The Boston Globe interviewed Mark Brewer, professor and chair of the University of Maine Political Science Department, who said Mainers like the current situation with the 2024 presidential election campaign because of all the attention the state is receiving. Brewer noted that Maine has also been a campaigning destination in past presidential elections.
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Maine Public and WABI detailed the efforts of the University of Maine High Altitude Ballooning program to capture images and data of the April 8 total solar eclipse using a balloon with testing camera, data collection, control and tracking systems attached to it. The article from Maine Public stated the biggest challenge for the ballooning […]
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WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) highlighted the new agreement between the University of Maine and Eastern Maine Community College (EMCC) that will benefit culinary arts students. The agreement created a streamlined pathway for EMCC culinary students to continue their education at UMaine after receiving their associate’s degree.
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FOX 22/ABC 7 (Channel 7) highlighted the University of Maine’s annual education career fair, where nearly 45 employers from across Maine and 70 students from the UMaine, Husson University, Eastern Maine Community College, the University of Maine at Augusta, and the University of Maine at Farmington met inside the Wells Conference Center to discuss educational […]
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WFVX (Channel 7 Bangor) interviewed Nikita Saini, University of Maine Ph.D. student, on her work pertaining to the 2024 total solar eclipse and the Continental American Telescopic Experiment (CATE) 2024 project. The project focuses on studying the sun’s corona in order to determine how it is affected by the eclipse.
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Media outlets including Portland Press Herald, ABC News, Smithsonian Magazine, New England Public Media, KTRE (Channel 9 Texas), WABI (Channel 5 Bangor), News Center Maine, Bangor Daily News, Maine Public, FOX 23, Voice of Maine, and WGME (Channel 13 Portland) highlighted University of Maine students, faculty and staff participating in the April 8 total solar […]
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An informational webpage from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension on the role of ethylene in ripening fruit was cited in a listicle by Tasting Table titled, “10 hacks that will help ripen fruit much faster.” The article states that placing a ripe apple with other fruits will help them to ripen faster, which the […]
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The Bangor Daily News featured a review of the 2022 memoir “Adopting Anton” from University of Maine professor of biological sciences Robert Klose. The memoir recounts the legal and emotional process of adopting a second son from Ukraine about 20 years ago as a single man.
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Several media outlets spanning beyond New England, including the Portland Press Herald, Thrillist, Popular Mechanics, TechRadar and Ontario’s InsideHalton.com, highlighted the livestream of the April 8 total solar eclipse from the University of Maine High Altitude Ballooning program and included a link to the video. The Bulletin, covering eastern Connecticut, also highlighted the UMaine livestream. […]
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The Denver Post featured information on seven objects at the University of Maine Hudson Museum that will be removed in May at the request of Indigenous Alaskan tribes for a story about a similar request being made at a Denver museum. The Post also interviewed Hudson Museum Director Gretchen Faulkner about repatriating the objects, one […]
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