As summer wraps Maine in its warm embrace, stroll onto a meadow and listen. Amid the rustling breeze and hum of insects you may be greeted by the robotic tittering of the bobolink. The sparrow-sized relative of blackbirds migrates as much as 12,500 miles from its winter range in South America to nest among forbs, […]
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This year, when eighth graders Ian Blackwell and Nik Horton were looking for a project for the Maine State Middle School Science & Engineering Fair, they spotted a spiffy varnished wood box tricked out with bracing and hardware in their science classroom at the James F. Doughty School in Bangor, and asked their teacher what […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension has expanded and updated a series of bulletins about growing houseplants in Maine. “Tips for Growing Houseplants in Maine: Caring for Houseplants in Maine” provides guidelines for growing healthy indoor plants even during winter, creating new plants with cuttings, and using artificial light. Diagnosing common problems and controlling insects and […]
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The University of Maine is collaborating with the Penobscot Community Health Center to deliver and administer the Johnson & Johnson and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to members of the university community and the public, ages 16 and older, from 1–2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 23, at Wells Conference Center. The J&J is a one-dose vaccine, with […]
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More than 4,000 students across Maine are now receiving Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) thanks to intensive professional development provided by University of Maine College of Education and Human Development experts supported by a grant from the Maine Department of Education. PBIS is a nationally recognized, multi-tiered framework providing a continuum of supports to […]
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The University of Maine’s Hudson Museum, the Zillman Museum of Art, the Page Farm and Home Museum and the Versant Power Astronomy Center have reopened to the public with updated health and safety guidelines in place. Face coverings are required inside all university buildings and museums regardless of vaccination status. The public can visit the […]
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Thirty-five undergraduate and graduate college students are working in state, municipal and county offices through the 2021 Maine Government Summer Internship Program. The Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine administers the program that provides full-time, 12-week work experience to students who are Maine residents and scholars attending Maine colleges. Twenty-two interns […]
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The Innovate for Maine Fellows of 2021 are kicking off their summer work experiences with Maine companies following completion of a week-long boot camp program designed to introduce them to innovation and entrepreneurship in the state. Twenty-three students representing seven colleges and universities will complete internships or projects for 25 Maine companies this summer as […]
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University of Maine undergraduate student Santiago Tijerina of Bangor, Maine is the recipient of a Killam Fellowship to study international economics in Canada this fall. The Killam Fellowships Program provides undergraduate students in Canada and the U.S. opportunities to spend a semester or full academic year in the other country as exchange students. Recipients like […]
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Increasing the diversity of Maine’s workforce in nursing is the focus of a more than $1.7 million grant from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration to the University of Maine School of Nursing, in partnership with Northern Light Health and Morgan State University. The four-year award by HRSA, an agency of the U.S. Department […]
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