Amy Blackstone, a sociology professor at the University of Maine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article about why some Maine residents choose not to have children. Blackstone, who does not have children, has been interviewing other adults who have decided not to become parents and is working on a book about her […]
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Jon Ippolito, a new media professor at the University of Maine, was a recent guest on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio program. The show focused on the value and pitfalls of today’s social media.
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The Times Record reported Paul Mayewski, director of the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, will be the featured speaker at the UMaine Mid Coast Alumni Chapter’s annual Maine Spirit Spring Dinner. Mayewski has led more than 55 expeditions and has been the recipient of numerous scientific and academic awards from institutions throughout the world, […]
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Guidelines published by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension were included in the AlterNet article, “Why fiddlehead ferns are the new superfood you have to try this spring.” The article cites a bulletin written by David Fuller, an agriculture and nontimber forest products professional with UMaine Extension, that offers advice for identifying and picking ostrich […]
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Robert Glover, an assistant professor of honors and political science at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled “Trump wants a huge giveaway for the private prison industry.” Glover also is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across […]
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A 2011 waste characterization study by the University of Maine School of Economics was cited in a Portland Press Herald article about the launch of the state’s first municipal food waste collection programs. The two pilot programs will offer free, weekly curbside pickup of food scraps in select South Portland and Scarborough neighborhoods. Based on […]
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WLBZ (Channel 2) reported Maine entrepreneurs Heather and Abe Furth will be the Commencement speakers for the University of Maine’s graduation ceremonies on May 13. The Orono couple met at UMaine in 1999 when Heather was studying biology and Abe was studying English. In the past decade, they have founded restaurants, a brewery and a […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported the University of Maine Department of Athletics is expected to receive a $640,038 allocation from the NCAA. One-time payouts totaling $200 million to nearly 350 Division I schools around the country stem from the liquidation of an NCAA quasi-endowment valued at more than $360 million, according to the article. Each […]
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School Band and Orchestra magazine included Christopher White, director of sports bands and a lecturer in music at the University of Maine, in its 19th annual list of “50 directors who make a difference.” An interview with White was included in the December 2016 issue of the magazine. “There are two things we always want […]
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Ken Martin, an assistant professor of literacy education at the University of Maine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article about the state’s many youth summer camps. Martin is director of the Maine Writing Project and coordinator of its Young Authors Camps, which offers weeklong immersive creative writing camps at seven locations across […]
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