UMaine in the News

Provost Hecker Mentioned in BDN Article on KeepME Home Initiative

Jeff Hecker, University of Maine’s executive vice president of academic affairs and provost, was mentioned in a Bangor Daily News article about House Speaker Mark Eves’ KeepMe Home initiative to help senior citizens remain in their homes. According to the article, Hecker and several others involved in crafting the policy agenda will join Eves in […]

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Pershing Talks to NECN About Warming Trend, Effects on Seafood Industry

Andrew Pershing, an associate professor in UMaine’s School of Marine Sciences and researcher at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, was interviewed by NECN for a report about how Gulf of Maine warming trends could have a major effect on the state’s fishing industry. Pershing said the warming temperatures could increase lobster landings in the […]

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Free Press Reports on Hutchinson Center’s New Associate Director

The Free Press reported Patricia Libby, a member of the instructional and student services staff at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center since 2011, has been named associate director of the Belfast-based outreach facility. Libby will join Monique LaRocque, associate provost for the UMaine Division of Lifelong Learning (DLL), in leading the center, which has […]

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Steneck, Pershing Quoted in AP Article on Gulf of Maine Warming

Bob Steneck, a marine scientist at the University of Maine, and Andrew Pershing, an associate professor in UMaine’s School of Marine Sciences and researcher at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, were interviewed for the Associated Press article, “Gulf of Maine: ‘Poster child’ for global warming.” The warmer water contributed to an overabundance of lobsters […]

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Maine Savings Unveils Plan to Support UMaine Athletics, BDN, WVII Report

The Bangor Daily News and WVII (Channel 7) reported Maine Savings Federal Credit Union announced a gift of at least $50,000 to the University of Maine Athletics Department during the grand opening of the credit union’s new Stillwater Avenue branch. John Reed, Maine Savings president and CEO, said the credit union has entered a five-year […]

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Greenville Super Science 4-H Club Featured in Piscataquis Observer

The Piscataquis Observer published an article about the Greenville Super Science 4-H Club. Traditionally, 4-H — the youth development program of University of Maine Cooperative Extension — has focused on children tending to farm animals and agriculture, according to the article. Now the program also includes a variety of activities such as robotics, aquaculture and […]

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Bayer Quoted in BDN Article on Maine Lobster Industry

The Bangor Daily News spoke with Bob Bayer, executive director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, for the article, “Lobster industry grateful for ‘normal’ summer.” Warm water during the past couple of years disrupted the fishery’s patterns, forcing prices down, according to the article. This year, lobsters have been shedding and growing […]

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Press Herald Publishes Op-Ed by Scontras

The Portland Press Herald published an opinion piece by Charles Scontras, historian and research associate at the University of Maine’s Bureau of Labor Education, titled “Maine Voices: Demise of textile mills, today’s outsourcing prompt reflection on Labor Day.”

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WVII, WABI Cover Welcome Weekend Day of Service

WVII (Channel 7) and WABI (Channel 5) reported on the University of Maine’s Welcome Weekend Day of Service. More than 2,000 first-year UMaine students took part in community projects as part of the fifth annual event hosted by The Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism and First Year Residential Experience. UMaine students participates in volunteer […]

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