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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Advanced Structures and Composites Center wins first phase of potential $93.2 million program.
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The websites Earth Techling and the technology news website nanowerk have published reports on the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center’s new test wind turbine erected on campus, a 1:8 scale model prototype of a planned series of larger, offshore wind turbines being developed by UMaine and the DeepCwind Consortium. Channel 5 (WABI) […]
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In a Bangor Daily News article about the scale-model wind turbine erected at the University of Maine as part of ongoing wind power research and development, Habib Dagher, director of the university’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, compared the 121-foot-tall test model to NASA’s first satellite Explorer I because of what it promises in the […]
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A Bangor Daily News article about the debate over whether the world will end Dec. 21, 2012, as some infer from the ancient Mayan calendar, included comments from UMaine Maynard F. Jordan Planetarium Director Alan Davenport, who is presenting “2012: Prophecies of the Maya” at 7 p.m., Friday nights through Dec. 14. Several people who […]
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The Center for Undergraduate Research at the University of Maine has announced the recipients of the Center for Undergraduate Research Fellowships for 2012–13. The fellowships were developed to enhance and increase undergraduate student involvement in faculty supervised research, and are supported through a PRE-VUE grant awarded by the UMaine President’s Office. Each fellowship provides a […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Channel 2 (WLBZ), Channel 5 (WABI) and Channel 7 (WVII) were among the news organizations covering the Nov. 27 memorial service and candlelight vigil for two UMaine students and a recent graduate killed in a plane crash Nov. 16 at the Knox County Regional Airport. More than 500 people turned out […]
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The University of Maine Interfraternity and Panhellenic councils, in conjunction with the UMaine chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha, will hold a memorial service at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 27 for the three fraternity members killed earlier this month in a plane crash at Knox County Regional Airport in Owls Head, Maine. Tuesday’s memorial service will […]
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Several news organizations continued reporting on the investigation into the fatal aircraft crash Nov. 16 at the Knox County Regional Airport, in which two University of Maine students and a recent graduate died. Coverage included reports by Channel 2 (WLBZ), Channel 7 (WVII) and the Bangor Daily News. An earlier Bangor Daily News article about […]
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