Sociology professor Steven Barkan penned a guest column about the Affordable Care Act that ran in the Bangor Daily News and the Adirondack Daily Enterprise. “The repeal of Obamacare will not make America great again,” wrote Barkan. “Instead it will once more put us at the mercy of insurance companies, and it will worsen many […]
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Author Jenny Milchman told The Lincoln County News that she read James Acheson’s book “The Lobster Gangs of Maine” and talked with him for background research for her novel “The Second Mother.” Acheson is a research professor of anthropology. Milchman’s suspenseful mystery, which will be released Aug. 18, is set on a fictional Maine island. […]
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The University of Maine Raymond H. Fogler Library and the Office for Diversity and Inclusion will host the Racial Justice Challenge. Each day during the Aug. 3–7 online event, participants will receive an email with several tasks designed for them to learn, listen, share and take action regarding race, racism and anti-racism. The challenge will […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering a new training resource for the maple syrup industry as part of the International Maple Syrup Institute Maple Grading School. The Handbook for Maple Grading and Judging Training is a series of nine videos and related resources designed to equip anyone with knowledge and skills needed to enter […]
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WVII (Channel 7) interviewed Elizabeth Allan about the free webinars and office hours that she and colleagues are providing to campus professionals nationwide this summer. “We’re working together to adapt to the conditions and circumstances of COVID and provide our resources in a more accessible way,” said the professor of higher education who directs the […]
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Jason Harkins talked with Mainebiz about Blitz, a free virtual conference 12:45–4:45 p.m. Thursday, July 23 that seeks to provide entrepreneurs with valuable information and business connections during the pandemic. Harkins is an associate professor of entrepreneurship at the University of Maine, cofounder of Blitz, a downtown Bangor business owner and co-managing director of Scratchpad […]
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The Wiscasset Newspaper ran a University of Maine Darling Marine Center media release about Margaret Estapa’s free webinar “Untangling the links between ocean life, the global carbon cycle, and future climate” at 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 24. Estapa, now an assistant professor of geosciences at Skidmore College, will join UMaine later this summer as an […]
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The Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel posted a University of Maine Cooperative Extension release announcing updated bulletins about summer berries are available: “Raspberry and Blackberry Varieties for Maine” and “Strawberry Varieties for Maine.” To access the bulletins, visit extensionpubs.umext.maine.edu, call 207.581.3792, or email extension.orders@maine.edu.
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The Piscataquis Observer advanced the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Piscataquis County Office’s free Fourth Friday Plant Clinic via Zoom. Donna Coffin and Trisha Smith will discuss garden- and plant-related questions gleaned from recent emails and Facebook posts at 10 a.m. Friday, July 24. To preregister, visit the Extension website.
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer an “All Season Gardening” webinar that teaches participants how to build a movable greenhouse to extend the growing season noon–1 p.m. Aug. 3. UMaine Extension educators Frank Wertheim and Marjorie Peronto will cover how to build a small greenhouse or low tunnel structure for growing winter greens and […]
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