Mainebiz reported the University of Maine will establish a yearlong nurse practitioner residency training program in partnership with Penobscot Community Health Care, Harrington Family Health Center and Hometown Health Center in Newport. The program will be supported by a $1.7 million federal grant and is part of a plan by the University of Maine System […]
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The Portland Press Herald cited the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine in an article about a new climate report from the Union of Concerned Scientists that predicts Maine could see more “extreme heat” events in the near future. The report predicts a more than 10-fold increase in the number of 90-plus degree […]
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WABI (Channel 5) previewed a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing to be held at the University of Maine on July 20. The celebration, “Moon, Maine, and Mars,” hosted by UMaine and the Challenger Learning Center of Maine, will feature a planetarium show, guided space tour and hands-on activities, WABI […]
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The New York Times quoted Kimberly Miner, a research assistant professor at the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, in an article about new research linking extreme weather events to the release and spread of toxic chemicals. Extreme weather and fires, which are often intensified by climate change, can dislodge chemicals from soil, homes, industrial […]
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The Fiddlehead Focus article “County’s fast-growing drug problem becoming more visible” cited a study by Marcella Sorg, an anthropologist and research professor with the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine. A total of 771 Mainers have died from drug overdoses in the past two years, and opioids were responsible for 80 […]
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Mount Desert Islander cited the 2018 update of the American Lobster Settlement Index released by Rick Wahle, professor and director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, in the article “Downturn in lobster numbers could be coming.” Studies of the settlement of post-larval baby lobsters at a variety of locations off the coast […]
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The Associated Press published an article reminding Maine residents that the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab offers a tick testing service. Anyone who has been bitten by a tick can send it to the lab to be tested for Lyme disease, anaplasmosis and babesia. Tests cost $15 per tick for Maine residents, according […]
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Shawn Laatsch, director of the Emera Astronomy Center at the University of Maine, was a recent guest on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio show. The show’s topic was the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing, which will take place on July 20.
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Mount Desert Islander featured Caitlin McDonough Mackenzie, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, in an article about the Second Century Stewardship initiative, a collaboration between the National Park Service and the Schoodic Institute. The initiative centers on a fellowship program that brings early-career scientists to Acadia to study the potential […]
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The Penobscot Times published a University of Maine news release previewing the 2019–20 season at the Collins Center for the Arts. The upcoming season will offer a range of shows including music, dance, magic shows, Broadway musicals and more, the release states. The season will kick off with a performance by Chubby Checker and The […]
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