The Bangor Daily News cited a March 2017 study from the School of Economics at the University of Maine in an article on craft breweries in Maine. The Maine Beer Box, a cargo container fitted with 78 taps, will be shipped to the Leeds International Beer Festival in the United Kingdom. The box brings Maine […]
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Fiddlehead Focus reports the University of Maine Cooperative Extension is one of a number of organizations partnering to create an agriculture policy platform with input from farmers. The goal is to create a policy platform that will create farmer profitability and retention, and inform the next governor and the legislature about the needs of farmers […]
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The Associated Press reported on a $1.17 million grant awarded to University of Maine researchers by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for research on protecting forest workers from tick-borne diseases. The grant will fund the development and testing of land management practices to protect forest workers, who are members of key industries in Maine but […]
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Fiddlehead Focus previewed the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Agricultural Field Day at UMaine’s Aroostook Research Farm in Presque Isle. The free event, from 8 a.m.–3 p.m. Aug. 8, is open to all agricultural providers and will include presentations on topics like potato cultivation, nutrient management and late blight control, Fiddlehead Focus reports. UMaine presenters […]
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Michael Howard, a professor of philosophy at the University of Maine, was a recent guest on Minnesota Public Radio’s “MPR News with Kerri Miller” radio show. The show’s topic was the practical aspects and challenges of implementing universal basic income in the United States, and whether or not it could be a solution to poverty.
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WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) interviewed Karyn Sporer, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Maine, about her research on the role of Twitter in terrorists’ justification of violence. Sporer began the research and analysis of the tweets when she was at the University of Nebraska, and continued the project when […]
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The Portland Press Herald, Fish Information and Services, The Weekly Packet, The Ellsworth American and the Associated Press reported several research projects at the University of Maine will receive funding obtained by the Maine Department of Marine Resources from the sale of lobster license plates. The funding will go to five UMaine projects led by […]
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WVII (Channel 7) quoted John Rebar, the executive director of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in a report on new Maine laws. After the end of the current special legislative session, bills approved by lawmakers will become law within 90 days, including initiatives to require fingerprinting and background checks for childcare workers, WVII reports. […]
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Mainebiz reported the University of Maine was named one of 300 “best and most interesting” colleges in the 2019 Fiske Guide to Colleges. The guide evaluates colleges in the United States, Canada, Great Britain and Ireland. The guide’s report on UMaine highlights aspects of the institution including the Flagship Match scholarship program for out-of-state students; […]
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Newsweek quoted Robert Bayer, the executive director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, and the Irish Times cited Lobster Institute statistics in reports on a white lobster caught in West Cork, Ireland. Only one in 100 million lobsters is white, according to the Lobster Institute. Fisherman Donagh O’Connor caught the white female […]
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