WVII (Channel 7) reported that University of Maine Ecology and Environmental Science (EES) students have been gathering data about tick populations on campus to assess the risk of contracting Lyme disease on and around the UMaine campus, and to reduce the incidence of tick bites. More information is available on the EES Facebook page.
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The Associated Press, WABI (Channel 5) and Mainebiz reported on comments made by University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy following the diagnosis of 10 facilities management employees with coronavirus. “We are hopeful that all individuals in our communities who have tested positive and are afflicted or impacted by COVID-19 will have good health and rapid recovery, […]
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The Bangor Daily News printed an opinion by Quinn Galletta, a fourth-year journalism and political science student at the University of Maine, lauding the University of Maine System’s handling of the pandemic and praising fellow students for maintaining a safe learning environment while sustaining campus spirit.
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The University of Maine will conduct its annual emergency communications system test on Monday, Nov. 9, complete with three outdoor sirens sounding for several minutes. The sirens are part of UMaine’s multifaceted emergency communications system established in 2007 that allows university safety and communications professionals to use several mechanisms to quickly communicate vital information to […]
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The University of Maine Center for Undergraduate Research and Maine Space Grant Consortium have announced MSGC Undergraduate Research Learning Experience recipients for the 2020–2021 academic year. The center has also announced recipients for the CUGR Research and Creative Activities Fellowships for the 2020–2021 academic year. The purpose of the MSGC research learning experience at UMaine […]
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Samuel Tan traveled from Singapore to study at the University of Maine and work for Maine-eDNA. The Ph.D. student of marine sciences’ research for the Maine EPSCoR program will involve microbial communities and how they change in response to disturbances, such as the effects of seasonality and human action. The technology for eDNA research has […]
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The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research has announced the first winners for two recently established fellowship programs. Supported by the Office of Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School, CUGR created the UMaine Institute of Medicine and UMaine Artificial Intelligence fellowships this year with their respective program, and will welcome […]
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The Bangor Daily News highlighted University of Maine first-year students Jessica Cleary-Reuning and Jacob Chaplin in an editorial thanking poll workers. Chaplin, a political science student, said he was motivated to help at the polls in Orono because of concerns about the effects of COVID-19 on older people. “I think a lot of younger people […]
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More than 100 students and educators attended the 2020 virtual Maine Hunger Dialogue on Friday, Oct. 23, which focused discussion on a study of food and housing insecurity among Maine’s college students. Those who missed the dialogue can register to view the event recording, and to become eligible for mini-grants available to student groups at any Maine […]
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The Bangor Daily News published a column by Michael Delorge and Julia Whinston, University of Maine undergraduate students and UMaine UVote ambassadors, about youth voting. In a column invited by the Scholars Strategy Network, the pair argued that young voters have the motivation and the numbers to elevate issues such as college debt, climate change […]
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