Machias News

UMaine Outdoor Recreation and Leadership Job Fair to be held Feb. 7

The University of Maine Career Center and Outdoor Leadership Program will host an Outdoor Recreation and Leadership Job Fair from 10:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7 at the North Pod in the Memorial Union. The fair is open to students of all majors from UMaine and the University of Maine at Machias. About 20 employers […]

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Maine Monitor quotes Beal in article about clam fisheries

The Maine Monitor spoke to Brian Beal, a professor of ecology and at the University of Maine at Machias, about the impact of climate change on Maine’s clam fishery. “Climate change is just that piece of dynamite that’s been thrown into that room. That has just changed everything,” Beal said. News Center Maine, the Bangor Daily […]

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Machias Valley News-Observer shares ‘Hungry Now’ documentary screening

The Machias Valley News-Observer noted that the documentary “Hungry Now,” filmed and produced through a class at the University of Maine Machias, will have its regional premiere at the University of Maine at Machias Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m. Dec. 2, following its television premiere on Maine Public Television on Thanksgiving night, Nov. 24, […]

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Media outlets report on Qualls wearing medieval armors to class

WSHK-FM (Dover, New Hampshire), WOKQ-FM (Dover, New Hampshire), WBLM-FM (Portland, Maine), WJBQ-FM (Portland, Maine), WCYY-FM (Portland, Maine), WHOM-FM (Portland, Maine) and Seacoast Current reported that Dan Qualls, associate professor of education at the University of Maine Machias, taught an entire class wearing tried and true medieval body armor. UMaine Machias posted about the occasion on […]

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Mount Desert Islander shares Beal research about clams

The Mount Desert Islander reported that Brian Beal, a professor of marine ecology and director of the marine field station at the University of Maine at Machias, is conducting research along Maine’s coast to see how clams spawn in an environment free of predators. The research began in 2020 and is entering its third year […]

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BDN shares UMaine Machias ‘Hungry Now’ documentary premiere 

The Bangor Daily News shared that the film “Hungry Now,” which was created through a documentary filmmaking course at University of Maine Machias, will premiere at the Collins Center for the Arts in Orono on Nov. 13 at 3 p.m. The UMaine Machias Performing Arts Center will host a second screening in-person on Dec. 2 […]

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Maine Public interviews Johnson about how to discuss climate change 

Maine Public interviewed Tora Johnson, about how she discusses climate change with people who are skeptical of the science behind it, view it as not a priority or feel too powerless to help mitigate it. Johnson, associate professor of GIS and chair of the Division of Environmental and Biological Sciences at the University of Maine […]

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Johnson speaks to Maine Public about plans for new Machias dike-bridge

Tora Johnson, associate professor of GIS and chair of the Division of Environmental and Biological Sciences at the University of Maine at Machias, spoke to Maine Public about plans for a new dike-bridge on the Middle River. Johnson has been watching the dike for years, and mapping local sea level rise. And she witnessed firsthand […]

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