Denys Romashchin, an undergraduate business student at the University of Maine who is originally from Ukraine, was featured in a segment of “Maine Calling,” a show produced by Maine Public, to talk about the Ukrainian community in the state.
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More than 10 media outlets across Maine, including the Bangor Daily News, Maine Public, News Center Maine, the Portland Press Herald and WMTW (ABC 8 in Portland), shared news from University of Maine researchers that confirmed detection of the Asian longhorned tick in the state for the first time. The tick, identified through UMaine Cooperative […]
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Maine Public, News Center Maine and WABI (Channel 5 in Bangor) covered the expansion of an informational database on hazing created in collaboration with the University of Maine and Elizabeth Allan, professor of higher education leadership at UMaine. The database, made available on HazingInfo.org, now extends to all 50 states and can help students and […]
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The Maine Monitor interviewed Griffin Dill, integrated pest management professional and University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor, on data points that connect tick-borne disease to warming climate. Dill said new research from UMaine Extension’s Tick Lab, which he manages, confirms the tick season is expanding in Maine and the disease babesiosis is increasingly prevalent in […]
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Walt Golet, assistant professor of marine science at the University of Maine, and Kyle Oliveiri, a Ph.D student in marine biology at UMaine and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, joined Matt Davis with the Maine Department of Marine Resources to talk sharks with Maine Public, the Portland Press Herald and WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7 in […]
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Kenneth Hillas, an adjunct professor at the University of Maine Graduate School of Policy and International Affairs, wrote an op-ed published in the Bangor Daily News ahead of the meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on what to expect from the meeting. Hillas teaches seminars on global politics and U.S. foreign […]
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Bloomberg cited a data visualization from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer for a story on climate change and hurricane season.
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Maine Public featured Gregory Curtis, head of Fogler Library Special Collections at the University of Maine, in a segment of “Maine Calling” that explores how to decide whether to assess, donate or sell items passed down from family members or found in attics and ways to document or preserve items for posterity.
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The Ellsworth American interviewed Shaleen Jain, professor of civil engineering at the University of Maine, on concerns dams can pose to communities and his research, which looked at how historical data on river flow and rainfall is considered in dam design and whether more expansive records could better predict future outcomes. “We found that longer […]
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Oceanographic Magazine and The Cool Down reported on new research from the University of Maine Pelagic Fisheries Lab that illustrated a shift in the tuna’s diet — away from Atlantic herring and toward menhaden — and described the role of foraging in the tuna’s lifecycle. The Penobscot Bay Pilot shared the release from UMaine News.
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