UMaine in the News

WABI speaks with Jones, students about Pets 4 Vets benefit event

WABI (Channel 5) spoke with Nory Jones, professor of management information systems with the Maine Business School at the University of Maine, for a report advancing the Pets 4 Vets benefit dodgeball tournament to be held 1–4:30 p.m. March 31 at UMaine’s New Balance Field House. Hosted by MBS Corps, UMaine Army ROTC and the […]

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Assembly interviews Dagher, Anderson for report on UMaine Composites Center

Assembly magazine interviewed Habib Dagher, executive director of the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center; and James Anderson, senior R&D program manager at the UMaine Composites Center; for an article about boatbuilding at the center. The UMaine Composites Center is continuing a long-standing tradition of boatbuilding in the state of Maine by using […]

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AP quotes Drummond in article on planting flowering herbs to help bees

The Associated Press quoted Frank Drummond, a professor of insect ecology and insect pest management at the University of Maine, in an article about planting flowering herbs to help bees. Herbs appeal to a variety of bee species, and can help provide the declining populations with the plants they need to thrive, the article states. […]

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Keim recent guest on Maine Public’s ‘Maine Calling’

Karen Keim was a recent guest on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio show. Keim is the associate director of the Maine Educational Opportunity Center and Maine Educational Talent Search, a federally funded program that works with adults to help them go to college, based at the University of Maine. The show’s topic was programs to […]

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Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel profile incoming music student

The Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel profiled an incoming University of Maine student who plans to enroll in the Division of Music for the upcoming fall semester. Nathanael Batson, a senior at Lawrence High School, is the 2019 Section I recipient of the National High School Heart of the Arts Award, and is eligible to […]

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UMaine Extension cited in Seacoast Online article on spring planting season

Seacoast Online cited University of Maine Cooperative Extension in an article about the beginning of spring planting season. While it’s still too early to plant outdoors, some tasks can be done ahead of time, like soil testing. UMaine Extension recommends testing soil at least once every three years. The UMaine Analytical Lab offers kits to […]

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Penobscot Bay Pilot advances Hutchinson Center past trauma, current relationships program

The Penobscot Bay Pilot advanced a University of Maine Hutchinson Center program, “Past Trauma and Current Relationships: Integrating Nonviolent Communication and Interpersonal Neurobiology,” to be held 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. May 6 and 7 at the center in Belfast. The program will benefit participants from a variety of fields including for-profit and nonprofit sectors, education, health […]

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BDN interviews Birkel about Maine record high temperatures

The Bangor Daily News interviewed Sean Birkel, Maine State Climatologist and a research assistant professor at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, for the article “Why Maine is seeing more record high temperatures.” According to a study by the Associated Press, Maine has broken five daytime record high temperatures for every record low temperature […]

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Republican Journal advances mindful leadership program at Hutchinson Center

The Republican Journal advanced a two-day workshop on mindful leadership 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. April 5 and 26 at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. Participants will learn practical ways to bring mindfulness to daily work life, including tools and techniques for implementing mindfulness to enhance focus, clarity, relationships and results at work. The […]

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Morning Ag Clips previews UMaine Extension soil workshops

Morning Ag Clips previewed two University of Maine Cooperative Extension two-part workshops on healthy soils for home gardeners and farmers. “Introduction to soils for farmers and gardeners” will be held 5–7 p.m. March 20 at UMaine Extension in Springvale, and 5–7 p.m. April 2 at UMaine Extension in Falmouth. It will focus on methods for […]

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