WABI (channel 5) reported on National Coming Out Day activities at the University of Maine. “It’s nice to have Coming Out Week and Pride Week because it’s a time for the LGBT community to be visible and to be welcomed, and for us to be validated by not just ourselves but by everybody else,” said […]
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The Republican Journal in Belfast promoted “ENCAUSTIC — wax+heat,” a nine-person group exhibit at the H. Alan and Sally Fernald Art Gallery at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast.
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The Bangor Daily News wrote about Alpha Tau Omega’s third annual charitable Black Bear Battle Ball tournament on Oct. 16 at the Mahaney Dome. All proceeds from the soccer games, in which players wear giant inflatable bubble suits, will benefit Shriners Hospitals for Children, according to the article. About 40 teams are expected for the […]
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The University of Maine was mentioned in a Mainebiz article about colleges and universities in the state that were included in the 2016 edition of Princeton Review’s Guide to 361 Green Colleges.
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Chelsea Clinton’s scheduled campaign stop Thursday at the University of Maine on behalf of her mother, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, was covered by a number of media outlets, including the Portland Press Herald, WMTW, WLBZ (channel 2), WABI (channel 5) and the Bangor Daily News. Chelsea Clinton is slated to appear with former U.S. […]
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The Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine was mentioned in an article in the Alaska Dispatch News about economic opportunities and Maine’s stake in Arctic policy in the face of ice-free shipping lanes in the Arctic. Dana Eidsness, director of the Maine North Atlantic Development Office, said the CCI has been undertaking glacial […]
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Dean Astumian, University of Maine physics professor, was quoted in a story in the Mohave Daily News about the three scientists who won a Nobel Prize in chemistry. Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Fraser Stoddart and Bernard Feringa won “for making devices the size of molecules, so tiny that a lineup of 1,000 would stretch about the width […]
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Sandy Butler, professor of social work at the University of Maine, wrote a column about older adults and food insecurity that was published in the Bangor Daily News. While food insecurity has decreased nationally, Butler said the U.S. Department of Agriculture indicated it has worsened in Maine. She said society’s general prejudice against people in […]
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WABI (channel 5) covered the Children’s Water Festival that drew more than 600 middle-school students to the University of Maine on Tuesday to learn about the value of clean water and healthy habitats. “So this festival is all about learning about water and water resources,” said Ruth Hallsworth, strategic program manager at the Senator George […]
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Farm and Dairy listed University of Maine Cooperative Extension tips for farmers on how to achieve balance between the family and the farm. The tips are: Talk and listen; find family time; keep the big picture in mind; and find peace at home.
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