WABI (Channel 5) previewed Multicultural Thanksgiving, hosted by the University of Maine’s Office of Multicultural Student Life. The meal will be a potluck from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Nov. 15 in the North Pod of the Memorial Union. The event, which also will include a presentation and music, will give members of the community a change to […]
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The Associated Press quoted Brian Beal, a professor of marine ecology at the University of Maine at Machias and the director of research at the Downeast Institute, in an article about the impacts of coastal warming on shellfish populations. The article focused on a study by researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and […]
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The University of Maine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center was chosen as Campus Rec Magazine’s “Rec of the Month” for November. The post includes a list of facility amenities, programming highlights and fun facts.
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Liz Stanley, a horticultural educator with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was quoted in the Portland Press Herald article, “At fall lawn-feeding time, we offer you a recipe for nourishing your garden.” This fall, several home gardeners going in search of straw bales (for winter mulch) were advised by store personnel to buy plastic-wrapped “straw […]
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Mount Desert Islander reported volunteers from the University of Maine participated in the 28th annual Take Pride in Acadia cleanup day at Acadia National Park on Nov. 10. More than 300 volunteers from local schools and community groups raked leaves to clear drainage areas on nine miles of the park’s carriage roads in 18 locations. […]
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Andrew Egan, head of campus at the University of Maine at Machias, was quoted in a Quoddy Tides article about midterm election results. Question 4, a bond for upgrades to Maine’s public universities, was supported by 54.4 percent of the voters statewide, according to the article. “Funding from the bond will help us make the […]
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WABI (Channel 5) covered “Equity, Access and Inclusion: A World Usability Day Event” hosted by the University of Maine. World Usability Day brings together communities of professional, industrial, educational, citizen and government groups to promote the values of usability, accessibility and universal design to ensure that services and products important to life are easier to […]
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The unveiling of the Digital Book of Memory at the University of Maine was included in a Bangor Daily News roundup of Veterans Day events scheduled around the state. The Digital Book of Memory contains portraits and obituaries of UMaine’s 261 fallen dating back to the Spanish-American War. It is the culmination of a larger […]
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University of Maine students Will Carter and Austin Cashman visited the studio of WABI (Channel 5) to speak about their research project, Undiscovered Maine. The project, which involves Maine Business School faculty and students, aims to provide opportunities for students to learn web and social media strategies as well as organizational, management and marketing skills […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on the eighth annual Bangor Alleycat bicycle race, in which cyclists pedaled to 11 checkpoints throughout the city to complete history-related tasks. This year’s race was organized by Liam Riordan, a history professor at the University of Maine. Alleycat races have no set route. Instead, they have checkpoints, locations listed […]
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