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Covid-19_Umaine News_Times Record Interviews Wheeler About Covid-19 Wastewater Testing, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications Sep 2022

Covid-19_Umaine News_Times Record Interviews Wheeler About Covid-19 Wastewater Testing, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding Robert Wheeler, associate professor of microbiology at the Department of Molecular and Biological Sciences, speaking with the Times Record about how wastewater testing helps the presence of COVID-19 in a community.


Covid-19_Umaine News_Umaine Study Finds Connection Between Partisan Politics And Effective Face Mask Production During Pandemic, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications Aug 2022

Covid-19_Umaine News_Umaine Study Finds Connection Between Partisan Politics And Effective Face Mask Production During Pandemic, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding a study published by new faculty Matthew and Natalia Magnani in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Maine found that specifics of homemade face mask production were different depending on a state’s political affiliation and changed throughout the country with increased political polarization.


Covid-19_Umaine News_Mepri Releases Two Reports On Supports For Students And Teachers During Covid-19 Pandemic, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications May 2022

Covid-19_Umaine News_Mepri Releases Two Reports On Supports For Students And Teachers During Covid-19 Pandemic, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding a University of Maine study that the Maine Educational Policy Research Institute (MEPRI) has published two new reports based on a study of the strategies and challenges involved in supporting preK–12 students and teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic.


Covid-19_Umaine News_On-Campus Covid-19 Testing Schedule Beginning May 9, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications May 2022

Covid-19_Umaine News_On-Campus Covid-19 Testing Schedule Beginning May 9, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine News press release regarding UMaine COVID-19 symptomatic and asymptomatic self-administered tests being available.


Covid-19_Umaine News_News Center Maine Interviews Wheeler About Covid-19 In Bangor’S Wastewater, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications Apr 2022

Covid-19_Umaine News_News Center Maine Interviews Wheeler About Covid-19 In Bangor’S Wastewater, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding Robert Wheeler, associate professor of microbiology at the Department of Molecular and Biological Sciences, speaking with News Center Maine about the significance of the presence of COVID-19 in Bangor’s wastewater.


Covid-19_Umaine News_Maginnis Speaks To Wsj About Covid Ba.2 Variant, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications Apr 2022

Covid-19_Umaine News_Maginnis Speaks To Wsj About Covid Ba.2 Variant, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding Melissa Maginnis, associate professor of microbiology, was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal about the COVID-19 Omicron BA.2 variant in the Northeast.


Covid-19_Umaine News_Maine Monitor Features Umaine Nursing Students Working During The Pandemic, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications Mar 2022

Covid-19_Umaine News_Maine Monitor Features Umaine Nursing Students Working During The Pandemic, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding The Maine Monitor featuring University of Maine School of Nursing students Sara Todd, Paige Solans and Tanya Roy in an article about nursing students working during the pandemic.


Covid-19_Umaine News_Medical Xpress Features Umaine Study On Adolescent Mental Health During The Pandemic, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications Mar 2022

Covid-19_Umaine News_Medical Xpress Features Umaine Study On Adolescent Mental Health During The Pandemic, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Medical XPress featured a UMaine-led study that found the loneliness accompanied by pandemic-related school closures and the like has led to an increase in mental health issues such as depression and self-destructive behavior in adolescents.


Covid-19_Umaine News_Pandemic Mental Health Impacts On Adolescents Quantified In New Umaine Study, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications Mar 2022

Covid-19_Umaine News_Pandemic Mental Health Impacts On Adolescents Quantified In New Umaine Study, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding a University of Maine study that COVID-19 has led to an increase in mental health issues like depression and self-destructive behavior.


Covid-19_Umaine News_Press Herald: Umaine Nursing School Enrollment Rises Amid Pandemic, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications Feb 2022

Covid-19_Umaine News_Press Herald: Umaine Nursing School Enrollment Rises Amid Pandemic, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding the Portland Press Herald reporting that enrollment at the University of Maine School of Nursing has increased amid the COVID-19 pandemic.


