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stormwater

UMaine Awarded $735,000 for Stormwater Management Study Aimed at Students Often Underrepresented in STEM Fields

Empowering female and minority high school students, their teachers and communities to create innovative solutions to the environmental problems related to stormwater management is the goal of a new three-year project at the University of Maine, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The more than $735,000 award from NSF’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive […]

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Judd’s Article on Maine Roads Cited in BDN History Column

The latest article of the Bangor Daily News column by Wayne Reilly on Bangor’s history a century ago cited an article written by Richard Judd, University of Maine history professor and chair of the History Department. The column refers to Judd’s ‘interesting’ article on the movement to build better roads in Maine that was published […]

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Press Herald Op-Ed Cites Butler’s TANF Study

A Portland Press Herald opinion piece by Mike Tipping titled “Once LePage showed compassion, now all he does is urge cuts,” cites a study by Sandra Butler, a University of Maine social work professor. Butler’s study, “TANF Time Limits and Maine Families: Consequences of Withdrawing the Safety Net,” found 39 percent of the 16,000 people […]

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BDN Interviews Brewer for Article on LePage, Welfare Reform

The Bangor Daily News spoke with Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, for the analysis “Is LePage’s recent focus on welfare reform a preview of his top 2014 campaign theme?” Brewer said he thinks recent arguments by the Republican Party around welfare reform are pre-staging the 2014 elections. The article […]

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Brewer Talks to MPBN About Potential US Senate Campaigns

The Maine Public Broadcasting Network interviewed Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, for the article “Maine civil rights advocate expected to seek Collins’ senate seat.” Brewer spoke about the contrasting campaigns of U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and Shenna Bellows, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine, if […]

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Maine Insights Reports on Students’ Trip to Bangor Art Walk

Maine Insights previewed a free bus ride offered to University of Maine students from campus to Bangor to attend the fall Downtown Bangor Arts Collaborative Art Walk on Friday, Sept. 13. Receptions were scheduled at the Maine Discovery Museum and University of Maine Museum of Art.

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UMaine Graduate to Premiere Quinoa Soup Documentary

A graduate of the University of Maine School of Policy and International Affairs (SPIA) debuts her documentary Quinoa Soup 7 p.m. Sept. 21 in Minsky Recital Hall in the Class of 1944 Hall on the Orono campus. The free screening is open to the public. A $10 donation is suggested to assist with film production […]

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Media Report on Blackstone’s Upcoming ‘Katie’ Talk Show Appearance

The Bangor Daily News, WVII (Channel 7) and the Penobscot Bay Pilot reported University of Maine sociologist Amy Blackstone will appear on the Sept. 16 episode of Katie Couric’s talk show. In August, Blackstone traveled to New York City to talk to Couric about her expertise — both personal and through research — on childfree adults.

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Markides Interviewed by Media in Cyprus

University of Maine sociologist Kyriacos Markides appeared on the July 2 episode of “Elita,” a 90-minute call-in talk show that airs on the national television station of Cyprus. Markides was the only guest on the live show. He was also interviewed by journalist Antigone Drousiotis for Phileleftheros, the leading newspaper of Cyprus, for an article […]

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