High expectations with low pay, coupled with the added stresses of the COVID-19 pandemic, prompted at least two central Maine educators to look for new jobs.
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University to host talk about reducing natural disaster risks
ORONO — The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine plans to host a talk on how community planning and partnerships can help reduce humanity’s vulnerability to natural disasters. The talk is scheduled for 3 p.m. Monday, March 7, at 107 Norman Smith Hall on the UMaine campus in […]
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UMaine Extension releases 2021 tick program data
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab 2021 Surveillance Program data is available online at extension.umaine.edu/ticks/maine-tick-data/. In 2020, the lab included testing for Rocky Mountain spotted fever, ehrlichiosis and tularemia, in addition to tests for Lyme disease, anaplasmosis and babesiosis, the three most common tick-borne diseases, according to a news release from the […]
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UMaine center to host talk on coast’s most critical issues
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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University of Maine names 2021 fall dean’s list
The University of Maine recognized 3,101 students for achieving dean’s list honors in the 2021 fall semester. Of the students who made the dean’s list, 2,024 are from Maine, 1,009 are from 39 other states and 68 are from 25 countries other than the U.S. Some students have requested that their information not be released; […]
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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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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.