News Center Maine, WABI (Channel 5) and the Bangor Daily News reported the University of Maine’s Fogler Library is asking UMaine community members, including faculty, staff, students and alumni, to submit materials reflecting their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic for Special Collections to maintain as a historical resource for future research. The goal of the COVID-19 […]
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The Times Record spoke with James McConnon, University of Maine Cooperative Extension business and economics specialist and professor in the School of Economics, for the article “Unfortunate timing, virus waylay new Bath restuarant’s plans.” Sourasay Senesombath was hoping to open Asian Noodle House, his fourth restaurant, in Bath in early May, but the COVID-19 outbreak […]
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Morning Ag Clips published a University of Maine Cooperative Extension news release reporting that UMaine Extension Caribou Homemakers recently made and donated 110 fabric face masks for area hospitals and nursing homes in central Aroostook County. More information on the efforts and details on drop-off locations are available on the project webpage, or by contacting […]
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Joshua Stoll, assistant research professor of marine policy at the University of Maine, co-wrote a piece for The Conversation titled “As coronavirus threatens seafood economy, community fisheries find ways to stay afloat.”
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The Republican Journal announced registration is open at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast for undergraduate and graduate summer online and remote-access courses and Early College courses offered May 11 through Aug. 21. UMaineOnline offers more than 400 courses during Summer University, in addition to previously scheduled on-campus courses at the center that […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Joan Ferrini-Mundy, president of the University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias, and Matt LeClair, social media manager for Undergraduate Admissions, for a report on virtual tours being offered for accepted students during the coronavirus pandemic. UMaine’s virtual tour features student Lizzy Gillen showing viewers some of […]
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WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported a team of professors and students at the University of Maine is vetting information about COVID-19 for the Bangor Public Health and Community Services Department. The team looks at new coronavirus research, government regulations and case figures, and answers to questions about the pandemic, and supplies vetted […]
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News Center Maine quoted Griffin Dill, an integrated pest management professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in a report on Lyme disease risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. People are more likely to spend time outside to combat isolation, but need to take precautions to protect themselves and their pets from deer ticks that can […]
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Morning Ag Clips and the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel published a release announcing University of Maine Cooperative Extension is delaying the opening of all drop-off locations for greenhouse plastic recycling until on or about June 21 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pilot program, originally scheduled to begin in April, was developed by UMaine […]
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The Portland Press Herald interviewed Kathryn Ballingall, a research associate with the University of Maine Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, for its story “Smartphone, traffic data reveal sharp reduction in Mainers’ mobility.” State traffic data and publicly available smartphone metadata show that Maine citizens dramatically reduced their movement as a result of the coronavirus and […]
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