CUInsight reported the Black Bear Exchange, the University of Maine’s food pantry and clothing exchange, has been added to the University Credit Union’s Ending Hunger on Campus in Maine campaign. The Black Bear Exchange is one of three campus food pantries added to the campaign this year, bringing the total to eight University of Maine […]
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WVII (Channel 7) interviewed Sean Birkel, a University of Maine research assistant professor and Maine State Climatologist, about the Coastal Maine Climate Futures Report he recently released in collaboration with Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute at UMaine. The researchers used weather data dating back to 1895 to track climate change throughout Maine’s […]
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News Center Maine reported on the discovery of pesticide pollutants in a remote glacier and its meltwater by Kimberley Miner, a research assistant professor at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute. Miner led a team of researchers that analyzed ice core and meltwater samples from the Jarvis Glacier in Alaska and compiled the first […]
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The Republican Journal mentioned the University of Maine in a report on the University of Maine System’s Early College program offerings for spring 2019. The system partners with the Maine Department of Education to waive tuition for qualified high school students in Maine to take up to 12 college credits per year, with more than […]
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The Portland Press Herald interviewed Jack Witham, an associate scientist in the University of Maine School of Forest Resources, and Malcolm Hunter, a professor of wildlife ecology at UMaine, for the article, “Seeing the forest for the trees at the Holt Research Forest in Arrowsic.” A research center currently funded by the Maine Timber Research […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported groups from the University of Maine volunteered at the Phillips-Strickland House, an independent and assisted-living facility in Bangor, to decorate for the holidays and visit with the residents. UMaine student-athletes and members of the Maine Business School (MBS) Corps volunteered to spend time with the residents, many of whom are missing […]
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Phys.org carried a University of Maine news release about a study on predicting spring ice-out dates in lakes across Maine and the rest of North America, led by Mussie T. Beyene, a doctoral student in civil and environmental engineering at UMaine, and Shaleen Jain, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at UMaine. Using […]
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The Associated Press advanced the annual Maine Indian Basketmakers Holiday Market at the Hudson Museum at the University of Maine on Dec. 8. Maine Indian artists will showcase basketmaking, storytelling, music and dance, the report states. This is the largest gathering of Maine Indian artists in New England, including members of the Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Micmac […]
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WABI (Channel 5) announced University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Master Gardener Volunteers program is now accepting applications for 2019. Kate Garland, a horticultural professional with UMaine Extension, told WABI the program is for both experienced gardeners and newcomers. The program will meet once a week from Feb. 26–May 21 at the UMaine Extension Penobscot County […]
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The Bangor Daily News included several on-campus holiday events at the University of Maine in a roundup of holiday events in eastern Maine. According to the BDN, the Page Farm and Home Museum at UMaine is hosting wreathmaking workshops led by museum director Patricia Henner. Cost is $20 and includes all materials; upcoming workshops run […]
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