LEWISTON, Maine, April 10 -- Bates College issued the following news: * * * Angela Duckworth, psychologist and author of the cultural phenomenon 'Grit,' to deliver 2025 Bates Commencement address By Bates News Angela Duckworth, a prominent professor of psychology specializing in the concepts of grit and perseverance and their relationship to education, leadership, and personal development, will deliver the Bates College Commencement address on Sunday, May 25, 2025. Author of Grit: The Powe  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 [Category: Science] -- The Food and Water Watch posted the following news release: * * * Cal-Maine Reports Soaring Profits, As Egg Prices Near $6/Dozen Report details how Cal-Maine has used the bird flu crisis to reap tremendous profits at consumer expense As U.S. consumers pay a record high of $5.90 per dozen eggs, the nation's largest egg producer, Cal-Maine, has reported soaring profits and record egg sales for the third quarter in a row. Food & Water Watch analysis o  more

BIDDEFORD, Maine, April 9 -- The University of New England issued the following news: * * * Research by UNE's Sarah Ebel informs fisheries policy in Chile Sarah Ebel, Ph.D., assistant professor in the School of Marine and Environmental Programs at the University of New England, recently embarked on a research trip to Chile, where she was invited to present her research findings to the country's national fisheries service, the Undersecretariat for Fisheries and Aquaculture (SUBPESCA), as the   more

WASHINGTON, April 8 [Category: Environment] -- The Wilderness Society issued the following news release: * * * Study: Amid declining bird populations, these Maine forests show encouraging signs HALLOWELL, ME - A recently published multi-decade study ( PDF ) in northern Maine suggests that maintaining large blocks of intact forest habitat helps to boost the prospects of some birds, even as bird populations decline across the U.S. and around the globe. Since 1993, 55% of the bird species surv  more