The Associated Press and Portland Press Herald reported an Illinois packaging company has pledged $1 million to help build a new engineering center for the University of Maine. Packaging Corporation of America, one of the largest makers of packaging products in the country, made the pledge to encourage students to consider paper-related technical careers, according […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Suzanne Greenlaw, a doctoral candidate in the School of Forest Resources at the University of Maine, for the article, “Traditional sweetgrass harvest may return to Acadia National Park.” Sweetgrass is used for baskets, ceremonies and more, and is an important part of the cultural heritage of members of the […]
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WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on the many service projects and activities members of the University of Maine community took part in on Maine Day, the annual campuswide spring cleanup tradition. “Maine Day is our traditional day of service. A bunch of groups get together to help spruce up UMaine, help make […]
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News Center Maine spoke with Kirk Maasch, a professor in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences and the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, and Susan Elias, a UMaine Ph.D. candidate and vector-borne disease ecologist, for a report about the start of Maine’s tick season. Experts say changes in the environment are […]
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The Sun Journal published a Livermore Falls Advertiser article on the second annual Greater Franklin Food Summit in Farmington. The event identified bright spots, challenges and opportunities facing the region’s food system, according to the article. David Fuller, an agricultural and nontimber forest products professional with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, defined a food […]
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VillageSoup advanced a presentation on the realities of Maine’s changing climate set for 7 p.m. May 15 at the Camden Public Library. The presentation will be led by Esperanza Stancioff, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Sea Grant climate change educator, and Ivan Fernandez, a professor of soil science and forest resources at […]
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BuzzFeed News quoted Marcella Sorg, an anthropologist and research professor with the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine, in the report, “Cocaine deaths are rising at an alarming rate, and it’s because of fentanyl.” Deaths from cocaine, after holding steady for many years, increased 52 percent between 2015 and 2016, according […]
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The Portland Press Herald spoke with David Fuller, a fiddlehead expert and agricultural and nontimber forest products professional with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for an article about some Maine residents choosing to grow their own fiddleheads instead of harvesting them in the wild. The first coiled fronds should start poking up through the […]
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Maine Public aired the University of Maine Stephen E. King Chair Lecture featuring Patricia Wen as part of its “Speaking in Maine” program. The editor of the Boston Globe Spotlight Team spoke on “Getting It Right: Investigative Journalism in a ‘Post-Truth’ Age.”
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News Center Maine, WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on the dedication of a home by Habitat for Humanity of Greater Bangor to an Old Town woman and her family. The home was renovated over the past year. Among the volunteers on the project were construction engineering technology students from the University of […]
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