UMaine in the News

WAGM reports on 4-H Baby Beef Club

WAGM (Channel 8 in Presque Isle) reported on the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Aroostook Valley 4-H Baby Beef Club. 4-H programs on a variety of topics are open to children ages 8 to 18. The Baby Beef club consists of 15 members who spend about a year raising steers for auctioning off at the […]

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The Ellsworth American previews talk by Glover Aug. 15

The Ellsworth American previewed a talk by Robert Glover, an associate professor of political science at the University of Maine. “Immigration in the 21st Century: How Immigration is Changing the American and Global Political Landscape” will be held at the Brooksville Free Public Library at 6 p.m. Aug. 15. The number of migrants living in […]

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Birkel quoted in BDN opinion piece on heat waves, climate change

A Bangor Daily News opinion piece on heat waves quoted Sean Birkel, a research professor at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute and the Maine state climatologist. Heat waves across the globe have become the new normal. Half of the warmest years on record have occurred in Caribou since 2000 and in Portland since […]

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BDN interviews Ranco about agreement between Penobscot Nation, UMaine

In an article on the implementation of an agreement between the Penobscot Nation and the University of Maine, the Bangor Daily News interviewed Darren Ranco, an associate professor of anthropology, the chair of Native American programs and coordinator of Native American research at UMaine. UMaine occupies traditional territory of the Penobscot Nation, and this spring […]

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BDN cites research by Bousfield in report on recycling

The Bangor Daily News cited research by Douglas Bousfield, a professor and the graduate coordinator of chemical and biomedical engineering at the University of Maine, in a report on the rising cost of recycling in Maine, resulting from actions taken by China. Beginning Jan. 1, China banned imports of 24 waste items from the United […]

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Islander advances discussion with Cox on Fire of ’47

The Mount Desert Islander previewed a discussion titled “Fact and Fiction: The Fire of ’47” to take place at the Southwest Harbor Public Library from 5:30–7 p.m. Aug. 14. The discussion will feature research by Sean Cox, a historian and Honors Associate at the University of Maine, and a reading by Matty Dalrymple from her […]

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The County interviews Porter for report on potato research

The County interviewed Greg Porter, a professor of crop ecology and management at the University of Maine, for a report on a field day at UMaine’s Aroostook Research Farm, and ongoing potato research. Porter leads the potato breeding program at the farm, the largest of UMaine’s five agricultural experiment stations, the article states. Research at […]

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