Research by the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine was cited in a WGME story about five drug overdoses, one of which was fatal, in a four-span Tuesday, Dec. 27 in Presque Isle. WGME reported that a county-by-county analysis through 2014 by the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center indicated Aroostook County […]
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The Bangor Daily News penned a feature on Shawn Laatsch, director of the Emera Maine Astronomy Center and Jordan Planetarium. In January, Laatsch will become president of the International Planetarium Society, a coalition of planetarium directors, educators and employees with more than 700 members from 35 nations. As president, he’ll deliver lectures in Italy and […]
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A CBS News 2016 review piece about the warming of the planet, including the dramatic transformation in the Arctic, quoted the director of the University of Maine Climate Change Institute “For the people in the Arctic, no one has to tell them an abrupt climate change has hit,” Paul Mayewski said in a recent interview […]
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Jill Pelto’s watercolor “Decline in Glacier Mass Balance” is the cover art for the Mainebiz 2017 Book of Lists, published Dec. 26. Pelto is a graduate student in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences at the University of Maine, where she graduated in December 2015 with bachelor degrees in studio art and Earth science. […]
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The Reading Eagle in Reading, Pennsylvania mentioned the University of Maine in a column that encouraged readers to indulge their sweet tooth Dec. 28, National Chocolate Day. The columnist cited a UMaine study that found more frequent chocolate consumption was associated with increased cognitive function.
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The Bangor Daily News posted a University of Maine Cooperative Extension release about its 952 Master Gardener Volunteers providing more than 35,000 hours for 2016 educational, food security projects. Volunteers supported 80 community gardens, 86 school gardens, 103 demonstration gardens and 56 programs involving 1,579 youth in horticulture activities. People participating in food security projects […]
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Sukhwinder Bali’s appointment as University of Maine Cooperative Extension assistant professor and University of Maine at Presque Isle assistant professor of sustainable agriculture was reported in Morning Ag Clips. She’ll develop and conduct educational outreach and applied research with an emphasis on Aroostook County; offer off-campus programs addressing educational needs of commercial agriculture; and teach […]
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The Associated Press ranked a story that stemmed from University of Maine research — that baby lobsters might not be able to survive in the ocean’s warming waters — as the No. 10 story this year in Maine. WABI (Channel 5) and The Washington Times carried the AP’s top 10 list. University of Maine Darling […]
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VillageSoup advanced a Jan. 18 informational session about a Master’s of Social Work Weekend Cohort at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. The new MSW weekend cohort is slated for fall 2017 in Belfast; applications will be reviewed starting Feb. 1.
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CBS News spoke with Paul Mayewski, director of the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, about the recent rise in temperatures at the North Pole. The Arctic has seen warmer temperatures, lower levels of sea ice and more open water in recent years. “High up into the Arctic and close to the North Pole, the […]
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