NewsCenter Maine and WABI (Channel 5) covered UMaine UVote’s efforts to register students to vote on Sept. 24 — National Voter Registration Day. UMaine UVote is part of a national nonpartisan group leading the Campus Election Engagement Project, designed to increase the number of young people registered to vote. “In general, national election statistics, and […]
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The Boothbay Register cited the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center’s economic impact report for the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences. The policy center found in 2018 the laboratory contributed $23.7 million to the state’s economy. The report quantified the ways the laboratory contributed to the economy — through supporting its employees, purchasing goods and services, […]
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The Ellsworth American/ Mount Desert Islander advanced University of Maine history professor Liam Riordan’s talk titled “Past and Present Perspectives on Maine Statehood” on Oct. 12 at the Blue Hill Public Library. A reception for Blue Hill Historical Society members will be held 6–6:30 p.m. and Riordan’s lecture will begin at 7 p.m.
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Lancaster Online in Pennsylvania included a University of Maine Cooperative Extension recipe for Gluten-Free Flour Mix in a roundup of nonwheat flours recipes.
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WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) included the University of Maine in its National Voter Registration Day roundup. In cooperation with the national nonpartisan Campus Election Engagement Project, members of UMaine UVote will recognize National Voter Registration Day by tabling on the Mall. The group will help students register to vote. Students also will have the […]
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Mainebiz and Offshore WIND announced the U.S. Department of Energy had awarded the University of Maine $1.4 million to design a concrete floating offshore wind turbine. The grant — one of 13 made nationwide totaling $26 million — is part of the federal agency’s Aerodynamic Turbines, Lighter and Afloat, with Nautical Technologies and Integrated Servo-control […]
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News Center Maine reported the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee advanced a funding bill that would provide $20 million to the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Potato Integrated Pest Management program. RFD-TV — a 24-hour television network in Nashville, Tennessee featuring programming centered on agribusiness, equine and rural lifestyles — carried the AP story.
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The Bangor Daily News previewed a talk with University of Maine researchers in the editorial, “A focus on climate change is welcome, but now it’s time for action.” Climate change — and the need for action to combat it — will be a particular focus for the next week, the editorial states. While bringing attention […]
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WABI (Channel 5) spoke with Seanna Annis, associate professor of mycology at the University of Maine, for a report on the annual Fall Fest at Hirundo Wildlife Refuge in Old Town. On Sept. 21 and 22, the refuge offered a variety of activities to celebrate the season, including a fungi foraging workshop that aimed to […]
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The Sun Journal quoted Sean Birkel, Maine state climatologist and a research assistant professor at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, in the article “The climate crisis hits home in Central and Western Maine.” One visible effect of climate change in Maine is that ticks are becoming more common. Birkel said deer ticks have […]
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