USA Today cited a data visualization from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer that shows sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic region in late April.
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A company founded by University of Maine alumni Amber Boutiette and Patrick Breeding that started while they were still students, named Marin Skincare, was featured in an article from CBS News. The article focused on an ongoing movement in Portland, Maine where entrepreneurs are innovating the fishing industry. Marin uses glycoproteins, a byproduct from processing […]
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Darren Ranco, professor of anthropology and chair of Native American Programs at the University of Maine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled “Wabanaki stewardship of the land benefits all.” Ranco wrote about recent collaborations between Indigenous communities and conservation groups, including several in Maine with which he is involved. He said […]
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WABI (CBS 5 in Bangor) and WFVX (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) covered the fourth annual University of Maine Innovative Local Foods Cooking Challenge in Hitchner Hall on Thursday, April 25. University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator and professor Kathie Savoie and food science pilot plant manager Robert Dumas helped coordinate the competition. Eleanor Nery […]
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WFVX (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor), WABI (CBS 5 in Bangor) and Maine Public covered the unveiling event at the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center for the world’s largest 3D printer. The U.S. Sun, Tech Times, Interesting Engineering and the Associated Press also covered the unveiling. AP posted both a video and […]
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The New York Times interviewed Joshua Stoll, a University of Maine associate professor of marine policy, for a story on the challenge of keeping freshly caught seafood in local markets. Stoll discussed how the U.S. exports much of its seafood, a business worth approximately $5 billion in 2023. Supply chains for local markets have been […]
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WABI (CBS 5 in Bangor) and WFVX (Fox 22 in Bangor) highlighted the Maine Meal Packout event, held on Tuesday at the University of Maine Memorial Gym. Organized by the Honors College, hundreds of students and others volunteered to pack more than 56,800 meals that will be donated to food banks and pantries around the […]
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William Livingston, associate professor in the University of Maine School of Forest Resources, provided CentralMaine.com with insight into why places in Maine have a lot of fallen pine cones on the ground. Livingston discussed several contributing factors that have led to an unusually large amount of pine cones this year in Maine, such as the […]
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University of Maine student Aedan Bryant showed off his Rubik’s Cube solving skills on WABI (CBS 5 in Bangor) ahead of a Rubik’s Cube tournament in Skowhegan. Bryant participates in competitions around the U.S., ranks first in Maine for solving the puzzle in the fewest number of moves and has rankings in 10 other state […]
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Bangor Daily News featured Tori Jackson, a program administrator for University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in an article that overviewed tips for mapping land to best know how to utilize it. Jackson recommended estimating the cost of materials by using spreadsheets like graph paper to sketch individual projects to scale.
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