The Bangor Daily News highlighted University of Maine students Ian MacLellan, Parker Anderson, Kameron Haines and Madison Lawler, who are operating this season’s Black Bear Food Guild — an organic vegetable farm and community share agriculture (CSA) program at Rogers Farm. “I want to run my own farm one day, and this is a really […]
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A number of media outlets, including the Portland Press Herald, covered Jesse Orach and Rob Gomez’s dramatic finish at the TD Bank Beach to Beacon 10K race Saturday. Orach, who had a stellar academic, track and cross-country career at the University of Maine and was highlighted in the inaugural Black Bear Nation athletics magazine, won […]
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Jack Cosgrove, senior associate director of athletics at the University of Maine, and Seth Woodcock, senior associate athletic director for development, were quoted in a Bangor Daily News article about the Alfond Fund Ambassadors program that helps teams meet demands of NCAA Division I athletic programs, strengthens the Black Bear brand and creates a strong […]
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Mainebiz and WVII (Channel 7) reported the University of Maine and Eastern Maine Community College signed a memorandum of understanding that allows EMCC students in designated programs to easily transfer credits toward a bachelor’s degree at Maine’s flagship campus. The memorandum is intended to streamline admission opportunities for academically qualified students and graduates of EMCC, […]
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Robert Dana, the University of Maine’s vice president for student life and dean of students, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for the article, “Maine colleges defend emphasis on diversity in response to report of Trump initiative.” Maine college and university officials are defending their commitment to diversity in response to reports that the Trump […]
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WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland) reported on the making of the 2016 documentary “Whatever Works: Exploring Opiate Addiction.” The hourlong film was produced in a University of Maine at Machias video class led by Alan Kryszak. When Kryszak was searching for a topic for his documentary class, the state’s heroin and opioid crisis stood out, […]
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Hannah Young of the Bangor Public Library visited the studio of WVII (Channel 7) to advance a free public lecture by Shawn Laatsch, director of the Emera Astronomy Center and Maynard F. Jordan Planetarium at the University of Maine. In preparation for the Aug. 21 solar eclipse, Laatsch, who will speak at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, […]
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The Republican Journal reported the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast and Midcoast Leadership Academy will offer a certificate program designed for current and emerging citizen leaders in the midcoast. The nine-month community immersion program brings together emerging and established leaders from Knox and Waldo counties to sharpen and develop skills, broaden understanding of […]
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Research conducted by Micah Pawling, an assistant professor of history and Native American studies at the University of Maine, is the focus of The Working Waterfront article, “For the Wabanaki, home has no walls.” “Wabanaki” refers to the Penobscot, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Mi’kmaq, and Abenaki tribes in northern New England, the Maritime provinces, and the southern […]
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The Associated Press mentioned University of Maine marine scientist Rick Wahle in a report about interstate fishing regulators saying the way the lobster fishery is managed needs to be fine-tuned because of a drop in the number of baby lobsters in New England waters. Wahle said the population of baby lobsters appears to be declining […]
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