WATERVILLE, Maine, Aug. 9 -- Colby College issued the following news: * * * The annual Summer Institute in Environmental Humanities brings together scholars from all over the world * * * By Abigail Curtis This summer, American studies scholar and poet Beatriz Yanes Martinez is in a period of transition--the perfect time to be part of the Colby Summer Institute in Environmental Humanities. Martinez, who just finished a two-year curatorial fellowship at Dartmouth College's Hood Museum of Ar  more

BEREA, Ohio, Aug. 9 (TNSres) -- Baldwin Wallace University issued the following news: * * * The Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal recognizes Dr. Robert S. Steneck '73 for his contributions to the conservation of marine life. * * * University of Maine marine ecologist Dr. Robert S. Steneck '73 was recently recognized by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for his life's work focused under the sea. According to NAS, the Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal recognizes recipients for their "excellence in pu  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Aug. 9 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news on Aug. 8, 2024: * * * First round of grants will help businesses in all sixteen counties recover from last winter's storms and improve infrastructure resiliency for future storms * * * Governor Janet Mills announced today that her Administration has awarded $5.8 million in Business Recovery & Resilience Grants to 109 Maine businesses and nonprofit organizations to help them recover from last winter's devastating   more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Aug. 9 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following radio address: Hello, this is Governor Janet Mills, and thank you for listening. One recovery coach in Maine, whose name is Jillian, likened her own recovery from substance use disorder to walking in a field of tall grass. Walk through it enough, she said, and you've made a path, and it's easy just to keep walking down that path instead of going into a new direction. Well, that's what recovery from substance use disorder  more