UMaine in the News

WLBZ highlights Innovate for Maine program

WLBZ (Channel 2) highlighted the Innovate for Maine Fellows program, which connects college students with Maine companies to grow and create jobs across the state through innovation and entrepreneurship. “I don’t think that young people aren’t necessarily willing to stay,” says Angela McCue, outreach manager at the Foster Center for Student Innovation. “I think that […]

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BDN features outdoors course at Bryant Pond 4-H Camp

University of Maine Bryant Pond 4-H Camp director Ron Fournier and educator Gary Proulx were mentioned in a Bangor Daily News feature about the Becoming an Outdoors-Woman course at the University of Maine Bryant Pond 4-H Camp and Learning Center. Fournier helped organize the February event and Proulx demonstrated how to set a fishing line […]

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Sun Journal advances Schonberger’s induction into Hall of Fame

The Sun Journal announced that Ann Schonberger will be inducted into the Maine Women’s Hall of Fame on March 18 at the University of Maine at Augusta. Schonberger is a former mathematics professor and director of what was then called the Women’s Studies Program. She’s a faculty emerita member with the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality […]

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BDN talks with UMaine bee experts

The Bangor Daily News interviewed Frank Drummond and David Yarborough for a story about the health of Maine’s native bees. Drummond said while the country’s honeybee population is dramatically declining, many of Maine’s 275 native bee species appear to be holding their own. “I think it’s a very optimistic story,” says the professor of insect […]

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Maine Public interviews Yarborough about blueberry production

Maine Public talked with David Yarborough for a story about Maine wild blueberry producers slashing production to survive. There’s been too much of a good thing and prices are plummeting, according to the story. Yarborough, a wild blueberry specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, says something has to give. According to the article, 99 […]

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FOX 22 features Screamin’ Pep Band

FOX 22 did a two-part feature on the Screamin’ Black Bears Pep Band. The band, directed by Christopher White, seeks to elevate men’s ice hockey and men’s and women’s basketball games into must-attend events. White says the pep band is part of the fabric of athletic contests and senior Jay Baines, a snare drummer, says […]

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SPA performance included in Seacoastonline article about Arts Fair

The Division of Theatre was mentioned in a Seacoastonline article about Arts Fair week at Horace Mitchell Primary School in Kittery Point. UMaine students performed “James and the Giant Peach” at the fair, which also included African drumming and dancing and performances by the Shapleigh School jazz band and the Seacoast Repertory Theatre. “The arts […]

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Seatrade Cruise News cites UMaine study on passenger spending

A University of Maine School of Economics study on cruise passenger spending was cited in a “Seatrade Cruise News” article. In Bar Harbor, cruise passenger spending had an estimated economic impact of $20.2 million in 2016, according to the study based on 2,231 mail surveys completed by visitors associated with 31 ship ports over 24 […]

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Ellsworth American interviews Yarborough, Drummond about bees

“The Ellsworth American” interviewed David Yarborough and Frank Drummond for a story about blueberry growers ordering fewer honeybees and bumblebees to pollinate this year’s crop. Homer Woodward, vice president of Jasper Wyman & Son in Milbridge, said he’ll order fewer bees to make up for the drop in last year’s crop and because he’ll be […]

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FOX 22 reports on study exploring concussion-balance connection

FOX 22 Bangor reported on a University of Maine pilot study that could lead to a new method of monitoring people who sustain concussions. Researchers are using a device called OptoGait, which evaluates how a person walks. They’re seeking to develop measures of balance that could indicate when a person has sufficiently recovered from a […]

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