Year: 2012

CJR, Abu Dhabi Newspaper Run Martin Columns

Websites for the Columbia Journalism Review and The National of Abu Dhabi each ran a column written by Justin Martin, a UMaine CLAS-Honors preceptor of journalism. Martin wrote in the CJR about a recent segment on the TV news magazine show 60 Minutes about the nation of Qatar, which Martin claimed contained inaccuracies and told […]

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TV News Features Student’s Newspaper Proposal

Channel 5 (WABI) interviewed two UMaine students for a feature report about their colorful courtship – a proposal made on the front page of a local newspaper supplement. Engineering major Sean Carter of Ellsworth popped the question last week to math graduate student Rachel Rier of Lubec in The Weekly, a supplement to the Bangor […]

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VillageSoup Notes New Resource for Coastal Hazards

The VillageSoup website had a story about a new online resource, provided by the UMaine-based Maine Sea Grant, that will help those who own waterfront land understand and manage their risks. Kristen Grant, a southern Maine marine extension associate, said landowners who advised Sea Grant on the project suggested a need for information on coastal […]

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Newspaper Story on Muslim Student Group’s Fundraising for Africa

The Bangor Daily News had a story about UMaine’s Muslim Student Association, which recently raised $4,000 to send to the Humanitarian African Relief Organization. The organization coordinates the delivery of food and water to drought-stricken camps, town and villages. Three UMaine students who are members of the organization, including Vice President Abdu Traheem Sbayi, were […]

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Report on Hockey Team’s Donation to Military Families Group

According to a report in the Bangor Daily News, the UMaine men’s hockey team donated $500 to Operation Community Support, a group for the families of military men and women who have been deployed. Maine National Guard soldiers, many of whom will soon be deployed, and their families will attend Saturday night’s game at Alfond […]

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News Coverage of Faculty Member’s Chancellorship Appointment

Regional media covered Thursday’s announcement that James Page of Old Town, a UMaine adjunct professor of philosophy, has been named the chancellor of the UMaine System. The Portland Press Herald noted Page has been a member of the UMaine Board of Visitors and UMaine Foundation. In a Maine Public Broadcasting Network radio report, Page said […]

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UMaine Administrator Takes Position in Connecticut

Executive Director of Facilities, Real Estate and Planning Elaine Clark will be leaving the University of Maine to become the vice president for real estate and infrastructure planning at the Connecticut State Colleges & Universities Board of Regents for Higher Education beginning March 1.

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Reuters Publishes Fried, Socolow Column on GOP Caucus Flap

The international news organization Reuters published an op-ed column by University of Maine political scientist Amy Fried and UMaine communication and journalism professor Michael Socolow about the controversial decision by Maine Republican Party leaders to conclude that Maine endorsed Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as the GOP presidential favorite despite incomplete caucus results last week. The […]

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Huffington Post Cites UMaine Cranberry Research

Cranberry research by University of Maine food science and human nutrition professor Vivian Wu and colleagues were cited in a blog in the Huffington Post about the multiple health benefits of antioxidant-rich cranberry juice. In addition to improving cardiovascular health, cranberries also fight infection. Wu studies ways cranberries can be used to slow or eliminate […]

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