92 Moose reported University of Maine women’s basketball coach Richard Barron has pledged for the third consecutive year to shave his head if the UMaine community contributes $10,000 for the Kay Yow Foundation to support breast cancer research. Barron said if the goal is reached, he will shave his head after his team’s annual Play4Kay […]
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Jennifer Moxley and Steve Evans, both associate professors of English at the University of Maine, are scheduled to take part in an Acadia Senior College lunch-and-learn event titled “Demystifying Contemporary Poetry.” Evans, who also serves on the UMaine Humanities Initiative faculty advisory board, and Moxley will lead the conversation about the challenges and rewards of […]
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The University of Maine men’s and women’s ice hockey teams will play on pink ice at the Alfond Arena this week to raise breast cancer awareness. The men’s team will take on St. Francis-Xavier at 7 p.m. Jan. 14 and the women’s team will play Providence at 2 p.m. Jan. 19. During the men’s game, […]
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WVII (Channel 7) interviewed University of Maine graduate student Beth Fulton about her research on using lobster shell waste to create a pigment extract as a green alternative to synthetic versions found in fish food. Fulton decided to find more uses for discarded lobster shells because it is “a large-volume material that has no value, […]
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The Associated Press reported the Maine Public Utilities Commission is scheduled to vote Tuesday, Jan. 14 on whether to grant initial approval for a state contract to Maine Aqua Ventus, which includes the University of Maine and partner companies. Maine Aqua Ventus is seeking to build two turbines off the coast of Monhegan Island for […]
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The Bangor Daily News and the Portland Press Herald reported seventh-grader Oliver Wahlstrom of Yarmouth, Maine, has committed to play hockey at the University of Maine, making him the youngest player to commit to an NCAA college hockey program. When Wahlstrom was nine years old, he became an Internet sensation for making a shootout goal […]
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VillageSoup’s The Republican Journal reported one of the University of Maine Museum of Art’s January exhibitions will feature work by Monroe, Maine resident Kenny Cole. The exhibits will open to the public on Jan. 17 and run through March 22. The three exhibits are Kenny Cole’s “Parabellum (Prepare for War);” Hannah Cole’s “Time’s Wife;” and […]
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University of Maine students, faculty, staff and alumni are taking part in the Orono Community Theatre’s production of “Proof,” a psychological drama, that will be performed in the Cyrus Pavilion Theatre on campus. UMaine alumna and Orono Community Theatre Director Sandy Cyrus will direct the production. “Proof” will be the first play Cyrus has directed […]
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Members of the University of Maine community are reminded that the inclement weather policy is online (umaine.edu/weatherpolicy), complete with the best options for getting up-to-date information about delays and class cancellations. For the most timely notification of weather-related class cancellations or postponements, members of the University of Maine community are strongly encouraged to sign up […]
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WVII (Channel 7) and WABI (Channel 5) reported on the dedication of the University of Maine’s new Innovative Media Research and Commercialization (IMRC) Center at the renovated Stewart Commons on the UMaine campus. The IMRC Center is home to UMaine’s Department of New Media and the MFA in Intermedia Program and is available to Maine […]
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