The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release announcing the University of Maine Department of Art is accepting applications for the after-school ArtWorks! Program. As it has for more than 30 years, UMaine’s Art Education Program will offer the program for students in grades K–8. ArtWorks! provides children an opportunity to explore the […]
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BBC Radio 4 spoke with Michael Kinnison, professor of evolutionary biology at the University of Maine, for a report about accidental, inadvertent or unintentional selection and its effects on evolution. Kinnison said the evolutions humans cause can happen quickly, and one of the most studied and best understood examples is provided by fishing, according to […]
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WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) reported Alba-Technic, a small technology company based in Winthrop, is collaborating with the University of Maine on concussion research. For more than 10 years, the company’s founder and creator has been working on a material that lessens the impact of collisions, according to the report. Alba-Technic and its patented shock-absorbing […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported the University of Maine was named one of “35 great value colleges with beautiful campuses” by the website greatvaluecolleges.net, which is dedicated to helping find inexpensive colleges and universities. Academic institutions were graded on affordability, awards and recognition, inclusion on other noteworthy “most beautiful college campuses” lists, notable features (such […]
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Mohsen Shahinpoor, a University of Maine mechanical engineering professor specializing in biomedical engineering, was mentioned in the Sun Journal article, “Medical wonders: The cool, new and unique in Maine medicine.” Shahinpoor believes health care will see more smart materials and systems, such as artificial muscles made from polymers, which he has been working on, according […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Kate Garland, a horticulturist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for the article, “From York to St. John Valley, winter can’t stop gardeners.” A growing number of Mainers are pushing the region’s gardening season to produce fresh vegetables year-round, according to the article. “People are certainly doing it,” […]
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Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, was cited in a Bangor Daily News article about the state’s upcoming potentially historic ballot questions. In addition to the 2016 presidential election, Maine residents will cast their votes on topics including legalizing marijuana, raising the state’s minimum wage and mandating background checks on […]
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A University of Maine Cooperative Extension bulletin was cited in a Bangor Daily News article about how to start healthy seedlings at home. The publication, “Starting Seeds at Home,” is full of good tips for gardeners, according to the article.
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The Bangor Daily News reported students in the University of Maine’s Construction Engineering Technology Program are helping with a Habitat for Humanity house renovation. Students in CET 458 Management of Construction are creating the design plans for a home in Bradley that was given to the Habitat for Humanity of Greater Bangor, according to the […]
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Boothbay Register published a LincolnHealth article about two students in the Maine Medical Center-Tufts University School of Medicine Maine Track Program. Maine Track Early Assurance reserves a limited number of seats per year for sophomores from University of Maine System institutions, Bowdoin, Bates and Colby. The program was established in 2008 with the hope that […]
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