The Bangor Daily News announced the University of Maine women’s basketball team ranked No. 24 in the 2014–15 Division I Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Academic Top 25 Honor Roll presented by AT&T. The Black Bears, the lone America East program in the top 25, earned a 3.399 team GPA. University of Missouri-Kansas City was […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that University of Maine football player Trevor Bates of Westbrook is a nominee for the 2015 Allstate American Football Coaches Association Good Works Team. The award honors football players who help others and positively affect their communities.
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James McConnon, a professor of economics at the University of Maine, was interviewed in a Mainebiz article about Stonewall Kitchen, an iconic Maine brand. McConnon says as Stonewall Kitchen has grown, it has inspired a generation of artisanal food makers in Maine. The number of food and beverage companies in Maine grew 19 percent between […]
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ABC/Fox/Channel 7 featured middle school students participating in the Maine Summer Transportation Institute program at the University of Maine. The two-week camp seeks to expose students to careers in engineering, specifically transportation-related fields. Participants designed games using cars, elevators, taxi cabs and more to learn about real-world applications of problem solving, communication and team building.
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A 2011 University of Maine report was cited in a Bangor Daily News editorial about ways to boost recycling in the state, keeping in mind the process is market-driven. The report found nearly 22 percent of the material in Maine’s solid waste could be recycled and 38 percent could be composted.
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In an article in the Portland Press Herald, University of Maine professor of marine science Robert Steneck was interviewed about the age of a 3-foot-long, 20-pound lobster caught in the Gulf of Maine. “I would question it being 75 years old,” said Steneck. “It’s probably more in the range of 25 to 50 years.” Steneck […]
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Todd Gabe, an economics professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Bangor Daily News article about a proposal to increase the local minimum wage. If approved, the local minimum wage would increase from $7.50 to $8.25 per hour in 2016, to $9 per hour in 2017 and to $9.75 in 2018. According […]
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In an article in The Weekly, Maggie Halfman—fourth-year marine science student at the University of Maine—was profiled for her upcoming trip to Antarctica. Halfman will be traveling to a research station in October, and will conduct an independent project there for two months. Halfman is conducting research at the Darling Marine Center this summer in […]
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The Maine section of the American Society of Civil Engineers raised $4,700 at its annual golf tournament for scholarships for University of Maine students, according to an article in the Bangor Daily News. UMaine students interested in applying for the scholarships may contact the Department of Civil Engineering at UMaine through its website.
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Dr. Harold Borns, University of Maine Professor Emeritus of Glacial and Quaternary Geology, was featured by Channel 7 for his Ice Age Trail map—which includes 46 destinations in Downeast, Maine that people can visit to learn about unique landscape formed by glaciers. The map now is available in digital form as an iPad app called […]
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