Kate Yerxa, a statewide nutrition and physical activity educator with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for the article, “When it comes to feeding their child, experts say mothers need more support, less judgment.” Some mothers have a more difficult time successfully breastfeeding, which could amplify their anxiety about […]
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The Portland Press Herald, Bangor Daily News and Sun Journal published Labor Day opinion pieces by Charles Scontras, a historian and research associate at the University of Maine’s Bureau of Labor Education.
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The Bangor Daily News reported former Maine Drug Enforcement Agent and longtime University of Maine Police Department Detective Chris Gardner was honored posthumously last month for his role in “Operation Blood Red,” a federal firearms and drug investigation that led to the arrest of 32 people. Gardner of Veazie was a 27-year veteran of the […]
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The Portland Press Herald, WABI (Channel 5) and Associated Press reported the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole was awarded $1.5 million from the U.S. Department of Commerce to support the development of Maine’s aquaculture industry. The funds will help the center demolish and replace its deteriorated pier, renovate the Flowing Seawater Laboratory, […]
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Daniel Harrison, a professor of wildlife at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Earth Touch News Network report about two Canada lynx that were caught fighting on video in the middle of a road near Kokadjo. Harrison, who has researched lynx habitat ecology, said he suspects the scene represents a “territorial stare-down.” The […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Bob Bayer, executive director of the University of Maine’s Lobster Institute, for an article about a white lobster that was caught last week off the north side of Maine’s Chebeague Island. Albino lobsters, which are totally devoid of pigment and would remain white even when cooked, are vanishingly rare, […]
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Mainebiz reported 32 summer fellows, including five University of Maine students and one University of Maine at Machias student, participated in the MDI Biological Laboratory 2017 summer fellowship program in research and lab facilities across the state. Twenty of the participants were supported by Maine INBRE, a network of 13 Maine educational and research institutions […]
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Photos of students power washing, scraping and painting buildings in Old Town during the University of Maine’s Welcome Weekend Day of Service were featured in the Aug. 31 print edition of The Penobscot Times. More than 2,000 first-year UMaine students were expected to volunteer for community projects as part of the eighth annual event. The […]
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Susan Gardner, director of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program and the Rising Tide Center at the University of Maine; and Samantha Saucier, an undergraduate student and co-director of the Women’s Resource Center at UMaine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “Misogynist banners normalize campus rape culture. There’s nothing funny […]
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VillageSoup reported on recent water samples taken at Lincolnville Beach to test for bacteria. Samples are drawn from the ocean once a week on Tuesdays at Lincolnville Beach for the Maine Healthy Beaches Program, according to the article. The samples are tested at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Waldoboro, and results are released […]
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