The Collins Center for the Arts (CCA) announced its 2024-25 season schedule featuring programs that will bring a variety of performances in music, dance, theatre and more to the stage. This season’s schedule at the CCA has something for everyone, including modern cirque acts and comedians; contemporary and Irish step dancing performances; Taiko drumming; holiday […]
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News Center Maine highlighted the collaboration between researchers at the University of Maine and Wyman’s to study how climate change is affecting the crop and learn how growers can sustain it. Rachel Schattman, an assistant professor of sustainable agriculture at the UMaine School of Food and Agriculture, is conducting a long-term experiment with her students […]
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Julian Ober, a May 2024 graduate of the University of Maine who completed a bachelor’s with a double major in political science and women’s, gender and sexuality studies, wrote a feature story for the spring 2024 edition of Public Service Review from the Stennis Center for Public Service. Ober interviewed Ambureen Rana, a fellow graduate […]
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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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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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Beginning this summer, qualifying full- and part-time associates of Hannaford Supermarkets will be offered a tuition discount for courses at the University of Maine, the University of Maine at Machias and other public universities in the state. The 10% discount on all undergraduate and graduate courses, including online and law classes, is made possible through […]
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Melissa Genoter’s experience at the University of Maine turned her love of the outdoors into an impactful research project — and a post-graduate career. Thanks to internships through the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions and the connections she made with fellow students through outdoors clubs, Genoter has established herself in Maine’s environmental […]
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Three University of Maine graduate students placed as finalists in the 6th annual BioME Student Showcase for life science research. The annual event supports innovation and the commercialization of student ideas in Maine, and allows students the opportunity to network with professionals or connect with entrepreneurial resources. Ten UMaine undergraduate and graduate students were selected […]
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WFVX (Fox 22/ABC 7) highlighted the efforts of the Black Bear Beekeepers club in getting the University of Maine named a Bee Campus USA. The designation recognizes the dedication of the club in aiding local pollinators and benefits the university’s sustainability initiative and national recognition. President of the club Kat Gross and secretary Anne Wolfenden […]
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More than 3,600 different species of bees are native to the U.S. Over the past century, their presence has significantly declined due to habitat loss, pesticide use and climate change. Up to 40% of pollinator species are at risk of extinction. Bees, moths, butterflies and other pollinators provide a key role in every ecosystem by […]
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