The popularized version of the meal shared by Indigenous people and English settlers in 1621 is based on a real event, but also has fed into long-held myths about native people and colonialism, scholars say.
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Hybrid talk on impacts of boats on alum-treated lakes set for Nov. 13
ORONO — The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine is set to host a hybrid talk, “Navigating Water Quality: Understanding the Impact and Perceptions of Boat-Generated Waves on an Alum Treated Lake in Maine” at 3 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 13. All talks in the Mitchell Center’s Sustainability […]
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Orono center to host hybrid talk on growing Maine’s clean energy economy Nov. 6
ORONO — The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a hybrid talk, Growing Maine’s Clean Energy Economy Through Workforce Development and Innovation at 3 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 6. All talks in the Mitchell Center’s Sustainability Talks series are free and are offered both remotely via […]
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Mitchell Center to host hybrid talk on agroecology Oct. 30
ORONO — The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine is set to host a hybrid talk, Transforming Food Systems through Agroecology at 3 p.m. Monday, Oct. 30. All talks in the Mitchell Center’s Sustainability Talks series are free and offered both remotely via Zoom and in person at […]
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Center to host hybrid talk on lake association deliberations Oct. 16
ORONO — The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine is set to host a talk, “’Productive Disagreement’ at the Lake: The Role of Deliberation in Lake Associations” at 3 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 16. All talks in the Mitchell Center’s Sustainability Talks series are free and offered both […]
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UMaine developing interactive tool to track PFAS nationwide
A university team is creating a tracker that strives to connect state and federal testing data back to the likely source of contamination, note the potential impacts on food and water supplies and map out how PFAS travels through the environment.
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Commentary: Maine will be a valuable partner to an independent Greenland
The world’s largest island is in the process of seceding from Denmark. Some Mainers will have front-row seats to this instructive process.
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4-H to offer Ag Ambassador program this fall
Register on the program website by Oct. 11.
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UMaine wants to lure people back to school to finish college degrees
The University of Maine System is offering new financial incentives that it hopes will attract some of the more than 280,000 Maine residents with partially completed degrees.
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UMaine astronomers coordinate science research on Northeast solar eclipse
The Versant Power Astronomy Center is selling solar eclipse glasses at $2 per pair for the total eclipse in April 2024 and the partial eclipse on Oct. 14, 2024.