Regina Grabrovac, Healthy Acadia’s food programs manager in Washington County, visited the studio of WABI (Channel 5) to discuss the Downeast Gleaning Initiative, a partnership between Healthy Acadia and University of Maine Cooperative Extension. The initiative works to address food insecurity by coordinating gleaning opportunities throughout Hancock and Washington counties, connecting volunteers with farms, orchards, […]
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The Bangor Daily News included a quote from Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins in the editorial, “Words of inspiration from 5 college graduation speakers.” Collins raised the issue of civility in her speech during the University of Maine’s 216th Commencement ceremonies, the editorial states. “Courage, civility, principles and even wit are increasingly rare commodities in […]
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Mainebiz reported Erica Schmitz, founder of the Portland startup MyBodyModel, was the grand prize winner at the Top Gun Showcase finals. Top Gun is the annual program for competitively selected entrepreneurs sponsored by the Maine Center for Entrepreneurs and its partners, the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and […]
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WMTM (Channel 8 in Portland) interviewed Jon Ippolito, a professor of new media at the University of Maine, for a video about how Facebook uses personal data to inform targeted advertising. Ippolito discussed the Cambridge Analytica scandal, calling it “a kind of mind control that you don’t see happening directly.” He also gave advice for […]
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Gizmodo, Quartz, The TeCake and LabRoots reported on a new study published in Geophysical Research Letters by researchers at the University of Washington and University of Maine. The current record for a continuous ice core is 800,000 years, but the new research shows an even older continuous core may exist deep within the Allan Hills […]
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The Japan Times published an article on Michael Socolow, an associate professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine, and his latest book, “Six Minutes in Berlin: Broadcast Spectacle and Rowing Gold at the Nazi Olympics.” The book caught the attention of the Library of American Broadcasting Foundation, which named Socolow the winner […]
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Le Journal de Québec interviewed Robert Bayer, the executive director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, for an article about rare blue lobsters. Bertrand Desbois of the Raymond Desbois de Québec Fisheries reported catching a blue lobster for the second consecutive year near Anticosti Island, according to Le Journal. The lobsters’ rarity […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported a Twitter post by Jhasmin Player, assistant coach of the University of Maine women’s basketball team, has gone viral. The video of Player speaking about the strained relationship between coaches and parents has been viewed almost a million times and retweeted 12,000 times, according to the report.
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A team of students from Spruce Mountain High School won first place in the Kleinschmidt Windstorm Challenge, and a team from Orono High School won first in the 10th annual Maine Wind Blade Challenge at the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center on May 18, Turner Publishing reported. More than 350 middle and […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported more than 1,000 middle and high school students and their teachers attended the 15th annual Maine Learning Technology Initiative held at the University of Maine. The conference offers students hands-on learning experiences on how to use technology in a variety of ways, WABI reported.
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