Paleoecologist Jacquelyn Gill says scientists have to honk their own horns to foster a stronger connection with the public and politicians.
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Off-court, UMaine women’s foreign basketball players face adjustments in ‘such a different world’
For recruits from other countries, American ways are sometimes difficult to digest.
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UMaine launches website to help with specialty food products
Recipe to Market aims to help people hoping to get a start in the specialty food business.
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Geologist Brenda Hall fell for glaciers as a child
Now she’s an expert on everything from the speed at which they are cracking to camping on them.
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Proposal would make struggling Machias campus part of UMaine Orono
Trustees are considering options including making UMaine Machias a ‘branch campus’ of the flagship 100 miles away.
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When it comes to trees and shrubs, go native
We bid goodbye to a longtime Cooperative Extension horticultural specialist, Lois Berg Stack.
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Bill Nemitz: Bright, young entrepreneur sees opportunity in Maine’s trees
Nadir Yildirim seeks to produce ‘smart products, futurist materials’ from trees.
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In fashion, fickle trends and low prices translate to enormous waste
First we waste time shopping, then organizing overstuffed closets. Soon, we tire of the look and toss clothes away, generating guess what? More waste.
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UMaine student Nicole Maines shares her story in HBO’s ‘The Trans List’
The transgender woman from Portland is among the 11 individuals profiled in the documentary that aired Monday night.
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Idea to cut NASA’s role in climate science could be major loss for Maine, scientists say
The state is a hub for research – especially related to oceans – that relies on the agency’s data and employs dozens in Portland, Boothbay and Orono.