The 2024 Student Symposium for Research and Creative Activity, the University of Maine’s premiere celebration of student achievement, will be on Friday, April 12 from 9 a.m.–3 p.m. at the New Balance Field House. More than 1,000 students from the University of Maine and the University of Maine at Machias will showcase their research, scholarship […]
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University of Maine at Machias cooperating professor of marine ecology Brian Beal, who is also the volunteer director of research at the Downeast Institute, was interviewed by The Maine Monitor on the disappearance of wild mussels. Beal said the decrease in the presence of wild mussels could be caused directly or indirectly by warming ocean […]
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The Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series (CA/DLS) Committee is accepting grant applications from the University of Maine and the University of Maine at Machias to enhance the artistic, cultural and intellectual life of the campuses. Grants support up to 50% of expenses associated with cultural events, speaking engagements and lectures, with a maximum grant award of […]
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Sherrie Sprangers, a professor of biology at the University of Maine at Machias, spoke with News Center Maine about the euthanization of 155,000 young salmon at a Downeast Salmon Federation hatchery after the discovery of a deadly virus. “It’s definitely more, way more than a drop in the bucket,” Sprangers said. “In four years, when […]
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The Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series Committee is accepting grant applications from the University of Maine and the University of Maine at Machias to enhance the artistic, cultural and intellectual life of the campuses. Grants support up to 50% of expenses associated with cultural events, speaking engagements and lectures, with a maximum grant award of up […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported on “The Religion Move,” a new documentary from Alan Kryszak, a lecturer at the University of Maine at Machias, and his students. “I’m proud of the students who got so intimately involved with making this movie,” said Kryszak.
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Brian Beal, director of the Downeast Institute and professor of marine ecology at the University of Maine at Machias, spoke with The Ellsworth American about how green crabs are driving a decline of soft-shell clams in Maine. The Mount Desert Islander shared story.
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The Bangor Daily News published an opinion piece by Nicholas MacDonald, lecturer of small business management at the University of Maine at Machias, titled “Universal connectivity must be for all of Maine.”
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Maine Public rebroadcast the 2019 University of Maine at Machias student film “When the Chevy Breaks (How Small Towns Fix Big Problems)” on Oct. 19. The film is available online. The film was the third feature-length production to come out of the Downeast Documentary filmmaking course. Alan Kryszak, interdisciplinary fine arts faculty member, directed the […]
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The Bangor Daily News highlighted Healthy Acadia’s screening of “Together: Community Health Champions” on Thursday, Oct. 12 in Room 102 of the Science Building at the University of Maine at Machias.
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