Year: 2014

WVII Interviews Student who Organized Run to Support Cancer Patients

WVII (Channel 7) spoke with University of Maine student Matt Dexter about Eastern Trek for Cancer, a nonprofit he created to help support cancer patients. “There’s been a lot of research done on how effective social support can be to enhance the psychological well-being on the patient, but also the physical health,” Dexter said. Over […]

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Free Press Reports on Online Graduate Social Work Program

The Free Press reported the University of Maine School of Social Work is adding a three-year online option for its master’s in social work program starting September 2015. Online courses will be taught by the school’s regular MSW faculty and field practicums may be completed at qualifying organizations geographically convenient to students, the article states. […]

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UMaine Cited in Sun Journal Article on Maine Forestry Museum

The University of Maine was mentioned in a Sun Journal article about the Rangeley Lakes Region Logging Museum officially changing its name to the Maine Forestry Museum. For the past several years, the museum has broadened its geographic range across the state and country with the main purpose of educating and entertaining people about Maine’s […]

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Murphy Talks with Sun Journal About Oxford County Master Gardener Program

Barbara Murphy, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator and gardening expert, spoke with the Sun Journal about UMaine Extension’s Master Gardener Volunteer training program and the need for participants in Oxford County. Every year the Paris-based program attracts between 25 and 30 applicants to take a 15-week course in farming basics, according to the […]

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CounterPunch Publishes Nelson Mandela Article by Allen

CounterPunch published an opinion piece by Doug Allen, a philosophy professor at the University of Maine, titled “Nelson Mandela: His meaning for us today.” The article includes a section about UMaine and Mandela where Allen writes about an effort that began in the 1970s to convince the University of Maine System to sell all of […]

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Leahy, Student Inspiration for Bucksport Wood Bank, Ellsworth American Reports

The Ellsworth American reported Paul Hansen, a Bucksport real estate agent, and several volunteers have secured the town’s permission to start a wood bank at the municipal transfer station. The wood bank would work similar to a food pantry by providing firewood to those who can’t afford or chop it themselves, according to the article. […]

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VillageSoup Previews Maine Steiners Performance in Camden

VillageSoup reported the Maine Steiners, the University of Maine’s premiere all-male a cappella group, will perform Jan. 6 at the Camden-Rockport Middle School in Camden. The Steiners also will hold workshops throughout the day with interested students, according to the article.

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Hughes Speaks About Climate Change for Capital Journal Article

Terence Hughes, a professor emeritus of the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute and School of Earth and Climate Sciences, spoke with the Capital Journal of South Dakota for the article, “Glacier scientist: Global warming is good, not bad.” Hughes said it doesn’t matter whether human activity is driving climate change because global warming is […]

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Maine Edge Reports on 2014 Steve Gould Award Winner

The Maine Edge published a University of Maine release announcing Nory Jones as the 2014 Steve Gould Award recipient. Jones is a professor of management information systems in the Maine Business School and is the founder and faculty adviser of the community outreach organization MBS Corps. Jones joined UMaine in 2001 and established MBS Corps […]

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