UMaine’s search for a new president was included in an Associated Press article that ran in the Boston Herald. UMaine, which is seeking to fill the position after current president Robert Kennedy announced last spring he would step down in 2011, is one of several New England universities, including the University of Connecticut, the University […]
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Contact: Alison Lacombe, (845) 453-5385 or alison.lacombe@umit.maine.edu; Vivian Chi-Hua Wu, (207) 581-3101 or vivian.wu@umit.maine.edu Vivian Chi-Hua Wu, University of Maine associate professor of microbiology and food safety in the department of food science and human nutrition, is a leading researcher in studying the health benefits and antimicrobial properties of the American Cranberry – the same […]
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Tuesday’s Portland Press Herald includes a story looking back at the 2010 UMaine football season. The Black Bears finished the season with a 4-7 record, ending with a 14-10 Saturday loss at home to James Madison University. The Bangor Daily News reports that six Black Bear players have earned All-Colonial Athletic Association honors for their […]
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A Tuesday Portland Press Herald editorial praises UMaine hazing researchers Elizabeth Allan and Mary Madden for developing a “National Agenda for Hazing Prevention in Education,” a follow-up to their 2008 report documenting hazing behaviors at colleges and universities around the U.S. The editorial follows a recent Associated Press story on this effort, published in Tuesday’s […]
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Contact: George Markowsky, 581-3940 The Tuesday, Nov. 23 Cybersecurity Club Talk at 3:30 p.m. in 227 Neville Hall will be “Setting up a Secure IPv6 Network” by Will Dean of the University of Maine. The talk will explain Internet Protocol Version 6, the successor to version 4, the first publicly used Internet Protocol in operation […]
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Contact: Nory Jones, 581-1971 Nine in 10 retailers are telling the National Retail Association’s survey partners they are planning special Cyber Monday sales and specials, with plenty of free shipping, on what has become the biggest online shopping day of the year. On Cyber Monday, the first Monday after Thanksgiving, as many as 54.5 percent […]
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Contact: Mike Swartz, 581-2624 ORONO — A demonstration project with a new pipe insulation material manufactured by a Maine-based company has proven efficient for the University of Maine and also can be considered a successful field trial for the Auburn company that is patenting it. The trial, conducted in the past year at a university […]
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Contact: Terry Porter, 581-1990 ORONO — The Maine Business School’s Business and Sustainability Program recently received a Learning Circle Grant from the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Assessment (CETA) at UMaine to explore and develop ways to enhance sustainability in the business school curriculum and program. The grant will allow members of the MBS […]
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Saturday’s Portland Press Herald included an op-ed column, “Advice for LePage: let lawmakers lead,” written by UMaine sophomore and student senator Mark Brunton.
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A front-page Saturday Bangor Daily News story reports on Friday’s visit to UMaine by representatives of a Russian company with broad responsibilities for transportation infrastructure at the 2014 Winter Olympics. They were in Maine to investigate the possibility of using bridge-in-a-backpack technology, developed at UMaine and licensed to an Orono-based company called Advanced Infrastructure […]
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