UMaine in the News

Sun Journal reports on new student mentoring program at 4-H camp

Sun Journal reported a new long-term youth mentoring program is available to Telstar Regional Middle/High School students at the University of Maine 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Bryant Pond. Thanks to a grant from the Emanuel and Pauline A. Lerner Foundation, the North Star Program will provide community engagement, cultural awareness and adventure/leadership opportunities […]

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UMaine makes 24/7 Wall St list of colleges where applications are up

The University of Maine was included in 24/7 Wall St.’s list of “Colleges where applications are on the rise.” 24/7 Wall St. reviewed 10-year changes in the number of applications in more than 1,500 post-secondary schools to identify the 100 colleges where applications rose the most. According to the report, UMaine’s 10-year increase in applications […]

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Seacoast Online advances UMaine Extension ‘Gardening Forever’ talk in Springvale

Seacoast Online reported a free public presentation, “Gardening Forever: Tips and Tools for Lifelong Gardening,” will highlight the York County Extension Association’s annual meeting from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Nov. 14 at Anderson Learning Center in Springvale. Ellen Gibson, AgrAbility specialist with Maine AgrAbility, will speak about and demonstrate how to “garden forever,” the article […]

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Dagher one of four inventors featured in BDN article

Habib Dagher, executive director of the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, was featured in the Bangor Daily News article, “How four people survive as inventors in Bangor.” The article is part of an ongoing series seeking to understand how the Bangor region could grow its economy. During his 27 years at UMaine, […]

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WABI reports on community window insert building event

WABI (Channel 5) reported on a recent window insert building event among University of Maine students and Bangor community volunteers. As part of a collaboration with Rockland nonprofit WindowDressers, the volunteers are building about 40 wood-framed, plastic window inserts per shift, according to the report. The inserts will allow residents to save on heating bills, […]

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Maine Public airs 2017 Cohen Lecture as part of ‘Speaking in Maine’

Maine Public aired the 2017 Cohen Lecture, “Assessing the First Year of an Unconventional Presidency,” as part of its “Speaking in Maine” program. On Oct. 13 at the University of Maine, former Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen was joined by Ambassador Marc Grossman, former under secretary of state for political affairs, and Andrew H. […]

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UMaine lobster study cited in BDN article on Sen. Collins, climate change

Research from the University of Maine was cited in the Bangor Daily News article, “Susan Collins: Ignoring climate change is ‘simply not a solution.’” The Gulf of Maine is warming faster than 99 percent of the world’s bodies of saltwater, and that warming trend could mean smaller catches as lobsters move into deeper and colder […]

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Kaye quoted in Health Journal article on STDs among older adults

The Health Journal quoted Len Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging, in an article about sexually transmitted diseases among older adults. Over the last decade, the number of older adults affected by STDs has increased, the article states. Rates have doubled among 50- to 90-year-olds, according to the Centers for Disease […]

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Crandall adds expertise to Maine Public story about manufactured wood products

Mindy Crandall, assistant professor of forest management and economics at the University of Maine, was cited in a Maine Public article about the growing demand for manufactured wood products. While Maine has lost more 2,400 papermaking jobs over the last six years, Crandall said businesses in Maine can do well by focusing on Lincoln Logs, […]

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Forecaster covers Strong’s talk about ocean acidification

The Forecaster reported on Aaron Strong’s talk — “Ocean Acidification: Will lobsters and clams disappear?” — for the Harpswell Heritage Land Trust. Strong, an assistant professor of marine policy, told attendees the Gulf of Maine is warming and becoming more acidic, both of which have repercussions. He said local communities can help protect water quality […]

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