Morning Ag Clips, the Bangor Daily News, the Sun Journal and the Portland Press Herald promoted a talk by University of Maine faculty Jean MacRae and Cynthia Isenhour at 3 p.m. Feb. 22. MacRae, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, and Isenhour, an associate professor of anthropology, will discuss a recent study focused on building a safe, circular […]
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WVII (Channel 7) talked with Dana Humphrey, dean of the University of Maine College of Engineering, about the Crosby clip, one of 36 inventions patented by UMaine engineering graduate Herb Crosby. The Crosby clip will be used to place the last beam in UMaine’s new Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center on Friday.
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Centralmaine.com, the Mount Desert Islander and the Daily Bulldog reported that the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine is accepting applications for the Maine Government Summer Internship program. More information is available online.
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CNN and ClickOrlando.com cited University of Maine Lobster Institute statistics in reporting that a rare yellow lobster was caught off the coast of Maine. MSN and ABC 57 (in South Bend) shared the CNN story.
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VillageSoup and the Penobscot Bay Pilot advanced an online event led by University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor Esperanza Stancioff at noon Feb. 23. Merryspring Nature Center is hosting the online discussion intended to explore the realities of Maine’s changing climate and how coastal communities can adapt to those changes. For more information, contact 207.236.2239 […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that improvements to the COVID-19 asymptomatic testing protocols implemented on Monday at the University of Maine have reduced participant wait times. President Joan Ferrini-Mundy piloted the revised testing procedures last Friday. Setup of the mobile laboratory that will analyze the saliva samples and return results in 24 hours continues.
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WVII (Channel 7) and Centralmaine.com reported on a new guide that highlights behavioral support networks in Maine for students, families and communities. Courtney Angelosante, lecturer in special education with the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, is lead author of the guide. “We wanted to get information to families who might feel stuck, might […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot and VillageSoup promoted a new workshop, “Intimate Partner/Domestic Violence Intervention Certification,” at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center scheduled for Feb. 11–12 and March 9–10. More information is online.
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The Bangor Daily News promoted a University of Maine Cooperative Extension workshop at the Yankee Woodlot Demonstration Forest at 7 County Drive, Skowhegan, from 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Feb. 21 and 27. For more information, contact Joe Dembeck at 207.474.8323 or somersetswcd.outreach@gmail.com.
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The Maine Monitor interviewed Jean MacRae, a University of Maine associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, about the by-products of commercial mining and their impact on the environment.
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