A Kennebec Journal editorial supports UMaine’s research and development of deepwater offshore wind power, about which a report was released last week. The editorial says the project could attract billions of dollars in investment, change the way we buy and use power, and put Maine in a leadership role in manufacturing and servicing a new […]
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University of Maine’s Alfond Arena will be the site on Tuesday for two high school regional basketball championship games. The games were to be played Monday at the Bangor Auditorium, but bad weather conditions caused the games to be postponed. The Eastern Maine Class C girls championship game between Orono and Washington Academy of East […]
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A Bangor Daily News feature story described a news business venture launched by UMaine mechanical engineering professor Mick Peterson. An expert on race track surfaces and horse injuries, Peterson has built on that expertise to start a venture with two components, Racing Surfaces Testing Laboratory and Biologically Applied Engineering, LLC. Peterson has hired two full-time […]
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Jim McConnan and Jonathtan Rubin of the UMaine School of Economics faculty were quoted in a Bangor Daily News story about private snow removal companies, which are having a profitble winter season.
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Comments from Marcella Sorg of UMaine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, an expert on illegal drug use in Maine, were included in a Saturday Bangor Daily News story about opiate addictions and the impact of those drugs on people and communities.
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Royston English, a star UMaine funning back between 1998 and 2001, has died at the age of 33 from cancer. A story, including comments from Coach Jack Cosgrove, appeared in Saturday’s Portland Press Herald.
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The Feb. 27 Maine Sunday Telegram included an editorial about the ambitious deepwater offshore wind energy project spearheaded by UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center. The editorial says that private investment will be the key to the editorial’s success.
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Comments from Mary Ellen Camire of the UMaine food science and human nutrition faculty are included in an Associated Press story about an alcohol-free beer that a German company touts as a recovery drink for athletes.
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The Bangor Daily News has a story about UMaine Libra Foundation Professor of Engineering Michael “Mick” Peterson and the expansion of the startup company aimed at the horse-racing industry he formed with a colleague from Colorado State. Peterson and his colleague researched thoroughbred and harness racing horses, tracks and horse injuries over the last 14 […]
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UMaine students Greg Pease and Sean Campbell were interviewed for a Thursday WABI television story about alternative spring break activities that are taking students to various community service projects around the country. Campbell is coordinating the UMaine program, which is described in more detail in a UMaine news release.
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