Covid-19_Umaine News_Bdn, Wcax Report On Uvm, Umaine Study Concluding That Mainers’ Health Worsened During Pandemic, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications Jan 2022

Covid-19_Umaine News_Bdn, Wcax Report On Uvm, Umaine Study Concluding That Mainers’ Health Worsened During Pandemic, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding the Bangor Daily News and WCAX (Channel 3 in Burlington, Vermont) reporting on a University of Vermont-led study involving University of Maine researchers that found that the mental and physical health among people in Maine and Vermont worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic. “


Covid-19_Umaine News_Statement From President Joan Ferrini-Mundy About Umaine’S Return, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications Jan 2022

Covid-19_Umaine News_Statement From President Joan Ferrini-Mundy About Umaine’S Return, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias President Joan Ferrini-Mundy releasing a statement about the return to in-person learning for the 2022 Spring Semester.


Covid-19_Umaine News_Ferrini-Mundy Speaks With The Chronicle Of Higher Education About Covid-19 Guidance For This Semester, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications Jan 2022

Covid-19_Umaine News_Ferrini-Mundy Speaks With The Chronicle Of Higher Education About Covid-19 Guidance For This Semester, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding the University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias President Joan Ferrini-Mundy speaking with The Chronicle of Higher Education about COVID-19 guidance for in-person learning during the Spring 2022 Semester at UMaine and its regional campus.


Covid-19_Umaine News_Media Highlight Home Food Production Research, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications Nov 2021

Covid-19_Umaine News_Media Highlight Home Food Production Research, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Vermont Business Magazine, the Bangor Daily News, the Portland Press Herald and Maine Public highlighted new research from the University of Maine and University of Vermont that revealed that residents in their respective states produced more of their own food during COVID-19 pandemic.


Covid-19_Umaine News_Umaine, Uvm Researchers Find Increase In Homegrown Food During Pandemic In Maine, Vermont, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications Nov 2021

Covid-19_Umaine News_Umaine, Uvm Researchers Find Increase In Homegrown Food During Pandemic In Maine, Vermont, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine News press release regarding new research from the University of Maine and University of Vermont discovered that residents in their respective states grew, fished, raised, foraged or hunted more of their own food during the COVID-19 pandemic.


Covid-19_Umaine News_Umaine School Of Nursing Vaccinating Elementary School Students, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications Nov 2021

Covid-19_Umaine News_Umaine School Of Nursing Vaccinating Elementary School Students, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding the University of Maine School of Nursing students are working to provide COVID-19 vaccinations to elementary school students aged 5–11 who are now eligible to be vaccinated.


Covid-19_Umaine News_Bdn, Wabi Report On Umaine Nursing Students Helping Vaccinate Children Against Covid-19, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications Nov 2021

Covid-19_Umaine News_Bdn, Wabi Report On Umaine Nursing Students Helping Vaccinate Children Against Covid-19, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding the Bangor Daily News and WABI (Channel 5) reported on University of Maine nursing students helping vaccinate children ages 5-11 against COVID-19.


Covid-19_Umaine News_Bdn Highlights Umaine Student Vaccination Rate, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications Oct 2021

Covid-19_Umaine News_Bdn Highlights Umaine Student Vaccination Rate, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding the Bangor Daily News noting the COVID-19 vaccination rate among University of Maine students in a report about rates across the University of Maine System.


Covid-19_Umaine News_Pen Bay Pilot Advances New Amphibian Study Led By Leclair, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications Oct 2021

Covid-19_Umaine News_Pen Bay Pilot Advances New Amphibian Study Led By Leclair, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding StudyFinds reporting on a new University of Maine-led study which found that fewer frogs died from vehicle collisions in spring 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic began, than during the season in other recent years.


Covid-19_Umaine News_Fewer Frogs Died By Vehicles In The Outset Of The Pandemic, Study Finds, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications Oct 2021

Covid-19_Umaine News_Fewer Frogs Died By Vehicles In The Outset Of The Pandemic, Study Finds, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine News press release regarding the fact that fewer frogs died from vehicle collisions in spring 2020, when the COVI0-19 pandemic began, than during the season in other recent years, according to a new study led by Greg Leclair, a University of Maine graduate student and community science project coordinator.


