In the wake of the recent attack at Ohio State University, the Bangor Daily News spoke with University of Maine officials about preparing for an emergency on campus. The university offers emergency training to some of its staff, information about precautions to its students, and uses a mobile alert system to quickly disseminate urgent safety […]
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Robert Steneck, a professor of marine sciences at the University of Maine, was quoted in a CBC News report about a 23-pound live lobster at a seafood shop in Alma, New Brunswick. At her grandfather’s urging, a Halifax woman called the store to see what could be done to save the lobster, according to the […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on the latest installment of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s “Growing Maine,” a series of short documentaries highlighting Maine food producers and farm families. The video tells the story of Patty and Gary Treworgy and their children on their second-generation orchard and family farm in Levant. Treworgy Family Orchards […]
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The University of Maine Darling Marine Center was mentioned in an Associated Press article about how a Maine aquaculture farmer wants to keep baby eels, or elvers, in the state. Elvers are at the center of a lucrative business in Maine, which is home to the only large-scale fishing operation for them in the country, […]
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The Sierra Sun Times of Mariposa, California published a press release from the University of California at Merced, citing a paleontological research project that includes work by Jacquelyn Gill. Gill is an assistant professor of paleoecology and plant ecology with the University of Maine’s School of Biology and Ecology and Climate Change Institute. The project, […]
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The Sun Journal reported about 45 freshmen from Telstar Regional High School in Bethel will visit the University of Maine for an overnight field trip Dec. 8. 4-H Cooperative Extension is coordinating the visit. Students who are part of The Telstar Freshmen Academy will stay at the Black Bear Inn, eat at UMaine dining halls, […]
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WVII (Channel 7) aired a story last month about a University of Maine journalism class and its efforts to cover the November election. Nearly 30 students in Joshua Roiland’s Introduction to Journalism course set up a newsroom and covered local, state and national election stories. Roiland is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication […]
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The Mercury News of San Jose, California, NBC Los Angeles, Orange County Sun, NPR Illinois and Providence Journal reported on the recent expansion of the University of Maine’s Flagship Match financial aid program. UMaine’s Flagship Match is a competitive scholarship program that guarantees academically qualified, first-year students from several states will pay the same tuition […]
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Paul Mayewski, director of the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, was a recent guest on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio show. Mayewski spoke about the latest research findings from the Arctic, his insights about the pace and impact of climate change, and the death of fellow climate scientist and UMaine professor Gordon Hamilton.
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The Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald, WGME (Channel 13 in Portland), WVII (Channel 7) and WABI (Channel 5) reported former University of Maine football coach Jack Cosgrove will be honored next week at the New England Football Writers Association’s annual banquet. Cosgrove, who is now the senior associate athletic director at UMaine, is receiving […]
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