Media covered the latest report by Marcella Sorg, a research professor in the Department of Anthropology and Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine. The report shows the number of drug overdose fatalities decreased 5 percent for the first three quarters of 2018, compared to 2017 — down 282 from 297 reported […]
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The Associated Press spoke with Michael Kinnison, a professor of evolutionary applications at the University of Maine; and Brad Erdman, a UMaine graduate student in ecology; for a report on a study of DNA in the waters where a rare species of fish can be found. The Arctic char can be found in 14 lakes […]
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WABI (Channel 5) interviewed Judith Rosenbaum, an assistant professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine, for a report on a new Facebook feature. The feature, available to some users who have the most recent version of the Messenger app for IOS and Android, will allow messages to be deleted within 10 minutes […]
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Morning Ag Clips advanced a University of Maine Cooperative Extension workshop on home and small-scale greenhouses 10 a.m.–noon March 21 at the UMaine Extension Piscataquis County office in Dover-Foxcroft. Matthew Wallhead, an ornamental horticulture specialist with UMaine Extension, will cover topics including technical greenhouse specifications and key control factors, such as temperature, levels of light […]
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WVII (Channel 7) and WABI (Channel 5) covered the annual Career Fair at the University of Maine. WABI reported students from four University of Maine System campuses attended the fair to meet with 170 different employers. “We’ve had students say, ‘I’ve got an interview scheduled as a result of being at the fair. I’ve made great […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on a talk given Feb. 6 on the University of Maine campus by Habib Dagher, executive director and founder of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center. Dagher’s talk was an update on Aqua Ventus, a planned floating offshore wind project. The goal is to install floating turbines off the Maine coast […]
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CapeCod.com NewsCenter reported Walter Golet, who is jointly appointed as an assistant research professor with the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine and a research scientist with the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, is requesting the help of community members with a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration tuna tagging project. The Atlantic […]
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The Piscataquis Observer reported the Maine Senior Corps, based in the University of Maine’s Center on Aging, partnered with Renys department store in a statewide donation campaign for socks Jan. 5–31. Inspired by Gov. Janet Mills’ inauguration call for everyone to serve fellow Mainers, the “Warm Heart, Warm Feet” initiative showed the power of collaboration […]
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Sean Birkel, Maine State Climatologist and a research assistant professor at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, was quoted in a WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) report on climate change and lake ice. Climate change could result in less lake ice in the near future, which would present problems for ice fishermen — and […]
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The Sun Journal reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension is accepting applications for its Master Gardener Volunteers Program in Androscoggin and Sagadahoc counties. Training sessions will be at the UMaine Extension office in Lisbon Falls 4:45–8 p.m. Tuesdays April 2–May 28, and will resume Aug. 24–Oct. 15. Program participants will receive at least 40 […]
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