News Center Maine and WABI (Channel 5) covered the University of Maine’s “Battle of the Chefs,” an effort from Sodexo to expand its incorporation of Maine grown grains onto college menus. “College students are the future and planting the seed with them around Maine-grown grain [as] an exciting part of their diet, and a delicious […]
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The University of Maine’s Career Fair will return to the New Balance Student Recreation Center on Wednesday, Feb. 12 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and is open to all majors. This is the largest career fair in the state and is held each year for UMaine and University of Maine at Machias students and alumni. It […]
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WFVX (FOX22/ABC7) reported that UMaine fraternity Sigma Phi Epsilon raised over $20,00 to support Grady Gobeil, a member who had been diagnosed with 3A metastatic cancer a few months ago. The fraternity started a GoFundMe to help offset medical costs that took off on social media. Gobeil is in his final week of chemotherapy and […]
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The University Bookstore will host its annual Grad Fair from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on March 26 in the Memorial Union. This event is a celebration for graduating students where they can pick up their caps and gowns, meet with departments, enjoy one-day savings and complete their graduation checklist. UMaine departments will also be outside the […]
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News Center Maine interviewed University of Maine senior research associate Ellisa Ballman; Allison Gardner, associate professor of arthropod vector biology; and Jessica Leahy, professor of human dimensions at the UMaine School of Forest Resources. They are participating in a study that aims to understand how invasive forest plants play a role in tick populations, which […]
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The University of Maine, in collaboration with the Maine Office of Outdoor Recreation, Maine Outdoor Brands and a coalition of other industry partners, helped launch the Maine Outdoor Recreation Economy Roadmap at an event in Millinocket on Wednesday, Jan. 29. The roadmap lays out a vision for growing and diversifying Maine’s $3.4 billion outdoor recreation […]
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WABI (Channel 5) covered the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development’s second annual Pinning and Recognition Ceremony, which recognizes new teacher candidates. “We talk about teaching as a vocational calling, and so we want to do things to help our students understand that this choice that you make to work with children, […]
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The University of Maine’s Lord Hall Gallery will feature an exhibition titled “ORBITS” with the work of three Maine-based artists who are invested in material reuse and sustainability. Works by Tom Jessen, Isabelle Maschal O’Donnell and Ian Trask will be on display Feb. 3-March 14, with an opening reception scheduled for Feb. 7 from 5-7 […]
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Rachel Fowler, biology laboratory coordinator at the University of Maine, wrote a story featured in Park Science magazine on a study in which she led that aimed to understand the vulnerability of lakes in Acadia National Park to harmful algal blooms. The study showed that two lakes in Acadia that supply public drinking water were […]
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Hashem Abuqawod was born in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and lived there until he was four when his family moved to Kuwait. They came back to the United States when he was 12 and moved around during his teenage years. After graduating from high school, Abuqawod joined the U.S. Marine Corps, and was deployed to […]
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