COVID-19 media citations

Media report change in UMS vaccine stance for students

The Associated Press, the Portland Press Herald, Centralmaine.com, News Center Maine, the Bangor Daily News, The Franklin Journal, WGAN (98.5 FM in Portland), WQCB (106.5 FM in Brewer), WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland), WABI (Channel 5), WAGM (Channel 8 in Presque Isle), WGME (Channel 13 in Portland), WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland) and Mainebiz reported that the University of Maine System will require students to receive a COVID-19 vaccine to participate in on-campus learning […]

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Gill, Glover call for vaccine mandate in Centralmaine.com column

In a Centralmaine.com op-ed, University of Maine associate professors Jacquelyn Gill and Robert Glover, who are part of the Scholars Strategy Network, advocate for requiring vaccines and masks when staff and students return to UMaine this fall. The pair called on the Chancellor Dannel Malloy to protect staff and students and the communities surrounding the […]

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Mainebiz talks with Lilley in reporting agricultural survey results

Mainebiz talked with Jason Lilley, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension sustainable agriculture professional who facilitated a July 21 discussion of the impact of the pandemic on agriculture in Maine. The discussion focused on information gathered in four surveys conducted by UMaine Extension on the topics of farmworker compensation, infrastructure needs, 2021 sales predictions and […]

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Penobscot Times cites UMaine partnership in staffing Orono pool

The Penobscot Times cited a partnership with the University of Maine’s Ccampus Rrecreation that has facilitated public access to Orono’s municipal pool. Adriana Del Amo, UMaine’s coordinator for fitness and aquatics, is managing the shared lifeguard staff and scheduling their work at the Orono pool and at recreation facilities on campus in response to a […]

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Media report on revised pandemic guidelines for UMS

WAGM (Channel 8 in Presque Isle), News Center Maine, the Portland Press Herald, Maine Public, WABI (Channel 5), WVII (Channel 7), WPOR (101.9 FM in Portland),  WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland), the Seacoast Current, Mainebiz and the Bangor Daily News reported that the University of Maine System will require students and staff who have not received a COVID-19 vaccine to be tested when they return […]

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Maine students place in National History Day competition

Five Maine students earned honors for their creative research presentations at the 2021 National History Day virtual competition in June.  Maya Faulstich, an eighth grader from Frank H. Harrison Middle School in Yarmouth, earned second place in the National History Day (NHD) competition for her individual performance in “A Climate Carol,” which highlights the lasting […]

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