The Associated Press cited Brian Beal, a professor of marine ecology at the University of Maine at Machias, in an article about the dwindling harvest of soft-shell clams along the New England coast. The 2017 clam harvest in Maine, which produces more soft-shell clams than any other state, was a little more than 1.4 million […]
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WABI (Channel 5) covered the Future Promises Job Fair held at the University of Maine at Machias. Machias Savings Bank organized the day for Washington and Hancock county students in grades three through six to learn about about potential career choices, according to the report. A variety of careers were represented, from baking to law […]
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“Who Made You in America?,” a film created by University of Maine at Machias students in Alan Kryszak’s documentary class, will be rebroadcast at 11 a.m. April 7 on Maine Public Television. The film that explores contemporary issues of immigration premiered at UMM Feb. 18 and aired on Maine Public April 5. It features interviews […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported Andrew Egan, a former University of Maine forestry faculty member and higher education administrator, has been named the new campus leader of University of Maine at Machias. Egan will start his role as the vice president of academic affairs and head of campus on Aug. 13, after finishing a one-year […]
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Maine Public spoke with University of Maine at Machias lecturer Alan Kryszak about his recent documentary, “Who Made You In America?” The film explores political viewpoints as they relate to immigration, according to the report. Kryszak made the film with UMM students, who discovered that their own assumptions about the ideological divides between rural and […]
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Mainebiz, WVII (Channel 7) and WABI (Channel 5) reported that the Promise Initiative announced last October has already produced 300 financial aid awards that would completely cover the cost of tuition and standard fees for Maine students attending four University of Maine System institutions in fall 2018. Presidents of the campuses in Augusta, Fort Kent, […]
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The Portland Press Herald published the opinion piece, “What about free speech? Or, how I got banned by the Portland Press Herald,” by Jon Reisman, an associate professor of economics and public policy at the University of Maine at Machias.
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The University of Maine at Machias has received a $200,000 Davis Educational Foundation grant to improve student retention and academic performance. The funds will be used to expand the Supplemental Instruction (SI) program, which has been offered at the university in STEM subjects since 2015. The grant will allow the program to include courses in […]
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Four finalists have been named for the presidency of the University of Maine and will be in the state for campus visits between Feb. 20 and March 2. The finalists are: Amit Chakma, president and vice chancellor of the University of Western Ontario; Joan Ferrini-Mundy, chief operating officer of the National Science Foundation; Sally Reis, […]
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MaineToday Magazine published an article about a film created by University of Maine at Machias students in interdisciplinary fine arts professor Alan Kryszak’s Down East documentary class. The semester-long film project, “Who Made You in America?,” focuses on the current state of the immigration debate in Maine and elsewhere, according to the article. Since a […]
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