The Bangor Daily News published an opinion piece by Amanda Bertana, an environmental sociologist and postdoctoral fellow at the University of Maine, titled “Think globally, act locally: Mainers are changing the world.” Bertana is the postdoctoral fellow for the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the country to […]
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The Des Moines Register cited a statistic from the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine in a report on seven orange lobsters being delivered to a subsidiary food distributor in Ankeny, Iowa. One in 30 million lobsters is orange, according to the Lobster Institute. The odds of finding a blue lobster are one in […]
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WABI (Channel 5) covered the Maine History Festival, held in conjunction with the Maine Statehood and Bicentennial Conference and hosted at the University of Maine. The conference is one of several events across the state to mark Maine’s 200th birthday in 2020. The festival took place May 31 at the Collins Center for the Arts, […]
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News Center Maine reported Julie Sanborn and her daughter, Anna Sanborn, graduated May 10 from the University of Maine, both receiving their master’s in educational leadership after having taken every class together. Anna is Julie’s only daughter and the two have always been close, according to News Center Maine. Julie has been teaching for 30 […]
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David Fuller, an agriculture and nontimber forest products professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was quoted in a New Hampshire Public Radio “Ask Sam” segment focusing on fiddleheads. “There’s literally an army of foragers out there harvesting fiddleheads for this market,” said Fuller. The typical fiddlehead forager “likes to be outdoors foraging, they may […]
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Lancaster Farming published an article on Maine AgrAbility, a nonprofit program that supports farmers, fishermen and forest workers with disabilities and helps them continue working, and how it helps Maine veterans. Funded by a USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture grant and run by University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the National AgrAbility Project, […]
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Kelley Strout, an assistant professor of nursing at the University of Maine, was quoted in an article from the Bangor Daily News’ “Nurses Care” special section titled “School’s cool for many nursing professionals.” Strout believes school nurses are essential for students’ health, sense of belonging, and overall mental well-being, the article states. “School nurses can […]
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The Republican Journal advanced an art exhibit at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center’s H. Allen and Sally Fernald Art Gallery that features works created by inmates at the Maine State Prison in Warren. “From Behind the Wall 2.0” will feature paintings, fine furniture and sculpture and will be on display June 4–Aug. 30, the […]
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Mainebiz, Boothbay Register and Refrigerated & Frozen Foods published a University of Maine news release about a $75,000 gift from two seafood companies to fund a fourth field season for a UMaine deep-water lobster settlement monitoring program. The research is an extension of the American Lobster Settlement Index initiated in 1989 by Rick Wahle, research professor in […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the start of the Maine Statehood and Bicentennial Conference being held at the University of Maine May 30–June 1. The conference features a series of events including concerts, panels and keynote speakers and aims to honor Maine’s unique history, culture, arts and more, WABI reported. “Oftentimes, we’re very much looking […]
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