Maine Public and the Portland Press Herald quoted Brian Olsen, an associate professor of biology and ecology at the University of Maine, in reports on the debate over whether Maine’s state bird should be the black-capped chickadee or the boreal chickadee. Olsen was one of two ornithologists who spoke to lawmakers Feb. 27, based on […]
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WABI (Channel 5) spoke with Hattie Train, president of the Marine Sciences Club at the University of Maine, about a mini-boat test at UMaine on Feb. 27. Students from Bangor-based United Technologies Center tested the 5-foot-long boat, the first of several they are building as part of the Mini-Boat Research Collaboration, an effort to provide […]
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The Mount Desert Islander previewed a reading by essayist and fiction writer Gregory Howard, an associate professor of English at the University of Maine, at 8:30 p.m. March 2 at the Lompoc Cafe in Bar Harbor. Howard is the author of the novel “Hospice,” and his fiction and essays have appeared in several publications. Part […]
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WABI (Channel 5) covered Fresh Check Day at the University of Maine, an expo-style event on Feb. 26 aiming to “check in” on the mental health of students and raise awareness about mental health issues and suicide prevention. “We want to make sure that our students know that we are here, that we have someone […]
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Morning Ag Clips advanced a University of Maine Cooperative Extension fruit tree grafting workshop 9 a.m.–noon March 30 at the UMaine Extension office in Lisbon Falls. The workshop, co-sponsored by Fedco Trees, will include discussion and demonstration of techniques followed by hands-on grafting of a pear tree, which participants can take home. The course fee […]
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Fiddlehead Focus cited a report by Marcella Sorg, a research professor in the Department of Anthropology and Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine, in the article, “Overdoses, drug trafficking major focus of County law enforcement.” Despite a slight decrease in opioid-related overdose deaths in Maine in 2018, Aroostook County still faces […]
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The Daily Bulldog and Morning Ag Clips previewed a University of Maine Cooperative Extension Produce Safety Alliance grower training course. The course will be offered 9 a.m.–6 p.m. March 29 at the Dover-Foxcroft Congregational Church, with a snow date of April 4; and 9 a.m.–6 p.m. April 5 at the University of Maine at Farmington’s Olsen […]
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The Bangor Daily News published an opinion piece by Paul Mayewski, Distinguished Maine Professor in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences and director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine. The piece is titled, “Green New Deal offers a possible route to conquer climate change.”
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VillageSoup reported Taylor Hamlin, a University of Maine student, will speak as part of the presentation “You Go Girl” at the Camden Public Library 6:30–7:45 p.m. March 7. The event will feature the stories of three Midcoast women — including Hamlin, a Rockland native — focused on a time their “you-go-girl spirit” helped them respond […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported the University of Maine Museum of Art in Bangor will host a David Bowie-themed trivia night at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 26 in advance of the Bangor Symphony Orchestra’s show “Space Oddity: The Ultimate David Bowie Experience” at the Collins Center for the Arts on March 9. The BSO is partnering with […]
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