J. Michael Weber, dean of the Graduate School of Business in the Maine Business School at the University of Maine, was featured in the “Ask the Experts” section of the WalletHub study “2019’s Best Airline Credit Cards & Miles Credit Cards.” Weber gave advice on how often someone needs to fly to justify getting an […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot, VillageSoup and The Free Press of Rockland announced registration is open for Kids Can Grow, a program run by Maine Coast Heritage Trust and University of Maine Cooperative Extension that introduces children and parents to growing vegetables for healthy eating. Six hands-on gardening classes will be held in the community garden at the […]
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The Daily Bulldog reported the University of Maine Folklife Center’s Story Wagon will be at the Ski Museum of Maine’s fifth annual Skee Spree to record ski memories. The event will be held April 20 at Barker Mountain Lodge at Sunday River Ski Resort as part of the annual Ski Mania event. The Story Wagon […]
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WVII (Channel 7) and Mainebiz interviewed Angela Myracle, an assistant professor of human nutrition at the University of Maine, for a report on the researcher’s dog biscuits made with green crabs. “They were an innovative idea to utilize an invasive species that is underutilized but is causing destruction to our ecosystem here in Maine and […]
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Elizabeth Allan, a professor of higher education at the University of Maine, spoke with the Austin American-Statesman for the article “Crackdown on hazing gains momentum among state lawmakers.” A series of hazing-related deaths in Texas has led to a push by state legislators to combat hazing on college campuses, according to the article. Allan has […]
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A Plains Gazette article about electrically simulated chewing gum developed by researchers at Meiji University in Japan mentioned Nimesha Ranasinghe, an assistant professor in the School of Computing and Information Science at the University of Maine. Ranasinghe directs the Multisensory Interactive Media Lab at UMaine, where he has worked on similar projects including a programmable […]
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Morning Ag Clips previewed a University of Maine Cooperative Extension workshop focused on media training for farmers from 9:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. April 29 at Kennebec Valley Community College Harold Alfond Campus in Hinckley. The workshop will include best practices for working with media, telling a farm’s story in print and on social media, and practical […]
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The Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel cited a 2019 study by the University of Maine School of Economics and the Maine Brewers’ Guild in an article about Bateau Brewing, the latest craft brewery in Maine set to open later this year in downtown Gardiner. Maine-made beer added more than $260 million to the state’s economy […]
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The Bangor Daily News included the 12th annual Healthy High 5k/10k/15k race at the University of Maine in the article “10 upcoming sports events around Maine.” The 15k will start at 9 a.m. April 27, followed by the 5k/10k beginning at 9:30 a.m. All races start at the New Balance Student Recreation Center and continue […]
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The Ellsworth American previewed the 15th Canadian/U.S. Lobstermen’s Town Meeting, hosted by the University of Maine Lobster Institute April 5 and 6 at the Westin Portland Harborview Hotel. First held in 2004, the meeting alternates between the two countries each year. This year’s theme is “Two Nations, Two Fisheries: Shared Challenges, Shared Opportunities.” Lobstermen, dealers, […]
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