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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

Covid-19_Umaine News_News Center Talks With Williams For Story About Face Coverings In Theaters, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding the News Center Maine speaking with Danny Williams, the executive director of the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine, about face covering requirements on the UMaine campus and at the Collins Center.

Covid-19_Umaine News_Press Herald Discusses Vaccination Compliance With Ferrinimundy, Mcclymer, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding Joan Ferrini-Mundy, University of Maine president, talking with the Portland Press Herald about the numbers of staff and students who have uploaded proof of vaccination to the university's online portal.

Covid-19_Umaine News_News Center Talks With Umaine Student Athletes About Vaccine Requirements, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding the News Center Maine speaking with Tiana Bucknor, Delaney LaBonte and Sophia Santa Maria about vaccine requirements at the University of Maine.

Covid-19_Umaine News_Wvii Talks With Bucknor About Fake Vaccine Cards, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding WVll (Channel 7) talked with University of Maine student athlete Tiana Bucknor about students purchasing falsified cards to satisfy return to campus vaccination requirements.

Covid-19_Umaine News_Media Report Umaine Among Colleges Requiring Student Vaccines, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding News Center Maine, WMTW (Channel 8 In Portland), Maine Public and the Bangor Daily News reporting that the University of Maine System Is among the state's higher education institutions that are requiring students to be vaccinated to participate in on-campus learning this fall.

Covid-19_Umaine News_Tijerina Co-Authors Border Policy Research Institute Report, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine News press release regarding Stefano Tijerina, Maine Business School lecturer in management and Chris Kobrak Research Fellow in Canadian Business History, featuring as a co-author in a recent report from the Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University. “Border Barometer” measures the impacts of Canada-U.S. border restrictions.

The report can be found here.

Covid-19_Umaine News_Media Report Change In Ums Vaccine Stance For Students, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding the Associated Press, the Portland Press Herald, Centralmaine.com, News Center Maine, the Bangor Daily News, WGAN (98.5 FM in Portland), WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland), WABI (Channel 5), WAGM (Channel 8 in Presque Isle), WGME (Channel 13 in Portland), WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland) and Mainebiz reporting that the University of Maine System will require students to receive a COVID-19 vaccine to participate in on-campus learning and activities this fall.

Covid-19_Umaine News_Gill, Glover Call For Vaccine Mandate In Centralmaine.Com Column, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding in a Centralmaine.com op-ed, University of Maine associate professors Jacquelyn Gill and Robert Glover, who are part of the Scholars Strategy Network, advocating for requiring vaccines and masks when staff and students return to UMaine for the 2021 Fall Semester.

Covid-19_Umaine News_Bdn Reports Collins Center To Receive Federal Pandemic Recovery Funds, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding the Bangor Daily News report that a number of local museums and entertainment venues will receive funds from the federal Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program. The Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine will receive more than $475,000.

Covid-19_Umaine News_Ferrini-Mundy Talks With News Center About Allocation Of Recovery Funds To Umaine, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine News press release regarding University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy speaking to News Center Maine about the allocation of $35 million in Maine Jobs and Recovery funds to the University of Maine System.

Covid-19_Umaine News_Media Report On Revised Pandemic Guidelines For Ums, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding WAGM (Channel 8 in Presque Isle), News Center Maine, the Portland Press Herald, Maine Public, WABI (Channel 5), WVII (Channel 7), WPOR (101.9 FM in Portland), WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland), the Seacoast Current, Mainebiz and the Bangor Daily News reporting that the University of Maine System will require students and staff who have not received a COVID-19 vaccine to be tested when they return to campus and quarantine while awaiting results.

Covid-19_Umaine News_Tirrell Poem In Science ‘Pandemic Haiku’ Edition, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding “Spring Melt Date,” a poem by University of Maine graduate student in ecology and environmental sciences Andrea Tirrell, published in Science in the Pandemic Haiku collection.

Covid-19_Umaine News_Mainebiz Advances Panel Detailing Survey Results Of Pandemic-Related Challenges To Agriculture, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding Mainebiz advancing a July 21 panel discussion hosted by University of Maine Cooperative Extension about the results of surveys about COVID-19 pandemic-related challenges farmers and agriculture service providers faced.