UMaine in the News

Maine media cover Maine Hello

News Center Maine, Spectrum News Maine, WABI (Channel 5 in Bangor) and WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) covered the arrival of 1,500 incoming first year students as they moved onto the University of Maine campus during Maine Hello on Friday, Aug. 29. “This is how they get to know how kind and caring we […]

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Wason sourced as seasonal foliage expert in Maine Public, BDN

Jay Wason, associate professor of forest ecosystem physiology at the University of Maine, was sourced by the Bangor Daily News and Maine Public as an expert to speak toward how drought is affecting fall foliage in Maine. “All that means is that the trees have detected that ‘hey, conditions are not great for me any […]

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Mainebiz highlights role of UMaine in successful scallop aquaculture invention

Mainebiz highlighted the University of Maine’s partnership with a local company out of Thomaston that raises scallops — Seascale, founded by Charles Walsh and Jon Steuber. Seascale’s core innovation, the Maine Scallop Pot, is a modular aquaculture system designed to be used around the established routines of working lobstermen, enabling fishermen to cultivate scallops without […]

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CNN interviews Howorth on using AI in the classroom

CNN interviewed Sarah Howorth, associate professor of special education, about how AI can offer both benefits and drawbacks to learning in the classroom. “AI is a little bit like fire. When cavemen first discovered fire, a lot of people said, ‘Ooh, look what it can do,’” Howorth said. “And other people are like, ‘Ah, it […]

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Faculty featured in Down East story on native land conservation in Maine

Tony Sutton, assistant professor of Native American studies and food systems at the University of Maine, and Darren Ranco, chair of Native American Programs and professor of anthropology, were featured in Down East magazine. Ranco and Sutton, who is also affiliated with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke toward the power of land trusts and […]

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Media highlight opening of UMaine BOT Loft

WABI (Channel 5 in Bangor), WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) and Mainebiz highlighted the grand opening of the University of Maine B.O.T. Loft, a new robotics and automation training facility inside the Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMC) for companies to use to train workers. “As manufacturers nationwide modernize, so too must our workforce. The B.O.T. […]

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BDN features UMaine programs and people in special aquaculture section

The Bangor Daily News featured contributions from the University of Maine, including its programs, faculty and alumni, toward the state’s aquaculture industry in four stories included in the Aquaculture 2025 special section. One story looked back at the history of the industry in Maine; another, courtesy of the Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center, focused on an […]

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Media statewide share UMaine announcement on invasive tick detection

More than 10 media outlets across Maine, including the Bangor Daily News, Maine Public, News Center Maine, the Portland Press Herald and WMTW (ABC 8 in Portland), shared news from University of Maine researchers that confirmed detection of the Asian longhorned tick in the state for the first time. The tick, identified through UMaine Cooperative […]

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