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PublishedJanuary 28, 2025
Once poised to lead in offshore wind, Maine has stumbled
The state has a fleeting chance to get back in the race in 2025, despite President Trump’s antipathy.
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PublishedJanuary 23, 2025
Extreme climate caused West Greenland lakes to brown
Fulbright Distinguished Arctic Scholar and University of Maine Climate Change Institute Associate Director Jasmine Saros, also a professor of paleolimnology and lake ecology with UMaine’s School of Biology and Ecology, said the rapid alteration in West Greenland’s lakes contrasts with the slow, multi-decade-long browning experienced in lakes across the Northern Hemisphere, including those in Maine.
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2025
UMaine develops way to monitor lobster industry
This study is the latest example of how UMaine students and faculty are preserving and propelling the state’s blue economy, industries that use ocean resources for economic growth without jeopardizing the environment.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2025
A PFAS-free fire suppressant made with Maine wood could fight wildfires
The chemical-free extinguisher could move to the market — and onto firefighting airplanes — quickly. But getting it certified will take time and money.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2025
University of Maine seeks to thwart ticks
To help landowners, the project will develop actionable recommendations on forest management as well as best practices for sharing that information, and establish a network for spreading these ideas.
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PublishedDecember 1, 2024
UMaine building statewide network of weather stations
The 26 automated stations will be installed throughout the state to improve forecasts and severe weather alerts, and to help farmers and foresters manage weather-related risks.
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PublishedNovember 18, 2024
University of Maine System students, faculty speak against proposed changes to free speech policies
At a meeting of the system's board, community members called on trustees to reject draft changes to the policy and to divest from Israel.
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PublishedNovember 15, 2024
UMaine to sell Hutchinson Center to Waldo nonprofit for $3 million
The university picked Calvary Chapel Belfast in the first round, but it later rescinded the offer, citing an error in the bidding assessment process.
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PublishedNovember 12, 2024
University of Maine system reports historically high retention rate
More than 75% of undergraduates who were enrolled last fall returned to school this year. The system said that's the highest number since they began tracking retention data two decades ago.
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PublishedNovember 5, 2024
UMaine’s ‘Factory of the Future’ aims to tackle the housing crisis with 3D printing
Construction is underway on a 50,000-square-foot building in Orono that will house the university's massive 3D printers and train students to produce houses, boats, wind turbine molds and more.
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