WABI (Channel 5) reported on the Maine Business School’s International Trade Fair held on campus. The fair offers an opportunity for students to learn about commerce around the world and explore business opportunities abroad, according to the report. “It’s interactive,” said UMaine sophomore Tim King. “This whole project we had to go and figure out […]
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Lenard Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging and professor in the UMaine School of Social Work, wrote an opinion piece published by the Bangor Daily News about Maine’s older adults and their family caregivers. Kaye is a member of the Maine chapter of the Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars […]
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James Fastook, a computer science professor at the University of Maine, and several students in his video game design course spoke with WVII (Channel 7) for a report about the class. “I’m continually overwhelmed by the amount of work they put into this,” Fastook said. “This has been the most fun class I’ve ever taught […]
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A 2005 book on term limits written by three one-time University of Maine professors was cited in the Bangor Daily News editorial “Term limits have changed Maine Legislature — for the worse.” The book, “Changing Members: The Maine Legislature in the Era of Term Limits,” was written by Kenneth Palmer, a professor emeritus of political […]
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The Associated Press reported Maine officials are looking for volunteers to help with the Maine Bumble Bee Atlas project to document bee range and abundance. A Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife spokesman said the project is important because of significant declines in some species since the 1990s, according to the article. The project […]
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Danielle Walsh, who will soon graduate from the University of Maine with a master’s degree in social work, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled “Police need special tools to help people in mental health crisis.” Walsh of Morrill, Maine is a social worker practicing on the midcoast.
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The Bangor Daily News published an article on the 2013 William S. Cohen Lecture at the University of Maine. The excerpt came from a lecture featuring former Secretary of State Bill Cohen and former Sen. Alan Simpson. The full version appeared in “Politics Then and Now, in Maine and the Nation: Conversations with the Sages,” […]
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The Maine Edge and The Weekly published a University of Maine news release announcing the winners of the sixth annual Undergraduate Research and Academic Showcase. The event, sponsored by UMaine’s Center for Undergraduate Research, was open to any undergraduate at the university and featured 121 presentations from 229 students in the form of posters, oral […]
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Fosters.com reported the annual plant sale of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in York County will be May 16 at the UMaine Extension office in Springvale. Annuals, perennials, vegetables, herbs, trees, shrubs and houseplants will be for sale, as well as gently used gardening books and tools, according to the article. […]
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The Maine Edge reported on scheduled public star shows in May at the University of Maine’s Emera Astronomy Center. The Maynard F. Jordan Planetarium shows are held 7 p.m. Fridays and 2 p.m. Sundays. Friday nights in May feature “Cosmic Journey” and Sunday afternoons feature “Magic Tree House: Space Mission,” for younger sky watchers. Admission […]
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