The University of Maine was mentioned in the Fox News report, “2018 emoji to include new food items, anatomically inaccurate lobster.” According to information from the Lobster Institute at UMaine, a lobster is known as a decapod, with “deca” being Greek for 10, because lobsters have 10 legs (five pairs). The new lobster emoji appears […]
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Island Ad-Vantages reported two scientists at the Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries have been awarded Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowships, which send professionals to Washington, D.C. to work on marine policy for a year. The fellowship is “one of the nation’s most prestigious marine policy fellowship programs,” and is administered by the National […]
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Reason published the opinion piece, “The Olympics can’t transcend politics. Just ask the Nazis,” by Michael Socolow, an associate professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine.
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Mount Desert Islander reported Brittany Goetting, a University of Maine doctoral student and teaching assistant, is the Mount Desert Island Historical Society Visiting History Scholar for 2018. Each year, the society invites a student to conduct original research into the histories of MDI, according to the article. Goetting’s research examines the evolution of Protestantism in […]
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Jacquelyn Gill, an assistant professor of terrestrial paleoecology at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Gizmodo article, “Scientists react to new ruling requiring NSF-funded institutions to report sexual harassment.” The National Science Foundation will require the institutions it funds to report findings of sexual or any other kind of harassment involving a principal […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on the University of Maine Career Center’s annual UMaine Career Fair. Despite the snowy weather, more than 158 companies and organizations with job opportunities were on hand to talk with students, according to the report. Many of the employers also were looking for summer interns who could end up being hired […]
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Rick Kersbergen, a sustainable dairy and forage systems expert with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Bangor Daily News about a gathering of farmers, food producers and others at the United Farmers Market of Maine in Belfast. The group will meet to share a meal and talk about what’s next with a […]
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The University of Maine was mentioned in the Bangor Daily News analysis, “4 lessons from a look at the pressing challenges facing Maine’s schools.” One of the lessons, “Cultivate strong school leaders,” gave an example of the Bangor School Department’s Bangor Educational Leadership Academy. The academy, which began in fall 2016, allows participating staff members […]
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Rick Kersbergen, a sustainable dairy and forage systems expert with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for the article, “Farm animal abuse and neglect starkly visible in the winter, says animal advocate.” Kersbergen said nutrition, or the lack thereof, is what he finds to be the biggest problem […]
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Kenda Scheele, assistant vice president for Student Life at the University of Maine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article about the current state of WMEB 91.9 FM, UMaine’s student-run radio station. WMEB’s terrestrial signal has been off the air since a fire at the transmitter site in January. However, the station continues […]
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