash trees in Maine, which are vital to Wabanaki basket making traditions, from the invasive emerald ash borer. Daigle, who is […]
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The Portland Press Herald, WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7 in Bangor), WABI (CBS 5 in Bangor), Maine Public and Mainebiz reported on the groundbreaking ceremony for the University of Maine Green Engineering and Materials Factory of the Future in Orono. Led by the Advanced Structures and Composites Center, this initiative aims to enhance manufacturing innovation and […]
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Maine Public interviewed University of Maine Cooperative Extension faculty Ankit Singh, assistant Extension professor and Maine sustainable agriculture and ornamental horticulture educator, and integrated pest management professional Griffin Dill on nontraditional ways to dispose of or clean up leaves. Singh said that leaving leaves can support local pollinators and enrich soil, while Dill explained the […]
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Mainebiz, WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) and Maine Public reported on an award of over $15 million from the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service to the Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine to help state producers develop greater resilience to climate change by enhancing water conservation. The project will boost agricultural engineering opportunities in the […]
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