Courtney Angelosante, coordinator of the Positive Behavior Supports & Interventions initiative at the University of Maine and University of Southern Maine, was interviewed by the Bangor Daily News on how the at-home schooling year of the COVID-19 pandemic affected students’ behavior. Angelosante said the lost year is showing up clearly in terms of how students […]
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WFVX (Fox 22/ABC 7) highlighted the efforts of the Black Bear Beekeepers club in getting the University of Maine named a Bee Campus USA. The designation recognizes the dedication of the club in aiding local pollinators and benefits the university’s sustainability initiative and national recognition. President of the club Kat Gross and secretary Anne Wolfenden […]
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Nimesha Ranasinghe, an assistant professor of spatial informatics at the University of Maine, was interviewed for The Verge’s podcast, The Vergecast, to talk about how taste is simulated in virtual reality experiences. Ranasinghe explained his research, which explored sending electrical pulses to peoples’ tongues to manipulate different tastes, like salty, sweet, sour and bitter.
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News Center Maine highlighted the collaboration between the Maine College of Engineering and Computing at the University of Maine and John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor as part of UMS TRANSFORMS. High school students are researching ways to prevent and treat vision loss from glaucoma with students and faculty from the college and industry […]
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A study on the behavior of small mammals in the wild from a team of researchers at the University of Maine was the topic of recent articles from IFLScience and Trim Feed. UMaine graduate student Brigit Humphreys, lead author who worked to collect data in a forest for two years, said the aim of her […]
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WFVX (Fox 22/ABC 7) interviewed Kate Garland, a horticulture professional with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for a story about the popularity of picking fiddleheads. Garland said fiddleheads grow in Canada, New England and as far away as Tennessee, and that their growth this time of year is “staggering.”
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The Portland Press Herald highlighted a tour of the Williamsburg Forest that was part of the University of Maine Forest Climate Change Initiative, titled “Women’s Approach to Forest Climate Adaptation.” The forest is a remote, community owned woodland revitalized and operated by women.
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A University of Maine professor of communication and journalism, Nathan Stormer, was interviewed by PolitiFact on the usage and history of the term “ban” in relation to abortions. Stormer, who teaches classes in rhetoric and is an expert in abortion rhetoric, said the term is most prevalent when people are referring to making abortion illegal […]
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Ongoing research at the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center supporting the development of offshore wind turbines was highlighted by the The Associated Press. News Center Maine also featured the ASCC’s wind turbine research in two videos about repurposing aging blades to keep waste out of Maine landfills and a $75,000 grant from […]
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The County highlighted a food waste study from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and aided by the University of Maine, Resource Recycling Systems in Michigan and the Center for EcoTechnology in Massachusetts. Researchers analyzed food waste from residences, farms, grocery stores, schools, hospitals, jails and hotels, among other places. Agricultural based research focused on […]
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