Outreach

NYT interviews Stoll on U.S. seafood exports

The New York Times interviewed Joshua Stoll, a University of Maine associate professor of marine policy, for a story on the challenge of keeping freshly caught seafood in local markets. Stoll discussed how the U.S. exports much of its seafood, a business worth approximately $5 billion in 2023. Supply chains for local markets have been […]

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Bangor-area media highlight Maine Day Meal Packout

WABI (CBS 5 in Bangor) and WFVX (Fox 22 in Bangor) highlighted the Maine Meal Packout event, held on Tuesday at the University of Maine Memorial Gym. Organized by the Honors College, hundreds of students and others volunteered to pack more than 56,800 meals that will be donated to food banks and pantries around the […]

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Students pack and donate 56,800 meals during Maine Day Meal Packout

Around 300 students and other volunteers at the University of Maine assembled 56,800 meals for people in need during Maine Day Meal Packout on Tuesday, April 23 in the Memorial Gym.  Maine Day Meal Packout is organized by Honors College staff and the Honors College Student Activities Board. Honors College students have been packing meals […]

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Walker interviewed about sustainable packaging on Fox 22

WFVX (Fox 22 in Bangor) interviewed University of Maine Process Development Center Director Colleen Walker for a recurring segment that features University of Maine leaders and experts every other week on Friday evenings. Walker discussed innovation, sustainability and how the development center is facilitating both. An ongoing focus of the center, she said, is creating […]

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Celebrate sustainability with Earth Week 2024 at UMaine

The University of Maine will celebrate Earth Week 2024 through April 27 with a slate of events on- and off-campus organized by various groups and organizations.  Earth Week events include a nature walk and talk, a campus clean up, a garbage art gallery, musical performances, academic discussions pertaining to environmental issues and a pop-up thrift […]

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Media boost Black Bear Advantage program

The Bangor Daily News, WABI (Channel 5 in Bangor), WFVX (Fox 22 in Bangor) and WMTW (ABC 8 in Portland) highlighted the formalization of the Black Bear Advantage program by the University of Maine, the University of Maine at Machias and the Maine Community College System on Thursday, April 18. The new co-enrollment program will […]

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UMaine Extension Raymond Community Garden highlighted by Windham Eagle

The Windham Eagle highlighted the kick off for the growing season for Raymond Community Garden, an effort that started about 10 years ago with federal stimulus funding and is maintained through the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Hunger Project. The community garden contains both rental plots and a large common plot, where […]

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Windham Eagle features talk from Mitchell on Indigenous history, culture

The Windham Eagle featured the visit from John Bear Mitchell, a University of Maine Wabanaki Studies lecturer and outreach/student development coordinator, to Raymond Elementary School, where he spoke to students from kindergarten to third grade about Indigenous history and culture. Through interactive music and storytelling, Mitchell offered insights into Maine’s Indigenous heritage and addressed concerns […]

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Donate eclipse glasses at Versant Power Astronomy Center

The Versant Power Astronomy Center at the University of Maine is accepting used eclipse glasses to give to others for future events, particularly to children who live outside of the U.S. and may lack access to these resources.  The drop off for undamaged glasses is located inside the center, which is open from 9 a.m.-4 […]

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