COVID-19 media citations

WABI, WVII report on Ferrini-Mundy, Malloy COVID-19 testing on campus

WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy and University of Maine System Chancellor Dannel Malloy receiving COVID-19 tests on campus as result of random sampling for asymptomatic COVID-19 testing. “Extraordinary low,” Ferrini-Mundy said about UMS’s COVID-19 positivity rate. “Lower than the state of Maine. We’re just thrilled […]

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Wheeler talks with Currents for story about wastewater testing on college campuses

IDEXX Currents interviewed Robert Wheeler, University of Maine associate professor of microbiology, about testing water from UMaine’s campus wastewater system for coronavirus. According to Wheeler, who is a member of the University of Maine System COVID-19 advisory board, analyzing wastewater complements the individual testing programs already in place. He has recruited a student experienced in […]

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Ferrini-Mundy highlights successful return to campus in WVII story

WVII (Channel 7) interviewed University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy in a story about the safe and successful return of students to campus. “The students are thrilled to be here in person. With all these safety conditions in place, I’m hearing that students feel safe and they enjoy the experience to be in classes, be with […]

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More talks with CNN about impact of climate change on pandemics

Cable News Network (CNN) interviewed Alexander More, an associate professor at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, about using ice cores to illustrate the impact of climate conditions on the number of deaths during a pandemic. Using an Alpine ice core to reconstruct the climate in Europe from 1914 to 1919, More discovered that […]

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Pen Bay Pilot cites Maginnis in story about UMS COVID-19 sampling

The Penobscot Bay Pilot quoted Melissa Maginnis, a University of Maine associate professor of microbiology and leader of the University of Maine System Scientific Advisory Board, in a story about testing participation and positivity rates following the completion of the second phase of coronavirus sampling across the university system. “The strong participation at all of […]

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Media highlight UMaine arts collaboration documenting life during the pandemic

WABI (Channel 5), Centralmaine.com and VillageSoup picked up a University of Maine news release highlighting The Jack Pine Project, a new initiative intended to document the impact of COVID-19 through creative arts, and to reflect the common experiences of Maine residents during the pandemic. The project, which includes a number of free instructional workshops, is […]

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Morning Ag Clips promotes food insecurity discussion with Schattman, Yerxa

Morning Ag Clips picked up a University of Maine news release announcing a Sept. 21 interactive webinar, “Safety nets and bootstraps: Mainers and food insecurity in the time of COVID-19,” with UMaine Cooperative Extension Professor Kate Yerxa and School of Food and Agriculture Assistant Professor Rachel Schattman. The online event, which is set for 3–4 […]

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