The Sun Journal reported on the launch of the Community Learning for Maine (CL4ME) website, a Maine-based resource that aims to support schools, organizations and communities during remote learning due to the coronavirus pandemic and beyond. The website is run by Rural Aspirations and was developed with help from the University of Maine’s College of […]
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WAGM (Channel 8) and Wiscasset Newspaper cited University of Maine Cooperative Extension in articles on preventing tick-borne disease. UMaine Extension’s Tick Lab offers free tick identification, as well as testing for common tick-borne diseases, according to the articles. More information is online.
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University of Maine staff members Beth Bisson, Maine Sea Grant associate director and marine extension program leader, and Elissa Ballman, a research associate in the School of Biology and Ecology, were recent guests on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio show. The topic of the show was citizen science, including ways to contribute to citizen science […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Rob Dumas, food science innovation coordinator at the University of Maine, for an article about at-home cooking projects that are not sourdough bread. “Sourdough has certainly been the most trendy cooking project of the quarantine,” he said. “The world is probably oversaturated with sourdough and there isn’t much flour […]
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The Machias Valley News Observer reported the University of Maine at Machias named Dawn Johnson of Orleans, Massachusetts the 2020 valedictorian and Kirsten Lisee of Milbridge the salutatorian. Both students majored in psychology and community studies, the article states.
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Centralmaine.com reported Liam Riordan, a professor of history at the University of Maine, will speak at the Margaret Chase Smith Library’s virtual version of its annual Maine Town Meeting at 10 a.m. May 22 via Zoom. Riordan will talk about Maine’s road to statehood and what characteristics endure and continue to shape the state today. […]
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The Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel published a University of Maine news release announcing student Caleigh Charlebois has been awarded a Barry Goldwater Scholarship for demonstrating exceptional promise of becoming a next-generation research leader in engineering, mathematics or natural sciences. To be selected for this award, students need to demonstrate breadth and depth of research […]
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The Machias Valley News Observer reported the University of Maine at Machias announced awards for 2020 graduating seniors. Three seniors are being honored with special recognition for their contributions to the campus community with the Ivy Orator and Senior Watch awards, according to the article.
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Mount Desert Islander cited University of Maine Cooperative Extension in an article about beekeeping. Bees are a keystone organism, meaning they are an essential part of maintaining the integrity, productivity and sustainability of many types of ecosystems, according to a document created by UMaine Extension highlighting how to understand bees and enhance their habitat, the […]
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The Portland Press Herald article “Despite pandemic’s disruptions, most UMaine System students stayed on course” quoted Joan Ferrini-Mundy, president of the University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias. Of about 21,100 undergraduates across Maine’s seven campuses, almost 350 students dropped, for a semester retention rate of 98.4 percent, the same as last spring, […]
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