UMaine in the News

WABI covers UMaine march to end domestic violence

WABI (Channel 5) reported hundreds of students gathered for a march on Oct. 5 at the University of Maine to raise awareness about domestic violence. “The different topics of respect, love, and kindness — which I believe are the core values with the fight against domestic violence — everyone is going to be marching thinking […]

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Sorg cited in Press Herald report on reducing opioid production

Marcella Sorg, an anthropologist and research professor with the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine, was mentioned in the Portland Press Herald article, “DEA will cut amount of opioids produced in U.S. by at least 25 percent.” The Drug Enforcement Administration recently announced it will significantly reduce the amount of prescription […]

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UMaine Museum of Art exhibits included in Maine Edge article on ARTober

The University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor was mentioned in a Maine Edge article about ARTober, a monthlong celebration of arts and culture in the city. Fall exhibits at the museum were included in a list of some of the ARTober events. “Contemporary Currents: Nine New Brunswick Artists” will showcase a variety […]

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WABI advances UMaine Extension talk on buying local meat

WABI (Channel 5) reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Piscataquis County will hold a talk focused on buying local meat on Oct. 6. The discussion, which will be held from 1:30–3 p.m. at the UMaine Extension office at 165 East Main St. in Dover-Foxcroft, will cover how animals are raised and how meat […]

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Daily Bulldog previews Chesterville talk by animal expert, artist

Daily Bulldog reported University of Maine Cooperative Extension Franklin County Extension Association will hold its annual business meeting and public supper 6–9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, at the Chesterville Town Office. Bernd Heinrich, author of “Winter World,” will talk and present original watercolors. The professor emeritus of biology at the University of Vermont has written […]

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BDN advances Stephen King book launch at UMaine

The Bangor Daily News reported Stephen King will launch his newest book, “Hearts in Suspension,” at the University of Maine on Nov. 7. The 7 p.m. event in the Collins Center for the Arts will feature a reading by King and discussion of his student days at UMaine during the turbulent Vietnam War era. The […]

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WABI interviews Ph.D. candidate developing climate resilience policy

WABI (Channel 5) spoke with Kimberley Rain Miner, an Earth and climate sciences Ph.D. student at the University of Maine, about her work developing policy to build climate resilience. For her doctorate, Miner is developing a framework to assess the threat of pesticides — including DDT and other persistent organic pollutants — that for years […]

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Hampden company to sponsor UMaine Business Challenge, Press Herald reports

The Portland Press Herald reported Business Lending Solutions, a Hampden company that helps credit unions with commercial lending, is sponsoring the University of Maine’s Business Challenge with a $10,000 donation each year through 2018. In its sixth year, the UBC is a collegiate business competition for students attending Maine colleges and universities. Students from schools […]

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Democratic VP candidate cites UMaine in BDN op-ed

Tim Kaine, the Democratic nominee for vice president, mentioned the University of Maine in an opinion piece he wrote for the Bangor Daily News titled, “Working together, we can make an economy where prosperity is shared by all.” Kaine wrote the five-year $275 billion infrastructure plan he and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton have proposed will […]

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