The Penobscot Times shared a University of Maine news release announcing that the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) at UMaine received the inaugural Black Bear Award for Extraordinary Impact. Since February 2020, the EOC has provided and coordinated the COVID-19 response for UMaine and the University of Maine at Machias.
Read more
Through a new partnership, students from midcoast Maine can now earn associate degrees or certificates from the University of Maine at Machias at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. Enrollment is now open for programs beginning fall 2021 and scholarships may be available. The Hutchinson Center will be hosting an online information session […]
Read more
The University of Maine System Rural Health and Well-being Grand Challenge Initiative’s Injury Prevention Collaborative recently held a seed grant competition for UMS researchers. The program is coordinated by Marcella Sorg and Jamie Wren at the University of Maine Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, with assistance from UMaine’s Office of Research Development. The UMS Injury […]
Read more
WABI (Channel 5) reported on the 2021State of the University Address for the University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias. “I am humbled by what we have accomplished this year, and at the same time, I am more hopeful than ever about what the future holds for the University of Maine and the […]
Read more
University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering a free, online nutrition series for families in Washington, Hancock, Androscoggin and Sagadahoc counties from 3:30–4:30 p.m. starting Feb. 11 and continuing each Thursday through April 1. “Create Family Meals” will include healthy recipes and tips for making healthy meal choices. Participants who join four or more classes […]
Read more
The Franklin Journal shared a University of Maine System media release about its free course initiative that features a University of Maine at Machias student. UMS will offer a free college course to promising first-year students who failed a class during their first semester. Chancellor Dannel Malloy introduced the initiative, known as the Make the […]
Read more
The Portland Press Herald interviewed Alan Kryszak, a University of Maine at Machias creative arts faculty member, about composing the score for a compilation of nine silent holiday short films. Kryszak’s score features violin, harp and handbells as musical accompaniment to the film. “These aren’t your father’s handbells,” Kryszak said, adding that he views his creation […]
Read more
The Boston Globe reported that seismic data from the University of Maine at Machias indicates that the Dec. 9 earthquakes centered in Robbinston may have been two separate events, or one quake and an aftershock. The Associated Press also reported on the earthquakes and advanced the Boston Globe story noting the use of UMM data […]
Read more
The Maine Climate Council released its four-year plan for climate action Tuesday, the same day 60-mph wind gusts were battering the state. As Council member Ivan Fernandez remarked during the public release of the report that the five hottest years in Earth’s recorded history were the last five, the temperature in a number of communities […]
Read more
News Center Maine, the Bangor Daily News and the Machias Valley News Observer reported on the new COVID-19 “swab and send” testing site at the University of Maine at Machias. “We’re pleased to have the opportunity to help expand access to COVID-19 testing in rural Maine,” UMM Head of Campus Dan Qualls said to News Center. […]
Read more