Success Beyond the Soccer Field
Seniors on women’s soccer team personify true meaning of student-athletes.
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WABI Reports on Bus Trip to Frozen Fenway Game
WABI (Channel 5) reported the University of Maine Athletics Department is sponsoring a bus trip on Jan. 11 to the Frozen Fenway game in Boston where the University of Maine men’s hockey team will take on Boston University. Bus tickets are $60 per person and can be purchased by calling 581.1086 by Jan. 3.
Read moreBristol Residents Question UMaine’s Offshore Wind Project, BDN Reports
The Bangor Daily News reported a committee appointed by the Bristol Board of Selectmen plans to determine whether the town should have input over the proposed offshore wind project by Maine Aqua Ventus, which includes the University of Maine and partner companies. The proposed project would be about 10 miles away from Bristol and 2.5 […]
Read moreVillageSoup Advances IMRC Opening, Mini-Juice Conference
The VillageSoup reported the University of Maine will celebrate the opening of its new Innovative Media Research and Commercialization Center (IMRC) on Jan. 9. In partnership with the Juice Conference, Midcoast Magnet, Belfast Creative Coalition and Realize!Maine, the dedication will kick off with a mini-Juice Conference titled “IMRC (Immerse) Maine: Celebrating Creative Innovation” that will […]
Read moreWagner Warns of Spruce Budworm Outbreak in BDN Editorial
Robert Wagner, a forestry professor at the University of Maine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for the editorial “A devastating infestation of spruce budworms is coming — and we need to be ready.” Wagner, who is director of the Cooperative Forestry Research Unit that was formed in 1975 during the last spruce budworm outbreak, […]
Read moreWeekly Advances Orono Community Theatre Play Starring Brucher
Dick Brucher, professor and chair of the University of Maine’s English Department, will star in the Orono Community Theatre’s production of “Proof,” The Weekly reports. The play, a psychological drama, begins Thursday, Jan. 16 at Cyrus Pavilion Theatre on the UMaine campus.
Read moreUMaine Offshore Wind Projects Make BDN’s Top Business Stories of 2013
The Bangor Daily News included the University of Maine’s involvement with offshore wind in the article “Tragedy, trade and turbines: The top Maine business stories of 2013.” The article said UMaine made history in June when its prototype VolturnUS became the first floating wind turbine to provide electricity to the power grid. The university also […]
Read moreMedia Report on Island Residents’ Concerns Over Proposed Offshore Wind Project
The Associated Press and Portland Press Herald reported on the concerns of some Monhegan residents over the proposed offshore wind project by Maine Aqua Ventus, which includes the University of Maine and partner companies. Some residents wonder if the 12-megawatt project with two turbines will disrupt the island’s tranquility and hurt tourism. Jake Ward, UMaine’s […]
Read moreBDN Publishes Op-Ed on Dirigo Health Reform from Maine Policy Review
The Bangor Daily News published an opinion piece titled “Goodbye, Dirigo Health: What Maine’s program accomplished over 10 years,” by Trish Riley, a senior fellow at the University of Southern Maine’s Muskie School of Public Service, lecturer at George Washington University and principal architect of Dirigo Health Reform. The complete version of the article first […]
Read moreMaine Bound Adventure Center Mentioned in BDN Article on Teen Group
The Maine Bound Adventure Center at the University of Maine was mentioned in a Bangor Daily News article about an outing club formed by and for Bangor High School students. The group’s most recent outing was to the center where they learned how to rock climb on indoor climbing walls. For $110, the students were […]
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