Maine Public interviewed Ivan Fernandez, a professor emeritus in the University of Maine’s School of Forest Resources, on a report from the Maine Climate Council, of which he is a member, that will guide updates to the state’s climate action plan. Fernandez said the report builds on a previous study and shows trends that contributed […]
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News Center Maine interviewed Kat Gross, a University of Maine student and president of the Black Bear Beekeepers club, on UMaine’s designation as a Bee Campus by Bee City USA. Gross said protecting bees is especially important for state crops like blueberries and that pollinators are responsible for about a third of the food humans […]
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Jacquelyn Gill, a University of Maine associate professor of paleoecology and plant ecology, won the American Quaternary Association Award for Leadership in Quaternary Sciences. The award recognizes midcareer scientists in North America who have made outstanding scientific discoveries and exceptional impacts in the field of quaternary sciences and society at large. More information can be […]
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Derek Bizier doesn’t teach his eighth grade math students the same way he learned in middle school — primarily through lectures. Instead, his students at Leonard Middle School in Old Town spend most of class out of their seats solving problems in small groups on large vertical whiteboards throughout the classroom. The questions students answer […]
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The Portland Press Herald and News Center Maine reported on the inaugural artificial intelligence conference hosted by the University of Maine and held at the University of Southern Maine in Portland on Friday, June 14. Leaders in business, government and academia participated in panel discussions aimed at helping the state’s businesses know how they can […]
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Mainebiz covered a five-day training program hosted by the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center to help participants gain hands-on experience in aquaculture business. Held for the first time from May 20-24, the program had 22 participants that included farm owners, farmhands, apprentices and students in aquaculture workforce programs. It was free of charge and […]
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WABI (CBS 5 in Bangor) highlighted a four-year initiative led by the University of Maine to bolster STEM research capacity and education from Kittery to Fort Kent and dismantle systemic barriers to innovation. Maine-SMART, backed by an $8 million grant from the National Science Foundation, will support over 200 early career faculty and 2,500 graduate […]
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WABI (CBS 5 in Bangor) and WFVX (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) highlighted the collaboration between teachers in Belfast and the Maine Center for Research in STEM Education at the University of Maine, which was funded by a $1.35 million grant from the National Science Foundation. As part of the collaboration, Belfast Area High School […]
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In a column from the Sun Journal titled “Ask Maine Audubon,” Maine Audubon staff naturalist Doug Hitchcox highlighted an initiative started in 1984 by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife in cooperation with Maine Audubon and the University of Maine. The Maine Amphibian and Reptile Atlas Project has generated more than 13,000 records […]
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Spectrum News, WABI (CBS 5 in Bangor), WFVX (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor), News Center Maine and WAGM (Channel 8 in Presque Isle) covered the State Summer Games by Special Olympics Maine that was held at the University of Maine June 7-9. Estimated to have brought in 5,000 participants, volunteers and attendees, the annual event […]
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