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Parking, road closure information announced for Maine Hello on Aug. 29

During Maine Hello, 8 a.m.– 4 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 29, new students will arrive on campus to move into their residence halls for the academic year. High levels of traffic are expected on campus and through downtown Orono and Old Town. To accommodate for the event, the University of Maine will implement various parking […]

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Business students power professional growth with summer internships at Versant

Four students from the University of Maine interned at Versant Power over the summer, powering professional growth in areas from accounting to human resources.  Maine Business School (MBS) undergraduate students Alanna Berube, Wyatt Byther and Bailey Clarke, along with graduate student Ernest Asane, were able to apply the skills they’ve learned in the classroom to […]

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Hazing database expansion covered by Maine media

Maine Public, News Center Maine and WABI (Channel 5 in Bangor) covered the expansion of an informational database on hazing created in collaboration with the University of Maine and Elizabeth Allan, professor of higher education leadership at UMaine. The database, made available on HazingInfo.org, now extends to all 50 states and can help students and […]

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Maine Monitor highlights UMaine expertise in tick research

The Maine Monitor interviewed Griffin Dill, integrated pest management professional and University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor, on data points that connect tick-borne disease to warming climate. Dill said new research from UMaine Extension’s Tick Lab, which he manages, confirms the tick season is expanding in Maine and the disease babesiosis is increasingly prevalent in […]

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UMaine researchers talk sharks with Maine media

Walt Golet, assistant professor of marine science at the University of Maine, and Kyle Oliveiri, a Ph.D student in marine biology at UMaine and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, joined Matt Davis with the Maine Department of Marine Resources to talk sharks with Maine Public, the Portland Press Herald and WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7 in […]

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Hillas pens op-ed in BDN ahead of Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska

Kenneth Hillas, an adjunct professor at the University of Maine Graduate School of Policy and International Affairs, wrote an op-ed published in the Bangor Daily News ahead of the meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on what to expect from the meeting. Hillas teaches seminars on global politics and U.S. foreign […]

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UMaine opens cutting-edge robotics and automation training facility 

New space will grow Maine’s economy, national security and global competitiveness by supporting statewide advanced manufacturing workforce development  Answering increasing demand from industry for highly skilled manufacturing workers in Maine and beyond, the University of Maine has opened the B.O.T. Loft, a state-of-the-art robotics and automation training facility that will offer factory-authorized training, a suite […]

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UMaine Extension Tick Lab researchers confirm presence of invasive Asian longhorned tick in Maine

The University of Maine and the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) have confirmed the presence of an invasive Asian longhorned tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis) in the state for the first time.  The tick was submitted through University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s passive tick surveillance program and identified by staff at the UMaine Extension […]

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