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Science Website Reports on Lobster Cannibalism Discovery

The science and environmental news website Earthweek: A Diary of the Planet reported on the finding by University of Maine marine scientist Richard Wahle and graduate student Noah Oppenheim, who recently filmed for the first time larger lobsters eating tethered younger ones after dark on the sea floor. The report quotes from a Reuters news […]

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Fried in MPBN ‘Maine Calling’ On-Air Conversation

University of Maine political scientist Amy Fried joined Maine Public Broadcasting Network program “Maine Calling” host Keith Shortall and guests Rebekah Metzler, a U.S. News & World Report political reporter, and Kevin Miller, Washington bureau chief for the Portland Press Herald, discussing what’s real and what’s rhetoric in Washington, D.C. as the debate over the […]

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Channel 5 Reports on UMaine Student Art Show

Channel 5 (WABI) interviewed UMaine arts students Katherine McPhail and Caroline Robe, and assistant art professor Ed Nadeau for a feature on the student art show “ThinkMake” that opens at 5:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 7 at UMaine’s Lord Hall galleries. The exhibit showcases dozens of multi-media artworks by graduating seniors in a class that included […]

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Coastal Newspaper Features Huisman ‘Mother-Daughter’ Project

The coastal Penobscot Bay Pilot interviewed University of Maine associate professor of sociology Kim Huisman as part of its coverage of the “Mother-Daughter” conference at the UMaine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. Huisman created the project and an accompanying film series as a way to strengthen relationships between mothers and daughters. Contact: George Manlove, 207.581.3756

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Fall Dance Showcase Dec. 13–14

The University of Maine School of Performing Arts will present its annual Fall Dance Concert at 7:30 p.m., Thursday and Friday, Dec. 13–14 at Hauck Auditorium. Tickets are $10; free with a student MaineCard, and available online or at the door beginning at 6:30 p.m. Faculty and students choreographed the concert, directed by Ann Ross, […]

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