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UMaine Extension’s flagship nutrition education program part of multistate group to receive national excellence award

University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor Kate Yerxa is a member of a multistate team honored with the 2022 National Excellence in Extension award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), and Cooperative Extension. The Agricultural Experiment Station Multistate Research […]

University of Maine partners with Sodexo to focus on the student dining experience, campus retail opportunities, modernizing venues

The University of Maine will become the final public university in the state to partner with Sodexo for campus dining services, increasing healthy local food options for UMaine students, national purchasing power, and economic opportunities for Maine growers and producers. Pending the outcome of negotiations with Sodexo, UMaine Dining’s 21 nonrepresented management and supervisory employees […]

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Lord Hall Gallery’s Studio Art Senior Capstone exhibit ‘Énouement’ opens Nov. 18

This year, the Studio Art Senior Capstone exhibit in Lord Hall Gallery is called “Énouement.” As always, the students in the class chose the name, which is French for the bittersweetness of having arrived here in the future without being able to tell your past self how everything turned out. The pieces are at once […]

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Ticks congregate in certain areas of Acadia National Park, UMaine study shows

Acadia National Park is one of the most beautiful and popular places to visit in Maine, for tourists and residents alike. With so many visitors, Acadia is a hotspot location for exposure to tick borne diseases, which are on the rise in the state. A new study from the University of Maine has found clusters […]

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UMaine leads extensive review of Arctic freshwater response to climate change

Though freshwater systems are known to be important indicators for understanding climate change, little has been done to connect the existing science on freshwater bodies in the Arctic in order to determine patterns that will help better understand the region. A University of Maine-led review has tied together the existing research about Arctic freshwater systems’ […]

Maine hospitals can do more to reduce food waste with the right support, UMaine study finds

Though it is an important economic and environmental issue for all sectors, food waste is an element of the health care waste that often goes unnoticed. Hospitals in Maine could do more to reduce their contribution to the food waste stream, according to a study by the University of Maine. According to the United Nations […]

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UMaine club builds a rare plants garden at Murray Hall

A Maine Rare Plants Garden at Murray Hall features over 30 rare and endangered species, selected and cultivated by members of the University of Maine Biology and Horticulture clubs. Some plants featured in the garden, established on 2022 Maine Day with funding from the Alton ’38 and Adelaide Hamm Campus Activity Fund, include Lupinus perennis, […]

New video showcases UMaine-led expedition to Greenland

The University of Maine has released a video about a summer 2022 expedition by students and faculty to Greenland as part of a program funded by the National Science Foundation. Read transcript In June 2022, Jasmine Saros, associate director of the Climate Change Institute and professor of paleolimnology and lake ecology with the School of […]

New study shows springtails jump, dive and land with unexpected precision — and can teach robots to do the same

Editor’s note: This story was updated Nov. 9, 2022. Springtails look chaotic to the untrained eye. Whether on a balmy pond or melting snow, the miniscule creatures are, true to their name, constantly springing up from the surface in a cloud of microscopic mayhem. Despite appearances, a study led by Victor Ortega Jiménez, assistant professor […]

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UMaine SPIA students, alum help Ukranians hold on to English skills amidst the war

When war seems a world away, it can be challenging to figure out ways to help those in need. But if you keep an open mind and have a community of like-minded connections, like at the University of Maine’s School of Policy and International Affairs (SPIA), the right opportunity can find you. Since summer, SPIA […]

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