Multiple news organizations, including Bloomberg Businessweek, Boston.com, Portland Press Herald, Bangor Daily News and television Channels 2 (WLBZ), 5 (WABI) and 7 (WVII), carried stories about a $4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to advance research and development by the University of Maine and industry partners of a first-in-the-nation offshore wind farm near […]
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A Lewiston Sun Journal editorial has praised the University of Maine for taking a lead nationally in researching and developing offshore, floating wind turbine energy-generation equipment, in spite of the challenges. The Bangor Daily News also published the editorial. Contact: George Manlove, 207.581.3756
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An opinion piece in the Bangor Daily News by University of Maine professor of philosophy Michael Howard makes a case for reducing carbon emissions in the United States through “cap and divide” legislation, which he argues is gradual and ultimately fairer for consumers than several other alternative mandates. Contact: George Manlove, 207.581.3756
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The University of Maine men’s and women’s ice hockey teams will host the annual Skate with the Bears event from 2:30–4 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 16 at the Alfond Arena. Fans are encouraged to come, meet their favorite hockey players and get autographs. Autograph sheets will be provided along with free hot chocolate. The event is […]
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A new University of Maine Bureau of Labor Education briefing paper reports that unsafe staffing levels and other problems in the work environments of hospital nurses may threaten patient safety in hospitals nationwide and in Maine. Understaffing can contribute to nurse shortages, greater job stress and burnout among nurses, in addition to potentially increased risks […]
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Three University of Maine undergraduate students have been selected for 2013 study abroad scholarships through the international Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program, according to the UMaine Office of International Programs. Hashim Abdi, a fourth-year zoology and microbiology major from Portland, Maine will receive $3,500 toward expenses to study in Beijing, China. Colby Fortier-Brown, a […]
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Advanced Structures and Composites Center wins first phase of potential $93.2 million program.
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President Paul Ferguson was quoted in a WABI (Channel 5) report about the announcement of a $4 million Department of Energy grant awarded to UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center for the engineering, design and permitting phase of its offshore floating turbine.
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Channel 7 (WVII) interviewed UMaine students Farlin Black and Daniel Blanton and Eric Gallandt, chair of the Department of Plant, Soil and Environmental Sciences, about a new student-run greenhouse on campus being used to grow vegetables year-round. Produce from the UMaine Greens project are being used in UMaine dining halls. A UMaine news release has […]
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The Boston Globe website boston.com published a feature article about the lifelong quest by University of Maine professor emeritus of mathematics Henry Pogorzelski, now 90, who has worked more than 50 years to prove the truth of a legendary mathematical hypothesis called the Goldbach Conjecture. Pogorzelski believes he has proved the conjecture, but his work […]
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