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Press Herald interviews Tijerina on tariffs and trade relations with Canada

The Portland Press Herald interviewed Stefano Tijerina, senior lecturer in management at the University of Maine, following an increase in tariffs on certain imports from Canada, Maine’s biggest trade partner. “The items covered under the United States Mexico Canada Agreement, all those items remain untouched,” Tijerina said.

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Jansen pens op-ed on Hulk Hogan in The Conversation

Brian Jansen, assistant professor of communication and English at the University of Maine, wrote an op-ed published in The Conversation titled, “Hulk Hogan and the unraveling of worker solidarity.” Jansen wrote, “The reasons for professional wrestling’s dangers are largely tied up in the industry’s working conditions. And part of Hogan’s legacy may be his complicity […]

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Atlantic bluefin tuna diets are shifting in a changing Gulf of Maine

Maine’s coastal communities have been hooked on the Atlantic bluefin tuna since at least the late 1880s — first as bycatch, until the 1930s when the fish became a prized target in fishing tournaments. Through the subsequent decades, bluefin tuna have and continue to support working waterfronts in Maine and beyond. Despite a decline in […]

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Business student co-develops award-winning AI chatbot for Sherwin-Williams

When Connor Daigle of Union, Maine attended a career event at the Maine Business School, he didn’t expect it would lead him to a top-tier internship and an award-winning team project. Daigle, who is double majoring in marketing and business information systems and security management, led his team to victory in Sherwin-Williams’ Eastern Division Internship […]

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Nolan Dries: Brewing innovation through internship 

From brewing beer to building a business model, Nolan Dries is getting hands-on experience with innovative entrepreneurship.  A junior from Windham, Maine, Dries landed an internship with Orange Bike Brewing Co. through the Innovate for Maine Fellows program. He’s not just learning about the booming non-alcoholic beer industry; he’s helping shape it.  “I’m piloting a […]

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Maine Monitor interviews UMaine Ph.D. candidate on presence of sharks

The Maine Monitor interviewed University of Maine Ph.D. candidate Kyle Oliveira about the presence of great white sharks in the Gulf of Maine. Oliveira said their presence is an indicator of a healthy ecosystem and pointed toward the abundance of striped bass, which is prey for the sharks. News Center Maine shared the report from […]

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Spectrum interviews Dill on threat of a mosquito-borne illness in wild birds

Spectrum News interviewed Jim Dill, University of Maine Cooperative Extension associate program administrator in pest management, on the presence and potential threat of West Nile Virus, a mosquito-borne illness, found in a wild bird in York County. “There are years when we say ‘Oh, it’s a dry year, a concentration of birds near the water […]

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Extension’s Hudacs pens op-ed on how agriculture can support Maine youth

Andrew Hudacs, an assistant Extension professor at University of Maine Cooperative Extension for 4-H teen leadership and workforce development, wrote an op-ed published in the Bangor Daily News titled, “Maine can harvest more benefits from youth in agriculture.” Hudacs wrote that “Agriculture-based self employment, such as raising animals, growing vegetables, and creating value-added food products […]

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Media highlight UMaine student research at annual fishing competition

The Harpswell Anchor and News Center Maine covered the annual Casco Bay Bluefin Bonanza at Port Harbor Marine in South Portland, where students from the University of Maine Pelagic Fisheries Lab took samples and recorded data from tuna caught during the competition to understand more about the highly migratory species. Money raised during the tournament, […]

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