Covid-19_Umaine News_Ferrini-Mundy, Malloy And Students Discuss Vaccine Compliance, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications Oct 2021

Covid-19_Umaine News_Ferrini-Mundy, Malloy And Students Discuss Vaccine Compliance, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding the University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy and a couple of students spoke with News Center Maine about vaccination requirements from the University of Maine System.


Covid-19_Umaine News_Ferrini-Mundy Discusses Covid-19 Protocols With Cnn, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications Oct 2021

Covid-19_Umaine News_Ferrini-Mundy Discusses Covid-19 Protocols With Cnn, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding the CNN interviewing University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy about measures the University of Maine System has taken to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 on its campuses.


Covid-19_Umaine News_Kelly Discusses How Pandemic Affected Businesses On 'Maine Calling', University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications Oct 2021

Covid-19_Umaine News_Kelly Discusses How Pandemic Affected Businesses On 'Maine Calling', University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding Renee Kelly, assistant vice president for Innovation and economic development at the University of Maine, discussed the many ways in which the COVID-19 has affected businesses on a recent episode of "Maine Calling" from Maine Public.


Covid-19_Umaine News_Ferrini-Mundy Notes Ums Following The Science In Press Herald Story, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications Oct 2021

Covid-19_Umaine News_Ferrini-Mundy Notes Ums Following The Science In Press Herald Story, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding the University of Maine president Joan Ferrini-Mundy, who chairs the University of Maine System Science Advisory Board, talking with the Portland Press Herald about current COVID-19 guidelines and active case numbers across the System.


Covid-19_Umaine News_Boston Globe Talks With Maginnis About Predicting Covid Infection Peaks, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications Sep 2021

Covid-19_Umaine News_Boston Globe Talks With Maginnis About Predicting Covid Infection Peaks, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding the Boston Globe speaking with Melissa Maginnis, a University of Maine professor of virology and member of the University of Maine System Science Advisory Board, about predicting when the current COVID-19 infection spike will end.


Covid-19_Umaine News_Bdn Publishes Socolow Op-Ed About Kiss Concert And Covid-19, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications Sep 2021

Covid-19_Umaine News_Bdn Publishes Socolow Op-Ed About Kiss Concert And Covid-19, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding the Bangor Daily News published an op-ed from Michael Socolow, associate professor of communication and journalism and director of the University of Maine McGillicuddy Humanities Center, titled "Did Bangor Infect KISS? What a rock concert shows us about the COVID pandemic."


Covid-19_Umaine News_Centralmaine.Com Shares Findings From 'Beyond Crisis Schooling' Report, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications Sep 2021

Covid-19_Umaine News_Centralmaine.Com Shares Findings From 'Beyond Crisis Schooling' Report, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding the Centralmaine.com sharing a University of Maine news release highlighting the findings from the Beyond Crisis Schooling Report by Catharine Biddle and Maria Frankland


Covid-19_Umaine News_Forbes Highlights Quirk's Project As Pandemic-Era Teaching Innovation, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications Sep 2021

Covid-19_Umaine News_Forbes Highlights Quirk's Project As Pandemic-Era Teaching Innovation, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding Forbes highlighting an assignment from Katie Quirk in a story about innovations in higher education borne from the COVID-19 pandemic.


Covid-19_Umaine News_New Report Looks At Lessons School Leaders Can Take Away From First Full Year Of Teaching And Learning Under Covid-19, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications Sep 2021

Covid-19_Umaine News_New Report Looks At Lessons School Leaders Can Take Away From First Full Year Of Teaching And Learning Under Covid-19, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine News press release regarding a new report looks at lessons school leaders can take away from first full year of teaching and learning under COVID-19.


Covid-19_Umaine News_Media Talks With Administrators, Students For Return To Campus Coverage, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications Aug 2021

Covid-19_Umaine News_Media Talks With Administrators, Students For Return To Campus Coverage, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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WVll (Channel 7) talked with Robert Dana, University of Maine dean of students, and John Volin, UMaine executive vice president for academic affairs and provost, in reporting on move-in day on campus, and the conclusion of the week-long celebration of student research and creativity.