The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release about “Constellations,” a joint production of the School of Performing Arts and Emera Astronomy Center. UMaine’s Jordan Planetarium will be the setting for the play by British playwright Nick Payne that opens Nov. 15. Marcia Joy Douglas, an associate professor of theatre, will direct the […]
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The Washington Post carried an Associated Press report on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s push to win the vote in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District. In the story, the AP spoke with University of Maine political science professor Mark Brewer about Trump’s appeal in the largely rural district. “When you take the economic, geographic, community-type profile, […]
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Sarah Joughin, assistant director of the Office of International Programs at the University of Maine; and Antonia Carroll, president of the International Student Association at UMaine, visited the studio of WABI (Channel 5) to talk about the 29th annual Culturefest. Both organizations will host the celebration of cultures from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, […]
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Research from the University of Maine was cited in the Epicurious article, “The truth about those fruit and vegetable washes.” A study conducted by UMaine’s Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition tested a popular produce wash, Fit, alongside distilled water and a couple other methods to see how they would work against microbes and […]
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Information from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension was included in the Morning Sentinel article, “Giant blue spruce tree cut down in Waterville’s Castonguay Square.” For years, the 40-foot-tall tree had been adorned with Christmas lights during the holiday season, according to the article. City workers cut down the tree because about half of it […]
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The Associated Press, Portland Press Herald, Bangor Daily News, WLBZ (Channel 2), Mainebiz, WVII (Channel 7) and 92.9 FM The Ticket reported the University of Maine has received a $1.5 million, three-year award from the Harold Alfond Foundation to support UMaine Athletics. The Alfond Foundation will give $750,000 in unrestricted funds to UMaine Athletics to […]
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University of Maine fish biology and ecology researchers Michael Kinnison and Gayle Zydlewski discovered a previously unknown population of endangered shortnose sturgeon in the Penobscot River near Bangor, according to a New York Times report on the impact of recent dam removals on the river. Since dams on the Penobscot have come down, the story […]
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The Portland Press Herald, Maine Public, Mainebiz, Bangor Daily News, WABI (Channel 5), WLBZ (Channel 2), WVII (Channel 7) and LBM Journal reported Norway spruce, a wood species extensively tested at the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine, has been approved for use as construction-grade dimensional lumber. The American Lumber Standards […]
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WVII (Channel) spoke with Jim Dill, a pest management specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative for a story on what happens to the deer tick population in Maine when the weather begins to turn colder in October. “This actually is the biggest time of the year for deer ticks. And the deer tick is […]
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The Sydney Morning Herald used data from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer website in a recent story on the way polar heat waves are causing ice at both ends of the Earth to retreat. According to the website, the story noted, “the Arctic region as a whole continues to be very […]
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