Aaron Putnam was featured in a Warm Regards Podcast about his recent research expedition in Mongolia. The assistant professor with the University of Maine Climate Change Institute searched for clues in the Altai Mountains about what caused the Earth to lurch out of the last ice age about 20,000 years ago. Warm Regards is a […]
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TeCake.com reported on additional dark chocolate findings from researchers at the University of Maine, Luxembourg Institute of Health, University of Warwick Medical School and the University of South Australia. Researchers found that eating dark chocolate daily improves cardiovascular health and prevents diabetes.
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WABI (channel 5) reported that nearly 200 vendors from across the state sold their creations inside UMaine’s New Balance Field House this weekend, at a two-day craft fair that was part of the many homecoming weekend events taking place across campus.
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Lois Berg Stack, a professor and horticulture specialist at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension spoke to the Sun Journal newspaper about the challenges of growing medical marijuana indoors.
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The Portland Press Herald, WABI (Channel 5), Ellsworth American and Sun Journal advanced Stephen King’s Nov. 7 appearance at the Collins Center for the Arts. The author will talk about his days as a student at the University of Maine and read from his new book, “Hearts in Suspension.” The 373-page book, published by the […]
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Political Science Professor Mark Brewer told Maine Public Radio the intraparty fighting between Donald Trump and GOP Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is unprecedented in the history of U.S. elections.
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Research Assistant Professor Sean Birkel with UMaine’s Climate Change Institute, told the Bangor Daily News that climate change is projected to increase, not decrease, the annual average rainfall in Maine and other Northeastern region states.
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News outlets, including CBC and The Associated Press cited the work of School of Marine Sciences Research Professor Rick Wahle in stories on the European Union backing off of a Swedish plan to ban the import of American lobster. The Middletown Press also carried the AP report.
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Michael Socolow, a media historian and associate professor in the Department of Communication and Journalism, wrote a guest column in The Hollywood Reporter about attending Donald Trump’s rally in Bangor.
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The Bangor Daily News reported that eight former Black Bear hockey players are on NHL rosters, as the regular season gets underway this week. They include Ben Hutton a former second-team All American defenseman, who plays for the Vancouver Canucks and was a member of the Canadian national team that defeated Russia for the 2016 […]
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