The Conversation published an article by University of Maine assistant professor of political science and international affairs Nick Micinski that shows how funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency to support refugees has been politicized.
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The Boston Globe featured University of Maine alumni Patrick Breeding and Amber Boutiette, who founded the skincare company Marin and started a lotion product made with lobster glycoprotein in an article about the decline of fisheries in New England.
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Country Folks interviewed Alicyn Smart, plant pathologist and director of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Plant Disease Diagnostics Lab, and one of her laboratory technicians, Ruby Bonilla, about several new plant diseases discovered in Maine last year. The research team’s goals are to complete various tests on the plant samples to narrow down what […]
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A showcase of current research and creative projects in the humanities, “Visions 2024,” will be held on Thursday, February 8 from 5–7:30 p.m. at the Collins Center for the Arts. Featuring brief talks from the Collins Center mainstage, video presentations and an informal conversation in the Bodwell Lounge, and exhibitions in the center lobby, “Visions […]
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County Folks interviewed Alicyn Smart, plant pathologist and director of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Plant Disease Diagnostics Lab, and one of her laboratory technicians, Ruby Bonilla, about several new plant diseases discovered in Maine last year. The research team’s goals are to complete various tests on the plant samples to narrow down what […]
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In spring 2024, the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center (MHC) will welcome four new undergraduate humanities research fellows: Kiera Campbell, Jess Cleary-Reuning, Alex Morgan and Mackenzie Reynolds. This new cohort will join current fellows Chapman “Chappy” Hall, Iris Loehr, Sarah Renee Ozlanski and Katherine Ritche. MHC undergraduate fellows receive an award of up to […]
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Mainebiz highlighted research projects at the University of Maine that are funded by the Department of Marine Resources to investigate life history aspects of the American eel.
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The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) honored University of Maine marine ecologist Robert S. Steneck for advancing the scientific understanding and conservation of marine ecosystems. Steneck, who retired from a 41-year career at UMaine in fall 2023, was among 20 recipients of the 2024 NAS Awards. The Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal and a $50,000 prize […]
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The Mount Desert Islander, Bangor Daily News and WFVX TV (Fox 22 Bangor) cited data from the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Institute at the University of Maine on the rise of reported overdose deaths in Maine. From 2000 to 2010, overdose deaths increased from 60 to 167. Between 2020 and 2022, deaths rose from 504 […]
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Bangor Daily News highlighted the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award given by the Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce Friday night, Jan. 26 to Global Secure Shipping (GSS) based in Old Town. GSS produces the only intermodal secure shipping container in the world with technology developed by the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center and […]
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