UMaine in the News

Maine media interview Fairman on K-12 students’ NAEP testing results

Maine Public and WGME (CBS 13 in Portland) interviewed Janet Fairman, associate professor at the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, on Maine’s K-12 student results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, NAEP or The Nation’s Report Card, and her research on the state’s education policy. Fairman said Maine’s localized education […]

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FOX 22 interviews Hobbs on recognizing lies in statistics

WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) interviewed University of Maine assistant professor of economics Kelsi Hobbs on how to avoid lies in statistics from studies and surveys. “There are a few different things that we can focus on, one is a sample, the second is the size of the sample and the third is how […]

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WABI covers teacher pinning ceremony

WABI (Channel 5) covered the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development’s second annual Pinning and Recognition Ceremony, which recognizes new teacher candidates. “We talk about teaching as a vocational calling, and so we want to do things to help our students understand that this choice that you make to work with children, […]

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Media interview UMaine Extension’s Knight on national egg shortage 

WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) and WGME (CBS 13 in Portland) interviewed Colt Knight, associate professor and livestock educator with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, on how outbreaks of the bird flu are contributing to the rise in the cost of eggs due to a national shortage. “It’s a real gut punch whenever you […]

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News Center reports on UMaine’s new forest bioproducts program

News Center Maine reported on the $22 million investment from Gov. Janet Mills and Maine’s Congressional delegation to Maine’s Forest Bioproducts Advanced Manufacturing Tech Hub, aimed at positioning the state as a global leader in forest based biomaterial production and manufacturing. The University of Maine is advancing plans to launch its Forest Bioproducts Technology Maturation […]

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Alaska media feature Zheng’s research paper on Alaskan-grown food

Alaska Beacon and Anchorage Daily News featured Qiujie “Angie” Zheng’s paper titled “Consumers’ Valuation for Local Foods: The Case of ‘Alaska Grown,’” which was recently published in theJournal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. The study is based on surveys and interviews of shoppers at Anchorage grocery stores and farmers markets conducted by University of Alaska […]

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Bangor media report on new criminal justice major launching in September 

 The Bangor Daily News and WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) reported on the new criminal justice major launching September 2025 in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Maine. Housed in the Department of Sociology, the degree program is intended to help address the continued demand for expertise in criminal […]

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Spectrum News interviews Ferrini-Mundy on medical school feasibility study

Spectrum News interviewed University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias President Joan Ferrini-Mundy on a feasibility study that will give detailed guidance about what it would take to bring a public medical school to Maine. The University of Maine System (UMS) will partner with the nation’s leading medical education consultant, Tripp Umbach, to […]

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