ORONO — The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine is set to host a talk on how the Island Institute collaborates with coastal communities to build resilience. The talk is to be held from 3 to 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 28. All talks in the Mitchell Center’s Sustainability […]
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Tap Lines: Early worries about the pandemic-era beerscape in Maine allayed by study
There’s been plenty of tough times, but by spring of 2021 there was a ‘broad sense of optimism,’ according to a new study by UMaine economists and the Maine Brewers’ Guild.
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Innovate for Maine Fellows internship program opens applications for students, companies
ORONO — The University of Maine Foster Center for Innovation seeks Maine students and companies to participate in the 2022 Innovate for Maine Fellows internship program; applications are available. Innovate for Maine connects the best and brightest Maine college students with Maine’s most exciting growing companies for paid, meaningful, hands-on internship experiences, according to a […]
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UMaine to host talk about ‘Warming Sea’ project
ORONO — The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine plans to host a talk by composer Lucas Richman and Maine Science Festival Director Kate Dickerson. They will discuss the collaborative effort to create “The Warming Sea” project from 3 to 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 7. All talks in […]
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Maine Voices: University abandons students’ health care needs
Financially strapped students can no longer get coverage through the University of Maine, leaving many in the lurch.
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MLK Day panel to discuss state of civil rights in Maine
ORONO — Maine’s attorney general and four other individuals with differing personal and professional perspectives plan to address the topic The State of Civil Rights in Maine as part of eastern and central Maine’s 2022 Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration. The free, online event will be livestreamed on YouTube from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. […]
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Development centered on Maine’s forests may get up to $100 million from U.S. program
A University of Maine proposal to accelerate growth of the forest bio-economy is a finalist for possible funding from a federal agency
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Pilot launched to assess racial impact of state legislative bills
The purpose of the statements is to address what many see as systemic racism in state government by considering whether a proposed new law would help, hurt or have no impact on historically disadvantaged racial populations.
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UMaine going viral with lobster video
ORONO — The University of Maine is calling attention to the blue economy conversation and its goal of providing global marine leadership with a light-hearted drive to go viral with a YouTube video promoting the safe handling and consumption of lobster. The featured University of Maine Cooperative Extension video has helped more than 1.8 million […]
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Wabanaki Winter Market returns with in-person shopping, events
ORONO — The Wabanaki Winter Market, a celebration of art created by Wabanaki artists, is scheduled to return with in-person shopping and demonstrations from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 11, at the University of Maine Collins Center for the Arts, 2 Flagstaff Road. This year marks the 27th anniversary of this signature […]