WVII (Channel 7) talked with John Diamond, president and CEO of the University of Maine Alumni Association, about the findings from a recent study of the impact of UMaine alumni on the state’s economy. “The amount of money that the state is putting into Orono education is being paid for and then some annually by […]
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The Bangor Daily News and the Penobscot Bay Pilot promoted a talk by Fran Ulmer, Arctic Initiative senior fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center at the Kennedy School of Government, scheduled for 3 p.m. March 8. Ulmer’s talk, “Rapid Arctic Change: Why Does It Matter and How Can the Science Community Help?” is sponsored by […]
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WVII (Channel 7) talked with Kate Walsh, an advisor at the University of Maine’s Maine Educational Opportunity Center, about a new webinar series that helps people apply to college and explore financial aid and scholarship options. “The Essentials of College Planning” is being offered statewide. More information about the program is online.
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The Bangor Daily News, the Penobscot Bay Pilot, the Daily Bulldog and Centralmaine.com highlighted University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H offering virtual science cafés for teens in grades 7–12 from 4–4:45 p.m. every Tuesday beginning March 2. “Maine 4-H Virtual Teen Science Cafés” will feature informal sessions with University of Maine scientists discussing their research and what led […]
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The Bangor Daily News, the Sun Journal and The Irregular advanced the University of Maine Cooperative Extension cooking and nutrition webinar series that begins March 9. More information, including the full schedule, is available online.
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Michael Howard, a University of Maine professor of philosophy and member of the Scholars Strategy Network, calls for integrating action on climate change with pandemic recovery efforts to avert catastrophe in a Bangor Daily News op-ed.
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The Portland Press Herald promoted the 2021 virtual Engineering Week Expo which is scheduled for 9 a.m.–2 p.m. Feb. 27. The event has been designed by VFairs to simulate a gaming experience with a virtual space that mimics the Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center, which is currently under construction at the University of Maine. […]
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Richard Corey, director of the Virtual Environments and Multimodal Interaction (VEMI) Laboratory at the University of Maine, and Paul Fink, graduate research assistant, spoke with WABI (Channel 5) about development of AVA, an app to help the visually impaired navigate to autonomous vehicles. VEMI Lab received $300,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation to continue […]
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The Boothbay Register promoted a panel discussion with Ian Long, director of the 2020 documentary “The Long Coast,” and Heather Leslie, director of the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center. The virtual event, which is sponsored by the Darling Center and the Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust, is scheduled for 7 p.m. March 2. Participants will […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Centralmaine.com, the Daily Bulldog, The Irregular, Morning Ag Clips, the Sun Journal, The Rangeley Highlander and the Penobscot Bay Pilot advanced University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s three-webinar series about compost issues in agriculture and waste management, which it will host from noon–1 p.m. March 11, 23 and 30. Register for the series online.
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