Hoping to maintain flexibility, the university is one of more than 300 schools to opt into a revenue-sharing plan with the NCAA.
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2 years in, Maine graduate student workers will rally for a contract
The union that includes students across the state’s university system is demonstrating over what they call a too-long negotiation process as they seek higher wages and better health care.
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Abbe Museum returning funerary cultural objects to Wabanaki Nations
Many of the objects sat unknowingly in a University of Maine collection for years because a loan to an archaeologist was never recorded.
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Maine Republicans urge Trump administration to revoke Gulf of Maine wind leases
In a letter to federal officials, Maine Republicans applauded the termination of $600 million in offshore wind projects across the U.S. and asked for offshore leases in the Gulf of Maine to also be canceled.
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Maine colleges mostly unaffected by decline in international students
The state has bucked a national trend that has seen a 30% drop in enrollment by foreign students in the wake of Trump administration immigration and education policies.
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UMaine researchers studying how to manage spruce forests in face of intensifying heat, drought
Much of Maine’s coast hosted shady stands of red spruce before it was heavily harvested and succeeded by sun-tolerant species like oak and aspen.
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Does tick season in Maine end during the summer? | Fact brief
The blood-sucking arachnids’ activity peaks at multiple times throughout the year, depending on species and life stage.
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Belgrade workshop focuses on the art of sheep shearing
Fourteen students, as well as observers and instructors, took part in a two-day sheep shearing workshop at North Belgrade Community Center, organized by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension.
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EPA restores $1.6M UMaine PFAS grant
The federal agency’s reversal comes 1 month after it declared that the University of Maine’s research into ways to reduce the effects of forever chemicals on farms was inconsistent with the EPA’s funding priorities.
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University of Maine helps develop database on college hazing deaths
A professor leading UMaine’s Hazing Prevention Research Lab said the lab also hopes to conduct the first national study on college hazing in 17 years.