The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk on how experts can effectively share their knowledge with rural communities at 3 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 29. In “Whose Knowledge Counts? Trust, Expertise, and the Politics of Sustainability in Rural America,” Nicholas F. Jacobs will explore […]
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University of Maine communications and journalism professor, Michael Socolow, spoke with the New York Times about the American tech company Oracle and their growing enterprise. Co-founded by Larry Ellison, Oracle now owns shares in TikTok, and has executed a recent $8 billion deal to secure CBS News and CNN. “Everything is consolidating,” said Socolow. “What […]
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Newsweek reported on the melting of The Alsek Glacier in Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park, which has created a new island in Alsek Lake. The new land formation brings to light pre-existing concerns about global warming and rising sea levels. Karl Kreutz, University of Maine School of Earth and Climate Sciences director and Climate Change […]
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With only 370 endangered right whales remaining in the world, University of Maine researchers have joined together with the New England Aquarium in Boston to create honing models on where the whales will appear next. Lead researcher Camille Ross, an associate research scientist at the New England Aquarium and former UMaine graduate student, told the […]
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“Research has reinforced that outdoor learning benefits students’ academic performance and their physical and social-emotional wellbeing,” Ryder Scott, executive director of University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s 4-H Centers, told Mainebiz in a story about the Outdoor School for All initiative administered by UMaine Extension. The program aims to provide outdoor leadership and scientific learning to […]
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College counselors in Maine credit community involvement and emotional support as the two keys to success. Angela Fileccia LCSW, director of the University of Maine Counseling Center, stressed the importance of normalcy and involvement to the Bangor Daily News. “There’s something for everyone,” Fileccia said. “We even have a bee-keeping and a lumber jack club.”
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College students’ relationships with friends, professional staff members, faculty and other members of their campus community are an important factor in their willingness to report hazing to their institutions, according to a new study from University of Maine researchers. Shared during National Hazing Awareness Week, which runs through Sept. 26, the study describes how the […]
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Ronald A. Roy, a 1981 University of Maine engineering graduate who went on to lead Oxford University’s Department of Engineering Science, is returning to Orono this fall to guide research and partnerships in UMaine’s Maine College of Engineering and Computing (MCEC). Drawing on decades of leadership at top research institutions, Roy says he is eager […]
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Newsweek, Nautilus, and Earth.com reported that human evolution may no longer be driven primarily by genetics, according to a new theory by researchers at the University of Maine which claims that cultural systems are now shaping the way humans survive, adapt and reproduce.
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Inc. interview Jon Ippolito, University of Maine professor of new media, for a story about the startup Positron in Reno, Nevada, and its efforts to create more efficient and cost-effective artificial intelligence (AI) hardware, Ippolito, who is studying the impact of AI in creative disciplines and education, discussed the Jevons paradox, which states that AI […]
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