Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie, a postdoctoral David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellow at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “National parks belong to Americans. They should remain accessible to all.” MacKenzie studies alpine and subalpine plant communities, climate change and conservation across New England.
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Habib Dagher, executive director of the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, and the composite bridge technology created at the center were cited in a Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel book review of “How Maine Changed the World” by Nancy Griffin. The book presents a history of 50 Mainers, including Dagher, who have […]
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Reuters, Daily Mail, The Washington Post, Newsweek, The Weather Channel, VICE News, Scientific American, The Straits Times and Business Day reported on a new study conducted by researchers from Dartmouth College, the University of Maine and the University of New Hampshire. The study, which was published in the journal Scientific Reports, found snowfalls atop an […]
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A 2010 study by the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine was cited in the Sun Journal article, “Treating Maine roads in winter makes them safer, but takes a toll on vehicles.” The study, which the article refers to as the most comprehensive look at anti-icing issues, found that improved road […]
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The Republican Journal reported local contractor Jim Bahoosh will give a free public lecture Jan. 19 at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. Bahoosh, who builds small, efficient homes, will speak from 5:30 to 7 p.m. His presentation will focus on the design and construction of small homes and ways to use space […]
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The Associated Press reported a panel discussion and networking event about farming in a new weather reality will be held Jan. 9 during the Maine Agricultural Trades Show at the Augusta Civic Center. The event, which will run 1:50–4 p.m., will open with a panel of Maine crop and livestock farmers discussing how changes in […]
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Bangor Metro published a Q&A with Caleb Charland, a world-renowned photographer from Hampden, Maine. Charland now lives and works in Brewer, the article states, and his next show, “Shadows of Earth,” opens Jan. 12 at the University of Maine Museum of Art in Bangor. Charland uses the basic elements of science and everyday visual phenomena […]
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Michael Socolow, an associate professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Bangor Daily News article “This anonymous Maine ‘news’ site may have tipped a big election.” The article states that Lewiston mayoral candidate Ben Chin may be the first Maine politician derailed by anonymous, conservative “news” websites that […]
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VillageSoup reported Waldoboro fisherman Glen Melvin and the Medomak River Task Force recently received a Sen. George J. Mitchell award for “outstanding contribution by an external partner to sustainability research.” The award was given to acknowledge Melvin for his help with the drifter project led by UMaine graduate student Gabby Hillyer, who is pursuing a […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension bulletins were cited in the latest column in the Portland Press Herald “Maine Gardener” series. The article, “Add native plants for holly jolly Christmas for people and wildlife,” suggests winterberry and mountain holly to provide snacks for animals and uplifting color for humans. While wildlife will eat the berries from […]
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