The Portland Press Herald, WVII (Channel 7) and the Associated Press reported the University of Maine was awarded roughly $5 million to continue development of a floating platform to support up to a 12-megawatt wind turbine. The grant was awarded to UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, which has developed two similar platforms capable of […]
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Castine Patriot reported the Peninsula Explorers, a youth club sponsored by 4-H and Blue Hill Heritage Trust, recently visited Horsepower Farm in Penobscot for gleaning and a lesson in outdoor cooking. Peninsula Explorers, now in its second year, was formed to connect youth with the outdoors and community members, according to the article.
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Penobscot Bay Pilot published a University of Maine news release about research by Bob Steneck, a University of Maine professor of marine sciences, that found even with ocean warming, coral bleaching and an intense hurricane, local conservation actions helped a Caribbean coral reef ecosystem rebound in about a decade. Steneck began studying coral reefs off […]
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CBC News interviewed University of Maine researchers Erik Blomberg and Alexander Fish for the report, “Tracking a secretive bird: Researchers join woodcock migration study.” The researchers are part of an international migration study that biologists hope can shed light on the elusive game bird. As part of the study, the birds were equipped with GPS […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported the University of Maine was recently named champion of the Northeast in a monthlong challenge to get people outdoors and active. From mid-September through mid-October, participants of the Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education (AORE) Campus Challenge earned points for their school by engaging in a variety of outdoor activities, […]
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The Maine Edge reviewed the University of Maine School of Performing Arts’ production of Neil Simon’s farce “Rumors.” Directed by Julie Arnold Lisnet, lecturer of theatre at UMaine and founding member of Ten Bucks Theatre Co., the production is staged in Al Cyrus Pavilion Theatre and will run through Oct. 27. In the play, a […]
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Robyn Young, a graduate student at the University of Maine and research assistant at Dartmouth College, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled “Expanded financial literacy will boost policies aimed at helping working Maine families.” Young is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together […]
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Lancaster Farming published “Survival of the fittest tuber,” an article on the University of Maine’s potato breeding and variety development program. Since 2014, UMaine has released four potato varieties in cooperation with the Maine Potato Board, according to the article. A new potato variety released for commercial production represents a significant investment, according to Greg […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on a Maine Chapter of the Fulbright Association event hosted by the University of Maine. “From Farm to Healthy Body: A Sustainable Model for the Planet and the Individual” focused on raising awareness about how local food systems and farming directly affect everyday health, WVII reported. Event organizer Dorothy Klimis-Zacas, a […]
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“Speaking in Maine,” a public affairs lecture series hosted by Maine Public, ran the University of Maine’s TIAA 2019–20 Distinguished Honors Graduate Lecture featuring Emily Cain. Cain, a 2002 alumna of UMaine and the Honors College, is currently the executive director of EMILY’s List following a decade as a state legislator in Maine. She spoke […]
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