MESAT1, Maine’s first research satellite developed by the University of Maine and collaborators statewide, is a finalist for the SmallSat “Rookie of the Year” Award, which is sponsored by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. The public is encouraged to cast their vote online to boost MESAT1 to victory as the top rookie small […]
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News Center Maine referenced a social media post from University of Maine Cooperative Extension warning that larvae of the spotted wing drosophila have been confirmed in several types of berries and now is the time to take preventative action.
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A new app, “What Uses More,” aims to reveal the environmental footprint of tasks completed with artificial intelligence, encouraging users to examine critically the energy and water consumption of their digital activities. The app, developed by Jon Ippolito, a professor of new media at the University of Maine, was unveiled June 25 as a part […]
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Rural teachers in Maine are invited to submit applications for up to $2,500 in funding to help them to access professional development opportunities during the upcoming school year. The “What I Need” (WIN) Funds are being offered through Rural Thrive: The Rural Educator Resilience Project, led by the University of Maine College of Education and […]
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Roughly 15% of plastic waste cleaned up along Maine’s coastlines comes from foodware. Chemicals used in plastic production often leach into the environment and pose health risks once absorbed into the body. Chyanne Yoder, a Ph.D. student at the University of Maine, aims to squash this source of pollution by supporting coastal communities’ efforts to […]
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WABI (Channel 5 in Bangor) covered the Wildcat Weekend Downeast, hosted by the University of Maine at Machias, a regional campus of the University of Maine. Eight high school volleyball teams competed in the annual camp.
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WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) joined the Maine Department of Marine Resources and interns and staff with the University of Maine-led Maine Sea Grant to look into how a team is helping preserve Atlantic salmon. An internship program funded through Maine Sea Grant and NOAA Fisheries helps the DMR preserve these fish.
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The Maine Monitor highlighted the collaboration between the University of Maine and Blue Hill Heritage Trust since 2017 to restore red spruce to Surry Forest. Jay Wason, a UMaine associate professor of forest ecosystem physiology, is spearheading the project, and a UMaine graduate student in the school of forest resources, Rose Gellman, published a forest […]
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The Bangor Daily News, News Center Maine and WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) reported on a partnership between a local social services organization, Penquis, and the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center. Penquis is considering a site in North Brewer to hold up to nine 3D-printed homes created by the ASCC, similar […]
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Whether it’s through fish stocking, habitat restoration or research, the University of Maine-led Maine Sea Grant is helping the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) conserve Atlantic salmon in the Gulf of Maine — the last wild populations of the species in the U.S. Through a program offered by Maine Sea Grant and NOAA Fisheries […]
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