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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.

Covid-19_Umaine News_Press Herald Cites Breece In Story About Multinational Operations During The Pandemic, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding the Portland Press Herald speaking with James Breece, a University of Maine professor of economics, about the impact of the pandemic on Maine’s multinational firms.

Covid-19_Umaine News_Maine Contemporary Archives Garners National Award Of Excellence, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine News press release regarding the group that created the Maine Contemporary Archives, which includes the University of Maine Raymond H. Fogler Library, earning an award of excellence from the American Association of State and Local History (AASLH).

Covid-19_Umaine News_Harkins Discusses Remote Work Outlook On ‘Maine Calling’, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding Jason Harkins, associate dean of the Maine Business School at the University of Maine, appeared on Maine Public Radio’s “Maine Calling” to discuss the future of remote work as Maine employers and employees return to their offices.

Covid-19_Umaine News_Butler Argues Unemployment Benefits Not Hindering Economic Recovery In Bdn Column, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding Sandy Butler, director of the School of Social Work at the University of Maine, argued that unemployment benefits extended during the pandemic are not delaying economic recovery in a Bangor Daily News column.

Covid-19_Umaine News_Wvii Talks With Lieberthal About Disease Superspreader Prediction, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding WVII (Channel 7) speaking with Brandon Lieberthal, a University of Maine research associate in the School of Biology and Ecology, about the development of a mathematical model that can be used to identify potential superspreader locations and to predict the efficacy of mitigation strategies.

Covid-19_Umaine News_Umaine Researchers Develop New Model For Predicting Superspreader Events In An Epidemic, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine News press release regarding two researchers with the School of Biology and Ecology at the University of Maine developing a new model for quantifying the potential for the spread of disease across diverse environments and among varied population densities during an epidemic.

Covid-19_Umaine News_Maine Public Reports Increasing Out-Of-State Enrollment At Umaine, Ums Campuses, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding a story about out-of-state students applying to Maine colleges and universities, Maine Public shared University of Maine System data about enrollment at six of the seven campuses in the system, including the University of Maine, from 2019–2021.

Covid-19_Umaine News_Penobscot Times Shares Announcement Of Extraordinary Impact Award, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding The Penobscot Times shared a University of Maine news release announcing that the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) at UMaine received the inaugural Black Bear Award for Extraordinary Impact. Since February 2020, the EOC has provided and coordinated the COVID-19 response for UMaine and the University of Maine at Machias.

Covid-19_Umaine News_Bdn Advances Maginnis’ ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Appearance, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding the Bangor Daily News highlighting University of Maine virologist Melissa Maginnis’ appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” The program, which dealt with COVID-19 vaccine information.

Covid-19_Umaine News_Trostel Discusses Future Of Movie Theaters With Wabi, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding Philip Trostel, a professor of economics and public policy at the University of Maine, speaking with WABI (Channel 5) about the future of movie theaters in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Covid-19_Umaine News_Umaine Eoc Receives Inaugural Black Bear Award For Extraordinary Impact, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine News press release regarding the inaugural recipient of the Black Bear Award for Extraordinary Impact the UMaine Emergency Operations Center, which since February 2020 had provided and coordinated COVID-19 response for the UMaine and UMM communities.

Covid-19_Umaine News_Media Report On Desisto's Cares Funding, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding the Associated Press. Mainebiz, .Q106.S FM, Cleanllnk, WVll (Channel 7) and WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland) reporting that William DeSisto, a University of Maine professor of chemical and biomedical engineering, received more than $370,000 from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to continue development of an environmentally friendly disinfectant that kills SARS-CoV-2.

Covid-19_Umaine News_'Jimmy Kimmel Live' Vaccine Misinformation Segment Features Maginnis, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding University of Maine virologist Melissa Maginnis featuring in a "Jimmy Kimmel Live" segment about vaccine misinformation.

Covid-19_Umaine News_Pen Bay Pilot, Medical Xpress Highlight Yaseen Balki's Sarscov- 2 Review Article, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding the Penobscot Bay Pilot and Medical XPress sharing a news release about University of Maine immunology expert Mumtaz Yaseen Balkhi's review article and model detailing innate and adaptive immune responses to SARS-COV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

Covid-19_Umaine News_Yaseen Balkhi Gives In-Depth Look At Immune Responses To Sars-Cov-2, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine News press release regarding Yaseen Balkhi, an assistant research professor with the UMaine Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, article and model detailing innate, or frontline, and adaptive immune responses to the virus that spurred a global pandemic.

Covid-19_Umaine News_Media Report Umaine, Students To Receive Pandemic Relief Funds, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

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Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding the Portland Press Herald report that the University of Maine System will receive more than $S3 million in federal pandemic relief funds, including $27 million for student aid and $22 million for UMaine.

Covid-19_Umaine News_Media Cover Testing Exemption For Fully Vaccinated Staff, Students, 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 and the Bangor Daiy News reporting that the University of Maine System will exempt staff and students working and living on campus from regular weekly COVID-19 testing once they are fully vaccinated.